Maurice Challe In July 1956, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser took control of the Suez Canal, in violation of agreements he had signed with the British and French governments. On 14 October 1956, Challe visited British Prime Minister Anthony Eden at Chequers, accompanied by French Minister of Labor Albert Gazier. The two Frenchmen told Eden of the secret negotiations between Israel and France regarding a proposed Israeli attack on Egypt followed with military occupation by European powers, to control the Suez Canal. Eden backed the plan with UK resources including military forces, directly leading to the Suez Crisis. Challe was a French
Prime Minister of the Maldives to November 1968. During the Republic, there has been only one Prime Minister. Ahmed Zaki served as Prime Minister from August 1972 to March 1975. After Zaki was dismissed by Nasir, there has been no other Prime Ministers in the Maldives and the post has been abolished. Prime Minister of the Maldives Prime Minister of the Maldives was a public office in the Sultanate of the Maldives and the Republic of the Maldives. Ibrahim Dorhimeyna Kilegefan served as Prime Minister on three occasions between 1883 and 1925. Abdul Majeed Didi served as Prime Minister from 1926 to 1932. Muhammad Fareed