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June 1, 1958 - Belgian General Election:


PRIME MINISTERS OF BELGIUM:
Jean Van Houtte (CSP) - 1952-1954
Christian Social Majority 1952-1954
Paul Henri Spaak (BSP) - 1954-1957
Socialist Minority (Liberal Supply-and-Confidence) - 1954-1957
Achille Van Acker (BSP) - 1957-1958
Socialist Minority (Liberal Supply-and-Confidence) - 1957-1958
Joseph Pholien (CSP) - 1958-?
Christian Social-People's Union Coalition - 1958-?

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE COALITION GOVERNMENT (1954-1958):
-Abolished the monarchy (effective June 1, 1961)
-Implemented government healthcare for those under 18 and over 65
-Introduced environmental protection laws
-Increased social security payments
-Reduced the role of religion in schools

 

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The 1957-1958 Warsaw Pact Invasion of Syria was an armed conflict fought between the Soviet Union and it's allies and the Republic of Syria. Troops entered the country via Iraq, but quickly got bogged down. The Communist forces resorted to large-scale carpet bombings of Syrian cities, although military assistance to Syria from NATO quickly resulted in many downed Soviet planes, some of which were taken by the Americans for research.

Wanting to save face, General Vasyl Tkachenko forged an order from General Secretary Andropov authorizing the deployment of a 100 kiloton nuclear device on Damascus. Over 300,000 would die in just a few hours, with the city and government being completely leveled. The Syrians, who had been winning, capitulated quickly.

The backlash to Andropov's supposed decision was fierce, with the Politburo removing him within two weeks and replacing him with Vasyl Tkachenko. The new premier, in a supposed 'gesture of goodwill' agreed to cap the total number of warheads at 1,000.

 

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July 1, 1958 - Finnish General Election:


PRIME MINISTERS OF FINLAND:
Urho Kekkonen (AG) - 1950-1953
Agrarian Minority (Swedish People's and National Progressive Supply-and-Confidence) - 1950-1951
Agrarian-Social Democratic Coalition (Swedish People's and National Progressive Supply-and-Confidence) - 1951-1951
Agrarian-Social Democratic Coalition (Swedish People's Supply-and-Confidence) - 1951-1953
Reino Oittinen (SDP) - 1953-1957
Social Democratic-Agrarian-National Coalition Grand Coalition - 1953-1957
Tyyne Leivo-Larsson (SDP) - 1957-1958
Social Democratic-Agrarian-National Coalition Grand Coalition - 1957-1958
Vaino Tanner (SDP) - 1958-?
Social Democratic-Agrarian-National Coalition Grand Coalition - 1958-1958
Social Democratic-Agrarian-Liberal Coalition - 1958-?

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE COALITION GOVERNMENT (1954-1958):
-Ended friendly relations with the Soviets
-Joined the European Economic Community
-Implemented single-payer healthcare
-Cut taxes for the middle class
-Increased farm subsidies

 

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September 6, 1958 - Chilean General Election:

PRESIDENTS OF CHILE:
Carlos Ibanez del Campo (IND) - 1952-1958
Eduardo Frei Montalva (GDP) - 1958-1964

 

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November 4, 1958 - United States General Election:

 

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November 14, 1958 - Australian General Election:

PRIME MINISTERS OF AUSTRALIA:
Robert Menzies (L-C) - 1948-1954
Coalition Majority - 1948-1954
H.V. Evatt (LAB) - 1954-1957
Labor Majority - 1954-1957
Stan Keon (LAB) - 1957-1957
Labor Majority - 1957-1957
Arthur Calwell (LAB) - 1957-?
Labor Majority - 1957-1958
Labor Minority - 1958-?

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE LABOR GOVERNMENT (1955-1958):
-Implemented universal healthcare
-Introduced paid parental leave
-Mandated a minimum wage
-Expanded welfare benefits
-Invested in an infrastructure program

 

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November 25, 1958 - French General Election:

PRIME MINISTERS OF FRANCE:
Antoine Pinay (NCI) - 1952-1952
Independents & Peasants-Radical-Popular Republican-Union of Resistance Coalition - 1952-1952
Robert Schuman (RAD) - 1952-1954
Independents & Peasants-Radical-Popular Republican-Union of Resistance Coalition - 1952-1954
Louis Jacquinot (NCI) - 1954-1954
Independents & Peasants-Radical-Popular Republican-Union of Resistance Coalition - 1954-1954
Jean Letournau (RAD) - 1954-1955
Independents & Peasants-Radical-Popular Republican-Union of Resistance Coalition - 1954-1955
Pierre Mendes France (RAD) - 1955-1956
Independents & Peasants-Radical-Popular Republican-Union of Resistance Coalition - 1955-1956
Guy Mollet (SFI) - 1956-1959
Worker's International-Social Labor-Radical Coalition - 1956-1958
Worker's International-Social Labor-Radical Interim Coalition - 1958-1959
Charles De Gaulle (UNR) - 1959 - ?
Union for a New Republic-Popular Republican-Left Republicans-Independents & Peasants-Social Republican-National Front Coalition - 1959-?

