Deposition by political means concerns the removal of a politician or monarch.[1] It may be done by coup, impeachment, invasion, or forced abdication.[2] The term may also refer to the official removal of a clergyman, especially a bishop, from ecclesiastical office.
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For other uses see Deposition This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources List of deposed politicians news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article possibly contains original research Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed December 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Deposition by political means concerns the removal of a politician or monarch 1 It may be done by coup impeachment invasion or forced abdication 2 The term may also refer to the official removal of a clergyman especially a bishop from ecclesiastical office Contents 1 Notable deposed politicians 2 Notable deposed monarchs 3 Notable deposed bishops 4 See also 5 ReferencesNotable deposed politicians EditYear Politician Country Title Type81 BCE Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Cinna Roman Republic Consuls Sulla s civil war48 BCE Pompey Roman Republic Triumvir Assassinated by Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator while attempting to flee to Egypt during Caesar s civil war44 BCE Julius Caesar Roman Republic Dictator perpetuo Assassinated at the beginning of the Liberators civil war33 BCE Mark Antony Roman Republic Triumvir War of Actium1649 CE Charles I of England Kingdom of England King of England English Civil War1659 CE Richard Cromwell Commonwealth of England Scotland and Ireland Lord Protector Stuart Restoration1852 Juan Manuel de Rosas Argentine Confederation 17th Governor of Buenos Aires Province Ruler of Argentina Brazilian invasion during the Platine War1861 Sam Houston Republic of Texas Governor of Texas Opposed Texas s secession from the Union and entry into the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War1863 Jose Antonio Paez Venezuela 5th President of Venezuela1865 Jefferson Davis Confederate States of America President of the Confederate States of America American Civil War1871 Mariano Melgarejo Bolivia 15th President of Bolivia1908 Cipriano Castro Venezuela President of Venezuela 1908 Venezuelan coup d etat removed from office while abroad the country1911 Porfirio Diaz Mexico 33rd President of Mexico Mexican Revolution1917 Alexander Kerensky Russian Republic Minister President of the Russian Republic October Revolution1917 1926 Bernardino Machado Portugal Third and eighth President of Portugal Coup d etat by Sidonio Pais1930 Washington Luis First Brazilian Republic 13th President of Brazil Brazilian Revolution of 19301938 Kurt Schuschnigg Austria Chancellor of Austria Anschluss1938 Edvard Benes Czechoslovakia President of Czechoslovakia Occupation of Czechoslovakia1939 Manuel Azana Spain Prime Minister of Spain Spanish Civil War1940 Paul Reynaud French Third Republic Prime Minister of France Battle of France1940 Konstantin Pats Estonia 1st President of Estonia Soviet invasion of Estonia1940 Antanas Smetona Lithuania 1st President of Lithuania Soviet invasion of Lithuania1940 Karlis Ulmanis Latvia 4th President of Latvia self proclaimed Soviet invasion of Latvia1944 1945 Benito Mussolini Italian Social Republic Duce Italian campaign of World War II1944 Juan Federico Ponce Vaides Guatemala President of Guatemala Guatemalan Revolution1945 Karl Donitz Nazi Germany President of Germany World War II1945 Isaias Medina Angarita Venezuela President of Venezuela 1945 Venezuelan coup d etat1945 Getulio Vargas Brazil 14th and 17th President of Brazil 1945 Brazilian coup d etat1947 Ferenc Nagy Hungary 40th Prime Minister of Hungary 1st Prime Minister of the Second Hungarian Republic Coup d etat1948 Teodoro Picado Michalski