2023 Gabonese coup d'état

2023 Gabonese coup d'état
	Part of the Coup Belt
	; Topographic map of Gabon
Date	30 August 2023
Location	Gabon
Result	Coup d'état successful President Ali Bongo arrested and his government ousted; Military assumes control, General Brice Oligui Nguema announced as transitional president; Results of the 2023 Gabonese general election annulled; All state institutions dissolved and international borders closed for three days; Junta announces elections in 2025; Ali Bongo released by Junta on 8 September;
Belligerents
Government of Gabon Gabonese Democratic Party;	Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions Republican Guard;
Commanders and leaders
Ali Bongo Ondimba ; Rose Christiane Raponda ; Alain Claude Bilie By Nze	Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema; Ulrich Manfoumbi Manfoumbi

On 30 August 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Gabon shortly after the announcement that incumbent president Ali Bongo had won the general election held on 26 August. It was the eighth successful coup to occur in West and Central Africa since 2020.

The coup's leader Brice Oligui Nguema is part of the Bongo family and overthrew his cousin Ali Bongo. The coup brought an end to the 56-year-long rule of the father-and-son duo Omar and Ali Bongo over Gabon. It has been described by some as a palace coup.