Adverse Regime Change
Created: Saturday, February 23, 2008 | Total records: 291
Database of adverse national regime changes, with some commentary.
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| id | COUNTRY | SCODE | CCODE | YEAR | MOBEGIN | YRBEGIN | MOEND | YREND | PTYPE | MAGFAIL | MAGCOL | MAGVIOL | MAGAVE | DESC | POLITYX |
| 276 | Uganda | UGA | 500 | 1968 | 4 | 1966 | 12 | 1969 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 277 | Uganda | UGA | 500 | 1969 | 4 | 1966 | 12 | 1969 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 278 | Uganda | UGA | 500 | 1985 | 7 | 1985 | 1 | 1986 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | An 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 |
| 279 | Uganda | UGA | 500 | 1986 | 7 | 1985 | 1 | 1986 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 280 | Uruguay | URU | 165 | 1971 | 11 | 1971 | 2 | 1973 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | Two 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 |
| 281 | Uruguay | URU | 165 | 1972 | 11 | 1971 | 2 | 1973 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 282 | Uruguay | URU | 165 | 1973 | 11 | 1971 | 2 | 1973 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 283 | USSR | USS | 364 | 1991 | 8 | 1991 | 12 | 1991 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3.5 | Russian 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 |
| 284 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 345 | 1991 | 6 | 1991 | 7 | 1991 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2.5 | Federated 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 |
| 285 | Zambia | ZAM | 551 | 1968 | 8 | 1968 | 12 | 1972 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Democratic 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 |
| 286 | Zambia | ZAM | 551 | 1969 | 8 | 1968 | 12 | 1972 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 287 | Zambia | ZAM | 551 | 1970 | 8 | 1968 | 12 | 1972 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 288 | Zambia | ZAM | 551 | 1971 | 8 | 1968 | 12 | 1972 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 289 | Zambia | ZAM | 551 | 1972 | 8 | 1968 | 12 | 1972 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 290 | Zambia | ZAM | 551 | 1996 | 11 | 1996 | 11 | 1996 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | Constitutional amendments in May 1996 disqualify main opposition leader; President Chiluba easily wins subsequent elections. | -5 |
| 291 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 552 | 1987 | 12 | 1987 | 12 | 1987 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Ethnic tensions and crackdown on political opposition weakens Zimbabwes fragile democratic institutions. Merger of ZAPU with ruling ZANU effectively establishes a single party system. | -7 |