1973 Rwandan coup d'état
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Committee for Peace and National Union | Rwandan government | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Juvénal Habyarimana | Grégoire Kayibanda | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Rwandan Armed Forces | None | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 0 | 56 died after arrest | ||||||
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The 1973 Rwandan coup d'état, also known as the Coup d'état of 5 July (French: Coup d'état du 5 Juillet), was a military coup staged by Juvénal Habyarimana against incumbent president Grégoire Kayibanda in the Republic of Rwanda. The coup took place on 5 July 1973 and was considered by many as a betrayal.