Geopolitics & Diplomacy in the 21st century

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200016 January to 6 February - 2000 Finnish presidential election with Tarja Halonen elected as the first female president of Finland.Finland source
200027 January - The government of Zamfara, a predominantly Muslim state, institutes Islamic law. Eleven other states in the north soon follow suit.Nigeria source
200016 February – The country competed at Eurovision with the song "Nomiza" by Voice.Cyprus source
2000March 26 – 2000 Russian presidential election: Vladimir Putin is elected President of Russia.source
200026 May – National Human Rights Commission is established.Nepal source
2000June 10–July 2 – Belgium and the Netherlands jointly host the UEFA Euro 2000 football tournament, which is won by France.source
2000July 2 – Vicente Fox of the National Action Party (PAN) is elected President of Mexico, becoming the first president not from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1929.source
2000August 23 – The state funeral of Abulfaz Elchibey, the second President of Azerbaijan, takes place in Baku.source
2000October 5 – President Slobodan Milošević leaves office after widespread demonstrations throughout Serbia and the withdrawal of Russian support.Kosovo source
2000October 22 – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong formally negotiate a Japan-Singapore Economic Agreement for a New Age Partnership (JSEPA).source
2000November 7 – 2000 United States presidential election: No winner can be declared, prompting a controversial recount in Florida.source
2000November 11 - Bosnian parliamentary election, 2000Bosnia and Herzegovina source
2000November 12 – The United States recognizes the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.source
2000November 20 – Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru, faxes his resignation from a hotel room in Japan, having fled Peru after facing corruption charges. Fujimori would be officially removed from office by Congress on the 22nd.source
20007 December - Presidential elections held in Ghana.Ghana source
2000December 12 – Bush v. Gore: The United States Supreme Court rules that the recount of the 2000 presidential election in Florida should be halted and the original results be certified, thus making George W. Bush the winner of the U.S. presidential election.source
2000December – The government agrees to the formation of a U.N. body to oversee weapons imports to the country following claims that it had aided in arms smuggling to rebels in Sierra Leone and Angola.Burkina Faso source
2001January 7 – Ghana undergoes its first peaceful transfer of power since 1979 when John Kufuor is sworn in as President of Ghana.source
200110 January – Ethiopia rejects Djibouti's port-handling charges for imports and exports with them, claiming it to be a violation of an agreement in 1999.Ethiopia source
2001January 20 – Impeachment proceedings against Philippine President Joseph Estrada end prematurely as he is peacefully overthrown in the Second EDSA Revolution. Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo succeeds him as president.source
2001January 21 – Taba Summit: Talks between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority begin in Egypt.source
20017th - John Kufuor inaugurated as President of Ghana. Kufuor had won the 2000 Presidential elections.Ghana source
2001January - 10th General Convention of Nepali Congress.Nepal source
2001February 6 – 2001 Israeli prime ministerial election: Ariel Sharon of the Likud party is elected Prime Minister of Israel.source
2001February 11 – 2001 Liechtenstein general election: The Progressive Citizens' Party led by Otmar Hasler wins a majority of 13 seats in the Landtag.source
200115 March – United Nations Security Council resolution 1344 was adopted unanimously and extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) until 15 September 2001.Eritrea source
2001April 17 – Nông Đức Mạnh is chosen as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.source
2001April 26 – Junichiro Koizumi becomes the 86th Prime Minister of Japan.source
2001April 26 – The Parliament of Ukraine votes to dismiss Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko.source
2001May 13 – The House of Freedoms coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi wins the Italian general election.source
2001June 15 – Declaration to establish the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is signed.source
2001June 19 – Germany enacts a program to compensate Holocaust survivors that were subject to slave labor.source
20016–7 June - The GUAM charter is signed.Moldova source
2001July 14 – Agra Summit: India and Pakistan begin talks to improve relations. The summit ends inconclusively on July 16.source
2001July 23 – Megawati Sukarnoputri is inaugurated as the first female president of Indonesia.source
2001July 24 – Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, deposed as the last Tsar of Bulgaria when a child, is sworn in as the democratically elected 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria.source
2001July 28 – Alejandro Toledo becomes the President of Peru.source
2001The government met with rebel group leaders for talks on ending the Second Congo War.Democratic Republic of the Congo source
2001October 25 – To avoid connotations with the Rwandan genocide, the government of Rwanda adopts a new national flag for the country.source
2001November 1 – An interim government in Burundi begins the peace process for the Burundian Civil War.source
2001November 10 – 2001 Australian federal election: The Coalition government, led by John Howard, is re-elected with a slightly increased majority, defeating the Labor Party led by Kim Beazley.source
2001November 19 - President George W. Bush signs the Aviation and Transportation Security Act into law, shifting airport security from private contractors to a federal workforce.source
2001November 23 – The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, the first international treaty to address cybercrime, is signed in Budapest, Hungary.source
2001December 13 – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the American withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.source
2001December 13 – Sirajuddin of Perlis becomes the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia.source
2001December 22 – Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.source
2001December 27 – China is granted permanent normal trade status with the United States.source
2001December – The summit meeting of ECOWAS was set to convene with President Konare of Mali as executive chairman.Burkina Faso source
20019 & 23 December – Parliamentary elections were held in the country.Gabon source
2002January 16 – The United Nations and Sierra Leone create a joint Special Court for Sierra Leone to prosecute the Revolutionary United Front.source
2002January 29 – American president George W. Bush defines an "axis of evil," consisting of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea in his State of the Union Address.source
2002February 14 – The State of Bahrain is declared a constitutional monarchy and becomes the Kingdom of Bahrain.source
2002February 15 - Members of the breakaway faction of CPN-UML rejoins the party, while some under the leadership of CP Mainali forms Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) declining to rejoin.Nepal source
2002March 11 - All Gulf states back up with Saudi Arabia's peace plan for Israel.Saudi Arabia source
200215 March – United Nations Security Council resolution 1398 was adopted unanimously and extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) until 15 September 2002.Eritrea source
2002April 1 – The South West State of Somalia is established as an autonomous territory in Somalia by Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud.source
2002April 4 – A peace agreement is made to end the Angolan Civil War.source
2002April 14 – President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela is restored to power following an attempted coup.source
20025 May – Burkinabe parliamentary election, 2002Burkina Faso source
2002May 20 – Timor-Leste independence: East Timor regains its independence as the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste after 2.5 years of United Nations administration and 26 years of Indonesian occupation since 1975.source
2002May 20 - Timor-Leste restores its Republic as proclaimed back in 1975, thus confirming its independence from Portugal in 2002.East Timor source
2002May 22 – Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba asks King Gyanendra to dissolve the parliament amid escalation of the Nepalese Civil War.source
2002May 24 – United States President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin sign the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty.source
2002May 28 – The NATO-Russia Council is established.source
2002June 13 – The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia.source
2002June 13 – Afghanistan changes its official longform name to the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan.source
2002July 1 – The Rome Statute comes into force, thereby establishing the International Criminal Court.source
2002July 20 – The Machakos Protocol is signed during the Second Sudanese Civil War, establishing a framework for peace talks and possible independence of South Sudan.source
2002September 6 - Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo agree to normalise their relations after four years of the Second Congo War.Democratic Republic of the Congo source
2002September 27 – East Timor is admitted to the United Nations as the 191st member state; it also changes its official longform name from "Democratic Republic of East Timor" to "Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste".source
2002October 27 – 2002 Brazilian general election: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is elected President of Brazil.source
200231st - President John Kufuor makes an eight-day official visit to China.Ghana source
2002November 7 – A sovereignty referendum is held in Gibraltar. The people reject Spanish sovereignty.source
2002November 15 – Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.source
2002November 22 – Prague summit: NATO announces seven new countries that intend to join: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.source
2002November 25 – U.S. President George W. Bush signs the Homeland Security Act into law, establishing the Department of Homeland Security, in the largest U.S. government reorganization since the creation of the Department of Defense in 1947. Following a several month-long transitional period, it commences operations the following year.source
2002November 25 – The Hague Code of Conduct is signed to regulate intercontinental ballistic missiles internationally.source
2002December 17 – A peace agreement is made in the Second Congo War, approving the creation of the Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.source
2002December 17 – The International Court of Justice rules in favor of Malaysia in the Ligitan and Sipadan dispute with Indonesia.source
2002December 27 – 2002 Kenyan general election: Kenya holds its first free elections, ousting the dominant Kenya African National Union Party following a victory of the National Rainbow Coalition.source
2002The Akanda National Park was set up in the country.Gabon source
