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Nationalisation of Suez Canal Company

Egypt · Economy / Suez Canal. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1956

Gamal Abdel Nasser26 July 1956

Aswan Dam · Economy / Suez Canal

Nasser nationalises the Suez Canal Company and links its revenues to financing national development.

Names involved

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Provenance

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