God Save the Queen Plot

God Save the Queen Plot
Date	November 11–22, 1986
Location	Metro Manila
Result	Philippine government victory; Coup averted; Dismissal of Enrile as Minister of National Defense in the Aquino cabinet, reassignment of Honasan and other coup plotters away from Manila;
Belligerents
Philippines	Reform the Armed Forces Movement
Commanders and leaders
Corazon Aquino; Fidel Ramos	Juan Ponce Enrile; Gregorio Honasan
Military support
Armed Forces of the Philippines	RAM Loyalists from the AFP

The God Save the Queen Plot was a planned coup d’etat in November 1986 by Minister of National Defense Juan Ponce Enrile and the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM), a dissident faction within the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to overthrow President Corazon Aquino, whom it helped install during the People Power Revolution nine months before. However, the staging of the coup was delayed and ultimately stopped by maneuvers within the AFP led by Chief of Staff General Fidel Ramos before a shot was even fired. As a result, Enrile was fired by Aquino from her cabinet.

The coup, along with another one in July 1987, were the only attempts against Aquino, out of a total of nine, that were uncovered before execution. It also marked the beginning of RAM's break with Aquino, which culminated in the August 1987 Philippine coup attempt against her.