2003February 4 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is renamed to "Serbia and Montenegro" (after its two constituent states) after its leaders reconstitute the country into a loose state-union between Montenegro and Serbia, marking an end to the 73-year-long use of the name "Yugoslavia" by a sovereign state.source
2003March 8 – Malta approves joining the European Union in a referendum.source
200311 March – Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, announces that UN-sponsored talks on the reunification of Cyprus have failed. Cyprus remains a candidate for EU membership and the Greek Cypriot government intends to sign on behalf of the whole island. Analysts suggested that Turkish opposition to unification may hurt Turkey's chances of joining the EU.Cyprus source
2003March 23 – Slovenia approves joining the European Union and NATO in a referendum.source
2003April 12 – Hungary approves joining the European Union in a referendum.source
200315 April: Parliament of Finland elects Anneli Jäätteenmäki as the nation's first woman Prime Minister.Finland source
2003April 16 – The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens between the European Union and ten countries (Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia), concerning these countries' accession into the EU, leading to the 2004 enlargement of the European Union.source
2003May 11 – Lithuania approves joining the European Union in a referendum.source
2003May 17 – Slovakia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.source
2003May 21 – The World Health Organization adopts its first treaty, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.source
2003May 30 - Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand resigns following political pressure, and Surya Bahadur Thapa is appointed Prime Minister.Nepal source
2003June 1 – The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty comes into effect between Russia and the United States.source
2003June 6 – An agreement is reached for the United Nations to form a Khmer Rouge Tribunal.source
2003June 14 – The Czech Republic approves joining the European Union in a referendum.source
2003June 20 – Former President of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing presents his draft for a Constitution of the European Union.source
2003June 30 – Warring parties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sign a peace accord, bringing an end to the Second Congo War.source
2003July 1 – The Migrant Workers Convention comes into effect.source
2003July 13 – The Iraqi Governing Council is created by the United States as an ethnically diverse provisional government of Iraq.source
2003July 18 – The Convention on the Future of Europe finishes its work and proposes the first European Constitution.source
2003August 20 – The G21 (later called the G20 developing nations) forms in response to disputes around the upcoming World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2003.source
2003August 27 – The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.source
2003September 14 – Estonia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.source
2003September 20 – Latvia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.source
2003September 25 – Two parties in the Second Sudanese Civil War, the National Islamic Front and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, reach a peace agreement.source
2003October 21 – After acknowledging that it has produced enriched uranium, Iran agrees to suspend its nuclear program.source
2003November 6 – The International Court of Justice rules in the Oil Platforms case that the United States was not justified in its 1987 attacks on Iranian oil platforms but that neither party violated a 1955 treaty.source
2003November 7: President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is reelected for another term; he won the election with 67% of the popular vote.Mauritania source
2003December 9 – The United Nations Convention Against Corruption is opened for signing.source
200324 December – The Treaty Between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on Cooperation in the Use of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait is signed by Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and Russian President Vladimir Putin.Ukraine source
200319th - President John Kufuor re-elected Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).Ghana source
20032003 North Korean parliamentary electionNorth Korea source
2003In October 2003, the LTTE issues a proposal known as the Interim Self Governing Authority. Once approved, it will assure the LTTE governance of the eastern areas of Sri Lanka, getting them closer to establishing an independent Tamil Eelam.Sri Lanka source
2004January 21 – Bartholomew I of Constantinople visits Cuba.source
2004February 24 – The Rotterdam Convention comes into force.source
200412 March – United Nations Security Council resolution 1531 was adopted unanimously and extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) until 15 September 2004.Eritrea source
2004March 14 – Vladimir Putin is reelected president of Russia with 71.2 percent of the vote.source
2004March 29 – Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia are admitted to NATO, the largest expansion of the organization.source
200429 March – Bulgaria is admitted to NATO.Bulgaria source
2004May 1 – The European Union expands by 10 new member states: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia.source
2004May 7 – Vladimir Putin is sworn in for a second term as Russia's president.source
2004May 12: President George W. Bush welcomes President Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola to the Oval Office.Angola source
2004May 13 – The Ralito II Agreement is signed between Colombia and the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia.source
2004May 22 – Manmohan Singh, a Sikh, is sworn in as India's first non-Hindu prime minister.source
2004July 4 – The International Court of Justice issues an advisory ruling that the construction of the West Bank barrier violates the Palestinian people's right to self-determination.source
2004September 7 – The Scottish Parliament Building opens.source
200412 September - 2004 Hong Kong legislative electionHong Kong source
200419 September: The Far Right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) won 12 seats in the 2004 Saxony state election. This is the first time since the 1960s that the party had seats in a state parliament.Germany source
2004October 9 – Afghanistan holds its first presidential election. Hamid Karzai wins with 55.4 percent of the vote.source
2004October 29 – European heads of state sign in Rome the Treaty and Final Act, establishing the first European Constitution.source
2004November 2 – George W. Bush is reelected president of the United States, defeating his challenger John Kerry.source
2004November 5 – Russia ratifies the Kyoto Protocol.source
2004November 28 – Cambodia–Laos–Vietnam Development Triangle Area was ratified.Vietnam source
2004December 30 – A peace agreement is reached between Senegal and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance.source
2004December 30 - President Wade signs a peace accord with rebels in the Casamance region after 22 years of war.Senegal source
200415 & 16 November – General elections were held in the country to elect the President and National Assembly.Namibia source
2004In January 2004 a conference was held in Nairobi, Kenya, at which the Transitional Federal Government was agreed to. A document was signed by the major factions, entitled, Declaration on the Harmonization of Various Issues Proposed by the Somali Delegates at the Somali Consultative Meetings from 9–29 January 2004. From this, the Transitional Federal Institutions were agreed to, including elections. However, none of the parties yet had disarmed.Somalia source
2005January 9 – The Comprehensive Peace Agreement is signed, ending the Second Sudanese Civil War in Sudan.source
2005February 7 – A presidential decree on redenomination of the Azerbaijani manat is issued, equating 1 new manat to 5000 old manats.source
2005February 16 – The Kyoto Protocol officially goes into effect.source
2005March 10 - Mohamed Daoud Chehem, the only opposition candidate in the forthcoming presidential elections, withdraws from the race. The incumbent President Ismail Omar Guelleh remains the only candidate in the elections of April 8.Djibouti source
2005March 13 – 2005 Liechtenstein general election: The Progressive Citizens' Party remains the largest party and wins a plurality of 12 seats in the Landtag.source
2005March 14 – China ratifies an anti-secession law, aimed at preventing Taiwan from declaring independence.source
200514 March – United Nations Security Council resolution 1586 was adopted unanimously and extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) until 15 September 2005.Eritrea source
2005March 24 – The President of Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akayev, is deposed following mass anti-government demonstrations and flees the country.source
2005April 29 - Chad joins the Arab League as an observer state.Chad source
2005May 5 – The 2005 United Kingdom general election is won by Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Labour Party for a third consecutive majority government.source
20056 May – Burkinabe presidential election, 2005Burkina Faso source
200515 May – A general election held for seats in the House of Peoples' Representatives and four regional government councils.Ethiopia source
2005May 18 - The border town of Qorasuv is claimed to be under control of a new Islamic administration led by Baxtiyor Rahimov.Uzbekistan source
2005July 6 – The European Parliament rejects the proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions in its second reading.source
2005August 26 – The Constitution of Chile is heavily amended, eliminating senators for life, reducing the presidential terms from six to four years, giving the president exclusive rights to summon the National Security Council, and removes legal obstacles for the creation of new regions.source
2005September 7 – Egypt holds its first ever multi-party presidential election, which is marred with allegations of fraud.source
2005September 19 – North Korea agrees to stop building nuclear weapons in exchange for aid and cooperation.source
2005October 3 – Croatia and Turkey's accession negotiations to the European Union officially starts.source
2005November 11 - Saudi Arabia becomes a member of the World Trade Organization after twelve years of talks.Saudi Arabia source
2005November 22 – Angela Merkel assumes office as the first female Chancellor of Germany.source
2005November 23 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wins the Liberian general election, making her the first democratically elected female head of state in Africa.source
2005Algeria refuses entry to four Moroccan journalists working for the Moroccan Sahara Foundation NGO, expelling them to Rome. The move follows increased Morocco-Algeria tensions over the Western Sahara.Algeria source
2006January 22 – Evo Morales is inaugurated as president of Bolivia.source
2006January 25 – Hamas wins the 2006 Palestinian legislative election.source
200627 January - The UN Security Council adopts Resolution 1653 on peace and stability in the Great Lakes region, including Burundi.Burundi source
2006February 6 – Stephen Harper is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Canada after winning the federal election on January 23.source
