Deposition (or dismissal, termination, expulsion, firing or dropping out) by political means concerns the removal of a politician or monarch.The Deposition of Edward II, Medieval England, Steven Muhlberger, ORB: The Online Reference for Medieval Studies, 1999 It may be done by coup, impeachment, invasion, or forced abdication.The deposition of Richard II , J.P.Sommerville, History Department, University of Wisconsin The term may also refer to the official removal of a clergyman, especially a bishop, from ecclesiastical office.

Deposed head of state or government politicians