May Coup d'État

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The May Coup d'État was a 1926 military takeover in Poland led by Józef Piłsudski that overthrew the democratic government and established a more authoritarian regime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coup d'état ⓘ
military takeover ⓘ
political event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs May Coup ⓘ
linked to: May Coup d'État

Przewrót majowy ⓘ
belongsToCategory 1926 in Poland ⓘ
Interwar coups d'état ⓘ
Military coups in Europe ⓘ
Political history of Poland ⓘ
casualties hundreds of killed and wounded ⓘ
cause conflict between Józef Piłsudski and the ruling coalition ⓘ
political instability in the Second Polish Republic ⓘ
constitutionalImpact strengthening of executive power in Poland ⓘ
weakening of parliamentary institutions in Poland ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
date May 1926 ⓘ
endDate 1926-05-15 ⓘ
era interwar period ⓘ
followedBy Sanation regime ⓘ
linked to: Sanation movement
follows parliamentary rule in the Second Polish Republic ⓘ
governmentFormAfter authoritarian presidential-parliamentary system dominated by Piłsudski’s camp ⓘ
historicalPeriod history of Poland (1918–1939) ⓘ
immediateConsequence resignation of President Stanisław Wojciechowski ⓘ
resignation of Prime Minister Wincenty Witos ⓘ
leader Józef Piłsudski ⓘ
location Warsaw ⓘ
mainProponent Józef Piłsudski ⓘ
militaryForceOpposedBy units loyal to the legal government ⓘ
militaryForceUsedBy units loyal to Józef Piłsudski ⓘ
notableCommander General Lucjan Żeligowski ⓘ
Józef Piłsudski ⓘ
opponent President Stanisław Wojciechowski ⓘ
government of Wincenty Witos ⓘ
partOf interwar politics of the Second Polish Republic ⓘ
politicalContext Second Polish Republic ⓘ
region Central Europe ⓘ
relatedIdeology Sanation movement ⓘ
result establishment of a more authoritarian regime ⓘ
overthrow of the democratic government of the Second Polish Republic ⓘ
significance brought Piłsudski and his supporters to dominant political power ⓘ
marked the end of parliamentary democracy in interwar Poland ⓘ
startDate 1926-05-12 ⓘ
triggerEvent Piłsudski’s conflict with the government over control of the army and state policy ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentEstablished authoritarian regime ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentOverthrown democratic government ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

May Coup of 1926 → alsoKnownAs → May Coup d'État ⓘ
Przewrót majowy → alsoKnownAs → May Coup ⓘ
linked to: May Coup d'État
Przewrót majowy → alsoKnownAs → May Coup d'État ⓘ
May Coup d'État → alsoKnownAs → May Coup ⓘ
linked to: May Coup d'État
Stanisław Wojciechowski → participantIn → May Coup ⓘ
linked to: May Coup d'État
May Coup in Poland → alsoKnownAs → May Coup d'État ⓘ