1965 Algerian coup d'état

1965 Algerian coup d'état
Date19 June 1965
Location
Algiers, Algeria
36°45′14″N 3°3′32″E / 36.75389°N 3.05889°E / 36.75389; 3.05889
Result

Coup attempt succeeds with minimum disruption.

Casualties and losses
No casualties reported.
Nexus of coup in Algiers (marked green), Algeria

The 1965 Algerian coup d'état brought Colonel Houari Boumédiène to power as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council in Algeria. The bloodless coup d'état saw Algeria's first President, Ahmed Ben Bella, arrested and his closest supporters imprisoned by Boumédiène and his allies, principally in the Algerian Land Forces. The arrest of Ben Bella occurred on 19 June 1965.

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