Amhara Region coup attempt

2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt
	Part of the Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present)
	Bahir Dar Addis Ababa Amhara Region coup attempt (Ethiopia)
Date	22 June 2019
Location	Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Result	Coup attempt failed Amhara Regional President Ambachew Mekonnen and Chief of General Staff Se'are Mekonnen are killed;
Belligerents
Factions of the Amhara Region's Peace and Security Bureau	Government of Amhara Region; Government of Ethiopia
Commanders and leaders
Asaminew Tsige †	Ambachew Mekonnen †; Abiy Ahmed; Lemma Megersa; Se'are Mekonnen †; Gizae Aberra †
Casualties and losses
	"Dozens" of fatalities

The 2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt was an attempted coup d'état against the Amhara Regional government on 22 June 2019, during which factions of the Amhara Region's Peace and Security Bureau assassinated the Amhara Regional President Ambachew Mekonnen. A bodyguard siding with the nationalist factions also assassinated General Se'are Mekonnen, the Chief of General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force, as well as his aide Major General Gizae Aberra.

The prime minister's office accused Brigadier General Asaminew Tsige, head of the Amhara Region's Peace and Security Bureau, of leading the plot. Asaminew was later shot dead after escaping.

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