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE MOLLET GOVERNMENT (1956-1959):
-Began the process of decolonization
-Ratified several new constitutional amendments (much of De Gaulle's ideas, including a stronger presidency but with direct vote and five year terms)
-Expanded Statutory Health Insurance to cover every citizen and permanent resident
-Broadened both inter-Europe and trans-Atlantic ties
-Increased welfare benefit payments
-Worked out a deal over the Suez Canal with Lyndon Johnson and Aneurin Bevan
-Implemented a broad nuclear energy and infrastructure program

December 7, 1958 - French General Election:


PRESIDENTS OF FRANCE:
Vincent Auriol (SFI) - 1947-1954
Rene Coty (NCI) - 1954-1959
Rene Mayer (UNR) - 1959-1964

 

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January 2, 1959 - South Vietnamese General Election:


PRESIDENTS OF SOUTH VIETNAM:
Ngo Dinh Diem (CL) - 1955-1959
Phan Khac Suu (PS) - 1959-1963

NOTE: Ho Chi Minh died in late 1954 so the Communists have been under more radical leadership. This has resulted in much of the OTL Communist movement pledging to put down arms if the South elects someone amenable to more moderate strains of Communism. This is realized with the election of Phan Khac Suu, a prominent socialist who promised an even more left wing agenda.

Many observers were confused about a potential self-coup by Diem, but a call from the President-elect to President Johnson forced Diem to step aside.

 

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February 1, 1959 - Luxembourg General Election:

PRIME MINISTERS OF LUXEMBOURG:
Joseph Bech (CSP) - 1953-1954
Christian Social People's-Socialist Worker's Coalition - 1953-1954
Eugene Schaus (DG) - 1954-1957
Democratic Group Leading Christian Social People's-Socialist Worker's Grand Coalition - 1954-1957
Lucien Dury (DG) - 1957-1959
Democratic Group Leading Christian Social People's-Socialist Worker's Grand Coalition - 1957-1959
Eugene Schaus (DG) - 1959-?
Democratic Group Leading Christian Social People's Coalition - 1959-?

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE GRAND COALITION GOVERNMENT (1954-1959):
-Implemented paid parental leave
-Pursued closer Inter-European and Trans-Atlantic cooperation
-Introduced a single-payer universal healthcare system
-Cut taxes for working class families
-Removed many restrictions on unions
-Reduced corporate tax rates

 

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Spoiler: NOTES

-Establishes the Department of Environmental Protection
-Bans leaded gasoline by 1963
-Strengthens environmental protections and increases fines for violators
-OTL Endangered Species Act
-OTL Clean Air Act
-OTL Clean Water Act

Spoiler: NOTES

-Shores up the Voting Rights Act passed by Nixon
-Bans segregation in public areas and businesses receiving tax credits on any level
-Bans segregation academies
-Exempts Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Florida from the class size reduction and renovation mandates

 

