The deputy commander of what was one of the main figures in the 2007 Zimbabwean coup d'état attempt, involving almost 400 soldiers and high-ranking members of the military that would have occurred on June 2 or June 15, 2007?
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2007 Zimbabwean coup d'état attempt The Zimbabwean government foiled an alleged coup d'état attempt involving almost 400 soldiers and high-ranking members of the military that would have occurred on June 2 or June 15, 2007. The alleged leaders of the coup, all of whom have been arrested and charged with treason, are retired army Captain Albert Matapo, Spokesman for the Zimbabwe National Army Ben Ncube, Major General Engelbert Rugeje, and Air Vice Marshal Elson Moyo.
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Elson Moyo Air Vice-Marshal Elson Moyo was a deputy commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe and one of the main figures in the 2007 Zimbabwean coup d'état attempt.
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2000 Fijian coup d'état The Fiji coup of 2000 was a complicated affair involving a civilian coup d'état by hardline i-Taukei nationalists against the elected government of a Fijian of Indian Descent Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, on 19 May 2000, the attempt by President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara to assert executive authority on 27 May, and his own resignation, possibly forced, on 29 May. An interim government headed by Commodore Frank Bainimarama was set up, and handed power over to an interim administration headed by Ratu Josefa Iloilo, as President, on 13 July.
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Andrej Osterman Andrej Osterman (transl. Andrew Easterman) is the 25th Commander-in-General of the Slovenian Army, having taken this position in 2012 after the attempted coup d'etat by the previous General Veselnitskaya.
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Meli Saubulinayau Colonel Ratu Meli Saubulinayau is a former Fijian career soldier, who, as of January 2006, headed the Strategic Unit in Suva. He was appointed to the post at the beginning of January 2006. Previously the Acting Land Force Commander, he had been effectively the second in rank to Commodore Frank Bainimarama, the Commander Republic of Fiji Military Forces, and it was rumoured that he had been removed from this post because of differences with the Commander, but Military spokesman Captain Neumi Leweni denied this on 13 January 2006, according to the Fiji Times.
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Operation Fair Play Operation Fair Play was the code name for the 5 July 1977 coup by Pakistan Chief of Army Staff General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, overthrowing the government of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The coup itself was bloodless, and was preceded by social unrest and political conflict between the ruling leftist Pakistan Peoples Party government of Bhutto, and the right-wing Islamist opposition Pakistan National Alliance which accused Bhutto of rigging the 1977 general elections. In announcing the coup, Zia promised "free and fair elections" within 90 days, but these were repeatedly postponed on the excuse of accountability and it was not until 1985 that ("party-less") general elections were held. Zia himself stayed in power for eleven years until his death in a plane crash.
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Deputy Chief of Army (Australia) The Deputy Chief of Army (DCA) is the second most senior appointment in the Australian Army, responsible to the Chief of Army (CA). The rank associated with the position is major general (2-star).
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Perence Shiri Air Marshal Perence Shiri (born 11 January 1955) is the current commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe and a member of the Joint Operations Command which exerts day-by-day control over Zimbabwe's government.
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Hattingh Pretorius Lieutenant General Hattingh Pretorius {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (1942–2008) was a South African military commander, who held the post of Chief of the South African Army November 1, 1993December 31, 1994.
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Special Forces of Zimbabwe Special Forces of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) are the units of the Zimbabwe National Army that operate as special forces. These forces have been deployed in several African conflicts, including the Mozambique Civil War and the Second Congo War.
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Tevita Mara Ratu Tevita Kapaiwai Lutunauga Uluilakeba Mara is a Fijian career soldier, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel as of early 2006. On 3 February, he was named Army Chief of Staff, succeeding Colonel Meli Saubulinayau, a close relative of his. This position is the fourth highest in the Fijian Military, behind that of the Military Commander (Commodore Frank Bainimarama), Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff RFMF (Captain Esala Teleni) and the Land Force Commander (Lieutenant Colonel Pita Driti). Mara held the position for several months, before he was appointed Commanding Officer of the Third Infantry Regiment, a key position in the Fiji Army as he controls the infantry division, that has about 500 gun-carrying soldiers. He attended his staff course at Malaysian Armed Forces Staff College, Haigate,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2005 (Class 34/2005).
