1971 Ugandan coup d'état

1971 Ugandan coup d'état
	Part of the Cold War
Date	25 January 1971
Location	Uganda
Result	Coup Successful Overthrow of Milton Obote; Establishment of the Second Republic of Uganda under Idi Amin;
Belligerents
Ugandan government Loyal state institutions;	Ugandan putschists Rebel military; Rebel police; Supported by:; United Kingdom; Israel
Commanders and leaders
Milton Obote; (President of Uganda); Basil Kiiza Bataringaya ; (Minister of Internal Affairs); Ahmad Oduka ; (Senior superintendent of police); Suleiman Hussein	Idi Amin; (Commander of the army); Erinayo Wilson Oryema; (Inspector general of police); Juma Butabika; Isaac Maliyamungu
Strength
Unknown	5,700 soldiers; 5,500 policemen
Casualties and losses
Many Acohli and Lango soldiers murdered	Unknown

The 1971 Ugandan coup d'état was a military coup d'état executed by the Ugandan military, led by general Idi Amin, against the government of President Milton Obote on 25 January 1971. The seizure of power took place while Obote was abroad attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Singapore. Amin was afraid that Obote might dismiss him, and installed himself as dictator.

The 1971 coup is often cited as an example of "class action by the military", wherein the Uganda Army acted against "an increasingly socialist regime whose egalitarian domestic politics posed more and more of a threat to the military's economic privileges".

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