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Events on Monday 24 December 1990 1
1990Suriname's Christmas coupMilitary ousts elected governmentSurinamese military commander Dési Bouterse's forces overthrew the elected government of President Ramsewak Shankar on 24 December 1990. The bloodless takeover became known as the Christmas coup. It was the third coup Bouterse had staged since 1980.