Fijian Prime Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timoci_Bavadra" id="mwAS4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Timoci Bavadra">Timoci Bavadra</a> is ousted from power in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Fijian_coups_d'état#May_coup" id="mwAS8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1987 Fijian coups d'état">coup d'état</a> led by Lieutenant colonel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitiveni_Rabuka" id="mwATA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sitiveni Rabuka">Sitiveni Rabuka</a>.<sup about="#mwt145" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-27"}}' id="cite_ref-27" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_14#cite_note-27" id="mwATE" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 27;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwATI">[27]</span></a></sup>
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