Though Mr.Yala is from the country's ethnic majority, which has long controlled the military, he was toppled in a 2003 coup before unilaterally declaring himself president and temporarily seizing the presidential palace in 2005.
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Given the state to which Mr Mugabe has reduced the country, a palacecoup is possible.
Morgan Stanley's reputation among blue-chip companies has remained strong, despite its near-death experience and earlier turmoil, such as the controversial merger with Dean Witter in 1997 and subsequent palacecoup in 2005.
In December 2011, after the remains of President Allende were exhumed, it was confirmed that he committed suicide, and was not killed by soldiers who stormed the presidential palace during the coup, as some had argued.