On 24 December 1999, President Bédié and his government...
On 24 December 1999, President Bédié and his government were overthrown in the country's first military coup
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On 24 December 1999, President Bédié and his government were overthrown in the country's first military coup. A National Public Salvation Committee, composed of high ranking soldiers led by General Robert Guei, former Chief of Army Staff, took power. The new government drafted a constitution which excluded the death penalty.
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