What is 2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = 2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt | width = | partof = | image = {{Location map many | Ethiopia | width = 310 | lat1_deg = 11.5742 | lon1_deg = 37.3614 | label1 = Bahir Dar | lat2_deg = 8.9806 | lon2_deg = 38.7578 | label2 = Addis Ababa }} | place = [[Bahir Dar]], [[Amhara Region]], [[Ethiopia]]<br/> [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]] | result = Coup attempt foiled, but regional president and chief of staff of the armed forces killed. | caption = | date = 22 June 2019 | combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Amhara Region.svg}} Factions of the Amhara Region's Peace and Security Bureau * [[Amhara nationalism|Amhara nationalist]] militias | combatant2 = {{flagicon|Ethiopia}} [[Government of Ethiopia]] * [[Ethiopian National Defense Force]] * [[Ethiopian Federal Police]] {{flagicon image|Flag of the Amhara Region.svg}} [[Amhara Region|Amhara Regional state government]] | commander1 = Brig. Gen. [[Asaminew Tsige]]{{KIA}}<br>(Director of the Peace and Security Bureau) | commander2 = [[Abiy Ahmed]]<br>([[Prime Minister of Ethiopia]])<br> [[Lemma Megersa]]<br>([[Ministry of Defense (Ethiopia)|Minister of Defense]])<br> [[Ambachew Mekonnen]]{{KIA}}<br>(President of the Amhara Region)<br> Gen. [[Se'are Mekonnen]]{{KIA}}<br>([[Chief of General Staff (Ethiopia)|Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force]])<br> Maj. Gen. [[Gizae Aberra]]{{KIA}}<br>([[Aide-de-camp]] to the Chief of Staff) | strength1 = | strength2 = | casualties1 = | casualties2 = 5 killed | casualties3 = }} On 22 June 2019, factions of the security forces of [[Ethiopia]]'s [[Amhara Region]] attempted a [[coup d'état]] against the regional government, during which the President of the Amhara Region, [[Ambachew Mekonnen]], was assassinated. A bodyguard siding with the nationalist factions assassinated General [[Se'are Mekonnen]] – the [[Chief of General Staff (Ethiopia)|Chief of the General Staff]] of the [[Ethiopian National Defense Force]] –