1958 Sudanese coup d'état

1958 Sudanese coup d'état
Part of the First Sudanese Civil War and the Arab Cold War
Date17 November 1958
Location
Khartoum, Sudan
Result Coup successful
Belligerents

Sudan Sudan

 Sudanese Armed Forces
Commanders and leaders
Sudan Sovereignty Council
President of Sudan
Sudan Muhammad Salih Shingitti
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Sudan Amin al-Sayyid
Speaker of the Senate		 Abdallah Khalil
Prime Minister of Sudan
Gen. Ibrahim Abboud
Coup Military Leader
Ahmad Abd al-Wahab

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 United States and the United Kingdom were aware of the plot.[4]

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 Ahmad Abd al-Wahab, who became leaders of the new military regime. Khalil was not allowed to participate in the new government and was retired on a pension.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Voll, John Obert; Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn; Lobban, Richard (1992). Historical dictionary of the Sudan. Scarecrow Press. p. 245. ISBN 9780810825475.
  3. ^ "Sudan Embassy in Canada". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
  4. ^ Ben Hammou, Salah (2023). "The Varieties of Civilian Praetorianism: Evidence From Sudan's Coup Politics". Armed Forces & Society: 1–22. doi:10.1177/0095327X231155667.
  5. ^ Ben Hammou, Salah (2023). "The Varieties of Civilian Praetorianism: Evidence From Sudan's Coup Politics". Armed Forces & Society: 1–22. doi:10.1177/0095327X231155667.
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