List of Comorian coups d'état

This article lists successful and failed coups d'état that have taken place in the Comoros since 1975:

1970s

 * 3 August 1975: President Ahmed Abdallah was overthrown by Said Mohamed Jaffar and French mercenary Bob Denard.
 * 13 May 1978: President Ali Soilih was overthrown by Ahmed Abdallah and Bob Denard, resulting in his killing thirteen days later; Denard became the commander of Abdallah's 500-strong Presidential Guard for the next eleven years (1978–1989).

1980s

 * 26 November 1989: President Ahmed Abdallah was overthrown by Said Mohamed Djohar and Bob Denard, resulting in his assassination; under French pressure, Denard and other mercenaries left the country the next month.

1990s

 * 28 September 1995 (Operation Kaskari): President Said Mohamed Djohar was overthrown by Bob Denard, who returned to the country with a force of 33 hand-picked mercenaries; it was the last coup staged with Denard's involvement. The coup resulted in the French military intervention (Operation Azalee) days later, and the removal of Denard from the country.
 * 30 April 1999: President Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde was overthrown by Colonel Azali Assoumani of the Comorian Armed Forces.

2010s

 * 20 April 2013: President Ikililou Dhoinine's government foiled a coup attempt.