Adverse Regime Change

Created: Saturday, February 23, 2008 | Total records: 291
Database of adverse national regime changes, with some commentary.
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idCOUNTRYSCODECCODEYEARMOBEGINYRBEGINMOENDYRENDPTYPEMAGFAILMAGCOLMAGVIOLMAGAVEDESCPOLITYX
276UgandaUGA50019684196612196931412
277UgandaUGA50019694196612196931412
278UgandaUGA5001985719851198634343.5An army brigade composed mostly of ethnic Acholi troops took Kampala and proclaimed a military government, replacing President Obote, who had been elected in 1980 but had failed to accommodate or contain Musevenis popular National Resistence Army insurgency.-10
279UgandaUGA5001986719851198631111
280UruguayURU16519711119712197333232.5Two party democracy undermined by the Tupamaros campaign of urban guerrilla warfare. Army mutiny leads to dissolution of Congress and the creation of a civilian-military rule.-16
281UruguayURU16519721119712197331412
282UruguayURU16519731119712197331412
283USSRUSS36419918199112199134933.5Russian Republic (RSFSR) Congress adopts declaration of sovereignty. President Boris Yeltsin uses his new position of power to effectively challenge the authority of Gorbachev. Failed coup by communist hard-liners leads to formal dissolution of USSR.DIS
284YugoslaviaYUG3451991619917199134122.5Federated Republic slowly disintegrates after communist government allows multiparty elections. Civil war intensifies as Serbian president, Slobodan Milosevic, attempts to create a new Greater Serbia.DIS
285ZambiaZAM55119688196812197231322Democratic institutions weakened as political opposition to President Kaunda is restricted. Kaunda consolidates his political authority with the formal establishment of a one-party state.-9
286ZambiaZAM55119698196812197231322
287ZambiaZAM55119708196812197231322
288ZambiaZAM55119718196812197231322
289ZambiaZAM55119728196812197231322
290ZambiaZAM551199611199611199631211.5Constitutional amendments in May 1996 disqualify main opposition leader; President Chiluba easily wins subsequent elections.-5
291ZimbabweZIM552198712198712198731322Ethnic tensions and crackdown on political opposition weakens Zimbabwes fragile democratic institutions. Merger of ZAPU with ruling ZANU effectively establishes a single party system.-7

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