National monarchies abolished in the 20th–21st centuries
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Portugal | Manuel II | 1910 | Republican Coup d'État. | ||
Korea | Sunjong | Native monarchy abolished; replaced by rule by Japan, a monarchy, through 1945. | |||
China | Xuantong | 1912 | Xinhai Revolution – Emperor ousted by warlords and republicans. | ||
China | Hongxian | 1916 | Monarchy abandoned, shortly after the outbreak of the National Protection War. | ||
Russia | Nicholas II | 1917 | Russian Revolution of 1917. | ||
Finland | Finnish Declaration of Independence. | ||||
Montenegro | Nicholas I | 1918 | Referendum deposed King and united Montenegro with Serbia. | ||
Germany | William II | All on account of German defeat in World War I and the following German Revolution. | |||
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Austria | Charles I | Charles I "renounced participation" in state affairs, but did not abdicate. Monarchy officially abolished by the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, on 10 September 1919. | |||
Finland | Frederick Charles I | Monarchy never in effect. | |||
Lithuania | Mindaugas II | ||||
Poland | Ruled by Regency Council | ||||
Hungary | Charles IV | Monarchy restored in 1920, although the throne remained vacant with a Regent. | |||
Serbia | Peter I | Country transformed to Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. | |||
Ukraine | Pavlo Skoropadskyi | Removed from power, following an uprising led by Symon Petliura and the withdrawal of German forces from Kiev. |
1920
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1920s | |||||
Bukhara (Uzbekistan) | Mohammed Alim Khan | 1920 | |||
Khiva (Uzbekistan) | Abdallah Khan | ||||
Syria | Faisal I | Monarchy deposed, following the Siege of Damascus. | |||
Ottoman Empire | Mehmed VI | 1922 | Sultanate abolished in 1922. | ||
Wituland | Fumo `Umar ibn Ahmad | 1923 | Sultanate abolished by British, the country was incorporated into Kenya Colony. | ||
Greece | George II | Restored 1935 and later abolished in 1974 (see below). | |||
Mongolia | Bogd Khan | Communist People's Republic proclaimed after Khan's death. | |||
Albania | William I | 1925 | Monarchy restored in 1928 (Albanian Kingdom). | ||
Orungu | Rogombé-Nwèntchandi | 1927 | Position abolished by French. |
1930
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Spain | Alfonso XIII | 1931 | Later restored (see below). | ||
Albania | Zog I | 1939 | Throne usurped by Victor Emmanuel III, after Italian invasion. |
1940
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Albania | Victor Emmanuel III | 1943 | Relinquished throne after Italian armistice. | ||
Croatia | Tomislav II | Abdicated after withdrawal of Italian support. | |||
Iceland | Christian X | 1944 | Union with Denmark terminated. | ||
Montenegro | Ruled by Governor | Monarchy abolished after takeover by Yugoslav Partisans | |||
Yugoslavia | Peter II | 1945 | Communist reconstruction. | ||
Manchukuo | Kāngdé | Merged into the Republic of China after abolition of the Empire. | |||
Vietnam | Bảo Đại | Monarchy abolished after the Surrender of Japan. | |||
Hungary | Miklós Horthy as Regent | 1946 | Decision of the parliament without a referendum. | ||
Italy | Umberto II | Referendum; official result: 54,3% in favour of republic. | |||
Bulgaria | Simeon II | Referendum held to decide whether the monarchy would be retained; results falisified by the communist government: 95% in favour of republic. | |||
Sarawak | Charles Vyner Brooke | White Rajahs hand over power to British crown. | |||
Romania | Michael I | 1947 | Forced out by the communists. | ||
India | George VI | Became an independent Commonwealth monarchy. | |||
Ireland | George VI | 1949 | Abolished the last "Monarchy of Ireland", the King of the United Kingdom. |
1950
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India | George VI | 1950 | Abolished Commonwealth monarchy. | ||
Egypt | Fuad II | 1953 | Republic proclaimed one year after the 1952 Revolution. | ||
Vietnam | Bảo Đại | 1954 | Vietnam partitioned through the Geneva Accords. | ||
Vietnam | Bảo Đại | 1955 | Referendum in South Vietnam. | ||
Pakistan | Elizabeth II | 1956 | Abolished Commonwealth monarchy. | ||