Costa Rica President of Costa Rica Costa Rican Civil War1948 Romulo Gallegos Venezuela President of Venezuela 1948 Venezuelan coup d etat1953 Mohammad Mosaddegh Iran 35th Prime Minister of Iran 1953 Iranian coup d etat1954 Jacobo Arbenz Guatemala President of Guatemala 1954 Guatemalan coup d etat1955 Carlos Luz Brazil Acting President of Brazil1956 Imre Nagy Hungary Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People s Republic Soviet invasion of Hungary1956 Boleslaw Bierut Poland General Secretary of the Polish United Workers Party Polish October1958 Marcos Perez Jimenez Venezuela Military dictator of Venezuela Fled the country during the 1958 Venezuelan coup d etat1959 Fulgencio Batista 3 Cuba 14th and 17th President of Cuba Cuban Revolution1960 Patrice Lumumba Republic of the Congo Leopoldville 1st President of Congo Leopoldville Congo Crisis1960 Syngman Rhee South Korea 1st President of South Korea April Revolution1963 Nazem al Qudsi Syria President of Syria 1963 Syrian coup d etat1963 Juan Bosch Dominican Republic President of the Dominican Republic 1963 Dominican coup d etat1963 Ngo Dinh Diem South Vietnam President of South Vietnam 1963 South Vietnamese coup1964 Nikita Khrushchev 4 Soviet Union First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Removed from office1964 Joao Goulart Brazil 24th President of Brazil 1964 Brazilian coup d etat1966 Kwame Nkrumah Ghana 1st President of Ghana 1966 Ghanaian coup d etat1968 Alexander Dubcek Czechoslovakia First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia1973 Eric Gairy Grenada Premier of Grenada1974 Americo Tomas Portugal President of Portugal Carnation Revolution1974 Richard Nixon United States 37th President of the United States Resigned to avoid removal from office by impeachment process after the Watergate scandal1975 Gough Whitlam Australia 21st Prime Minister of Australia 1975 Australian constitutional crisis1975 Nguyễn Văn Thiệu South Vietnam President of South Vietnam 1975 spring offensive1978 Mohammed Daoud Khan Afghanistan 1st President of Afghanistan Saur Revolution1979 Idi Amin 5 Uganda 3rd President of Uganda Uganda Tanzania War1979 Anastasio Somoza Debayle Nicaragua President of Nicaragua Nicaraguan Revolution1979 Pol Pot Democratic Kampuchea General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea Cambodian Vietnamese War1979 Ian Smith Rhodesia Prime Minister of Rhodesia Rhodesian Bush War1979 Park Chung hee South Korea 3rd President of South Korea Assassinated by Korean Central Intelligence Agency Director Kim Jae gyu1979 Hafizullah Amin Afghanistan General Secretary of the People s Democratic Party of Afghanistan Operation Storm 3331982 Bachir Gemayel Lebanon President elect of Lebanon Lebanese Civil War1983 Hudson Austin Grenada Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council of Grenada United States invasion of Grenada1986 Jean Claude Duvalier Haiti 35th President of Haiti Anti Duvalier protest movement1986 Ferdinand Marcos 6 Philippines 10th President of the Philippines People Power Revolution1987 Habib Bourguiba Tunisia First President of Tunisia 1987 Tunisian coup d etat1987 Thomas Sankara Burkina Faso President of Burkina Faso 1987 Burkina Faso coup d etat1987 Chun Doo hwan South Korea 5th President of South Korea June Democratic Struggle1988 Ne Win Burma President of Burma 8888 Uprising1989 Alfredo Stroessner 7 Paraguay 42nd President of Paraguay 1989 Paraguayan coup d etat1989 Erich Honecker 8 East Germany General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany effective leader of East Germany Peaceful Revolution1989 Milos Jakes Czechoslovakia General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Velvet Revolution1989 Todor Zhivkov 9 Bulgaria General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party Revolutions of 19891989 Karoly Grosz Hungary