Leaders ousted by a coup

The 24th Sassanid emperor (590–628)

23rd Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey (1926–2011)

Malian soldier and politician

Afghanistan politician, former President of Afghanistan (1992-2001)

American statesman, politician, and soldier (1793-1863)

Phocas (; ; 5475 October 610) was Eastern Roman emperor from 602 to 610. Initially a middle-ranking officer in the Roman army, Phocas rose to prominence as a spokesman for dissatisfied soldiers in their disputes with the court of the Emperor Maurice. When the army rebelled in 602, Phocas emerged as the leader of the mutiny. The revolt led to the overthrow and execution of Maurice in November 602.

former President of Burkina Faso ousted in a coup d'état on 23 Jan 2022

King of Libya from 1951 to 1969

Honduran politician and businessman (born 1952)

Equatoguinean politician, 1st and former President of Equatorial Guinea (1924-1979)

President of Brazil from 1961 to 1964

Tsar of Russia (1606–1610)

actor and President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001

King of Portugal (1889–1932)

President of Guinea-Bissau (1939-2009)

Tsar of Russia (1605–1606)

president of Guatemala in 1951–54

King of Sweden between 1792-1809 (1778–1837)

first President of Nigeria (1904-1996)

Tsar of Russia (1605)

Prime Minister of Thailand, 1938–44 and 1948–57 (1897–1964)

president of Argentina (1852-1937)

President of Guinea-Bissau from 2020 to 2025

first ruler of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia

Dictador of Nicaragua (1967–72, 1974–79)

6th President of the Central African Republic

Malian politician and President of Mali (1915-1977)

President of Azerbaijan from 1992 to 1993

5th president of Chad

Venezuelan politician and writer (1884–1969)

king of Romania from 1930 to 1940

President of Niger from 2021 to 2023

Haitian politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president

President of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009

Iraqi Army brigadier, nationalist and first prime minister of Iraq after the fall of the monarchy

Congolese politician

President of Togo (1902-1963)

President of Iraq from 1966 to 1968

10th President of Myanmar

President of Niger from 1999 to 2010

Filipino nationalist and revolutionary hero (1863–1897)

Portuguese politician (1906-1980)

former President of the Central African Republic (1960–1966) and (1979-1981), lived (1930–2003)

French politician (1755-1829)

President of Algeria from 1979 to 1992

Malian former dictator (1936-2020)

first president of Benin (1916-2000)

Sudanese public administrator and former prime minister

Vice President of Gabon in 2023

President of Bolivia (1921-2011)

President of Peru from 1963 to 1968 and from 1980 to 1985 (1912-2002)

King of Sweden from c.995 to 1022

Prime Minister (1959–61) and President (1961–67) of Gabon

President of Argentina (1908–1995)

President of Chad (1918–1975)

former de facto President of Guatemala, army general, genocida and former president of Congress (1926-2018)

1st President of the Gambia (1924-2019)

President of Brazil from 1926 to 1930

President of Argentina (1900-1983)

President of Ivory Coast from 1993 to 1999 (1934-2023)