Sentence examples for power overthrowing from inspiring English sources

Two years after his homecoming, nationalist army officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser seized power, overthrowing the British-backed monarchy.

It was the name they chose to keep when, using the southern city of Kandahar as a base, they fought their way to power, overthrowing the weak government there in 1996.

Once an inspiration to emerging democracies for its "people power" overthrow of the American-backed autocrat Ferdinand E. Marcos, the Philippines has suffered from poor governance in the past decade.

It declared that the constitution had been suspended and the chief justice of the SCC would assume presidential powers, overthrowing Mr Morsi.

Col Gaddafi came to power by overthrowing King Idris in a coup in 1969, ten years after independence, and Libya embarked on a radically new chapter in its history.

The Mamlūk mercenaries to whom he had given extensive power overthrew his dynasty in 1250.

Mr Jammeh came to power by overthrowing the country's first President, in 1994.

Formerly commander in chief of the Army, Velasco came to power by overthrowing Pres.

But after 9/11 President Bush found a way to resume assistance to Pakistan, even though its President, Pervez Musharraf, had taken power by overthrowing an elected government.

Since 1979, Guinea has been ruled by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who took power by overthrowing his uncle in a coup and has acquired notoriety as a repressive ruler.

The genocide of 1994 was, some would argue, a last lashing-out by a despotic regime that was about to lose power and thought that, by killing all the Tutsis, it could hang on to it.The current government, which came to power by overthrowing the genocidal regime, is much less oppressive than its predecessor.