General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party End of communism in Hungary1989 Manuel Noriega 10 Panama Military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989 United States invasion of Panama1989 Nicolae Ceaușescu 11 Romania President of Romania Romanian Revolution1990 Hissene Habre Chad 5th President of Chad 1990 Chadian coup d etat1991 Siad Barre Somalia 3rd President of Somalia Somali Rebellion1991 Mengistu Haile Mariam Ethiopia First President of Ethiopia Forced to flee when the Ethiopian People s Revolutionary Democratic Front began winning the Ethiopian Civil War1991 Mikhail Gorbachev Soviet Union 1st President of the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union1991 Jean Bertrand Aristide Haiti 39th President of Haiti 1991 Haitian coup d etat1992 Mohammad Najibullah Afghanistan 2nd President of Afghanistan Afghan Civil War1992 Joseph Saidu Momoh Sierra Leone 2nd President of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Civil War1992 Fernando Collor de Mello Brazil 32nd President of Brazil Impeachment and resignation1993 Carlos Andres Perez Venezuela 40th President of Venezuela Impeachment1993 1999 Nawaz Sharif Pakistan 12th and 14th Prime Minister of Pakistan 1999 Pakistani coup d etat1994 Juvenal Habyarimana Rwanda 2nd President of Rwanda Assassinated by an unknown force before the Arusha Accords ending the Rwandan Civil War went into effect1997 Mobutu Sese Seko Zaire President of Zaire First Congo War1998 Suharto Indonesia 2nd President of Indonesia Indonesian Revolution of 19981999 Joao Bernardo Vieira Guinea Bissau 2nd President of Guinea Bissau Guinea Bissau Civil War2000 Slobodan Milosevic 12 Yugoslavia 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic2001 Laurent Desire Kabila Democratic Republic of the Congo 3rd President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Second Congo War2001 Joseph Estrada Philippines 14th President of the Philippines Second EDSA Revolution2001 Mullah Omar Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan United States invasion of Afghanistan2002 Hugo Chavez Venezuela President of Venezuela Reportedly resigned before the 2002 Venezuelan coup d etat attempt2003 Saddam Hussein Iraq 5th President of Iraq Iraq War2003 Charles Taylor 13 Liberia 22nd President of Liberia Second Liberian Civil War2003 Eduard Shevardnadze Georgia 1st President of Georgia Rose Revolution2004 Rolandas Paksas Lithuania 3rd President of Lithuania Impeachment2005 Lucio Gutierrez Ecuador 43rd President of Ecuador Removed from office2010 Askar Akayev Kyrgyzstan 1st President of Kyrgyzstan Tulip Revolution2006 Thaksin Shinawatra Thailand 31st Prime Minister of Thailand 2006 Thai coup d etat2009 Marc Ravalomanana Madagascar 5th President of Madagascar 2009 Malagasy political crisis2009 Manuel Zelaya Honduras 52nd President of Honduras 2009 Honduran coup d etat2010 Kurmanbek Bakiyev Kyrgyzstan 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Revolution of 20102011 Zine El Abidine Ben Ali 14 Tunisia 2nd President of Tunisia Tunisian Revolution2011 Hosni Mubarak 15 Egypt 4th President of Egypt 2011 Egyptian revolution2011 Muammar Gaddafi Libya Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya First Libyan Civil War2011 Ali Abdullah Saleh Yemen 1st President of Yemen Yemeni Revolution2013 Mohamed Morsi Egypt 5th President of Egypt 2013 Egyptian coup d etat2014 Viktor Yanukovych Ukraine 4th President of Ukraine Revolution of Dignity2014 Yingluck Shinawatra Thailand 36th Prime Minister of Thailand 2014 Thai coup d etat2016 Dilma Rousseff Brazil 36th President of Brazil Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff2017 Park Geun hye South Korea 11th President of South Korea Impeachment of Park Geun hye2017 Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe 2nd President of Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwean coup d etat2017 Yahya Jammeh