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{{For|the military intervention in the Gambia|Operation Restore Democracy}} {{Short description|International military intervention in Haiti following the 1991 coup d'etat}} {{Multiple issues| {{Globalize|article|USA|2name=the United States|date=October 2018}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2023}} }} {{Use American English|date=October 2018}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Operation Uphold Democracy | partof = | image = Port-au-Prince airfield seizure.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Soldiers of C Company, [[22nd Infantry Regiment (United States)|2nd Battalion 22nd Infantry]], [[10th Mountain Division]] securing [[Toussaint Louverture International Airport|Port-au-Prince Airport]] on the first day of Operation Uphold Democracy. | date = 19 September 1994 – 31 March 1995<br>({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=09|day=19|year1=1994|month2=03|day2=31|year2=1995}}) | place = [[Haiti]] | territory = | result = US-led coalition victory * Military regime removed, [[Raoul Cédras]] deposed * [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]] sworn back into office. | combatant1 = {{flag|United States}}<br>{{flag|Argentina}}<br>{{flag|Poland}}<hr>{{flagdeco|Haiti}} [[Struggling People's Organization|Haitian Opposition]]<br>{{Collapsible list | expand = | framestyle = | titlestyle = | title = {{nobold|{{flag|CARICOM}}}} | liststyle = | hlist = | bullets = | 1 ={{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} | 2 ={{flag|Bahamas}} | 3 ={{flag|Barbados}} | 4 ={{flag|Belize}} | 5 ={{flag|Guyana}} | 6 ={{flag|Jamaica}} | 7 ={{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} <!-- etc --> }} | combatant2 = {{flag|Haiti}} | commander1 = {{flagdeco|United States}} [[Bill Clinton]]<br>{{flagdeco|United States}} [[George A. Fisher Jr.]]<br>{{flagdeco|Poland}} [[Sławomir Petelicki]]<br>{{flagdeco|Argentina}} {{ill|Enrique Molina Pico|es||pt}}<br>{{flagdeco|Haiti}} [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]]<br>{{flagdeco|Haiti}} [[Marc Bazin]]<br>{{flagdeco|Haiti}} [[Émile Jonassaint]] | commander2 = {{flagdeco|Haiti}} [[Raoul Cédras]]<br>{{Flagdeco|Haiti}} [[Michel François]]<br>{{flagdeco|Haiti}} [[Émile Jonassaint]]<br>{{flagdeco|Haiti}} [[Robert Malval]] | units1 = | units2 = | strength1 = 25,000 total troops | strength2 = Unknown | casualties1 = {{flagdeco|United States}} 1 killed, 1 wounded | casualties2 = {{flagdeco|Haiti}} 301 killed (Not reference) | casualties3 = | notes = | campaignbox = }}'''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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