1963 Dominican coup d’état

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The 1963 Dominican coup d’état was a military overthrow of democratically elected President Juan Bosch that destabilized the Dominican Republic and set the stage for the later Dominican Civil War.

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instanceOf military coup d’état
political event
alsoKnownAs 1963 Dominican military coup
1963 coup in the Dominican Republic
cause Cold War anti-communist fears among Dominican military and elites
military dissatisfaction with civilian government
opposition of conservative elites to Juan Bosch’s reforms
consequence erosion of democratic institutions in the Dominican Republic
military dominance over civilian politics
polarization between constitutionalists and loyalists
political instability in the Dominican Republic
constitutionalStatusAfter constitution suspended
continent North America
country Dominican Republic
date 1963-09-25
endDate 1963-09-25
followedBy 1965 United States intervention in the Dominican Republic
Dominican Civil War
governmentTypeAfter military junta
historicalPeriod 1960s
20th century
keyFigure Elías Wessin y Wessin
Víctor Elby Viñas Román
languageOfCountry Spanish
ledTo 1965 Dominican Civil War
linked to: Dominican Civil War

increased U.S. concern over Dominican political trajectory
location Santo Domingo
overthrew Juan Bosch government
overthrewGovernmentOf Dominican Republic
perpetrator Dominican Armed Forces
linked to: Dominican Army

Dominican military officers
linked to: Dominican Army
politicalContext Cold War in Latin America
post-Trujillo Dominican Republic
precededBy 1962 Dominican general election
region Hispaniola
removedFromOffice Juan Bosch
removedLeaderParty Dominican Revolutionary Party
removedLeaderTitle President of the Dominican Republic
result establishment of a military junta
interruption of democratic rule in the Dominican Republic
overthrow of President Juan Bosch
suspension of the 1963 Dominican Constitution
startDate 1963-09-25
subregion Caribbean
target Dominican Revolutionary Party government
Juan Bosch
timeSincePreviousDictatorship approximately 2 years after the end of the Trujillo dictatorship

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Dominican Civil War relatedTo 1963 Dominican coup d’état
1963 Dominican coup d’état alsoKnownAs 1963 Dominican military coup
linked to: 1963 Dominican coup d’état
April Revolution (Dominican Republic) alsoKnownAs Dominican April Revolution
subject linked to: April Revolution
linked to: 1963 Dominican coup d’état
Revolución de Abril de 1965 relacionadoCon Triunvirato dominicano (1963-1965)
linked to: 1963 Dominican coup d’état
U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic (1965) precededBy Dominican coup d’état of 1963
linked to: 1963 Dominican coup d’état