1968 Republic of the Congo coup d'état

Date

September 4, 1968

Location

Republic of the Congo

Result

Coup succeeds

Alphonse Massamba-Débat arrested

Belligerents

Government of the Republic of the Congo

Army faction
Prime Minister Alfred Raoul

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]

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^ Lentz, Harris M. (2013). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 (3rd ed.). Routledge. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-884964-44-2.
^ 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= Archived 2015-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

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^c: successful coup ^‡ self-coup no sign for attempted coup

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