Government Leadership Changes — July 2026
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July 2026
Security & Stability
Head of state, president, or prime minister resigned, was removed from office, announced departure, or faced a no-confidence vote
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<div style="overflow-x:auto;width:100%"><table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:40px">#</th><th style="min-width:240px">Event</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Leader Title</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Event Date</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Leader Name</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Event Type</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Event Details</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Country</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Successor Name</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Source</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td style="min-width:240px">President Umaro Sissoco Embalo Ousted in Coup</td><td style="min-width:140px">President</td><td style="min-width:140px">2025-11-26</td><td style="min-width:140px">Umaro Sissoco Embalo</td><td style="min-width:140px">removal</td><td style="min-width:140px">President Umaro Sissoco Embalo was ousted by a military coup on November 26, 2025, after disputed elections. General Orta N'Tam took power.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Guinea-Bissau</td><td style="min-width:140px">General Orta N'Tam</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/202607080263.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/202607080263.html</a></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="min-width:240px">President Cámpora's Resignation for Perón's Return</td><td style="min-width:140px">President</td><td style="min-width:140px">1973-07-13</td><td style="min-width:140px">Héctor J. Cámpora</td><td style="min-width:140px">resignation</td><td style="min-width:140px">President Héctor J. Cámpora resigned after 49 days in office to allow Juan Domingo Perón to assume the presidency for the third time, as part of a planned strategy.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Argentina</td><td style="min-width:140px">Raúl Alberto Lastiri</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://infociudad.com.ar/actualidad/el-dia-que-campora-renuncio-para-que-peron-volviera-al-poder-el-historico-13-de-julio-de-1973" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://infociudad.com.ar/actualidad/el-dia-que-campora-renuncio-para-que-peron-volviera-al-poder-el-historico-13-de-julio-de-1973</a></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style="min-width:240px">South Ossetian de facto President Alan Gagloev resigns</td><td style="min-width:140px">de facto president</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-06-23</td><td style="min-width:140px">Alan Gagloev</td><td style="min-width:140px">resignation</td><td style="min-width:140px">Alan Gagloev resigned to join Russian President Vladimir Putin's administration as an advisor, citing his desire for South Ossetia's incorporation into the Russian Federation.</td><td style="min-width:140px">South Ossetia</td><td style="min-width:140px">Marat Kambolov</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://nationalinterest.org/blog/silk-road-rivalries/russias-next-annexation-south-ossetia" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://nationalinterest.org/blog/silk-road-rivalries/russias-next-annexation-south-ossetia</a></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td style="min-width:240px">Hungarian President Tamás Šujok Removed from Office</td><td style="min-width:140px">President</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-18</td><td style="min-width:140px">Tamás Šujok</td><td style="min-width:140px">removal</td><td style="min-width:140px">President Tamás Šujok was removed from office after signing the 17th Amendment to the Basic Law. The government stated he was unable to cope with his duties as a guarantor of the rule of law.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Hungary</td><td style="min-width:140px">Agnes Forsthoffer</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.mk.ru/politics/2026/07/19/madyar-nashel-zamenu-shuyoku-vengriyu-vozglavit-legendarnaya-shakhmatistka.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.mk.ru/politics/2026/07/19/madyar-nashel-zamenu-shuyoku-vengriyu-vozglavit-legendarnaya-shakhmatistka.html</a></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td style="min-width:240px">Former Hungarian PM Viktor Orban Ousted</td><td style="min-width:140px">Prime Minister</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-04-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">Viktor Orban</td><td style="min-width:140px">removal</td><td style="min-width:140px">Viktor Orban was ousted as Prime Minister after 16 years in power following an election in April. He urged supporters to resist the new government.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Hungary</td><td style="min-width:140px">Peter Magyar</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://hvg.hu/itthon/20260716_orban-anita-szijjarto-peter-byd-kulugyminiszter" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://hvg.hu/itthon/20260716_orban-anita-szijjarto-peter-byd-kulugyminiszter</a></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td style="min-width:240px">British Prime Minister Starmer Resigns</td><td style="min-width:140px">Prime Minister</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-20</td><td style="min-width:140px">Starmer</td><td style="min-width:140px">resignation</td><td style="min-width:140px">Prime Minister Starmer resigned, delivering his speech and formally submitting his resignation to King Charles III, who accepted it.