1.   The following month, Ronald Haft led a board room coup that ousted his father as chairman of Combined Properties.

2.   Megawati heads one of only three political parties allowed by the government of President Suharto, the man who ousted her father.

3.   Megawati is adored by millions of loyal followers after becoming a symbol of resistance during the dictatorship of former president Suharto, who ousted her father.

4.   Sheik Hamad came to the throne in the Gulf state of Qatar in June last year after ousting his father in a bloodless palace coup.

5.   The crown prince of the wealthy Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar capped his steady rise to power by ousting his father, who was out of the country.

6.   The emir of Qatar, who ousted his father to take the throne, appointed his younger half-brother prime minister Tuesday and asked him to form a new Cabinet.

7.   He left the country after the late military ruler General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq ousted his father, and organised resistance against the military strongman abroad.

8.   His father was ousted with the backing of the United States three years into his presidency, after orchestrating socialist-style agrarian reforms.

9.   Diplomats and bankers agreed Sheikh Hamad seems determined to implement reforms to boost the economy saying he sent an encouraging signal to investors by ousting his father.

10.   Facts about Qatar, where the crown prince and defence minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, ousted his father in a bloodless coup Tuesday.