# Canonical recap data for Thai Coup Ousts Democratic Government (1976)
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slug: thai-coup-1976
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1976/thai-coup-1976"
title: Thai Coup Ousts Democratic Government
subtitle: Military coup ended Thailand's brief democratic experiment and established authoritarian rule lasting decades, defining Southeast Asian Cold War politics.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1976-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1976
decade: 1970
country:
name: Thailand
slug: thailand
summaryShort: This is a list of coups d'état and coup attempts by country, listed in chronological order. According to a report in the Journal of Peace Research, a coup is the illegal overthrow of a government. Scholars generally consider a coup successful when the usurpers are able to maintain control of the government for at least
summaryLong: This is a list of coups d'état and coup attempts by country, listed in chronological order. According to a report in the Journal of Peace Research, a coup is the illegal overthrow of a government. Scholars generally consider a coup successful when the usurpers are able to maintain control of the government for at least seven days.
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heroImageCredit: Markus Winkler on Unsplash
importance: 74
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coups_and_coup_attempts_by_country"
  title: Thai coup
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
- revolution
metaDescription: This is a list of coups d'état and coup attempts by country, listed in chronological order. According to a report in the Journal of Peace Research, a coup is th
wikidataQid: Q10987438
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  capturedAt: 2026-06-20
  label: Thai coup
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coups_and_coup_attempts_by_country"
