Egypt, 1954 — palace coup
Event Summary
On November 14, 1954, the Egyptian Revolutionary Command Council formally removed Mohamed Naguib from the presidency and stripped him of all official posts, ending the long power struggle with Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser and leaving Nasser the undisputed leader of Egypt. Naguib, the popular figurehead of the 1952 revolution and Egypt's first president, had pressed for a return to civilian multiparty rule, which put him at odds with Nasser and the younger Free Officers. After a failed assassination attempt against Nasser in late October 1954, blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood, Naguib was accused of sympathizing with the Brotherhood and harboring dictatorial ambitions.
He was deposed and placed under house arrest in a Cairo villa, where he remained largely erased from public life until President Anwar Sadat released him in the early 1970s. The presidency then stood vacant until Nasser assumed it formally in 1956.
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
65111141954
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 (removed from all posts and placed under house arrest).
Baseline coding: Incumbent executive removed from power. Recorded leader fate: deposed; placed under house arrest. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
CSP
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 →