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These are some notable events relating to politics in 2025.
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- January 1
- Bulgaria and Romania finalized the process of joining the Schengen Area, lifting land border controls.[1]
- Liechtenstein became the 39th country to legalize same-sex marriage.[2]
- Ukraine becomes a state party in the International Criminal Court.
- January 6
- Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau announces his intention to resign amidst a political crisis.
- Indonesia officially becomes a full member of BRICS.
- January 8 – Unknown assailants attack the presidential palace in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena, resulting in 20 deaths.
- January 9
- Joseph Aoun is elected president of Lebanon following a two-year vacancy.
- The state funeral of former US President Jimmy Carter is held in Washington, D.C.[3][4]
- January 12 – Croatian president Zoran Milanović wins re-election against Dragan Primorac in the second round of voting.[5]
- January 15 – South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested by the CIO for his role in the martial law crisis.
- January 16 – The 2025 Vanuatuan general election was held.
- January 18 – Two judges of the Supreme Court of Iran are assassinated at the Palace of Justice in Tehran.
- January 19
- A ceasefire agreement is reached to suspend the Gaza war.
- A ban on TikTok in the United States goes into effect.[6]
- A temporary reservicing of TikTok's United States servers is undergone.[7]
- January 20 – Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, becoming the second president in American history to serve non-consecutive terms.
- January 23 – Thailand becomes the 40th country to legalize same-sex marriage.[8]
- January 26 – The 2025 Belarusian presidential election was held.[9]
- January 30 – The 2025 Comorian parliamentary election was held.
February
[edit]- February 9
- The first round of the 2025 Ecuadorian general election was held.[10]
- The 2025 Liechtenstein general election was held.[11]
- February 23 – The 2025 German federal election was held, after being pushed forward as a result of the 2024 German government crisis.[12]
March
[edit]- March 2 – The 2025 Tajik parliamentary election was held.
- March 4 – The 2025 Micronesian parliamentary election was held.
- March 9 – The Liberal Party of Canada holds a leadership election to replace Trudeau as prime minister and Mark Carney was elected at the end of a leadership election as a result.[13]
- March 11 – The 2025 Greenlandic general election was held.
- March 12 – The 2025 Belizean general election was held.
- March 31 – The Caribbean guilder was introduced, replacing the Netherlands Antillean guilder as the currency for Curaçao and Sint Maarten.[14]
April
[edit]- April 4 – South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached for his role in the martial law crisis.
- April 12 – The 2025 Gabonese presidential election was held.
- April 13 – The second round of the 2025 Ecuadorian general election was held.[10]
- April 28 – The 2025 Canadian federal election was held following Justin Trudeau's resignation and replacement as Liberal Party leader.[15]
- April 28 – The 2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election was held.
May
[edit]- May 3
- The 2025 Australian federal election was held, resulting in a landslide majority for the governing Labor Party.[16]
- The 2025 Singaporean general election was held, with the governing People's Action Party retaining their supermajority.[17]
- The 2025 Togolese presidential election was held.
- May 4 – The first round of the 2025 Romanian presidential election was held following the annulment of the previous election.[18]
- May 11 – The 2025 Albanian parliamentary election was held, resulting in a victory for the Socialist Party.[19]
- May 12 – The 2025 Philippine general election was held.[20]
- May 18
- The second round of the 2025 Romanian presidential election was held, resulting in a victory for independent candidate Nicușor Dan.[21]
- The first round of the 2025 Polish presidential election was held.[22]
- The 2025 Portuguese legislative election was held.[23]
- May 25
- The 2025 Venezuelan parliamentary election was held.[24]
- The 2025 Surinamese general election was held.[25]
June
[edit]- June 1 – The second round of the 2025 Polish presidential election was held, ending in a narrow victory for conservative candidate Karol Nawrocki.[26]
- June 3 – The 2025 South Korean presidential election was held, with opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung winning a decisive victory.[27]
- June 5 – The 2025 Burundian parliamentary election was held.[28]
July
[edit]- July 20 – The 2025 Japanese House of Councillors election was held, with the governing Liberal Democratic Party losing their majority.[29]
August
[edit]- August 4–5 - The 2025 Egyptian Senate election was held.
- August 17 - The 2025 Bolivian general election was held.[30]
- August 29 – The 2025 Samoan general election was held.