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MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE, 86TH CONGRESS:
AL:
3. J. Lister Hill (D)
2. John Sparkman (D)
AK:
2. Ernest Gruening (D)
3. Mike Stepovich (R)
AZ:
3. Carl Hayden (D)
1. Barry Goldwater (R)
AR:
2. John McClellan (D)
3. J. William Fulbright (D)
CA:
1. Clair Engle (D)
3. Helen Gahagan Douglas (D)
CO:
2. John Carroll (D)
3. Charles Brannan (D)
CT:
1. Prescott Bush (R)
3. Abraham Ribicoff (D)
DE:
1. John J. Williams (R)
2. J. Allen Frear (D)
FL:
1. Claude Pepper (D)
3. George Smathers (D)
GA:
2. Richard Russell (D)
3. Herman Talmadge (D)
ID:
2. Glen Taylor (D)
3. Frank Church (D)
IL:
2. Paul Douglas (D)
3. Sidney Yates (D)
IN:
1. Harold Handley (R)
3. Birch Bayh (D)
IA:
2. Guy Gillette (D)
3. Rudolph Evans (D)
KS:
2. Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R)
3. Frank Carlson (R)
KY:
2. Thomas Underwood (D)
3. Earle Clements (D)
LA:
2. Allen Ellender (D)
3. Russell Long (D)
ME:
1. Edmund Muskie (D)
2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)
MD:
1. James Glenn Beall (R)
3. George Mahoney (D)
MA:
1. John F. Kennedy (D)
2. George Fingold (D)
MI:
1. Walter Reuther (D)
2. Patrick McNamara (D)
MN:
1. Edward John Thye (R)
2. Alexander Keith (D)
MS:
1. John Stennis (D)
2. James Eastland (D)
MO:
1. Stuart Symington (D)
3. Thomas Hennings (D)
MT:
1. Mike Mansfield (D)
2. James Murray (D)
NE:
1. Roman Hruska (R)
2. Carl Curtis (R)
NV:
1. Howard Cannon (D)
3. Alan Bible (D)
NH:
2. Styles Bridges (R)
3. Norris Cotton (R)
NJ:
1. Clifford Case (R)
2. Charles Howell (D)
NM:
1. Dennis Chavez (D)
2. Clinton Anderson (D)
NY:
1. Irving Ives (R)
3. Robert Wagner (D)
NC:
2. B. Everett Jordan (D)
3. Sam Ervin (D)
ND:
1. William Langer (R)
3. Milton Young (R)
OH:
1. John Bricker (R)
3. Frank Lausche (D)
OK:
2. Robert Kerr (D)
3. Mike Monroney (D)
OR:
2. Richard Neuberger (D)
3. Wayne Morse (D)
PA:
1. Harry Norwitch (D)
3. Joseph Clark (D)
RI:
1. John Pastore (D)
2. Theodore Green (D)
SC:
2. Strom Thurmond (D)
3. Olin Johnson (D)
SD:
2. Karl Mundt (R)
3. George McGovern (D)
TN:
1. Albert Gore (D)
2. Estes Kefauver (D)
TX:
1. Ralph Yarborough (D)
2. Robert Strauss (D)
UT:
1. J. Bracken Lee (R)
3. Reva Beck Bosone (D)
VT:
1. Ralph Flanders (R)
3. George Aiken (R)
VA:
1. Louise Wensel (I)
2. Absalom Robertson (D)
WA:
1. Henry Jackson (D)
3. Warren Magnuson (D)
WV:
1. William Marland (D)
2. John Hoblitzell (R)
WI:
1. Robert La Follette Jr. (R)
3. Frank Maier (R)
WY:
1. Frank Barrett (R)
2. Joseph O'Mahoney (D)

NUMBER OF WOMEN SENATORS: 4
NUMBER OF JEWISH SENATORS: 7

D: 70
R: 27
I: 1

 

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March 1, 1959 - Dutch General Election:

PRIME MINISTERS OF THE NETHERLANDS:
Willem Drees (LAB) - 1948-1955
Labour-Catholic People's-Christian Union-People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Coalition - 1948-1952
Labour-Catholic People's-Anti-Revolutionary-Christian Union Coalition - 1952-1955
Julius Christiaan van Oven (LAB) - 1955-1957
Labour-Catholic People's-Anti-Revolutionary-Christian Union Coalition - 1955-1956
Labour-People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Coalition - 1956-1957
Jaap Burger (LAB) - 1957-1958
Labour-People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Coalition - 1957-1958
Willem Drees (LAB) - 1958-?
Labour-People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Coalition - 1958-?

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE COALITION GOVERNMENT (1956-1959):
-Implemented government-provided health insurance for the bottom two thirds of the population, with the top third required to buy insurance via mandate
-Introduced enhanced paid parental leave
-Invested heavily in infrastructure
-Increases spending on education

 

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April 14, 1959 - Swedish General Election:


PRIME MINISTERS OF SWEDEN:
Tage Erlander (SD) - 1946-1952
Social Democratic Majority - 1946-1952
Bertil Ohlin (P) - 1952-1958
People's-Right-Farmer's League Coalition - 1952-1958
Sven Weden (P) - 1958-1959
People's-Right-Farmer's League Coalition - 1958-1959
Osten Unden (SD) - 1959-?
Social Democratic Majority - 1959-?

 

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April 26, 1959 - Spanish General Election:


PRESIDENTS OF SPAIN:
Juan de Borbon (CSD) - 1959-1963

FIRST EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF SPAIN:
Democratic Salvation Coalition - 114 Seats
National Protection Union - 80 Seats
Communist Party of Spain - 6 Seats

NOTES: A higher option of the US leads to Spain adopting a different form of government. Specifically, a presidential election that determines how many seats a coalition gets. Since Borbon won 57%, his coalition- the big-tent Democratic Salvation Coalition- won 57% of the vote. This only applies to the first round, so if a third-place candidate gets 15%, they get 15% of the seats.

