Deposition (politics)

Deposition by political means concerns the removal of a politician or monarch.^[1] It may be done by coup, impeachment, invasion, or forced abdication.^[2] The term may also refer to the official removal of a clergyman, especially a bishop, from ecclesiastical office.

Contents

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  1 Notable deposed politicians
  


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  2 Notable deposed monarchs
  


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  3 Notable deposed bishops
  


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  4 See also
  


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  5 References
  

Notable deposed politicians

• 
  Juan Manuel de Rosas (1852)


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  Sam Houston (1861)


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  José Antonio Páez (1863)


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  Mariano Melgarejo (1871)


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  Porfirio Díaz (1911)


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  Alexander Kerensky (1917)


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  Konstantin Päts (1940)


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  Antanas Smetona (1940)


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  Kārlis Ulmanis (1940)


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  Fulgencio Batista (1959)^[3]
  


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  Nikita Khrushchev (1964)^[4]
  


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  João Goulart (1964)


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  Eric Gairy (1973)


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  Richard Nixon (1974)


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  Idi Amin (1979)^[5]
  


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  Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1979)


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  Jean-Claude Duvalier (1986)


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  Ferdinand Marcos (1986)^[6]
  


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  Habib Bourguiba (1987)


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  Alfredo Stroessner (1989)^[7]
  


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  Erich Honecker (1989)^[8]
  


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  Todor Zhivkov (1989)^[9]
  


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  Manuel Noriega (1989)^[10]
  


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  Nicolae Ceaușescu (1989)^[11]
  


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  Hissène Habré (1990)


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  Mengistu Haile Mariam (1991)


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  Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1991, 2004)


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  Fernando Collor de Mello (1992)


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  Carlos Andrés Pérez (1993)


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  Nawaz Sharif (1993, 1999)


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  Slobodan Milošević (2000)^[12]
  


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  Gustavo Noboa (2003)


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  Saddam Hussein (2003)


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  Charles Taylor (2003)^[13]
  


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  Lucio Gutiérrez (2005)


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  Thaksin Shinawatra (2006)


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  Manuel Zelaya (2009)


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  Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (2011)^[14]
  


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  Hosni Mubarak (2011)^[15]
  


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  Muammar Gaddafi (2011)


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  Mohamed Morsi (2013)


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  Viktor Yanukovych (2014)


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  Lutfur Rahman (politician) (2015)


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  Dilma Rousseff (2016)


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  Park Geun-hye (2017)


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  Robert Mugabe (2017)

Notable deposed monarchs

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  Ethelred II of England (1013)


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  Sancho II of Portugal (1248)


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  Adolf of Nassau (1298)


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  Edward II of England (1327)^[1]
  


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  Richard II of England (1399)^[2]
  


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  Wenceslaus, King of the Romans (1400)


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  Henry VI of England (1461)


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  Edward V of England (1483)


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  Mary, Queen of Scots (1567)


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  Gwanghaegun of Joseon (1623)


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  Philip III of Portugal (1640)


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  James II of England (1688)^[16]
  


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  Louis XVI of France (1792)


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  Bahadur Shah II of the Mughal Empire (1858)^[17]
  


• 
  Isabel II of Spain (1868)


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  Pedro II of Brazil (1889)


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  Frederick William Koko Mingi VIII of Nembe (1898)


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  Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire (1908)^[18]
  


• 
  Manuel II of Portugal (1910)


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  Aisin-Gioro Puyi of the Qing Dynasty (1911)


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  Mehmed VI of the Ottoman Empire (1922)


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  Alfonso XIII of Spain (1931)


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  Farouk of Egypt (1952)^[19]
  


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  Constantine II of Greece (1967)


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  Idris of Libya (1969)^[20]
  


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  Mohammed Zahir Shah (1973)


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  Haile Selassie I (1974)^[21]
  


• 
  Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1979)

Notable deposed bishops

• Cyril of Alexandria


• Cyril Lucaris


• John Chrysostom


• Nestorius


• Photios I of Constantinople


• Antipope Benedict XIII


• Antipope John XXIII


• The Nine Bishops of the Nonjuring Schism


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  Robert Duncan, VII Bishop of Pittsburgh
  


• 
  Mark Lawrence, XIV Bishop of South Carolina
  


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  John-David Schofield, IV Bishop of San Joaquin
  

See also

• Coup d'état


• Defrock


• Motion of no confidence

References

1. 
   ^ ^ab The Deposition of Edward II, Medieval England, Steven Muhlberger, ORB: The Online Reference for Medieval Studies, 1999
   


2. 
   ^ ^ab The deposition of Richard II, J.P.Sommerville, History Department, University of Wisconsin
   


3. 
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5. 
   ^ "Head to Head: Toppling of Idi Amin". BBC News. BBC. 10 April 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
   


6. 
   ^ "The Downfall of Marcos". H Monte Hill, Air University. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
   


7. 
   ^ 25 Years after the Fall of Alfredo Stroessner Right Livelihood.
   


8. 
   ^ "East Germany Leader Ousted". BBC News - On This Day (18 October). BBC. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
   


9. 
   ^ "Evolution in Europe: Bulgarian Communist stalwart says he'd do it all differently". The New York Times. 28 November 1990. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
   


10. 
    ^ "US Forces Oust General Noriega". BBC News - On This Day (20 December). BBC. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
    


11. 
    ^ "The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu". The Seventh Art. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
    


12. 
    ^ "Milošević's Yugoslavia - Downfall". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
    


13. 
    ^ "President Charles Ghankay Taylor, 1997-2003". Liberia Past and Present. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
    


14. 
    ^ "Tunisia: The fall of Ben Ali". Al-Bab. 17 December 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
    


15. 
    ^ "Egypt's Last Pharaoh? The rise and fall of Hosni Mubarak". Time. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
    


16. 
    ^ "The 1688 Revolution". History Learning Site. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
    


17. 
    ^ "The last days of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar in Burma". Two Circles. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
    


18. 
    ^ "The Young Turk Revolution and the 1908 annexation of Bosnia". Balkan Analysis. 25 April 2006. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
    


19. 
    ^ "The overthrow of Egypt's King Farouk - a dramatic departure from power". Al-Arabiya. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
    


20. 
    ^ "Bloodless Coup in Libya". BBC News - On This Day (1 September). BBC. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
    


21. 
    ^ "The Last Emperor - The Fall of Haile Selassie". Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
    

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