2006March 5 - In the 2006 Beninese presidential election, Thomas Boni Yayi is elected for a first term.Benin source
2006March 10 – Michelle Bachelet becomes the first female president of Chile.source
2006March 15 – The United Nations General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to establish the United Nations Human Rights Council.source
20069 April – Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Republic of the Congo president Denis Sassou-Nguesso host talks in Abuja between the rival groups in Darfur hoping to accelerate the peace process. Sudanese attendees include Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, Minni Arcua Minnawi head of the most powerful faction of the divided Sudan Liberation Army, and Khalil Ibrahim, leader of the smaller Justice and Equality Movement.Sudan source
2006April 20 – Iran announces a deal with Russia, involving a joint uranium enrichment firm on Russian soil; nine days later Iran announces that it will not move all activity to Russia, thus leading to a de facto termination of the deal.source
2006June 3 – Montenegro declares its independence from Serbia and Montenegro after a May 21 referendum and becomes a sovereign state. Two days later, the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro officially disbands after Serbia declares its independence as well, ending an 88-year union between the two countries and leaving Serbia as the successor country to the union.source
20065 June – Serbia becomes an independent country for the first time since 1918, following the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro after Montenegro's secession from the country a couple of days earlier.Serbia source
2006July 2 – The 2006 Mexican presidential election is held. Felipe Calderón is confirmed as the winner on September 5.source
2006September 7 – British Prime Minister Tony Blair announces his intention to resign by the end of 2007.source
2006September 23 - Ali Abdullah Saleh, in office since 1978, is re-elected as President of Yemen with 77.2% of the votes, prompting allegations of electoral fraud from the Yemeni opposition coalition.Yemen source
2006October 6 – Fredrik Reinfeldt replaces Göran Persson as Prime Minister of Sweden.source
2006October 11–13 – St Andrews Agreement is held in Scotland between the British and Irish governments on devolution in Northern Ireland.source
2006October 13 – South Korean Ban Ki-moon is elected as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations, succeeding Kofi Annan.source
200622 October – Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria.Bulgaria source
2006November 12 – The breakaway state of South Ossetia holds a referendum on independence from Georgia.source
2006December 14 - Uzbekistan nearly doubles the price of natural gas it sells to Kyrgyzstan from US$55 to US$100 (£51) per 1,000 cubic meters of gas amid growing tension between the two nations over alleged spying.Uzbekistan source
200617 December – Parliamentary elections were held in the country.Gabon source
2006December 29 – UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.source
2007January 1 – Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eurozone.source
2007January 4 – Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of the United States House of Representatives.source
2007January 4 - Commodore Frank Bainimarama, who had carried out a military coup on 5 December, restores the deposed President Ratu Josefa Iloilo to office.Fiji source
2007February 5 - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said his country can play a major role in international efforts to end the civil war in Iraq.Syria source
2007March 4 – The First Ivorian Civil War ends with a peace agreement.source
2007March 27 – Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvītis and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov sign a border treaty between Latvia and Russia, officially demarcating the border between the two.source
2007March 28 - Lansana Conté names a new government led by Lansana Kouyaté.Guinea source
2007April 25: U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs David Kramer, speaking on behalf of the U.S. government, offers to normalize relations with Belarus if it releases imprisoned politicians.Belarus source
2007May 6 – 2007 French presidential election: Nicolas Sarkozy is elected President of France in the second round.source
2007May 10 – As a result of factors including the Blair–Brown deal and falling approval ratings as a result of the Iraq War, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announces his intention to resign as Leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister, triggering the 2007 Labour Party leadership election, in which Chancellor Gordon Brown ran unopposed. Brown would officially replace Blair as Prime Minister on 27 June.source
2007June 7: President of the United States George W. Bush and President of Russia Vladimir Putin meet to discuss missile defense. Putin, in a minor reversal of recent rhetoric regarding Bush's European missile shield plans, suggests placing a radar installation in Azerbaijan.Azerbaijan source
20077 June 2007 - United States agrees to cancel 100% ($58 million USD) of Sierra Leone's foreign debt.Sierra Leone source
2007June 27 – Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair and becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after a leadership election.source
2007August 10 – The UEFA Executive Committee decided to cancel the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying matches between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Group A, after the proposal to play them on neutral ground was rejected by the federations of the two countries.source
2007September 13 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.source
2007October 22 – Montenegro adopts a new constitution, which among other things changes the country's official name from "Republic of Montenegro" to "Montenegro".source
2007October 28 – 2007 Argentine general election: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.source
2007November 16 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon holds talks with Lebanese political leaders, trying to break an impasse over the election of the next President.Lebanon source
2007November 24 – 2007 Australian federal election: The Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd defeats the Liberal/National Coalition government led by Prime Minister John Howard. Rudd would be sworn in on December 3.source
2007November 29: Following new legislative elections in Togo, European Union announces lifting of sanctions imposed on country in 1993Togo source
2007December 13 – The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by members states of European Union.source
2007December 21 – The Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the Schengen border-free zone.source
2008January 24 – A peace deal is signed in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ending the Kivu conflict.source
2008February 17 – Kosovo formally declares independence from Serbia, to a mixed response from the international community.source
2008March 8 – Barisan Nasional loses two-thirds majority, for the first time since 1969, to opposition during the 2008 Malaysian general election but still retains control of government. The coalition also loses majority control of five states to the opposition.source
2008March 13 – With the mediation of the Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Chadian President Idriss Déby sign in Dakar a non-aggression pact. By the terms of the accord, both accept to "inhibit all activities of armed groups".Chad source
2008March 24 – Bhutan holds its first-ever general elections following the adoption of a new Constitution which changed the country from an absolute monarchy to a multiparty democracy.source
2008May 21 – The Union of South American Nations, an intergovernmental organization between states in South America, is founded.source
2008May 21 – The International Court of Justice awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.source
2008May 21 - The Doha Agreement is signed by rival factions, ending the conflict.Lebanon source
2008May 28 – The Legislature Parliament of Nepal votes overwhelmingly in favor of abolishing the country's 240-year-old monarchy, turning the country into a republic.source
2008June 11 – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper formally apologizes, on behalf of the Canadian government, to the country's First Nations for the Canadian Indian residential school system.source
2008August 1 – India and United States sign the historic Civil Nuclear deal.source
2008September 17 - Rwanda becomes the first nation where women outnumber men in parliament.Rwanda source
2008October 15 - Presidential election took place with Ilham Aliyev being re-elected.Azerbaijan source
2008November 4 – 2008 United States presidential election: Democratic U.S. Senator Barack Obama defeats Republican candidate John McCain and is elected the 44th President of the United States, making him the first African-American to be elected to the office.source
2008November 26: The Greenlandic self-government referendum passes with 75% approval.Greenland source
2008December 10 – The Channel Island of Sark, a British Crown dependency, holds its first fully democratic elections under a new constitutional arrangement, becoming the last European territory to abolish feudalism.source
2008December 30 - The National Council for Democracy and Development, the ruling military junta of Guinea after a recent coup, appoints Kabiné Komara as the country's new Prime Minister.Guinea source
2008Cayo North East and Belmopan (Belize House constituency) establishedBelize source
2008Organisation to Build a United TogoTogo source
2009January 20 – Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, becoming the first African-American to hold the office.source
2009February 6: Mathurin Nago, President of the Beninese National Assembly, visits with Eyadéma at the Presidential PalaceTogo source
2009February 8 – 2009 Liechtenstein general election: The Patriotic Union led by Klaus Tschütscher wins a majority of 13 seats in the Landtag.source
2009April 1 – Albania and Croatia join NATO.source
2009May 1 – The state stamp maker Azermarka issued postage stamps dedicated to the 15th anniversary of Azerbaijan's cooperation with NATO.Azerbaijan source
2009May 15 – France–Pakistan Atomic Energy Framework bilateral energy treaty is signed.source
200917 May - Dalia Grybauskaitė is elected as President of Lithuania in the 2009 Lithuanian presidential election.Lithuania source
2009June 2: The Community of the People wins Greenland's parliamentary election.Greenland source
2009June 21 – Greenland gains self-rule.source
2009June - European Parliament electionSlovakia source
2009July 16 – Iceland's national parliament, the Althingi, votes to pursue joining the EU.source
2009August 3 – Bolivia becomes the first South American country to declare the right of indigenous people to govern themselves.source
2009August 6 - The Presidents of Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, Joseph Kabila and Paul Kagame, pledge to boost economic and security ties after a rare meeting.Rwanda source
2009August 14 – The United Kingdom imposes direct rule on the Turks and Caicos Islands after an inquiry that found evidence of government corruption.source
2009October 2 – Ireland holds a second referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty. The amendment is approved by the Irish electorate, having been rejected in the Lisbon I referendum held last year.source
