Deposition (politics)

Deposition by political means concerns the removal of a politician or monarch. It may be done by coup, impeachment, invasion or forced abdication. The term may also refer to the official removal of a clergyman, especially a bishop, from ecclesiastical office.

Notable deposed politicians

• Arnoldo Alemán
• Jean-Bertrand Aristide
• Fulgencio Batista
• Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, President of Tunisia, 2011
• Dost Mohammad Khan
• Lucio Gutiérrez
• Hissène Habré
• Sam Houston
• Ferdinand E. Marcos
• Mengistu Haile Mariam
• Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian president, 2011
• Manuel Noriega
• Gustavo Noboa
• Konstantin Päts, Estonian president, 1940
• Carlos Andrés Pérez
• Saddam Hussein
• Nawaz Sharif
• Thaksin Shinawatra
• Antanas Smetona, Lithuanian president, 1940
• Charles Taylor
• Kārlis Ulmanis, Latvian president, 1940

Notable deposed kings

• Adolf of Nassau, King of Germany
• Aisin-Gioro Puyi of the Qing Dynasty
• Edward II of England
• Edward V of England
• Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia
• Henry VI of England
• Louis XVI of France
• Manuel II of Portugal
• Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
• Philip III of Portugal
• Richard II of England
• Richard III of England
• Sancho II of Portugal
• Wenceslaus, King of the Romans

Notable deposed bishops

In the East

• Cyril of Alexandria
• Cyril Lucaris
• John Chrysostom
• Nestorius
• Photios I of Constantinople

In the West

• Antipope Benedict XIII
• Antipope John XXIII
• The Nine Bishops of the Nonjuring Schism

See also

• Coup d'état
• Defrock
• Motion of no confidence

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