For the military intervention in the Gambia, see Operation Restore Democracy.
International military intervention in Haiti following the 1991 coup d'etat
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Operation Uphold Democracy
Soldiers of C Company, 2nd Battalion 22nd Infantry, 10th Mountain Division securing Port-au-Prince Airport on the first day of Operation Uphold Democracy.
Date
19 September 1994 – 31 March 1995 (6 months, 1 week and 5 days)
Location
Haiti
Result
US-led coalition victory; Military regime removed, Raoul Cédras deposed, Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn back into to office.
Belligerents
United States Haitian Opposition Poland Argentina
CARICOM
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Guyana
Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago
Haiti
Commanders and leaders
Bill Clinton George A. Fisher Jr. Sławomir Petelicki Enrique Molina Pico [es; pt] Jean-Bertrand Aristide Marc Bazin Émile Jonassaint
Raoul Cédras Michel François Émile Jonassaint Robert Malval
Strength
25,000 total troops
Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed, 1 wounded
301 killed
Operation Uphold Democracy was a multinational military intervention designed to remove the military regime led and installed by Raoul Cédras after the 1991 Haitian coup d'état overthrew the elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The operation was effectively authorized by the 31 July 1994 United Nations Security Council Resolution 940.
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