2009October 15 – The United Nations General Assembly elects Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria to serve two-year terms on the United Nations Security Council as non-veto-holding members.Bosnia and Herzegovina source
2009October 20 – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is inaugurated for a second term as President of Indonesia.source
2009November 3 – The Czech Republic becomes the final member-state of the European Union to sign the Treaty of Lisbon, thereby permitting that document's initiation into European law.source
2009November 3 – The Prime Minister of Belgium, Herman Van Rompuy, is designated the first permanent President of the European Council, a position he takes up on December 1, 2009.source
2009December 1 – The Treaty of Lisbon comes into force.source
2009December 22 – Serbia applied for membership to the European Union.source
2009The first female minister, Norah Al Faiz, was appointed to the Saudi Arabian government.Saudi Arabia source
2010January 15 – The Chadian Civil War officially ends.source
2010January 19 – North Caucasian Federal District was split from Southern Federal District by decree of Russian president Dmitry Medvedev.source
2010March 8: Togolese diplomats convene for reorganization meeting in LoméTogo source
2010March 19 - President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh declares an end to his country's six-year war against the Houthis.Yemen source
2010April 3 - The African Renaissance Monument is inaugurated in the capital of Dakar.Senegal source
2010April 22 - NATO foreign ministers agree to launch a Membership Action Plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina.Bosnia and Herzegovina source
2010April 25 – In the second round of the 2010 Hungarian parliamentary election the alliance of Fidesz lead by Viktor Orbán and the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) wins enough seats to achieve a two-thirds supermajority in the legislature, beginning the 16-year second premiership of Viktor Orbán during which the country enters a period of democratic backsliding.source
2010May 6 – The 2010 United Kingdom general election results in a hung parliament, with the Conservative Party twenty seats short of a majority.source
2010May 7 – Chile becomes the 31st member of the OECD.source
2010May 10 – The 2010 Philippine presidential election is held, with Benigno Aquino III elected as Philippine President.source
2010May 12 – Following the 6 May United Kingdom general election, the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties agree to form a coalition government, the UK's first since the Second World War.source
201012 June – Parliamentary electionSlovakia source
2010June 24 – Julia Gillard is elected unopposed in a Labor Party leadership ballot and sworn in as the first female prime minister of Australia following the resignation of Kevin Rudd.source
2010July 21 – Slovenia becomes the 32nd member of the OECD.source
2010August 21 – 2010 Australian federal election: Julia Gillard's Labor government is re-elected, narrowly defeating the Liberal/National Coalition led by Tony Abbott.source
2010September 7 – Israel becomes the 33rd member of the OECD.source
2010October 3 – Germany makes final reparation payment for World War I.source
2010October 10 – The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved, with the islands being split up and given a new constitutional status.source
2010October 11 – Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he will extend the settlement freeze if the Palestinian leadership recognizes Israel as a Jewish state. The Palestinians quickly reject the offer.source
2010October 28 – Dilma Rousseff is elected, becoming the first (and, so far, the only) female president from Brazil.source
2010November 2 – 2010 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, in the middle of Democratic President Barack Obama's first term. Republicans ended unified Democratic control of Congress and the presidency by winning a majority in the House of Representatives.source
2010November 3 - Constitutional referendum results in Niger show that 90% of voters approve a return to civilian rule from the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy military junta.Niger source
2010November 7 - 2010 parliamentary election was held.Azerbaijan source
2010November 20 – Participants of the 2010 NATO Lisbon summit issue the Lisbon Summit Declaration.source
2010December 5 - Former South African President Thabo Mbeki begins mediation efforts in Ivory Coast following the disputed presidential election.Ivory Coast source
2010December 9 – Estonia becomes the 34th member of the OECD.source
2011January 4 - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir goes to Juba to meet with Southern Sudanese President of the Government Salva Kiir Mayardit ahead of Southern Sudan's independence referendum.South Sudan source
2011January 15 – The result of the South Sudanese independence referendum, 2011 is in favour of independence, paving the way for the creation of the new state in July.source
2011January 31 - Presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Niger following one year of military rule.Niger source
2011February 4 – President Nursultan Nazarbayev calls an early election for April 3, rejecting a plan for a referendum intended to allow him to rule for another decade.Kazakhstan source
2011February 11 – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigns after widespread protests calling for his departure, leaving control of Egypt in the hands of the military, until a general election can be held.source
2011April 4: Serbian pro-Western President Boris Tadić resigned, paving the way for early presidential election where he will face strong challenge from a nationalist candidate.Serbia source
201117 April – Action 2012, a coalition of organizations supporting unification between Moldova and Romania, is founded.Moldova source
2011May 28: Ousted and exiled ex-president Manuel Zelaya returns to Honduras after the meeting of Honduras', Colombia's and Venezuela's presidents.Honduras source
2011July 9 – South Sudan secedes from Sudan, per the result of the independence referendum held in January.source
2011July 14 – South Sudan joins the United Nations as the 193rd member.source
201121–22 July – New Zealand Prime Minister John Key visits Washington, D.C. in the United States to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama. During their meeting at the White House, Prime Minister John Key and U.S. President Obama send their condolences to the people of Norway following the tragic terrorist attacks in Oslo, and are a reminder that the entire world must work together to prevent future attacks since World War II.New Zealand source
2011September 5 – India and Bangladesh sign a pact to end their 40-year border demarcation dispute.source
2011October 29 – Michael D. Higgins is elected President of Ireland.source
2011October 31 – UNESCO admits Palestine as a member, following a vote which 107 member states support and 14 oppose.source
2011November 23 - President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a Gulf Cooperation Council brokered agreement in Riyadh to transfer power to Vice President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi within 30 days. The agreement also called for presidential elections within 90 days and stated that Saleh would have immunity from prosecution.Yemen source
2011November 30 – The United Kingdom severs diplomatic relations with Iran and expels diplomats, less than 24 hours after protesters attacked the British embassy in Tehran.source
2011Qatar secures Arab League support for a no-fly zone in Libya.Qatar source
20126 January – Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller announces that the country is to become a republic, with plans to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and the Jamaican monarchy in general.Jamaica source
2012January 12 - South Sudan deposited the instruments of ratification for both the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and Montreal Protocol, for ratification to take effect April 11.South Sudan source
2012January 23 – Iran–European Union relations: the European Union adopts an embargo against Iran in protest of its continued effort to enrich uranium.source
2012February 27 – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh formally transfers power to Vice President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, after a year of mass protests, ending his 33-year-long reign.source
2012March 1 – Sauli Niinistö is inaugurated as the 12th President of Finland.source
2012March 4 – Vladimir Putin is elected President of Russia.source
2012April 6 – The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad unilaterally declares the independence of Azawad from Mali.source
2012April 11 – Kim Jong Un was elected First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, and his father, Kim Jong Il, was given the appellation "Eternal General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea".source
2012May 6 – Legislative elections are held in Greece to elect all 300 members of the Hellenic Parliament and the New Democracy party led by Antonis Samaras, comes out as the largest party winning 108 out of 300 seats.source
2012May 20 Presidential elections were held in the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina result as president-elect.source
2012June 17 – Snap legislative elections are held in Greece, following failure to form a government, to elect all 300 members of the Hellenic Parliament and the New Democracy party, led by Antonis Samaras, comes out as the largest party winning 129 out of 300 seats.source
2012June 21 – The Congress of Paraguay approves the impeachment of president Fernando Lugo.source
2012June 21 - President Fernando Lugo is impeached and removed from officeParaguay source
2012June 22 – Fernando Lugo is removed from power. Vice President Federico Franco becomes the new president of Paraguay.source
2012June 30 – Mohamed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, is elected 5th President of Egypt, the first elected democratically by the Egyptian people, sparking mixed reactions and protests throughout the country.source
2012July 4 – Sport Club Corinthians Paulista wins the Copa Libertadores by beating the Boca Juniors.source
2012August 31 – Armenia severs diplomatic relations with Hungary, following the extradition to Azerbaijan and subsequent pardoning of Ramil Safarov, who was convicted of killing an Armenian soldier in Hungary in 2004. The move is also met with fierce criticism from other countries.source
2012September 7 – Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran, and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over support for Syria, nuclear plans and human rights abuses.source
2012October 25 – North Kalimantan is established as the 34th province of Indonesia.source
2012November 6 – 2012 United States presidential election: Barack Obama is reelected President of the United States, defeating his Republican challenger Mitt Romney.source
2012November 15 – After the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping succeeds Hu Jintao as the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and becomes the top leader of China.source
2012November 18: Primary elections, Juan Orlando Hernández wins the candidature for National Party of Honduras and Mauricio Villeda wins in the Liberal Party of Honduras.Honduras source
