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The Democratic Republic of the Sudan

Jamhuryat es-Sudan Al Democratia

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CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT. 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 5 should temporarily assume the duties of Head of State. The Co-domini, the UK and Egypt, gave their assent on 31 Dec. 1955.

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John Paxton

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© 1974 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Paxton, J. (1974). The Democratic Republic of the Sudan. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271036_145

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