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 |
| 51 | Burundi | BUI | 516 | 1996 | 10 | 1993 | 7 | 1996 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| 52 | Cambodia | CAM | 811 | 1975 | 4 | 1975 | 3 | 1976 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, eliminates the government, and establishes a draconian, collectivist, traditionalist society. All forms of Western expression are radically repressed, large scale purges of real and potential opponents, cities emptied and urban residents forcibly relocated to peasant communes. | REV |
| 53 | Cambodia | CAM | 811 | 1976 | 4 | 1975 | 3 | 1976 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 54 | Cambodia | CAM | 811 | 1997 | 7 | 1997 | 7 | 1997 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Hun Sen ousts coalition partner and ends fractious coalition government installed following UN-supervised elections in 1993. Hun Sen consolidates power in a new coalition. | -8 |
| 55 | Central African Republic | CEN | 482 | 2003 | 3 | 2003 | 3 | 2003 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | Forces loyal to Gen. Bozize succeed in ousting government of elected-President Patasse while he is out of the country, having failed in several earlier attempts. | -6 |
| 56 | Chad | CHA | 483 | 1979 | 2 | 1979 | 6 | 1984 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Failed attempt at national unification triggers religious, regional and international conflict as country lapses into civil war. | SF |
| 57 | Chad | CHA | 483 | 1980 | 2 | 1979 | 6 | 1984 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 58 | Chad | CHA | 483 | 1981 | 2 | 1979 | 6 | 1984 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | ||
| 59 | Chad | CHA | 483 | 1982 | 2 | 1979 | 6 | 1984 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 60 | Chad | CHA | 483 | 1983 | 2 | 1979 | 6 | 1984 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 61 | Chad | CHA | 483 | 1984 | 2 | 1979 | 6 | 1984 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | ||
| 62 | Chile | CHL | 155 | 1973 | 9 | 1973 | 9 | 1973 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | Allendes democratically elected socialist government overthrown in military coup. Pinochet consolidates power, dissolves Congress and suppresses left and center opposition. | -13 |
| 63 | Comoros | COM | 581 | 1976 | 1 | 1976 | 1 | 1976 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Twenty-eight days after the declaration of independence, on August 3, 1975, a coalition of six political parties known as the United National Front overthrew the Abdallah government, with the aid of foreign mercenaries. After the coup, a three-man directorate took control. One of the three, Ali Soilih, was appointed minister of defense and justice and subsequently was made head of state by the Chamber of Deputies on January 3, 1976. | -9 |
| 64 | Comoros | COM | 581 | 1995 | 9 | 1995 | 3 | 1996 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | Foreign-led mercenaries and disaffected Comorian troops overthrow the elected government of President Djohar. French troops sent to the island one week later arrest the mercenaries, reinstall the elected prime minister, and arrest Djohar. | SF |
| 65 | Comoros | COM | 581 | 1996 | 9 | 1995 | 3 | 1996 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | ||
| 66 | Comoros | COM | 581 | 1999 | 4 | 1999 | 4 | 1999 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | Army Chief of Staff Col. Assoumani Azzali leads April 30, 1999, coup that dissolves constitution and government. Promised transition to new elections based on Antananarivo agreement do not materialize. | -6 |
| 67 | Congo-Brazzaville | CON | 484 | 1963 | 12 | 1963 | 12 | 1963 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | Fragile democracy weakened by ethnic and labor tensions. The military forces President Youlou to resign. Interim government established prior to the popular approval of a new constitution which creates a one-party Marxist-Leninist state. | -11 |
| 68 | Congo-Brazzaville | CON | 484 | 1997 | 10 | 1997 | 10 | 1997 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | Transition to democracy ends when Sassou-Nguesso ousts President Lissouba after five months of fighting. | -11 |
| 69 | Congo-Kinshasa | ZAI | 490 | 1960 | 6 | 1960 | 11 | 1965 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3.5 | Independence is followed by intense political and tribal factionalism and emergence of secessionist movements. Failed attempt at democracy leads to establishment of military dictatorship under General Mobutu. | SF |
| 70 | Congo-Kinshasa | ZAI | 490 | 1961 | 6 | 1960 | 11 | 1965 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | ||
| 71 | Congo-Kinshasa | ZAI | 490 | 1962 | 6 | 1960 | 11 | 1965 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | ||
| 72 | Congo-Kinshasa | ZAI | 490 | 1963 | 6 | 1960 | 11 | 1965 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 73 | Congo-Kinshasa | ZAI | 490 | 1964 | 6 | 1960 | 11 | 1965 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | ||
| 74 | Congo-Kinshasa | ZAI | 490 | 1965 | 6 | 1960 | 11 | 1965 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | ||
| 75 | Congo-Kinshasa | ZAI | 490 | 1992 | 12 | 1992 | 7 | 2003 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | In reaction to the absolute power wielded by Mobutus military-backed regime, opposition forces coalesce to oust government. Kabila seizes power in May 1997 but is unable to establish central authority due to serious challenges from re-formed ethnic militias and foreign interventions. A breakthrough in the deadlock came with a power-sharing agreement during the Inter-Congolese National Dialogue in April 2003. On July 1, 2003, President Kabila issued a decree forming a transitional government and on July 17 the new government was sworn in. | SF |