Egypt, 1954 — dissident coup
Event Summary
In late February 1954, a power struggle inside Egypt's Revolutionary Command Council between President Mohamed Naguib and Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser produced a brief coup and counter-move. On February 25 the RCC announced Naguib's resignation, and on February 26 Nasser accepted it, placed Naguib under house arrest, and had himself proclaimed RCC chairman and prime minister. The move triggered an army mutiny and mass street protests, many led by the Muslim Brotherhood, demanding Naguib's return.
Under that pressure a faction of the RCC forced Nasser to reinstate Naguib to the presidency on February 27, though Nasser retained the premiership and real power. The reversal was temporary: Nasser used the following months to purge pro-Naguib officers and, after a failed assassination attempt in October 1954, removed Naguib entirely that November, emerging as Egypt's undisputed leader.
Researched Details
Researched
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Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
65102271954
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Mohamed Naguib, President of Egypt (forced out then reinstated within days; real power passed to Nasser).
Baseline coding: Incumbent executive removed from power. Recorded leader fate: deposed; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
Powell and Thyne
Wikipedia
New York Times
This is the citation trail carried by the baseline dataset, grouped by outlet and rejoined from the line-wrapped original. Coup Atlas has not independently re-checked every document; read the original before citing a specific claim. URLs the import damaged beyond safe repair are shown as plain text and listed in citations-report.md. How this list is built →