The Gambia 2nd President of the Gambia 2016 2017 Gambian constitutional crisis2018 Serzh Sargsyan Armenia 3rd President of Armenia 2018 Armenian revolution2019 Abdelaziz Bouteflika 16 Algeria 7th President of Algeria 2019 Algerian protests2019 Omar al Bashir 17 Sudan 7th President of Sudan 2019 Sudanese coup d etat2021 Ashraf Ghani Afghanistan 5th President of Afghanistan 2021 Taliban offensive2021 Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmar State Counsellor of Myanmar 2021 Myanmar coup d etat2022 Gotabaya Rajapaksa 18 Sri Lanka 8th President of Sri Lanka 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis2022 Imran Khan Pakistan 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan 2022 Pakistani constitutional crisis2022 Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba Burkina Faso Interim President of Burkina Faso September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d etat2022 Pedro Casillo Peru 63rd President of Peru 2022 Peruvian self coup d etat attemptNotable deposed monarchs EditType587 BCE Zedekiah Kingdom of Judah King of Judah Fall of Jerusalem539 BCE Nabonidus Neo Babylonian Empire King of the Neo Babylonian Empire Fall of Babylon331 BCE Darius III Achaemenid Empire King of Kings Battle of Gaugamela320 BCE Perdiccas Macedonian Empire Regent of Macedonia First War of the Diadochi207 BCE Qin Er Shi Qin dynasty Emperor of China Fall of the Qin316 BCE Olympias Macedonia Queen of Macedonia Second War of the Diadochi310 BCE Alexander IV of Macedon and Roxana Macedonia King and Queen of Macedon Assassinated by Cassander during the Third War of the Diadochi168 BCE Perseus of Macedon Macedonia Basileus of Macedonia Third Macedonian War63 BCE Mithridates IV of Pontus Pontus King of Pontus Third Mithridatic War47 BCE Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt Pharaoh of Egypt Alexandrian war30 BCE Cleopatra Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt War of Actium41 CE Caligula Roman Empire Roman emperor Assassinated by the Praetorian Guard and the Roman Senate in favor of his uncle Claudius and attempted abolition of the Principate68 Nero Roman Empire Roman emperor Outlawed and killed during rebellion by Gaius Julius Vindex69 Galba Roman Empire Roman emperor Assassinated by the Praetorian Guard during the Year of the Four Emperors69 Otho Roman Empire Roman emperor Defeated by Vitellius at the First Battle of Bedriacum69 Vitellius Roman Empire Roman emperor Defeated by Vespasian at the Second Battle of Bedriacum193 Commodus Roman Empire Roman emperor Assassinated at the beginning of the Year of the Five Emperors193 Pertinax Roman Empire Roman emperor Assassinated by the Praetorian Guard during the Year of the Five Emperors193 Didius Julianus Roman Empire Roman emperor Assassinated in revolt by Septimius Severus during the Year of the Five Emperors193 Pescennius Niger Roman Empire Roman emperor Killed by the Imperial Roman army while retreating from Antioch197 Clodius Albinus Roman Empire Roman emperor Claim to the emperorship defeated during the Year of the Five Emperors decisively defeated at the Battle of Lugdunum220 Emperor Xian of Han Han China Emperor of China End of the Han dynasty235 Severus Alexander Roman Empire Roman emperor Assassinated by the Imperial Roman army at the beginning of the Crisis of the Third Century238 Maximinus Thrax Roman Empire Roman emperor Assassinated by the Legio II Parthica during the siege of Aquilea238 Gordian I Roman Empire Roman emperor Committed suicide after defeat of his forces at the Battle of Carthage238 Gordian II Roman Empire Co emperor Killed at the Battle of Carthage238 Pupienus Roman Empire Roman emperor Assassinated by Balbinus during the Year of the Six Emperors238 Balbinus Roman Empire Roman emperor Assassinated by the Praetorian Guard during the Year of the Six Emperors249 Cao Shuang Cao Wei Regent of Cao