Federation of Arab Republics

Federation of Arab Republics اتحاد الجمهوريات العربية
Confederation
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Flag Coat of arms
Capital	Not specified
Language(s)	Arabic
Religion	Islam
Government	Confederal Republic
Historical era	Cold War
- Referendums	March 1972
- Established	January 1, 1972
- Libya severs ties with Egypt	November 19, 1977

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The Federation of Arab Republics (Arabic اتحاد الجمهوريات العربية, ittiħād al-jumhūriyyāt al-`arabiyya, literally "Union of Arab Republics") was an abortive attempt by Libya's Muammar Gaddafi to merge Libya, Egypt, and Syria, creating an United Arab state. Although approved by referendum in each country in March 1972, the three countries disagreed on the specific terms of the merger. The federation lasted from January 1, 1972, to November 1977.

It is not to be confused with the United Arab Republic (1958–1961) which was a single sovereign state uniting Egypt and Syria.

The name Federation of Arab Republics could actually refer to five different proposals:

• Federation between Egypt, Libya and Sudan (1969/70–1971)
• Federation between Egypt, Libya and Syria (1971/72–1974/77)
• Union between Egypt and Libya within the Federation (1972–1973/74)
• Union between Egypt and Syria within the Federation (1976–1977)
• Federation between Egypt, Sudan and Syria (1977)

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  FAR 1970, Syria intends to join the Egyptian-Libyan-Sudanese Federation

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  FAR 1971, Sudan is said to join later but keeps outside the Federation

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  FAR 1972, Iraq is invited to join the Egyptian-Libyan-Syrian Federation

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  FAR 1973, Egypt and Libya fail to form a Union within the Federation

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  FAR 1976, Egypt and Syria intend to form a Union within the Federation

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  FAR 1977, Sudan intends to join the Egypt-Syrian Federation

See also

• Arab Federation, a confederation between Iraq and Jordan (1958)
• Arab Islamic Republic, a proposed union of Libya and Tunisia (1972)
• United Arab Emirates, a union of seven Arab states (1971–present day)
• United Arab Republic, a federation between Egypt and Syria (1958–61)
• United Arab States, a confederation between the United Arab Republic and the Kingdom of Yemen (1958–61)