1923 Bulgarian coup d'état

9 June coup d'état
	; The leaders of the coup in the house of General Ivan Rusev (the image has been restored). ; From left to right: Dimo Kazasov, Kimon Georgiev, Nikola Rachev, Yanaki Mollov, Ivan Valkov, Aleksandar Tsankov, Khristo Kalfov, Ivan Rusev, Petar Todorov, Tsvetko Boboshevski.
Date	9 June 1923
Location	Sofia, Bulgaria
Result	Coup successful: ; Government of Aleksandar Stamboliyski deposed and replaced by one under Aleksandar Tsankov. June Uprising; September Uprising;
Belligerents
Bulgarian Land Forces; Military League; People's Alliance; Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO)	Government of Bulgaria; (Bulgarian Agrarian National Union) Orange Guard
Commanders and leaders
Ivan Valkov (Army); Damyan Velchev (Military Union); Aleksandar Tsankov (Democratic Alliance); Todor Aleksandrov (IMRO)	Aleksandar Stamboliyski † Rayko Daskalov (Orange Guard)

The 1923 Bulgarian coup d'état, also known as the 9 June coup d'état (Bulgarian: Деветоюнски преврат, Devetoyunski prevrat), was a coup d'état in Bulgaria implemented by armed forces under General Ivan Valkov's Military League on the evening of 9 June 1923. Hestitantly legitimized by a decree of Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria, the coup overthrew the elected government headed by Aleksandar Stamboliyski of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union, and replaced it with one under Aleksandar Tsankov.

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