Wei Incident at the Gaoping Tombs251 Decius and Herennius Etruscus Roman Empire Roman emperors Gothic War260 Valerian I Roman Empire Roman emperor Battle of Edessa307 Severus II Roman Empire Roman emperor Civil wars of the Tetrarchy312 Maxentius Roman Empire Roman emperor Battle of the Milvian Bridge324 Valens Roman Empire Eastern Roman emperor Battle of Adrianople475 Julius Nepos Western Roman Empire Western Roman emperor Defeated in rebellion by Orestes476 Romulus Augustulus Western Roman Empire Western Roman emperor Fall of the Western Roman Empire493 Odoacer Kingdom of Italy King of Italy Killed by Theodoric the Great during the Ostrogothic conquest of Italy626 Emperor Gaozong of Tang Tang dynasty Emperor of China Xuanwu Gate Incident628 Khosrow II Sasanian Empire King of Kings Sasanian civil war of 628 632649 Emperor Taizong of Tang Tang dynasty Emperor of China Transition from Sui to Tang652 Yazdegerd III Sasanian Empire King of Kings Muslim conquest of Persia705 Wu Zetian Zhou dynasty Empress of China Coup d etat by Emperor Zhongzong of Tang960 Guo Zongxun Later Zhou dynasty Emperor of China Coup at Chen Bridge1013 AEthelred the Unready England King of England Overthrown by Danish invasion1126 Emperor Qinzong Northern Song dynasty Emperor of China Jingkang incident1167 Diarmaid mac Murchadha Leinster King of Leinster Deposed by the Irish High King Ruaidri Ua Conchobair for allegations that he had kidnapped Derbforgaill ingen Maeleachlainn1206 Alexios IV Angelos and Alexios V Doukas Byzantine Empire Eastern Roman emperor Fourth Crusade1248 Sancho II of Portugal Portugal King of Portugal Deposed by Pope Innocent IV in the bull Grandi non immerito1279 Zhao Bing Southern Song dynasty Emperor of China Mongol conquest of China1298 Adolf King of the Romans Holy Roman Empire King of the Romans Deposed by prince electors of the Holy Roman Empire1327 Edward II of England 1 England King of England Forced to abdicate by Parliament of 13271370 Toghon Temur Yuan dynasty Emperor of China Red Turban Rebellions1399 Richard II of England 2 England King of England Invasion of England by Henry Bolingbroke1400 Wenceslaus King of the Romans Holy Roman Empire King of the Romans Deposed by Sigismund of Luxembourg in favor of Rupert III1453 Constantine XI Palaiologos Byzantine Empire Eastern Roman emperor Fall of Constantinople conquest of the former Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire1461 Henry VI of England England King of England Wars of the Roses1470 Edward IV of England England King of England Wars of the Roses1483 Edward V of England England King of England Abducted to the Tower of London during the Wars of the Roses1567 Mary Queen of Scots Scotland Queen of Scotland1623 Gwanghaegun of Joseon Korea Korean Emperor Overthrown by the Westerner faction in favor of Injo of Joseon1640 Philip III of Portugal Portugal King of Portugal Portuguese Restoration War1644 Chongzhen Emperor Ming dynasty Emperor of China Late Ming peasant rebellions1645 Li Zicheng Shun dynasty Emperor of China Transition from Ming to Qing1649 Charles I of England England Scotland King of EnglandKing of ScotlandKing of Ireland English Civil War1688 James II of England England Scotland Ireland King of EnglandKing of ScotlandKing of Ireland Glorious Revolution1735 Stanislaw Leszczynski Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania War of the Polish Succession1789 Cesar Constantin Francois de Hoensbroeck Prince Bishopric of Liege Prince Bishop of Liege Liege Revolution1790 Maria Christina and Albert Casimir Austrian Netherlands Governor of the Austrian Netherlands Brabant Revolution1792 Louis XVI Kingdom of France King of France French Revolution1795 Stanislaw August Poniatowski Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Third Partition of Poland1806 Francis II Holy Roman Empire Holy Roman Emperor Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire