Mauritania was the last country in the world to abolish slavery, formally ending it by presidential decree in 1981 and later passing a law in 2007 that criminalized slave‑holding and rela...
18 June 1953 — The monarchy is formally abolished and Egypt is declared a republic. Muhammad Naguib becomes the first president, but power increasingly shifts toward Gamal Abdel Nasser an...
23 July 1952 — Egyptian military officers overthrow King Farouk's government. The movement is driven by dissatisfaction with corruption, political inequality, British influence and Egypt'...
11 January 1946 — The monarchy is formally abolished and Albania becomes a communist people's republic. Political opposition is suppressed and the Communist Party establishes a monopoly o...
8 December 1974 — A referendum confirms Greece as a republic.
1924 — The monarchy is abolished and Greece becomes a republic.