Abstract
The Sudan was proclaimed a sovereign independent republic on 1 Jan., 1956. On 19 Dec, 1955, the Sudanese parliament passed unanimously a declaration that a fully independent state should be set up forthwith, and that a Council of State of five should temporarily assume the duties of Head of State. The Co-domini, the United Kingdom and Egypt, gave their assent on 31 Dec, 1955.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1956). The Republic of the Sudan. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270855_72
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