Sudanese Democratic Party (in french: Parti Démocratique Soudanais) was a short-lived political outfit in
French Soudan
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. PDS was formed in 1945 by two
French Communist Party
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. PDS launched
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as their candidate in the 1945 elections to the Constituent Assembly of the
Fourth Republic.
Source: Imperato, Pascal James. ''Mali: A Search for Direction''. Boulder: Westview Press, 1989.
1945 establishments in French Sudan
Communist parties in Mali
Defunct political parties in Mali
Political parties established in 1945
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