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Chris Anuforo Chris Anuforo (died August 1966) was a Nigerian Army Major and one of the principal plotters of the January 15, 1966 coup, an event that derailed Nigeria's nascent democracy and introduced military rule to Nigeria.
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Mike Nicholas Sango Mike Nicholas Sango (born December 5, 1955) is a Zimbabwean diplomat, brigadier general and Zimbabwe's ambassador to Russia. He served in the Zimbabwe Liberation War as a member of the ZANLA from 1975 to 1980, which led to the country's attainment of independence and multiracial democracy.
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Mauro del Vecchio General Mauro Del Vecchio OMRI (born 7 June 1946) is a former Italian Army general and politician. He commanded the NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan from August 2005 to May 2006 and was succeeded by British general David Richards.
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Quds Force The Quds Force (Persian: سپاه قدس "sepāh-e qods") is a special forces unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards responsible for their extraterritorial operations. The Quds Force reports directly to the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei. Its commander is Major General Qasem Soleimani and his deputy was Hossein Hamadani. While "little is reliably known" about the force, as of 2007, its size was estimated at 15,000 troops. The United States has designated the Quds Force a supporter of terrorism since 2007.
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Seiso Moyo Seiso Moyo (3 September 1956 - 21 December 2012) was a Zimbabwean politician, who served as deputy minister of agriculture from 11 October 2011 to 21 December 2012.
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Fabian Msimang Lieutenant General Fabian Zimpande "Zakes" Msimang {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 1 September 1960, Johannesburg) is a South African military commander and the Chief of the South African Air Force.
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2012 Malian coup d'état The 2012 Malian coup d'état began on 21 March, when mutinying Malian soldiers, displeased with the management of the Tuareg rebellion, attacked several locations in the capital Bamako, including the presidential palace, state television, and military barracks. The soldiers, who said they had formed the National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State, declared the following day that they had overthrown the government of Amadou Toumani Touré, forcing him into hiding. The coup was followed by "unanimous" international condemnation, harsh sanctions by Mali's neighbors, and the swift loss of northern Mali to Tuareg forces, leading Reuters to describe the coup as "a spectacular own-goal". On 6 April, the junta agreed with Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) negotiators that they would step down from power in return for the end of sanctions, giving power to a transitional government led by parliament speaker Dioncounda Traoré. In the following days, both Touré and coup leader Amadou Sanogo formally resigned; however, as of 16 May, the junta was still "widely thought to have maintained overall control". On 3 December 2013, a mass grave was discovered in Diago holding the remains of 21 soldiers that went missing the year before, loyal to the ousted president.
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Abd Rabbo Hussein Abd Rabbo Hussein (died 22 February 2016, Aden, Yemen) was a Yemeni Army general who commanded the 15th Infantry Brigade of the Hadi government loyalists during the Yemeni Civil War. He was assassinated in February 2016, becoming the highest-ranking commander of the pro-Hadi army to be killed during the conflict. Masked gunmen shot him outside of his residence in Aden, the provisional capital of Yemen.
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Henry Rangel Silva Henry de Jesús Rangel Silva (born in 1961) is the current governor of Trujillo, Venezuela. A military general and former Minister of Defense, Rangel Silva was previously the head of Operational Strategic Command of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, head of the DISIP (from 2005) and Director of CANTV (from 2009). Rangel Silva took part in the coup attempt of February 1992 together with Hugo Chávez.
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Xu Fenlin Xu Fenlin (; born July 1953) is a general ("shang jiang") of the Chinese People's Liberation Army who has served as Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff since 2016. Prior to that, he was the final Commander of the Guangzhou Military Region between 2009 and 2016, before its abolition in January 2016.
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Gibson Nyandoro Gibson Nyandoro (born in 1954 or 1955, died in 2008) was a Zimbabwean war veteran and political dissident who died in military custody in Zimbabwe in May 2008.