1974 Nigerien coup d'état

1974 Nigerien coup d'état
Date15 April 1974 (1. am until morning)
Location
Niger
Result
  • Government overthrown
  • Hamani Diori deposed
  • Establishment of the CMS
  • Seyni Kountché installed as head of state
Belligerents
Government of Niger Niger Armed Forces
Commanders and leaders
President Hamani Diori Seyni Kountché
Mamadou Tandja
Units involved
Republican Guard
Strength
Unknown
Casualties and losses
Several (including Aissa Diori)

The 1974 Nigerien coup d'état was a largely bloodless military insurrection which overthrew the first postcolonial government of Niger. The government that followed, while plagued by coup attempts of its own, survived until 1991.

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