A referendum on becoming a republic was held in the Gambia on 24 November 1965. If the referendum had passed, the post of president would have replaced...

1970 with 70.45% percent of the Gambian people voting in favour of a republic and 29.55% against, was successful. The Gambia adopted a new constitution in...

A referendum on becoming a republic was held in the Gambia in April 1970. The changes resulted in the creation of the post of President to replace Elizabeth...

Monarchy referendums are referendums on the establishment, abolition, or restoration of monarchy or on the rules of succession. Independence referendum "Albania:...

countries for Gambian imports. The UK, Germany, Ivory Coast, and the Netherlands also provide a fair share of Gambian imports. The Gambian trade deficit...

provision of the Gambian constitution. Entrenched clauses could only be amended if supported by two-thirds of the elected members of the Gambian parliament...

agreed between the British and Gambian delegations that the Gambia would become an independent country on 18 February 1965. It was agreed that Queen Elizabeth...

(born 25 May 1965) is a Gambian politician and military dictator who overthrew the elected government and became President of the Gambia from 1996 to...

state. Arch 22 1981 Gambian coup d'état attempt 2014 Gambian coup d'état attempt French, Howard W. (28 August 1994). "In Gambia, New Coup Follows Old...

decay". The new government held a referendum for public approval to change Iran from a monarchy to an Islamic republic in March 1979, two months after the...

Mobutu coup d'état, launched on November 25, 1965, was a successful coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by General Joseph Mobutu which...

Retrieved 10 December 2016. Ross, Aaron (27 March 2015) Congo Republic president says expects referendum over the third term Archived 29 September 2015 at the...

Gambia abolished the monarchy on 24 April 1970, via referendum. Jawara became President of the Gambia on the same day as the post of prime minister was...

Muhammadu/Momodou Garba-Jahumpa (22 November 1912 - 4 September 1994) was a Gambian trade union leader and politician who served as the Minister for Agriculture...

on Decolonization 1933 Western Australian secession referendum 1977 Nevis independence referendum West Indies Associated States Statute of Westminster...

1946 referendum and the return of George II to the country. The last king, Constantine II, interfered in politics during the Apostasia of 1965. The resulting...

a referendum on 28 September 1958 that led to the establishment of the French Fifth Republic in 1959. Chile became the first parliamentary republic in...

become republics. As of January 2020, of the eight held, three were successful: in Ghana, in South Africa and the second referendum in Gambia. Referenda...

(/ˌlɪθjuˈeɪniə/ LITH-ew-AY-nee-ə; Lithuanian: Lietuva [lʲiətʊˈvɐ]), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublika [lʲiətʊˈvoːs rʲɛsˈpʊblʲɪkɐ])...

Shona: Rodizha), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979. During this fourteen-year period...

resolution 2229 (XXI) was passed by the UN General Assembly requesting that a referendum be held by Spain on self-determination. In 1975, Spain relinquished administrative...

Malawi on 6 July; Malta on 21 September; Zambia as a republic on 24 October.  The Gambia (1965) – independence granted on 18 February.  Guyana (as  British...

individual within the nation. Gambian nationality is typically obtained under the principle of jus sanguinis, born to parents with Gambian nationality. It can be...

With time, many of these countries became republics, passing constitutional amendments or holding referendums to remove the monarch as their head of state...

(since 1964) People's Republic of Zanzibar (12 January 1964 – 26 April 1964) Tanzania (since 26 April 1964) Gambia (since 1965) Botswana (since 1966)...

[mesˁr], Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mɑsˤr]), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of...

constitutional referendum the year before Mobutu's coup of 1965 resulted in the country's official name being changed to the "Democratic Republic of the Congo"...

1965 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in September 1965: The People's...

following Atatürk's death in 1938. In 1939, the Republic of Hatay voted in favor of joining Turkey with a referendum. Turkey remained neutral during almost all...

Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in eastern Central Asia, lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek...