1958 Nigerien Constitutional Referendum
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A referendum on the new
constitution of France The current Constitution of France was adopted on 4 October 1958. It is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic , and it replaced the Constitution of the Fourth Republic of 1946 with the exception of the preamble per a Constitu ...
was held in
Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languageswider referendum held across the
French Union The French Union () was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial empire system, colloquially known as the " French Empire" (). It was the formal end of the "indigenous" () status of French subje ...
. The new constitution would see the country become part of the new
French Community The French Community (1958–1960; french: Communauté française) was the constitutional organization set up in 1958 between France and its remaining African colonies, then in the process of decolonization. It replaced the French Union, which ...
if accepted, or result in independence if rejected. It was approved by 78.43% of voters.Frankreich, 28. September 1958 : Verfassung
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