</td><td style="min-width:140px">United Kingdom</td><td style="min-width:140px">Andy Burnham</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://news.dayoo.com/world/202607/20/139998_54981828.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://news.dayoo.com/world/202607/20/139998_54981828.htm</a></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td style="min-width:240px">French Prime Minister François Bayrou Resigns</td><td style="min-width:140px">Prime Minister</td><td style="min-width:140px">2025-09-09</td><td style="min-width:140px">François Bayrou</td><td style="min-width:140px">resignation</td><td style="min-width:140px">Prime Minister François Bayrou resigned after his government failed to secure parliamentary approval for the 2026 budget, following a confidence vote he initiated.</td><td style="min-width:140px">France</td><td style="min-width:140px">Sébastien Lecornu</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://nachrichten.fr/bayrou-verteidigt-seine-bilanz-nach-dem-ende-in-matignon" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://nachrichten.fr/bayrou-verteidigt-seine-bilanz-nach-dem-ende-in-matignon</a></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td style="min-width:240px">Prime Minister Papandreou's Removal and the 1965 Apostasy</td><td style="min-width:140px">Prime Minister</td><td style="min-width:140px">1965-07-15</td><td style="min-width:140px">George Papandreou</td><td style="min-width:140px">removal</td><td style="min-width:140px">Prime Minister George Papandreou was removed by King Constantine over a defense ministry conflict, sparking a constitutional crisis.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Greece</td><td style="min-width:140px">George Athanasiadis Nova</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.anatropinews.gr/2026/07/iouliana-1965-i-mera-pou-epese-i-kyvernisi-papandreou-kai-anoixe-o-dromos-pros-ti-diktatoria" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.anatropinews.gr/2026/07/iouliana-1965-i-mera-pou-epese-i-kyvernisi-papandreou-kai-anoixe-o-dromos-pros-ti-diktatoria</a></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td style="min-width:240px">Prime Minister Samson Resigns in Cyprus</td><td style="min-width:140px">Prime Minister</td><td style="min-width:140px">1974-07-23</td><td style="min-width:140px">N. Samson</td><td style="min-width:140px">resignation</td><td style="min-width:140px">N. Samson, who had been appointed prime minister after a coup, resigned amidst exceptional circumstances following the Turkish invasion.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Cyprus</td><td style="min-width:140px">Glaukos Cleridis</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://todaypress.gr/2026/07/18/oi-ores-pou-chathike-i-kypros" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://todaypress.gr/2026/07/18/oi-ores-pou-chathike-i-kypros</a></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td style="min-width:240px">Russia considered replacing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad</td><td style="min-width:140px">President</td><td style="min-width:140px">2024-12-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">Bashar al-Assad</td><td style="min-width:140px">removal</td><td style="min-width:140px">Russian authorities discussed replacing President Bashar al-Assad due to dissatisfaction with his leadership and reluctance to reach agreements. His wife, Asma al-Assad, was considered a potential successor.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Syria</td><td style="min-width:140px">Asma al-Assad</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://msk-news.net/society/2026/07/14/850286.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://msk-news.net/society/2026/07/14/850286.html</a></td></tr><tr class="row-locked"><td>11</td><td style="min-width:240px">No-confidence motion against Karnali Chief Minister Kandel</td><td style="min-width:140px">Chief Minister</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-07-16</td><td style="min-width:140px">Yamalal Kandel</td><td style="min-width:140px">no_confidence_vote</td><td style="min-width:140px">A no-confidence motion was filed against Chief Minister Yamalal Kandel by opposition lawmakers due to political disputes and power-sharing disagreements.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Nepal</td><td style="min-width:140px">Jeevan Bahadur Shahi</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://english.onlinekhabar.com/bagmati-coalition-collapses-as-uml-withdraws-support.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://english.onlinekhabar.com/bagmati-coalition-collapses-as-uml-withdraws-support.html</a></td></tr><tr class="row-locked"><td>12</td><td style="min-width:240px">Bashar al-Assad Overthrown in Syria</td><td style="min-width:140px">President</td><td style="min-width:140px">2024-12-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">Bashar al-Assad</td><td style="min-width:140px">removal</td><td style="min-width:140px">Bashar al-Assad was ousted by a rebel alliance led by Ahmed al-Sharaa in December 2024, ending over 13 years of war.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Syria</td><td style="min-width:140px">Ahmed al-Sharaa</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/un-chief-in-syria-first-such-visit-since-2009-224782" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/un-chief-in-syria-first-such-visit-since-2009-224782</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div>