1958 Sudanese coup d'état
1958 Sudanese coup d'état | |||||||
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Part of the First Sudanese Civil War and the Arab Cold War | |||||||
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Sudanese Armed Forces | |||||||
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Ismail al-Azhari President of Sudan Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker of the Senate |
Abdallah Khalil Prime Minister of Sudan Gen. Ibrahim Abboud Coup Military Leader |
The 1958 Sudanese coup d'état was a bloodless military coup which took place in Sudan on 17 November 1958.[1]
The coup was effectively a self-coup, orchestrated by Prime Minister Abdallah Khalil (in office since 1956), against the civilian government formed following the 1958 parliamentary election. The government was a coalition between Khalil's National Umma Party (NUP) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP).[2][3] Khalil simultaneously served as Minister of Defence in the government.
The coup occurred on the day parliament was to convene. Khalil, himself a retired army general, planned the coup in conjunction with leading NUP members and the army's two senior generals, Ibrahim Abboud and , who became leaders of the new military regime.
See also[]
- History of Sudan#Independent Sudan (1956 to present)
References[]
- ^ Hailey, Foster (November 18, 1958). "SUDAN COUP PUTS ARMY IN CONTROL; Capital Is Quiet as General Takes Power -- Parliament Ousted in Orderly Shift". The New York Times. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
- ^ Voll, John Obert; Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn; Lobban, Richard (1992). Historical dictionary of the Sudan. Scarecrow Press. p. 245. ISBN 9780810825475.
- ^ "Sudan Embassy in Canada". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
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