at the end of the War of the Third Coalition remained Emperor of Austria1807 Selim III Ottoman Empire Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Ottoman coups of 1807 1808Mustafa IV Ottoman Empire Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Ottoman coups of 1807 18081809 Gustav IV Adolf Sweden and Finland King of Sweden and Grand Prince of Finland Finnish War and Coup of 18091810 Ferdinand VII of Spain Spanish Empire King of Spain and the Indies Forced to abdicate by Napoleon at the beginning of the Peninsular War which also led to the Spanish American wars of independence in which Spain lost most of its colonies1814 Christian Frederick Norway King of Norway Swedish Norwegian War 1814 1814 15 Napoleon I First French Empire Emperor of the French Exiled to Elba after defeat in the War of the Sixth Coalition returned and restored control of France but was defeated again in the Battle of Waterloo and exiled in Saint Helena1815 Louis XVIII Kingdom of France King of France Briefly deposed in Napoleon s Hundred Days1823 Augustin I of Mexico Mexico Emperor of Mexico Casa Mata Plan Revolution1830 Charles X France King of France July Revolution1848 Louis Philippe I France King of France French Revolution of 18481858 Bahadur Shah Zafar 19 Mughal Empire Mughal emperor British defeat of the Indian Rebellion of 18571864 Christian IX of Denmark Schleswig Holstein Duke of Schleswig Holstein and Lauenberg Second Schleswig War1866 Franz Joseph I of Austria German Confederation President of the German Confederation Austro Prussian War1866 George V of Hanover Hanover King of Hanover Austro Prussian War1866 Frederick William Elector of Hesse Hesse Elector of Hesse Austro Prussian War1866 Adolphe Grand Duke of Luxembourg Nassau Duke of Nassau Austro Prussian War1867 Maximilian I of Mexico Mexico Emperor of Mexico Defeat of Second French intervention in Mexico1868 Isabella II of Spain Spain Queen of Spain Glorious Revolution Spain 1871 Napoleon III Second French Empire Emperor of the French Franco Prussian War1889 Pedro II of Brazil Brazil Brazilian Emperor Decline and fall of Pedro II of Brazil1896 Frederick William Koko Mingi VIII of Nembe Nembe Kingdom King of Nembe Deposed by the British Empire1898 Guangxu Emperor China Emperor of China Defeat of Hundred Days Reform1908 Abdul Hamid II 20 Ottoman Empire Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Young Turk Revolution1910 Manuel II of Portugal Portugal King of Portugal 5 October 1910 revolution1912 Puyi China Emperor of China 1911 Revolution1914 Peter I of Serbia Serbia King of Serbia Serbian campaign of World War I1917 Nicholas II of Russia Russia Emperor of all the Russias February Revolution1918 Charles I of Austria Austria Hungary Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary Dissolution of Austria Hungary as a result of World War I1918 Wilhelm II German Emperor Germany German Emperor German Revolution of 1918 19191922 Mehmed VI Ottoman Empire Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire during the Turkish War of Independence1931 Alfonso XIII Spain King of Spain Abdicated after the monarchists were overwhelmingly defeated in the 1931 Spanish local elections1939 Zog I of Albania Albanian Kingdom King of Albania Italian invasion of Albania1940 Charlotte Luxembourg Grand Duchess of Luxembourg German invasion of Luxembourg1940 Wilhelmina of the Netherlands Netherlands Queen of the Netherlands German invasion of the Netherlands1941 Reza Shah Iran Shah of Iran Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran1941 George II of Greece Greece King of Greece German invasion of Greece1947 George VI British Raj Emperor of India Independence of India1947 Michael I of Romania Romania King of Romania Soviet occupation of Romania1952 Farouk of Egypt 21 Egypt King of Egypt Egyptian revolution of 19521958 Faisal II