2012November 29 – The UN General Assembly approves a motion granting Palestine non-member observer state status.source
20122 December – Borut Pahor wins the Slovenian presidential election runoffSlovenia source
2012December 6 – The U.S. state of Washington becomes the first jurisdiction in the modern world to officially legalize the possession of cannabis for personal use.source
2012December 8 – The UN Climate Change Conference in Qatar agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol until 2020.source
201224 December: Pakistan decides to accord recognition to the Republic of Kosovo.Kosovo source
20122012 Latvian constitutional referendumLatvia source
2012Parliamentary elections were held on 14 October 2012. The long-ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), led by Milo Đukanović, remained the dominant political force.Montenegro source
2013January 26 - Czech presidential election, 2013Czech Republic source
2013February 3 – 2013 Liechtenstein general election: The Progressive Citizens' Party led by Adrian Hasler wins a plurality of 10 seats in the Landtag.source
2013February 25 – Park Geun-hye becomes the first woman to become the president of South Korea.source
2013March 9: Maltese General Election, 2013, with a turnout of 93%. Joseph Muscat defeated Lawrence Gonzi in the election.Malta source
201314 March: The Jebali Cabinet led by Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali dissolves and the Laarayedh Cabinet led by Ali Laarayedh is formed.Tunisia source
2013April 2 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Arms Trade Treaty to regulate the international trade of conventional weapons.source
201319 April – The Brussels Agreement (2013) is signed between representatives of Kosovo and Serbia, ending the two year long North Kosovo crisis. The 15-point document granted devolved powers to North Kosovo regarding economic development, education, healthcare and urban planning, and several mechanisms that allowed a certain autonomy in justice, policing and electoral matters.Kosovo source
2013April 21 – Businessman Horacio Cartes wins the 2013 Paraguayan general election against Efraín Alegre.source
2013April 30 – Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of his mother, Beatrix.source
201318 June - The Malian government and Tuareg rebel groups sign a preliminary peace agreement aimed at enabling presidential elections.Mali source
2013June 25 – Emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani abdicates and his son Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani assumes power.source
2013June 26 – Kevin Rudd defeats Julia Gillard in an Australian Labor Party leadership ballot and consequently becomes Prime Minister of Australia, three years after Gillard replaced Rudd.source
2013July 1 – Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union.source
2013July 21 – Philippe is sworn in as King of the Belgians, following the abdication of his father, Albert II.source
2013August 15 – Horacio Cartes is sworn in as President of Paraguay.source
2013August 29 – The United Kingdom Parliament votes against UK military attacks on Syria.source
2013September 7 – 2013 Australian federal election: The Liberal/National Coalition led by Tony Abbott defeats the Labor Government led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Abbott is sworn in on September 18.source
201328 September: Voters in Guinea go to the polls for a legislative election.Guinea source
2013October 9 — the 25th Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit and 8th East Asia Summit are held in Brunei.Brunei source
2013October 10 – Delegates from some 140 countries and territories sign the Minamata Treaty, a UNEP treaty designed to protect human health and the environment from emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds.source
2013November 6 - Voters in Tajikistan go to the polls for a presidential election. Incumbent President Emomali Rahmon of the People's Democratic Party was re-elected with approximately 84% of the vote.Tajikistan source
2013November 21 – Euromaidan pro-EU demonstrations begin in Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych rejects an economic association agreement between the European Union and Ukraine in favor of closer ties to Russia.source
2013November 24 – Iran agrees to limit their nuclear development program in exchange for sanctions relief.source
2013December 7 – Ninth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization delegates sign the Bali Package agreement aimed at loosening global trade barriers.source
201426 January - The Tunisian Constitution of 2014 was adopted on 26 January 2014 by the Constituent Assembly.Tunisia source
2014January 29 - A new coalition government is sworn in, led by Bohuslav Sobotka and consisting of the Social Democrats, the liberalist ANO 2011 and the Christian Democrats.Czech Republic source
2014February 11 - Talks between Cuba and the European Union occur on restoring ties.Cuba source
2014February 22 – Revolution of Dignity: The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) votes to remove President Viktor Yanukovych from office, replacing him with Oleksandr Turchynov, after days of civil unrest leaving around 100 people dead in Kyiv.source
2014March 5 – Nicolás Maduro, the President of Venezuela, severs diplomatic and political ties with Panama, accusing Panama of being involved in a conspiracy against the Venezuelan government.source
2014March 21 – Russia formally annexes Crimea after President Vladimir Putin signs a bill formalizing the process.source
2014April 7 – The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic declares its independence from Ukraine.source
2014May 12 – The self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic declares its independence from Ukraine.source
2014May 22 – The Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic declare the formation of Novorossiya, also referred to as the Union of People's Republics.source
2014May 24 - The President of Malawi Joyce Banda annuls the general elections in which she was a candidate because of claimed electoral irregularities.Malawi source
2014May 26 – Narendra Modi succeeds Manmohan Singh as the 14th Prime Minister of India.source
2014June 19 – Felipe VI becomes King of Spain upon the abdication of his father, Juan Carlos I.source
2014September 17 - Voters in Fiji go to the polls for the first election since a coup in 2006, with coup leader Voreqe Bainimarama's FijiFirst Party achieving almost 60 per cent of the vote.Fiji source
2014September 18 – In the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom.source
2014October 3 – Stefan Löfven replaces Fredrik Reinfeldt as Prime Minister of Sweden.source
2014October 4 – Latvia votes in a parliamentary election; Laimdota Straujuma's centre-right government keeps its majority.Latvia source
2014October 20 – Joko Widodo is inaugurated as the 7th President of Indonesia.source
2014October 24 - Voters in Botswana go to the polls for a general election with the ruling Botswana Democratic Party of President Ian Khama winning 33 of 57 seats.Botswana source
2014October 31 – Longtime Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré resigns after widespread protests in response to his attempts to abolish presidential term limits.source
2014December 17 – U.S. President Barack Obama announces the resumption of normal diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba.source
2015January 14 - The Haitian Parliament dissolves, causing political uncertainty.Haiti source
2015January 22 – After Houthi forces seize the presidential palace, Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi resigns after months of unrest.source
201524 January – Edgar Lungu of the ruling Patriotic Front party wins the Zambian presidential election.Zambia source
2015January 25 – Legislative elections are held in Greece to elect all 300 members of the Hellenic Parliament and the SYRIZA party, led by Alexis Tsipras, comes out as the largest party winning 149 out of 300 seats.source
20155 February - A unity government is approved by the parliament and is formed by members of the secular Nidaa Tounes, two liberal parties and a moderate Islamist party.Tunisia source
2015February 28 - Early general elections will be held following mediation in the aftermath of the 2014 political crisis.Lesotho source
2015May 7 – The 2015 UK General Election results in the first Conservative majority government in 18 years.source
2015May 10 – The first round of the 2015 Polish presidential election is held.source
2015May 24 – The second round of the 2015 Polish presidential election is held, with Andrzej Duda reigning victorious over then-incumbent president Bronisław Komorowski.source
2015June 2 – The FIFA President Sepp Blatter announces his intention to resign amidst an FBI-led corruption investigation, and calls for an extraordinary congress to elect a new president as soon as possible.source
2015June 6 – The governments of India and Bangladesh officially ratify their 1974 agreement to exchange enclaves along their border.source
2015July 8 — Raimonds Vējonis replaced Andris Bērziņš in post of President of Latvia.Latvia source
2015July 14 – Iranian nuclear deal: Iran agrees to long-term limits of its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.source
2015July 20 – Cuba and the United States end 54 years of hostility between the nations, reestablish full diplomatic relations.source
2015August 1 – 161 exclaves of Bangladesh within India or vice versa are ceded to the country that contained them.source
2015September 14 – Malcolm Turnbull defeats Tony Abbott in a Liberal Party leadership ballot. Turnbull becomes Prime Minister of Australia, being sworn in the following day.source
2015September 20 – Snap legislative elections are held in Greece, following the resignation of prime minister Alexis Tsipras, to elect all 300 members of the Hellenic Parliament and the SYRIZA party, led by Alexis Tsipras comes out as the largest party winning 145 out of 300 seats.source
201517 October: The Guinea electoral commission reports that the President of Guinea Alpha Conde has won the election with 58 per cent of the vote.Guinea source
2015October 25 – The 2015 Polish parliamentary election is held for the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, with the election being won by the largest opposition party, the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS).source
201525 October – A general election is to be held.Tanzania source
2015November 7 – CCP general secretary Xi Jinping and ROC president Ma Ying-jeou formally meet for the first time.source
2015December 12 – A global climate change pact is agreed at the COP 21 summit in Paris, committing all countries to reduce carbon emissions for the first time.source
20152015 Trinidad and Tobago general electionTrinidad and Tobago source
2016January 3 – Following the fallout caused by the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Arabia and several other countries end their diplomatic relations with Iran.source
2016January 16 – In the general election of the Republic of China (Taiwan), the Democratic Progressive Party, led by Tsai Ing-wen, secured a majority in the Legislative Yuan, resulting in the first majority by a non-KMT party and the first majority won by the DPP. Tsai became the 14th President for Taiwan, and also became the first female leader in China.source
