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Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (1972–83)
The
Southern Sudan Autonomous Region
was an
autonomous region
that existed in
Southern
Sudan
between 1972 and 1983. It was established on 28 February 1972 by the
Addis Ababa Agreement
which ended the
First Sudanese Civil War
. The region was abolished on 5 June 1983 by the administration of
Sudanese President
Gaafar Nimeiry
. Revocation of southern autonomy was a cause of the
Second Sudanese Civil War
which would continue until January 2005, when
southern autonomy
was restored.
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