September
[edit]- September 1 – The 2025 Guyanese general election was held, with incumbent president Irfaan Ali winning a second and final term.[31]
- September 3 – The 2025 Jamaican general election was held, resulting in a victory for the governing Jamaica Labour Party.[32]
- September 8 – The 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election was held, with the left wing red-green bloc securing a majority of seats.[33]
- September 10 – Charlie Kirk, an American right-wing activist, was assassinated while speaking at a college in Utah.[34]
- September 11 – Former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison in connection to the 2022 Brazilian coup plot and 8 January Brasília attacks.[35]
- September 12 – Sushila Karki was named as Nepal's first female prime minister following the resignation of K. P. Sharma Oli as a result of the 2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests.[36]
- September 16 – The 2025 Malawian general election was held, resulting in a defeat for incumbent president Lazarus Chakwera.[37]
- September 27
- The 2025 Gabonese parliamentary election was held.[38]
- The first round of the 2025 Seychellois general election was held.[39]
October
[edit]- October 3 – Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg abdicated the throne in favor of his son Guillaume, who reigns as Guillaume V.[40][41]
- October 3–4 – The 2025 Czech parliamentary election was held, with right-wing populist party ANO winning the most seats.[42]
- October 5 – The 2025 Syrian parliamentary election, the first since the fall of the Assad regime, was held.[43]
- October 9 – Israel and Hamas officially agreed to the first phase of the Gaza peace plan.[44]
- October 10
- Venezuelan opposition politician and activist María Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.[45]
- A third ceasefire deal in the Gaza war came into effect following the official signing of a deal the previous day.[46]
- President of Peru Dina Boluarte was impeached and removed from office.[47]
- October 11 – The 2025 Nauruan parliamentary election was held.
- October 12
- The 2025 Cameroonian presidential election was held, with incumbent Paul Biya being declared the winner.[48]
- The 2025 Portuguese local elections were held.[49]
- October 12-14 – Malagasy president Andry Rajoelina was forced from office by an elite unit of the Madagascar Armed Forces.[50]
- October 17 – The 2025 Bolivian general election was held, resulting in a landslide defeat for the governing MAS-IPSP.[51]
- October 21 – Sanae Takaichi was sworn is as the first female prime minister of Japan.[52]
- October 24 – The 2025 Irish presidential election was held, resulting in a landslide victory for independent candidate Catherine Connolly.[53]
- October 25
- Lucy Powell is announced as the winner of the 2025 Labour Party deputy leadership election.[54]
- The 2025 Ivorian presidential election was held, with Alassane Ouattara winning a fourth consecutive term.[55]
- October 26
- La Libertad Avanza, led by president Javier Milei, secured a decisive victory in the 2025 Argentine legislative election.[56]
- Timor-Leste officially joined ASEAN as the group's eleventh member.[57]
- October 29
- The 2025 Tanzanian general election was held.[58]
- The 2025 Dutch general election was held, with the centrist D66 and far-right PVV winning the most seats.[59]
November
[edit]- November 4 – The 2025 United States elections were held, with the Democratic Party making key gains.[60]
- November 10–11 – The first round of the 2025 Egyptian parliamentary election was held.
- November 11 – The 2025 Iraqi parliamentary election was held.[61]
- November 16 – The first round of the 2025 Chilean general election was held.[62]
- November 10–21 – COP30 was held in Belém, Brazil.[63]
- November 20 – The 2025 Tongan general election was held.
- November 22–23 – South Africa hosted the G20 summit in Johannesburg, the first nation in Africa to do so.[64]
- November 23
- The 2025 Guinea-Bissau general election was held.
- The 2025 Republika Srpska presidential election was held.
- November 26 – President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embaló was arrested and overthrown in a coup d'état a day before election results were due to be announced.[65]
- November 27 – The 2025 Vincentian general election was held, resulting in a landslide victory for the opposition New Democratic Party.[66]
- November 30 – The 2025 Honduran general election was held.
Predicted and scheduled events
[edit]- December 3–4 – The second round of the 2025 Egyptian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
- December 14 – The second round of the 2025 Chilean general election is scheduled to be held.[62]
- December 27 – The 2025 Ivorian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
- December 28 – The 2025 Central African general election is scheduled to be held.
Date unknown
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