1953 Colombian coup d'état

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1953 Colombian coup d'état
Part of La Violencia
DateJune 13, 1953
Location
Colombia
Status Laureano Gómez ousted from office
Belligerents
Colombia Colombian government (Gómez faction Colombia Colombian government (Pinilla faction)
Commanders and leaders
Colombia Laureano Gómez Colombia Gustavo Rojas Pinilla

The 1953 Colombian coup d'état was the coup followed by seizing of power, by Colombia's commander in chief Gustavo Rojas Pinilla on June 13, 1953. Colombia was ruled by Rojas Pinilla's military dictatorship until the Colombian coup of May 10, 1957, when he was forced to step down and hand over power to a military junta.[1]

External links

  • (Colombia Coup 1953) Archived 2006-11-03 at the Wayback Machine

References

  1. ^ "Biography of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla" (in Spanish). wsp.presidencia.gov.co. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
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