1955 Rotoruan coup d'état

1955 Rotorua coup d'état
	; Rotoruan soldiers organizing in the capital city of Papara
Date	April 16, 1955
Location	Rotorua
Result	Coup successful Overthrow of Teariki government; The Republic of Rotorua becomes the Free State of Te Punga; End of Democracy in Rotorua, Establishment of military rule; Increased tensions between Gjorka and Te Punga;
Belligerents
Rotoruan Government	Armed Forces of Rotorua
Commanders and leaders
Marama Teariki	Ori Raihauti

The 1955 Rotoruan coup d'état occurred in Rotorua on April 16, 1955. The coup was in response to the election of the left-wing Marama Teariki as President following the 1955 election. The coup was led by Commander of the Armed Forces Ori Raihauti who instituted a military dictatorship. Raihauti renamed the country to the Free State of Te Punga, claiming the whole of the island of Te Punga and eventually leading to a war with Gjorka.

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1500s	Creeperopolis (1555)^c
1700s	Creeperopolis (Jul 1729)^‡ Creeperopolis (Aug 1729)^c^‡ Creeperopolis (1771)^c^‡ Creeperopolis (1778)^c^‡
1800s	Castilliano (1823)^c Castilliano (1824)^‡ Castilliano (1825)^‡ Castilliano (1826)^c^‡ Creeperopolis (1833)^c
1900s	El Salvador (1908)^c^‡ Gjorka (1917)^c Creeperopolis (1923) Castilliano (1925) El Salvador (1926)^c El Salvador (1933)^c State of the Church (1933) Castilliano (1934)^c Noundures (1935)^c Terranihil (1942)^c^‡ Noundures (1951) Rotorua (1955)^c El Salvador (1956)^c Reykanes (1957)^c Sequoyah (1959)^c^‡ Gjorka (1971)^c El Salvador (1976) Creeperopolis (1976) Ajakanistan (1987)^c Terranihil (1992)
2000s	Creeperopolis (2003)^c Terranihil (2009)^c Paleocacher (2018–20) Sequoyah (Jun 2020)^c Sequoyah (Dec 2020)^c^‡
Successful coup^c Self coup^‡ Attempted coup

1955 Rotoruan coup d'état

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