2025 Malagasy coup d'état

2025 Malagasy coup d'état
	Part of the 2025 Malagasy protests
Date	12–14 October 2025 (2 days)
Location	Madagascar
Result	Coup d'état successful; Andry Rajoelina flees Madagascar and is impeached by the National Assembly; Removal of Richard Ravalomanana as president of the Senate; Appointment of Michael Randrianirina as interim president within the Council of the Presidency for the Re-Foundation of the Republic of Madagascar; Appointment of CAPSAT nominee Demosthene Pikulas as Armed Forces chief; Madagascar Armed Forces announce a takeover of the government and dissolve numerous political institutions except for the National Assembly;
Belligerents
Madagascar Armed Forces (opposition factions) CAPSAT; Youth protesters ; ;	Government of Madagascar Madagascar Armed Forces loyalists National Gendarmerie; ; National Police; ;
Commanders and leaders
Michael Randrianirina; Demosthene Pikulas	Andry Rajoelina

On 12 October 2025, CAPSAT, an elite unit of the Madagascar Armed Forces, overthrew the government of President Andry Rajoelina, the culmination of a protest movement which began in late September. The unit urged the rest of the military to join them and the capital Antananarivo was seized with little resistance. Later that day, the president of the Senate was removed and CAPSAT's nominee for chief of the armed forces was accepted by the civilian authorities.

On 13 October, President Andry Rajoelina fled the country under disputed circumstances, and from an undisclosed location ordered the dissolution of the National Assembly the next day. The legislative body ignored Rajoelina and proceeded to impeach him. Later that day, the military announced that it was taking power and dissolved numerous political institutions except the National Assembly. On 17 October, CAPSAT colonel Michael Randrianirina was inaugurated as interim president.