201625 February – Voters in Jamaica go to the polls for a general election, with the Jamaican Labour Party, led by Andrew Holness, winning a narrow victory.Jamaica source
20164 March – 2016 Samoan general electionSamoa source
201620 March - The constitution referendum took placeSenegal source
2016March 21 – Barack Obama visits Cuba, marking the first time a sitting US president has visited the island nation since President Calvin Coolidge visited in 1928.source
2016April 11 - Jean Ravelonarivo left office as Prime MinisterMadagascar source
201614 April – The Czech Republic's political leadership agreed to make Czechia the official short name in English.Czech Republic source
2016May 9 – Rodrigo Duterte is elected the President of the Philippines.source
2016May 12 – The Brazilian Senate votes (55-22) to begin the impeachment process against the President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff and suspend her from office while the trial takes place.Brazil source
2016May 20 – Tsai Ing-wen is sworn in as the first female President of the Republic of China (Taiwan).source
2016June 23 – The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, triggering the so-called Brexit.source
2016July 1 – Latvia becomes the 35th member of the OECD.source
2016July 2 – 2016 Australian federal election: Malcolm Turnbull's Liberal/National Coalition Government is narrowly re-elected, defeating the Labor Party led by Bill Shorten.source
2016July 12 – The Philippines wins the arbitration case they filed at the Permanent Court of Arbitration regarding the legality of China's "nine-dash line" claim over the South China Sea under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.source
201627 August – The Chahed Cabinet led by Prime Minister Youssef Chahed is formed.Tunisia source
2016August 31 – The Brazilian Senate votes (61–20) to impeach the President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff. The Vice President of Brazil, Michel Temer, who had assumed the presidential powers and duties as Acting President of Brazil during Rousseff's suspension, takes office for the remainder of her term.source
2016September 3 – The US and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally join the Paris global climate agreement.source
201611 September – 2016 Belarusian parliamentary electionBelarus source
2016October 13 – The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.source
201616 October – Montenegrin parliamentary election, 2016Montenegro source
2016November 8 – 2016 United States presidential election: Businessman and television personality Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States in a surprise upset against his opponent, former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton.source
2016November 24 – The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army sign a revised peace deal, slowing the Colombian conflict.source
2016December 4 – A constitutional referendum is held in Italy, resulting in the resignation of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.source
2016December 9 – South Korean President Park Geun-hye is suspended after MPs vote to impeach her, following a political scandal.source
2017January 19 – 2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) launches a military intervention in the Gambia after Yahya Jammeh refuses to cede power following the 2016 presidential elections.source
2017January 21 – 2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis: Following the military intervention of ECOWAS, President Yahya Jammeh resigns from office after 23 years in power and flees into exile to Equatorial Guinea; the democratically elected Adama Barrow assumes office as President of The Gambia.source
2017January 30 – Morocco rejoins the African Union.source
2017February 5 – 2017 Liechtenstein general election: The Progressive Citizens' Party led by Adrian Hasler retains a plurality of 9 seats in the Landtag.source
20171–2 February: Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, has an official visit to the Dominican Republic hosted by Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Vargas at the Palacio Nacional in Santo Domingo. During the visit, they sign an agreement on tourism between the nations.Dominican Republic source
2017March 29 – The United Kingdom triggers Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, starting the Brexit negotiations, the talks for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.source
20176 April - Voters go to the polls to vote in the first legislative election held since Jammeh left.Gambia source
201727 April – Dozens of Macedonian nationalists storm the Macedonian parliament after the election of Talat Xhaferi as Speaker of the Assembly.North Macedonia source
2017May 7 – 2017 French presidential election: Emmanuel Macron of En Marche! wins the second round of the French presidential election decisively, defeating Marine Le Pen of the National Front (FN).source
2017May 10 - Bahamian General election is heldBahamas source
2017June 1 – Amidst widespread criticism, the U.S. government announces its decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement in due time.source
2017June 5 – The Qatar diplomatic crisis of 2017–18 starts, as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and other Arab countries block Qatari access to their seas and air.source
2017June 5 – Montenegro joins NATO as the 29th member.source
2017June 8 – A snap general election is held in the United Kingdom, three years before the next was due, resulting in a hung parliament, with the Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Theresa May, losing their majority in Parliament. The Labour Party, led by Jeremy Corbyn, makes gains for the first time since 1997. Days later, the Conservative Party, now lacking a majority, enters a confidence-and-supply deal with the Northern Ireland loyalist party DUP.source
201711 June – In a referendum on its status, Puerto Ricans vote in favor of statehood amid a historically low turnout. This figure is attributed to a boycott led by the pro-status quo PPD party.Puerto Rico source
201725 June – Bahrain officially issues Qatar a list of demands, including the cessation of relations with Iran, closure of a Turkish military base being constructed, suspend relations with groups like the Muslim Brotherhood and shut down Al Jazeera.Qatar source
2017July 4 – Russia and China urge North Korea to halt its missile and nuclear programs after it successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile.source
2017July 7 – The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is voted for by 122 states.source
2017July 10 – Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.source
201716 July – Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, 2017Republic of the Congo source
2017August 5 – Mauritania holds a constitutional referendum for approval of proposed amendments to the constitution.source
2017September 25 – The Kurdistan Region votes in a referendum to become an independent state, in defiance of Iraq; by October 15, the crisis escalates into a short-lived armed conflict over disputed territories.source
2017October 17 – Syrian Civil War: Raqqa is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.source
2017October 25 – At the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping assumes his second term as General Secretary (China's paramount leader), and the political theory Xi Jinping Thought is written into the party's constitution.source
2017October 27 – Based on the results of a previously held referendum, Catalonia declares independence from Spain, but the Catalan Republic is not recognised by the Spanish government or any other sovereign nation.source
2017November 15 – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is placed under house arrest, as the military take control of the country. He resigns six days later, after 37 years of rule.source
2017December 6 – The United States officially recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital.source
2017December 9 – The Iraqi military announces that it has "fully liberated" all of Iraq's territory from "ISIS terrorist gangs" and retaken full control of the Iraqi-Syrian border.source
2017December 24 – Guatemala follows in the footsteps of the United States by announcing that they will also move their Israeli embassy to Jerusalem, followed by Honduras and Panama two days later.source
2017Samoa's Legislative Assembly appoints Tuimalealiifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II as O le Ao o le Malo.Samoa source
201819 January – Paula-Mae Weekes is elected new presidentTrinidad and Tobago source
2018January 26–27 – The second round of voting of the 2018 Czech presidential election is held and incumbent president Miloš Zeman is reelected.source
2018February 4 – The second round of voting of the 2018 Cypriot presidential election is held and incumbent president Nicos Anastasiades is reelected.source
20188 February - The Gambia rejoins the Commonwealth of Nations, after former President Yahya Jammeh withdrew from it five years ago calling it a "neocolonial institution", to rebuild the Gambia's image.Gambia source
2018February 14 – Jacob Zuma resigns as President of South Africa after nine years in power.source
2018March 4 – The 2018 Italian general election is held to elect all 315 members of the Senate of the Republic and all 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies.source
2018March 9 – President of the United States Donald Trump accepts an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a meeting in May to discuss the denuclearisation of North Korea.source
2018March 18 – In the Russian presidential election, Vladimir Putin is elected for a fourth term.source
2018April 1 – 2018 Costa Rican general election: The second round of voting for the presidential election is held and Citizens' Action Party candidate Carlos Alvarado Quesada is elected president.source
201815 April – Guatemalan territorial dispute referendum, 2018, on whether the Guatemalan government should request the International Court of Justice to finally resolve the Belizean–Guatemalan territorial dispute.Guatemala source
201815 April – Milo Đukanović wins the presidential election with a majority of the votes.Montenegro source
2018May 8 – U.S. President Donald Trump announces his intention to withdraw the United States from the Iranian nuclear agreement.source
2018May 9 – The opposition-led Pakatan Harapan coalition, led by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, secures a parliamentary majority in the Malaysian Parliament as the result of the 2018 Malaysian general election, ending the 61-year rule of the Barisan Nasional coalition since independence in 1957.source
201829 May – The Bashar al-Assad government of Syria recognizes the independence of Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Georgia retaliates by severing diplomatic relations with Syria and calls for international support. The Syrian opposition leader Nasr al-Hariri condemns the move by Syria's government. Two Syrian airlines are barred by Georgia from accessing its airspace, one of which used to transport private Russian military contractors to take part in the Syrian conflict.Georgia source
2018June 1 – Giuseppe Conte becomes the new Prime Minister of Italy, leading a cabinet described as the "first modern populist government in Western Europe".source
2018June 2 – Pedro Sánchez is appointed new Prime Minister of Spain, a day after a vote of no confidence against his predecessor, Mariano Rajoy.source
