June 1988 Haitian coup d'état

June 1988 Haitian coup d'état
Date 20 June 1988 Location Haiti Status Leslie Manigat overthrown
Belligerents
Armed Forces of Haiti	Haitian government
Commanders and leaders
Henri Namphy	Leslie Manigat

The June 1988 Haitian coup d'état took place on 20 June 1988, when Henri Namphy overthrew Leslie Manigat.^[1][2] Manigat, who won the military-controlled 1988 general election, had taken office on 7 February.

On 14 June 1988, a number of military reassignments were made by Henri Namphy, including transferring Colonel Jean-Claude Paul to army headquarters and making him Assistant Head of the General Staff.^[2] Paul telephoned President Leslie Manigat to protest the move, and the following day Manigat issued a statement cancelling the changes, and saying that he, as constitutional head of the Armed Forces of Haiti, had not been consulted.^[2] On 19 June Manigat retired Namphy, saying he had been preparing a coup.^[2] On 20 June Namphy ousted Manigat in a coup d'état, declaring himself President with Col. Jean-Claude Paul at his side.^[2]

The coup was followed some months later by the September 1988 coup d'état in which Prosper Avril overthrew Henri Namphy.

References

1. James Rupert (20 June 1988). "Military stages of coup in Haiti". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
2. IACHR, Report on the situation of human rights in Haiti Archived 28 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.74 doc. 9 rev. 1, 7 September 1988