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1953 Colombian coup d'état
Part ofLa Violencia
Rojas Pinilla's military cabinet
Date June 13, 1953 Location Colombia Status Laureano Gómez ousted from office
Belligerents
Colombian government (Gómez faction	Colombian government (Pinilla faction)
Commanders and leaders
Laureano Gómez (POW)	Gustavo Rojas Pinilla

The1953 Colombian coup d'état was the coup followed by seizing of power, byColombia's commander in chiefGustavo Rojas Pinilla on June 13, 1953. Colombia was ruled by Rojas Pinilla'smilitary dictatorship until theColombian coup of May 10, 1957, when he was forced to step down and hand over power to amilitary junta.^[1]

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