Tunisia | Muhammad VIII al-Amin | 1957 | coup d'état | ||
Iraq | Faisal II | 1958 |
1960
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Ghana | Elizabeth II | 1960 | Abolished Commonwealth monarchy. | ||
South Africa | 1961 (referendum 1960) | ||||
Rwanda | Kigeli V | coup d'état | |||
Tanganyika | Elizabeth II | 1962 | Abolished Commonwealth monarchy. | ||
Yemen | Muhammad XI | coup d'état | |||
Nigeria | Elizabeth II | 1963 | Abolished Commonwealth monarchy. | ||
Uganda | |||||
Kenya | 1964 | ||||
Zanzibar | Jamshid bin Abdullah | Zanzibar Revolution | |||
Burundi | Ntare V | 1966 | coup d'état | ||
Malawi | Elizabeth II | Abolished Commonwealth monarchy. | |||
Fadhli Sultanate | Nasser bin Abdullah bin Hussein bin Ahmed Alfadhli | 1967 | The countries were incorporated into newly created People's Republic of South Yemen. | ||
Qu'aiti Sultanate | Ghalib II bin Awadh bin Saleh Al Qu'aiti | ||||
Sultanate of Upper Yafa | Muhammad ibn Salih Harharah | ||||
Sultanate of Lower Yafa | Mahmud ibn Aidrus Al Afifi | ||||
Muflahi Sheikhdom | al Qasim ibn Abd ar Rahman | ||||
Audhali Sultanate | Salih ibn al Husayn ibn Jabil Al Audhali | ||||
Emirate of Beihan | Saleh al Hussein Al Habieli | ||||
Dathina Sheikhdom | |||||
Emirate of Dhala | Shafaul ibn Ali Shaif Al Amiri | ||||
Wahidi Sultanate of Balhaf | |||||
Sheikhdom of Shaib | Yahya ibn Mutahhar al-Saqladi | ||||
Alawi Sheikhdom | Salih ibn Sayil Al Alawi | ||||
Aqrabi Sheikhdom | Mahmud ibn Muhammad Al Aqrabi | ||||
Wahidi Sultanate of Haban | Husayn ibn Abd Allah Al Wahidi | ||||
Qutaibi Sheikhdom | |||||
Hadrami Sheikhdom | |||||
Mausatta Sheikhdom | |||||
Busi Sheikhdom | |||||
Dhabi Sheikhdom | |||||
Haushabi Sultanate | Faisal bin Surur Al Haushabi | ||||
Kathiri Sultanate | Al Husayn ibn Ali | ||||
Mahra Sultanate | |||||
Sultanate of Lahej | Ali bin Abd al Karim al Abdali | ||||
Lower Aulaqi Sultanate | Nasir ibn Aidrus Al Awlaqi | ||||
Upper Aulaqi Sultanate | Awad ibn Salih Al Awlaqi | ||||
Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom | Amir Abd Allah ibn Muhsin al Yaslami Al Aulaqi | ||||
Maldives | Muhammad Fareed Didi | 1968 | Independence referendum. | ||
Libya | Idris I | 1969 | coup d'état |
1970
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Cambodia | Norodom Sihanouk | 1970 | Later restored (see below). | ||
The Gambia | Elizabeth II | 1971 | Abolished Commonwealth monarchy. | ||
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Ceylon | 1972 | Abolished Commonwealth monarchy, state name changed in to "Sri Lanka". | |||
Afghanistan | Mohammed Zahir Shah | 1973 | coup d'état | ||
Ethiopia | Haile Selassie I | 1974 | |||
Greece | Constantine II | referendum; official result: 69% against monarchy | |||
Malta | Elizabeth II | Abolished Commonwealth monarchy. | |||
Laos | Savang Vatthana | 1975 | Communist takeover | ||
Sikkim | Palden Thondup Namgyal | Referendum; official result: 97% to become a state of India. | |||
Trinidad and Tobago | Elizabeth II | 1976 | Abolished Commonwealth monarchy. | ||
Iran | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | 1979 | Iranian Revolution | ||
Central Africa | Bokassa I | coup d'état |
1980
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Southern Rhodesia | Elizabeth II | 1980 | Abolished Commonwealth monarchy. An unrecognised government had unilaterally declared independence as Rhodesia in 1965 and proclaimed a republic in 1969; it was renamed Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979 but returned to United Kingdom control as Southern Rhodesia in December 1979. Southern Rhodesia subsequently gained independence as Zimbabwe. | ||
Fiji | Elizabeth II | 1987 | Abolished Commonwealth monarchy. Elizabeth II remained recognized as Paramount Chief by the Great Council of Chiefs until the council's de-establishment on 14 March 2012. | ||
1990s | |||||
Mauritius | Elizabeth II | 1992 | Abolished Commonwealth monarchy. | ||
2000s | |||||
Samoa | Malietoa Tanumafili II | 2007 | Last non-elected ruler (O le Ao o le Malo) died, country de facto switched to parliamentary republic | ||
Nepal | Gyanendra | 2008 | Monarchy abolished on 28 May 2008, replaced with a secular federal republic. |