1974 Upper Voltan coup d'état

1974 self-coup in Upper Volta January 2022 1974 Upper Voltan coup d'état 8 February 1974 Ouagadougou, Republic of Upper Volta Location within Upper Volta. Coup attempt succeeds Upper Volta Upper Volta RDA Upper Voltan Armed Forces Upper Volta Gérard Kango OuédraogoPrime Minister of Upper VoltaUpper Volta Joseph OuédraogoPresident of the National Assembly Gen. Sangoulé LamizanaPresident of Upper Volta The 1974 Upper Voltan coup d'état was a bloodless military coup which took place in the Republic of Upper Volta on 8 February 1974.https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/09/archives/army-takes-over-in-upper-volta-president-stays-focus-of-drought.html Army Takes Over in Upper Volta 9 February 1974 The New York Times 28 January 2022https://www.nytimes.com/1974/03/10/archives/upper-volta-coup-typical-in-africa-dahomey-most-unstable.html UPPER VOLTA COUP TYPICAL IN AFRICA 10 March 1974 Thomas A. Johnson The New York Times 28 January 2022 The coup was effectively a self-coup, orchestrated by President General Sangoulé Lamizana (in office since the 1966 coup), against the RDA-led government of Prime Minister Gérard Kango Ouédraogo, formed following the 1970 parliamentary election.Elections in Burkina Faso https://web.archive.org/web/20111011151029/http://africanelections.tripod.com/bf.html October 11, 2011 African Elections Database Lamizana announced the dissolution of the National Assembly and the suspension of the Constitution, adopted following the 1970 constitutional referendum. He subsequently appointed himself as the new prime minister, in a government comprising 11 military officers and 4 civilians. See also History of Burkina Faso References Category:1974 in Upper Volta Upper Volta Upper Volta Category:Coups d'état in Burkina Faso Category:February 1974 in Africa Category:Self-coups