of Iraq Iraq King of Iraq 14 July Revolution1962 Muhammad al Badr North Yemen King and Imam of Yemen North Yemen Civil War1964 Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar Zanzibar Sultan of Zanzibar Zanzibar Revolution1967 Constantine II of Greece Greece King of Greece 1967 Greek counter coup1969 Idris of Libya 22 Libya King of Libya 1969 Libyan coup d etat1973 Mohammed Zahir Shah Afghanistan King of Afghanistan 1973 Afghan coup d etat1974 Haile Selassie 23 Ethiopia Emperor of Ethiopia 1974 Ethiopian coup d etat1975 Sisavang Vatthana Laos King of Laos Laotian Civil War1978 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Imperial State of Iran Shah of Iran Iranian Revolution1987 Elizabeth II of Fiji Fiji Queen of Fiji Fijian monarchy abolished after the 1987 Fijian coups d etat2020 Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Kano Emirate Emir of Kano Deposed by the Kano State Government for corruptionNotable deposed bishops EditCyril of Alexandria Cyril Lucaris John Chrysostom Nestorius Photios I of Constantinople Antipope Benedict XIII Antipope John XXIII The Nine Bishops of the Nonjuring Schism Robert Duncan VII Bishop of Pittsburgh Mark Lawrence XIV Bishop of South Carolina John David Schofield IV Bishop of San JoaquinSee also EditCoup d etat Defrocking Motion of no confidenceReferences Edit a b The Deposition of Edward II Medieval England Steven Muhlberger ORB The Online Reference for Medieval Studies 1999 a b The deposition of Richard II Archived 2017 02 12 at the Wayback Machine J P Sommerville History Department University of Wisconsin Sierra Jerry A Batista From Army Sergeant to Dictator History of Cuba Retrieved 2 May 2016 Khrushchev Ousted From Top Posts The New York Times On This Day October 14 1964 Retrieved 9 May 2016 Head to Head Toppling of Idi Amin BBC News BBC 10 April 2009 Retrieved 7 May 2016 The Downfall of Marcos H Monte Hill Air University Archived from the original on 31 December 2016 Retrieved 30 April 2016 25 Years after the Fall of Alfredo Stroessner Right Livelihood East Germany Leader Ousted BBC News On This Day 18 October BBC 1989 10 18 Retrieved 29 April 2016 Evolution in Europe Bulgarian Communist stalwart says he d do it all differently The New York Times 28 November 1990 Retrieved 2 May 2016 US Forces Oust General Noriega BBC News On This Day 20 December BBC 1989 12 20 Retrieved 11 May 2016 The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu The Seventh Art 15 January 2011 Retrieved 29 April 2016 Milosevic s Yugoslavia Downfall BBC News BBC Retrieved 29 April 2016 President Charles Ghankay Taylor 1997 2003 Liberia Past and Present Retrieved 2 May 2016 Tunisia The fall of Ben Ali Al Bab 17 December 2015 Archived from the original on 25 May 2016 Retrieved 29 April 2016 Egypt s Last Pharaoh The rise and fall of Hosni Mubarak Time Retrieved 30 April 2016 Abdelaziz Bouteflika Algerian leader resigns amid protests BBC News BBC 3 April 2019 Retrieved 12 April 2019 Sudan coup Protesters defy curfew after military ousts Bashir BBC News BBC 12 April 2019 Retrieved 12 April 2019 Sri Lanka leader flees as protesters storm home France 24 AFP Retrieved 9 July 2022 The last days of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar in Burma Two Circles 31 May 2012 Retrieved 1 May 2016 The Young Turk Revolution and the 1908 annexation of Bosnia Balkan Analysis 25 April 2006 Retrieved 2 May 2016 The overthrow of Egypt s King Farouk a dramatic departure from power Al Arabiya 24 January 2014 Retrieved 11 May 2016 Bloodless Coup in Libya BBC News On This Day 1 September BBC September 1969 Retrieved 7 May 2016 The Last Emperor The Fall of Haile Selassie Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Retrieved 7 May 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of deposed politicians amp oldid 1128390141, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