 

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May 12, 1959 - Austrian General Election:

CHANCELLORS OF AUSTRIA:
Leopold Figl (P) - 1945-1954
People's-Socialist Coalition - 1945-1953
People's-Freedom Coalition - 1953-1954
Julius Raab (P) - 1954-1956
People's-Freedom Coalition - 1954-1956
Bruno Kreisky (S) - 1956-?
Socialist-People's Coalition - 1956-1959
Socialist Majority - 1959-?

 

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June 10, 1959 - Israeli General Election:

PRIME MINISTERS OF ISRAEL:
David Ben-Gurion (M) - 1948-1953
Mapai Leading Grand Coalition - 1948-1949
Mapai-Religious Front-Progressives-Sephardim-Democratic Coalition - 1949-1951
Mapai-Mizrachi-Aguda-Poalei Agudat-Democratic-Progress & Work-Agriculture & Development Coalition - 1951-1953
Moshe Sharett (M) - 1953-1955
Mapai-General Zionists Coalition - 1953-1955
David Ben-Gurion (M) - 1955-1959
Mapai-Mapam-Progressive Coalition - 1955-1959
Dov Yosef (M) - 1959-1959
Mapai-Mapam-Progressive Coalition - 1959-1959
David Ben-Gurion (M) - 1959-?
Mapai-Mapam-Maki Coalition (Democratic Arab Alliance Supply-and-Confidence) - 1959-?

 

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August 1, 1959 - Swiss Voting Rights Referendum:
Should women get full voting rights and powers?

 

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January 18, 1960 - Japanese General Election:

PRIME MINISTERS OF JAPAN:
Shigeru Yoshida (LP) - 1948-1954
Liberal Minority (Ryokufukai Supply-and-Confidence) - 1948-1949
Liberal Majority - 1949-1952
Liberal-Kaishinto Coalition - 1952-1953
Liberal-Kaishinto-Hatoyama Coalition - 1953-1954
Katsuo Okazaki (LP) - 1954-1955
Liberal-Kaishinto-Hatoyama Coalition - 1954-1954
Liberal-Kaishinto Coalition - 1954-1955
Kanju Kato (RS/DS) - 1955-?
Right Socialist-Left Socialist Coalition - 1955-1960
Democratic Socialist-Socialist Coalition - 1960-?

 

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ONGOING CONFLICTS:
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan (1959-Present)
Vietnamese Civil War (1954-Present)
Ecuadorian Civil War (1958-Present)

Covered Election in 1960
Non-Covered Election in 1960
No Elections Ever

SCHEDULED ELECTIONS:
January 18, 1960 - Japanese General Election (Lower House)
March 15, 1960 - South Korean General Election (President)
April 14, 1960 - United Kingdom General Election (Lower House)
May 14, 1960 - Turkish General Election (President)
June 1, 1960 - Taiwan General Election (President, Parliament)
June 30, 1960 - Vietnam General Election (Parliament)
August 12, 1960 - South African Republic Referendum
September 5, 1960 - Cuban General Election (President)
October 2, 1960 - Danish General Election (Parliament)
October 3, 1960 - Brazilian General Election (President)
November 8, 1960 - United States General Election (President, Upper House, Lower House)
November 26, 1960 - New Zealand General Election (Parliament)
December 10, 1960 - Swedish General Election (Parliament)

CURRENT GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS:
Liberal Democracy
Conservative Democracy
Communist Dictatorship
Authoritarian Dictatorship
Absolute Monarchy
Colony

US GDP: $568.9 Billion (VS $520.5 Billion OTL)
USSR GDP: $129.6 Billion (VS $142.4 Billion OTL)

 

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March 15, 1960 - South Korean General Election:

PRESIDENTS OF SOUTH KOREA:
Syngman Rhee (L) - 1948-1956
Chang Myon (D) - 1956-?

Elections for the Presidency of South Korea were held on March 15, 1960. Incumbent President Chang Myon of the Democratic Party ran for re-election. Myon ran on a record of economic growth- which would eventually be known as the beginning of the 'Korean Economic Miracle'- along with his pro-democracy and anti-authoritarian policies. Lee Ki Poong- the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament- was nominated by the previously-dominate Liberal Party. Former President Syngman Rhee also ran for his old job, but his polling collapsed from the low-20s to single digits following his indictment on corruption charges.

The President was re-elected to a second four-year term.