2018June 3 – Snap parliamentary elections are held in Slovenia, following the resignation of prime minister Miro Cerar, to elect all 90 members of the National Assembly of Slovenia, the lower house of the Slovenian Parliament.source
2018June 12 – Greece and the Republic of Macedonia reach a deal to end a 27-year naming dispute between both countries, which would result in Macedonia being officially renamed the Republic of North Macedonia.source
2018June 12 – The 2018 North Korea–United States summit is held in Singapore. It is the first summit between a sitting United States President and a North Korean leader.source
2018June 19 – The United States announces it will withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council.source
2018June 24 – Early general elections was held in Turkey to elect the president of Turkey and all 600 members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Turkey's unicameral legislature. Justice and Development Party candidate, incumbent president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is reelected and the Justice and Development Party, led by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan comes out as the largest party winning 295 out of 600 seats.source
2018July 1 – The 2018 Mexican general election is held to elect the president of Mexico, all 128 members of the Senate of the Republic and all 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies.The presidential candidate of the Juntos Haremos Historia coalition, Andrés Manuel López Obrador is elected president and the Juntos Haremos Historia coalition wins a majority of 69 out of 128 out of seats in the Senate and 312 out of 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.source
2018July 9 – Eritrea and Ethiopia officially declare an end to their twenty-year conflict.source
2018July 20 – Prime Minister, Narendra Modi wins a no confidence motion in the Lok Sabha moved by the opposition.source
201815 August – Mario Abdo Benítez took over as the new president of Paraguay.Paraguay source
2018August 24 – Scott Morrison succeeds Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister of Australia following a Liberal Party leadership ballot. Morrison is sworn in as Prime Minister later that evening.source
2018September 9 – The 2018 Swedish general election is held to elect all 349 members of the Riksdag, Sweden's unicameral legislature.source
2018October 28 – The right-wing Jair Bolsonaro is elected as the next President of Brazil, with 55% of the vote.source
2018November/December – The first round of the 2018 Malagasy presidential election was held on 7 November, and a second round involving the top two candidates, Andry Rajoelina and Marc Ravalomanana, was held on 19 December. On 27 December Rajoelina was announced as the winner with 56% of the vote.Madagascar source
2018November or December – scheduled date for the Malian parliamentary election, 2018Mali source
2018December 9 – Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 9 December 2018.source
2018December 22 – The United States government enters a second government shutdown, arising over a dispute over funding for the U.S.–Mexico border wall. The shutdown, which lasted until January 25, 2019, is the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.source
2019January 10 – Venezuela enters a presidential crisis as Juan Guaidó and the National Assembly declare incumbent President Nicolás Maduro "illegitimate".source
2019February 1 – U.S. President Donald Trump confirms that the U.S. will leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty of 1987, citing Russian non-compliance. The next day, Russia follows suit with suspension of its obligations to the treaty.source
2019February 3 – 2019 Salvadoran presidential election: Nayib Bukele is elected president.source
20197 February: President Félix Tshisekedi (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and president Denis Sassou Nguesso (Republic of the Congo) meetRepublic of the Congo source
2019February 12 – The Republic of Macedonia renames itself the Republic of North Macedonia, officially ending a decades-old dispute with Greece and paving the way for the former's integration into NATO and the EU.source
2019February 23 – 2019 Nigerian general election: Incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari is reelected and the All Progressives Congress party wins 63 out of 109 seats in the Senate of Nigeria and 202 out of 360 seats in the House of Representatives.source
2019February 23 – Venezuelan presidential crisis: President Maduro severs diplomatic ties with Colombia amid attempts to send humanitarian aid to the country across the border.source
2019February 27–28 – The 2019 North Korea–United States summit is held in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.source
2019March 26 – The European Parliament votes by 348 to 278 in favour of the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, which expands legal liability for websites and includes the controversial Article 13.source
2019April 2 – Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns as President of Algeria amid widespread protests, after nearly two decades in office.source
2019April 3 – General elections were held in the Solomon Islands. They were the first general elections since the RAMSI mission concluded in 2017. On 24 April 2019, Manasseh Sogavare was elected by the 11th National Parliament as Prime Minister of Solomon Islands.Solomon Islands source
20195 April – The Botswana Democratic Party announces that President Masisi is its next presidential candidate following the withdrawal of Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi.Botswana source
201928 April – 2019 Beninese parliamentary electionBenin source
20195 May – scheduled date for the 2019 Panamanian general electionPanama source
201912 May – President Stevo Pendarovski is inaugurated.North Macedonia source
2019May 18 – 2019 Australian federal election: Scott Morrison's Liberal/National Coalition government is narrowly re-elected, defeating the Labor Party led by Bill Shorten.source
2019May 24 – British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Conservative leader, effective June 7, 2019.source
2019May 27 – U.S. President Donald Trump, during an official state visit to Japan, becomes the first foreign leader to meet with Japanese emperor Naruhito.source
2019May 27 – Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party wins the election with 39% of the vote, followed by Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party with 36% and Saulos Chilima of the United Democratic Movement with 20%.Malawi source
2019June 3–5 – U.S. President Donald Trump makes a state visit to the U.K., meeting with Queen Elizabeth II and outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May. It is the first official state visit to the U.K. by a sitting U.S. president since 2011. Trump also attends D-Day commemorative ceremonies.source
2019June 7 – British Prime Minister Theresa May resigns as leader of the Conservative Party.source
20198 June – The People's Party for Democracy and Development was founded.Barbados source
2019June 20–21 – Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a state visit to North Korea. It is his first visit to the country as president and the first visit to North Korea by a Chinese leader since Hu Jintao's visit 14 years prior.source
2019June 30 – During a trilateral gathering at the Panmunjom Truce Village between South Korean President Moon Jae-in, North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, Trump becomes the first sitting U.S. president to cross the Korean Demilitarized Zone and enter North Korea. Trump and Kim also agree to restart stalled denuclearization negotiations.source
2019July 16 – The European Parliament elects Ursula von der Leyen as the new President of the European Commission. Succeeding Jean-Claude Juncker, she will be sworn in on December 1, 2019. She is the first female to be elected to this office in EU history.source
2019July 24 – Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after defeating Jeremy Hunt in a leadership contest, succeeding Theresa May.source
2019August 21 – Giuseppe Conte offers his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy in order to avoid a no-confidence motion.source
2019September 24 – U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announces the start of a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.source
2019November 12 – 2019 Bolivian protests: Jeanine Áñez took power as interim President of Bolivia amidst political crisis.source
2019November 13 – Public impeachment hearings against U.S. President Donald Trump begin in the House of Representatives.source
2019December 18 – The U.S. House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment against President Trump, making him the third president to be impeached in the nation's history.source
2019December 19 – Libya's Government of National Accord activates a cooperation accord with Turkey, allowing for a potential Turkish military intervention in the Second Libyan Civil War.source
2020January 11 – Presidential and legislative elections are held in Taiwan. Incumbent president Tsai Ing-wen is reelected, and the Democratic Progressive Party wins a majority of 67 out of 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan.source
202011 February – Kenya and the FBI sign an anti-terrorist agreement, the first of its kind outside the United States.Mauritius source
2020February 24 – The Pakatan Harapan coalition government of Malaysia collapses and is replaced by the Perikatan Nasional coalition. Muhyiddin Yassin becomes the eighth Prime Minister of Malaysia on March 1.source
2020February 29 – A conditional peace agreement is signed between the United States and the Taliban. The U.S. begins gradually withdrawing combat troops from Afghanistan on March 10.source
2020March 17 – The Euro 2020 and 2020 Copa América association football tournaments are postponed until the summer of 2021 by UEFA and CONMEBOL, respectively.source
202027 March – North Macedonia becomes a full member of NATO.North Macedonia source
2020April 15 – The 2020 South Korean legislative election is held to elect all 300 members of the National Assembly of South Korea and the Democratic Party of Korea-Platform Party alliance wins 180 out of 300 seats.source
2020April 20 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White Alliance leader Benny Gantz agree on a deal to form a unity government, thus ending more than a year of political deadlock. As part of the deal, Netanyahu will hold onto his position for 18 more months, with Gantz replacing him afterwards.source
2020May 14 – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance is "ready to support" the UN-recognized Government of National Accord in Libya while Greece, a member state of NATO, strongly criticizes Stoltenberg's remarks, saying his recognition of the "Muslim Brotherhood government" does not reflect the positions of the military alliance.source
2020May 19 – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announces the termination of all agreements, including security ones, with Israel and the United States in response to Israel's plans to annex the Jordan Valley.source
2020May 20 - Moeketsi Majoro replaces Thomas Thabane as Prime Minister of Lesotho.Lesotho source
2020May 24 – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi pardons 3,157 prisoners to celebrate Eid al-Fitr and, two days later, President of Zambia Edgar Lungu pardons nearly 3,000 inmates to commemorate Africa Freedom Day.source
