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National monarchies abolished in the 20th–21st centuries

Country		Last Monarch	Year	Annotations
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.

1920

Country		Last Monarch	Year	Annotations
1910s
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

Country		Last Monarch	Year	Annotations
1930s
	Spain	Alfonso XIII	1931	Later restored (see below).
	Albania	Zog I	1939	Throne usurped by Victor Emmanuel III, after Italian invasion.

1940

Country		Last Monarch	Year	Annotations
1940s
	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

Country		Last Monarch	Year	Annotations
1950s
	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

Country		Last Monarch	Year	Annotations
1950s
	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

Country		Last Monarch	Year	Annotations
1970s
	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

Country		Last Monarch	Year	Annotations
1980s
	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.