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National monarchies abolished in the 20th–21st centuries

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1910s
  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.
  Prussia
  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.

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  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.
  Guyana
  Sierra Leone
  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.