1976 Burundian coup d'état

Date

November 1, 1976

Location

Burundi

Result

Coup succeeds

Michel Micombero is ousted by Deputy Chief of Staff Jean-Baptiste Bagaza

Belligerents

Government of Burundi

Army faction

On 1 November 1976 an army faction led by Deputy Chief of Staff Jean-Baptiste Bagaza led a bloodless coup that ousted Michel Micombero. Micombero was initially arrested but later allowed to leave the country and went into exile in Somalia where he died in 1983.^[1]

References

↑ New York Times, MICHEL MICOMBERO, 43, DIES; FORMER PRESIDENT OF BURUNDI UPI, Published: July 18, 1983, http://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/18/obituaries/michel-micombero-43-dies-former-president-of-burundi.html

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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