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Current leaders who assumed power via coups d'état
1Monarch who overthrew his father in a bloodless palace coup. 2Subsequently confirmed in office by an apparently free and fair election. 3Subsequently confirmed by a narrow margin in the Mauritanian presidential election, 2009, which was regarded as "satisfactory" by international observers. 4Placed in office as part of transitional agreement following the 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état. 5Placed in office on an interim basis following the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.