Examples of 'left the commonwealth' in a sentence

Meaning of "left the commonwealth"

left the commonwealth: refers to a country or nation that has formally withdrawn or seceded from the Commonwealth of Nations, a political association of countries that were formerly part of the British Empire

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Three countries left the Commonwealth but have since returned to membership.
Under the terms of the constitution South Africa left the Commonwealth and became a republic.
The Maldives left the Commonwealth in 2016 in a row over criticism of its rights record.
After declaring itself a Republic, southern Ireland left the Commonwealth the following year.
South Africa had left the Commonwealth in 1961 to become a republic.
Apartheid came in, South Africa left the Commonwealth.
Burma immediately left the Commonwealth and became a Republic.
Following the war, the Irish Free State became the Irish republic and left the Commonwealth.
The last time a nation left the Commonwealth was in 2003, when Zimbabwe withdrew.
In 1949 it proclaimed itself a republic and left the Commonwealth.
In 1961 South Africa left the Commonwealth and declared itself a republic, with Swart as its president.
South Africa became a republic and left the Commonwealth in 1961.
In 1903 he left the Commonwealth Parliament to become a High Court judge.
Ireland became a Republic in 1949 and formally left the Commonwealth.
In May 1961 South Africa left the Commonwealth and therefore lost membership.

See also

In 1949 Ireland formally declared it a republic and left the Commonwealth.
In 1949 the Free State declared itself a Republic and left the Commonwealth.

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