1968 Republic of the Congo coup d'état

Date

September 4, 1968

Location

Republic of the Congo

Result

Coup succeeds

Alphonse Massamba-Débat ousted

Belligerents

Government of Republic of the Congo

Army faction

On September 4, 1968, following several days of violent clashes, Alphonse Massamba-Débat's government was overthrown by the military who forced Massamba-Débat to resign.^[1]^[2] Alfred Raoul then became the acting head of state until January 1969 when Marien Ngouabi, the chairman of the same party that had brought Massamba-Débat to power, assumed control.^[3]

References

↑ Lentz, Harris M. (2013). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 (3rd Edition). Routledge. p. 192. ISBN 1-884964-44-3.
↑ Gleijeses, Piero (2002). Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976. University of North Carolina Press. p. 183. ISBN 0-8078-5464-6.
↑ History Database Search,Massamba-Débat, Alphonse,http://www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp?iPin=MWLI237&SID=2&DatabaseName=Modern+World+History+Online&InputText=%22scientific+socialism%22&SearchStyle=&dTitle=Massamba-D%26%23233%3Bbat%2C+Alphonse&TabRecordType=Biography&BioCountPass=2&SubCountPass=7&DocCountPass=0&ImgCountPass=0&MapCountPass=0&FedCountPass=&MedCountPass=0&NewsCountPass=0&RecPosition=2&AmericanData=&WomenData=&AFHCData=&IndianData=&WorldData=Set&AncientData=&GovernmentData=

Coups, self-coups, and attempted coups in Africa since 1960

1960s	Republic of the Congo (1960) Ethiopia (1960) French Algeria (1961) Senegal (1962) Togo (1963)^c Gabon (1964)^c Zanzibar (1964) Algeria (1965)^c Burundi (1965) Democratic Republic of the Congo (1965) Central African Republic (1965–1966)^c Burundi (July 1966)^c Burundi (November 1966)^c Ghana (1966)^c Upper Volta (1966)^c Nigeria (January 1966)^c Nigeria (July 1966)^c Republic of the Congo (1966) Ghana (1967) Togo (1967)^c Mali (1968)^c Republic of the Congo (1968)^c Sudan (1969)^c Libya (1969)^c Somalia (1969)^c

1970s	Lesotho (1970)^‡ Uganda (1971)^c Morocco (1971) Sudan (1971)^c Ghana (1972)^c Morocco (1972) Republic of the Congo (1972) Rwanda (1973)^c Niger (1974)^c Comoros (1975)^c Nigeria (1975)^c Chad (1975)^c Burundi (1976)^c Nigeria (1976) Republic of the Congo (1977)^c Seychelles (1977)^c Sudan (1977) Central African Republic (1979)^c Ghana (1979)^c Equatorial Guinea (1979)^c

1980s	Liberia (1980)^c Guinea-Bissau (1980)^c Upper Volta (1980)^c Central African Republic (1981) Gambia (1981) Ghana (1981)^c Seychelles (1981) Central African Republic (1982) Kenya (1982) Upper Volta (1982)^c Upper Volta (1983) Upper Volta (1983)^c Nigeria (1983)^c Mauritania (1984)^c Cameroon (1984) Guinea (1984)^c Uganda (1985)^c Nigeria (1985)^c Sudan (1985)^c Lesotho (1986)^c Burkina Faso (1987)^c Burundi (1987)^c Republic of the Congo (1987) Tunisia (1987)^c Sudan (1989)^c Burkina Faso (1989) Ethiopia (1989)

1990s	Nigeria (1990) Zambia (1990) Mali (1991)^c Lesotho (1991)^c Sierra Leone (1992)^c Algeria (1992) Burundi (1993) Nigeria (1993)^c Gambia (1994)^c Lesotho (1994)^‡ Burundi (1996)^c Niger (1996)^c Zambia (1997) Lesotho (1998) Republic of the Congo (1998) Niger (1999)^c Côte d'Ivoire (1999)^c

2000s	Burundi (2001) Central African Republic (2001) Central African Republic (2003) São Tomé and Príncipe (2003) Burkina Faso (2003) Chad (2004) Equatorial Guinea (2004) Mauritania (2005)^c Chad (2006) Madagascar (2006) Guinea (2008)^c Mauritania (2008)^c Madagascar (2009)^c

2010s	Niger (2010)^c Guinea-Bissau (2010)^c Democratic Republic of the Congo (2011) Niger (2011) Guinea-Bissau (2011) Mali (2012)^c Guinea-Bissau (2012)^c Egypt (2013)^c Libya (2013) Central African Republic (2012–13) South Sudan (2013) Libya (2014) Lesotho (2014) The Gambia (2014) Burundi (2015) Burkina Faso (2015) Libya (2016)

^c coup ^‡ self-coup

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