Myanmar coup d'état

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There have been four Fijian coups d'état in the past forty years:

Thai coup d'état or Siamese coup d'état may refer one of the following:

NUG may refer to any of a number of entities:

Honduran coup d'état may refer to:

Amyotha Hluttaw Upper house of the Myanmar legislature

The Amyotha Hluttaw is the de jure upper house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 224 members, of whom 168 are directly elected and 56 appointed by the Myanmar Armed Forces. The last elections to the Amyotha Hluttaw were held in November 2015. At its second meeting on 3 February 2016, Mahn Win Khaing Than and Aye Thar Aung were elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw and Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw as a whole.

In 1973, several notable coup d'états took place:

Wunna Maung Lwin Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar

Wunna Maung Lwin is a Burmese politician and incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs, appointed by Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Min Aung Hlaing after the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. He previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from March 2011 to March 2016. He is a retired colonel in the Myanmar Army.

A coup d'état is the sudden overthrow of a government through unconstitutional means.

Iraqi coup d'état may refer to:

The Syrian coup d'état may refer to:

Mahn Win Khaing Than is an ethnic Karen, Burmese politician and lawyer who is serving as the Prime Minister of the National Unity Government of Myanmar. He served as the Speaker of the Assembly of the Union from 2016 to 2018 and the Speaker of the House of Nationalities from 2016 until his removal from office in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.

Turkish coup d'état may refer to:

2021–2022 Myanmar protests Protests against the February 2021 coup

Protests in Myanmar, known locally as the Spring Revolution, began in early 2021 in opposition to the coup d'état on 1 February, staged by Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces, the Tatmadaw. As of 31 March 2022, at least 1,723 protesters have been killed and 10,000 currently arrested by the junta.

Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Burmese legislature in exile

The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw is a Burmese legislative body in exile, representing a group of National League for Democracy lawmakers and members of parliament ousted in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. The Committee consists of 17 members of the Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw.

National Unity Government of Myanmar Myanmar government in exile formed after the February 2021 coup détat

The National Unity Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar is a Myanmar government in exile formed by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), a group of elected lawmakers and members of parliament ousted in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. The European Parliament has recognized the NUG as the legitimate government of Myanmar. It includes representatives of the National League for Democracy, ethnic minority insurgent groups, and various minor parties. The State Administration Council—the country's ruling military junta—has declared the NUG illegal and a terrorist organization.

Thuzar Wint Lwin, also known as Candy Thuzar, is a Burmese model, activist, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Myanmar 2020. She represented Myanmar at the Miss Universe 2020 pageant, where she placed in the Top 21 and won the Best National Costume award, becoming the first representative of Myanmar to place in the competition.

Sudanese coup d'état may refer to:

Burkina Faso coup d'état may refer to one of several attempted or successful coup d'états in Burkina Faso or Upper Volta:

Mya is a primarily feminine given name of uncertain origins. One source considers it to be a 20th-century phonetic spelling of the name Maya or Mia, names that have multiple, different meanings and origins in different languages. The American poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou, born Marguerite, is said to have acquired her nickname as a child when her brother referred to her as "mya sister". Mya is also a Burmese name of a different origin, said by one source to mean emerald, in use for both sexes.