1994 Gambian coup d'état

1994 Gambian coup d'état
	; Map of The Gambia
Date	22 July 1994
Location	The Gambia
Result	Coup successful Government of Dawda Jawara is overthrown; Military junta established; Yahya Jammeh installed as president;
Belligerents
Government of the Gambia	Armed Forces faction; Supported by:; Libya (alleged)
Commanders and leaders
Dawda Jawara	Yahya Jammeh

In the 1994 Gambian coup d'état, a group of soldiers led by 29-year-old Lieutenant Yahya Jammeh seized power in a coup d'état on the morning of 22 July, ousting Dawda Jawara, who had been President of The Gambia since it became a Republic in 1970.

The coup plotters dissolved the government, arrested government members, and abolished the constitution. The coup led to the installment of Yahya Jammeh as president, who ruled The Gambia as an authoritarian for 22 years.