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Widely believed to have been coined by U.S. President Bill Clinton and popularized by his Presidential successor George W. Bush in reference to the regime of Saddam Hussein . Use of the term dates back to 1925.
regime change countable and uncountable plural regime changes
( politics , geopolitics ) overthrow of a government that is considered an illegitimate regime by means of an external force (especially military might ), and its replacement with a new government according to the concept of political legitimacy promoted by that force.
Synonym: rollback Coordinate term: colour revolution overthrow of a government
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: تَغْيِير اَلْنِظَام ( taḡyīr al-niẓām )
Armenian: իշխանափոխություն (hy) ( išxanapʻoxutʻyun )
Belarusian: змена рэжыму ( zmjena režymu )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 政權更迭 / 政权更迭 (zh) ( zhèngquán gēngdié ) , 政權交替 / 政权交替 ( zhèngquán jiāotì ) , 政權更換 / 政权更换 ( zhèngquán gēnghuàn ) , 政權變動 / 政权变动 ( zhèngquán biàndòng )
Danish: regimeskifte n
Dutch: regimeverandering f
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: vallanvaihto (fi) , hallinnon vaihto regiimin vaihto
French: changement de régime m
Georgian: რეჟიმის შეცვლა ( režimis šecvla )
German: Regimewechsel (de) m Regimeänderung f
Greek: αλλαγή καθεστώτος f ( allagí kathestótos )
Hindi: शासन में परिवर्तन m ( śāsan mẽ parivartan )
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Italian: cambiamento di regime m
Japanese: 政体の変更 ( seitai no henkō )
Korean: 정권 교체 ( jeonggwon'gyoche ) ( refers to any change in administration, whether peaceful, violent, etc. )
Persian: تغییر رژیم ( taġyir-e režim ) , رژیم چنج ( režim čenj )
Polish: transformacja ustrojowa f
Portuguese: mudança de regime f
Romanian: schimbare de regim f
Russian: сме́на режи́ма f ( sména režíma )
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: cambio de régimen m
Swedish: regimskifte (sv) n
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: việc lật đổ chế độ sự thay đổi chế độ
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