1968 Republic of the Congo coup d'état

Overthrown of Alphonse Massamba-Débat 1968 Republic of the Congo coup d'état 200px Location Republic of the Congo AU Africa.svg September 4, 1968 Republic of the Congo Coup succeeds Alphonse Massamba-Débat arrested Republic of the Congo Government of the Republic of the Congo Army factionPrime Minister Alfred Raoul On September 4, 1968, following several days of violent clashes, Alphonse Massamba-Débat's government was overthrown by the military who forced Massamba-Débat to resign. Lentz Harris M. Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 Routledge 2013 978-1-884964-44-2 192 3rd Gleijeses Piero Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976 University of North Carolina Press 2002 0-8078-5464-6 183 Alfred Raoul then became the acting head of state until January 1969 when Marien Ngouabi, the chairman of the same party that had brought Massamba-Débat to power, assumed control.History Database Search, Massamba-Débat, Alphonse, http://www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp?iPin=MWLI237&SID=2&DatabaseName=Modern+World+History+Online&InputText=%22scientific+socialism%22&SearchStyle=&dTitle=Massamba-D%26%23233%3Bbat%2C+Alphonse&TabRecordType=Biography&BioCountPass=2&SubCountPass=7&DocCountPass=0&ImgCountPass=0&MapCountPass=0&FedCountPass=&MedCountPass=0&NewsCountPass=0&RecPosition=2&AmericanData=&WomenData=&AFHCData=&IndianData=&WorldData=Set&AncientData=&GovernmentData=. https://web.archive.org/web/20150722225832/http://www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp?iPin=MWLI237&SID=2&DatabaseName=Modern+World+History+Online&InputText=%22scientific+socialism%22&SearchStyle=&dTitle=Massamba-D%26%23233%3Bbat,+Alphonse&TabRecordType=Biography&BioCountPass=2&SubCountPass=7&DocCountPass=0&ImgCountPass=0&MapCountPass=0&FedCountPass=&MedCountPass=0&NewsCountPass=0&RecPosition=2&AmericanData=&WomenData=&AFHCData=&IndianData=&WorldData=Set&AncientData=&GovernmentData= 2015-07-22 References Category:1968 in the Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Category:Coups d'état in the Republic of the Congo Category:1960s coups d'état Category:September 1968 in Africa