Permanent year factsheet

Tunisia in 1956

Historical records for Tunisia in 1956, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records
5Events
1Named people
2Places
1Categories

Historical records

March

25 March 1956Constituent Assembly Election

Tunisia · Government / Government of Tunisia

Tunisians elected a Constituent Assembly to draft the institutions of the independent state.

April

14 April 1956Prime Minister of TunisiaHabib Bourguiba

Tunis · Government / Government of Tunisia

Habib Bourguiba became prime minister after independence and formed a national government.

August

13 August 1956Code of Personal StatusHabib Bourguiba

Tunis · Government / Government of Tunisia

The government promulgated the Code of Personal Status, reforming marriage, divorce, and family law.

Other Events

1956IndependenceHabib Bourguiba

Tunis · Government / Government of Tunisia

Tunisia gains independence from France with a monarchy

1956Independence of TunisiaHabib Bourguiba

Tunis · Government / Government of Tunisia

Tunisia gains independence from France with a monarchy

1956Prime Minister of TunisiaHabib Bourguiba

Government / Government of Tunisia

Appointed Prime Minister of Tunisia

Names involved

Habib Bourguiba

Places involved

TunisTunisia

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.