2020May 27 – The Chinese National People's Congress votes in favour of national security legislation that criminalizes "secession", "subversion", "terrorism" and foreign interference in Hong Kong; the legislation grants sweeping powers to the Chinese central government to suppress the Hong Kong democracy movement, including banning activist groups and curtailing civil liberties. The U.S. government responds by declaring Hong Kong is "no longer autonomous" under the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act.source
2020June 27 – Micheál Martin succeeds Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach of Ireland, with Varadkar becoming Tánaiste in a historic three-party coalition government.source
2020June 30 – China passes the controversial Hong Kong national security law, allowing China to crack down on opposition to Beijing at home or abroad.source
20205 July – In the 2020 Dominican Republic general election, Luis Abinader is elected president.Dominican Republic source
2020July 10 – The 2020 Singaporean general election is held to elect all 93 members of the Parliament of Singapore and the People's Action Party, led by prime minister Lee Hsien Loong wins 83 out of 93 seats.source
202016 July – Chan Santokhi takes over as president.Suriname source
20202 August – Irfaan Ali succeeds David Granger as the 10th President of Guyana.Guyana source
2020August 5 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar travels to Taiwan, the highest U.S. official visit to the country in 40 years. The PRC condemns the visit.source
2020August 10 – The 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election is held to elect all 41 members of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago, the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago and the People's National Movement party, led by prime minister Keith Rowley won 22 out of 41 seats.source
202010 August – The 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election was held to elect 41 members to the 12th Trinidad and Tobago Republican Parliament.Trinidad and Tobago source
2020August 13 – Israel and the UAE agree to normalise relations, marking the third Israel–Arab peace deal.source
2020August 28 – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving prime minister in the history of Japan, announces his resignation from office, citing ill health.source
2020September 3 – Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and Abdelaziz al-Hilu, the leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM–N), sign an agreement to transition the country into a secular state. The agreement comes three days after the signing of a peace deal between Sudan's transitional government and the Sudan Revolutionary Front, which the SPLM–N opted out of. Weeks later on October 3, the transitional government signed a peace deal with the main rebel groups, including the SPLM–N, which had refused to engage in previous talks.source
2020September 4 – Bahrain and Israel agree to normalise relations, marking the fourth Israel–Arab peace deal.source
202015 September - Barbados Governor General Sandra Mason, delivering a speech on behalf of Prime Minister Mia Mottley, announced Barbados' intention of removing Queen Elizabeth II as the country's head of state and to become a republic in November 2021.Barbados source
2020September 16 – Yoshihide Suga becomes the new Prime Minister of Japan, replacing Shinzo Abe.source
2020September 17 – France, Germany, and the United Kingdom issue a joint note verbale to the United Nations rejecting China's claims to the South China Sea, and supporting the ruling in Philippines v. China that said the historic rights per the nine-dash line ran counter to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. However, the statement says that on "territorial sovereignty" they "take no position".source
2020October 23 – Israel and Sudan agree to normalise relations, marking the fifth Israel–Arab peace deal.source
2020December 10 – Western Sahara conflict, Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel and Morocco normalise diplomatic relations. Simultaneously, the United States reaffirms its previous recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara and announces plans to build a consulate there.source
2020December 14 – Turkey–United States relations: The United States places sanctions on Turkey in retaliation for their purchase of a S-400 missile system from Russia, marking the first time they have sanctioned a NATO ally.source
2021January 15 – The Lao People's Revolutionary Party elects Thongloun Sisoulith as its new General Secretary, replacing retiring chief Bounnhang Vorachith. Sisoulith is elected for a five-year term as top leader in Laos.source
2021January 2021 Tobago House of Assembly electionTrinidad and Tobago source
2021February 1 – Kosovo officially establishes diplomatic ties with Israel and announces plans to open an embassy in Jerusalem.source
20215 February – Twenty people, including incumbent President Patrice Talon, enroll as candidates in the 2021 Beninese presidential election. Talon's running mate, Mariam Chabi Talata, would be Benin′s first female vice president if elected.Benin source
202126 February – An NGO vice-president met with 70 members of the Twa and Bantu in Nyunzu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, to ensure lasting peace in the Nyunzu Territory.Republic of the Congo source
2021February 28 – 2021 Salvadoran legislative election: The Nuevas Ideas party wins 56 out of 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.source
2021April 11 – Peru holds a general election, with Pedro Castillo and the left-wing Free Peru party winning.source
2021April 28 – The European Union approves the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, governing the relationship between the EU and UK after Brexit.source
2021May 19 – The European Parliament unanimously adopted a resolution calling for the formal suspension of accession negotiations between the European Union and Turkey.source
2021June 2 – The 2021 Israeli presidential election is held, and won by Isaac Herzog. In order to remove Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power, Naftali Bennett agrees to form a coalition with the Israeli opposition as a rotation government that will come to take effect after eleven days.source
2021June 9 – The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador passes legislation to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender in the country, becoming the first country to adopt the cryptocurrency alongside the U.S. dollar.source
2021June 13 – Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest-serving prime minister of Israel, is voted out of office; Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid are sworn in as Prime Minister of Israel and as Alternate Prime Minister of Israel, respectively.source
2021June 20 – 2021 Armenian parliamentary election: Acting PM Nikol Pashinyan wins the country's snap election, with his Civil Contract party gaining 54% of the vote.source
2021June 29 – Prime Minister Bob Loughman wins a confidence vote by the parliament after a no-confidence motion had been introduced to remove his government by opposition leader Ralph Regenvanu. However, Loughman's hold on power remains tenuous as the Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that the seats of 19 government MPs were to be declared vacant. Loughman's government has already appealed the ruling.Vanuatu source
2021July 13 – After the Supreme Court declares his incumbency unconstitutional, KP Oli is succeeded by Sher Bahadur Deuba as 43rd Prime Minister of Nepal.source
2021July 19 – Leftist schoolteacher Pedro Castillo is confirmed as President of Peru over a month after the 2021 Peruvian general election.source
2021July 25 – Tunisian president Kais Saied formally takes power in the country, suspending the parliament and sacking the prime minister.source
202127 July – Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced on the Day of National Significance in Barbados that her cabinet had decided that Barbados would become a parliamentary republic by 30 November, and accepted the recommendations of the Forde CommissionBarbados source
202124 August - Hakainde Hichilema is sworn in as the 7th Republican President of ZambiaZambia source
2021September 13 – Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Anwar Ibrahim, the leader of the main Malaysian opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan, sign a confidence and supply agreement ending the 18-month political crisis that has led to the fall of two successive governments in Malaysia.source
2021September 15 – AUKUS: A trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States is formed, to counter the influence of China. This includes enabling Australia to build its first nuclear-powered submarine fleet.source
2021September 19 – The 2021 Russian legislative election is held, with the United Russia party winning nearly 50% of the vote.source
2021September 20 – The 2021 Canadian federal election is held, with Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party retaining a minority government.source
2021September 26 – The 2021 German federal election is held, with Olaf Scholz and the Social Democratic Party beating out Armin Laschet's CDU/CSU coalition and Annalena Baerbock's Green Party.source
2021October 4 – Fumio Kishida becomes the 100th Prime Minister of Japan, succeeding Yoshihide Suga.source
2021October 8–October 9 – The 2021 Czech legislative election is held, with the main opposition coalition alliance of SPOLU and Pirates and Mayors gaining a legislative majority.source
2021October 9 – Sebastian Kurz announces his resignation as Chancellor of Austria as a result of a corruption probe launched against him.source
2021October 31 – The 2021 Japanese general election is held, with Fumio Kishida and the Liberal Democratic Party along with its coalition partner Komeito retaining a majority government.source
2021November 24 – Magdalena Andersson resigns as Prime Minister-elect of Sweden hours after the Riksdag voted her in as Sweden's first female prime minister. She was due to take office on 26 November. Instead, she takes office on 30 November.source
20214 December – 2021 Gambian presidential election.Gambia source
202112 December - An election held to elect new prime ministerNorth Macedonia source
2021December 19 – The second round of the 2021 Chilean presidential election is held; leftist candidate Gabriel Boric is elected President.source
2022February 4 – China and Russia issue a joint statement opposing further NATO expansion, expressing "serious concerns" about the AUKUS security pact, and pledging to cooperate with each other on a range of issues.source
2022February 21 – February 24 – Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree declaring the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and, despite international condemnation and sanctions, launched the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine; at dawn on 24 February missiles strike Kyiv. Ukraine severs diplomatic relations with Russia, followed by the Federated States of Micronesia on 25 February.source
202222 February – Syria voices support for Russia's recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as independent states.Syria source
2022March 11 – Gabriel Boric is sworn in as President of Chile. He becomes the youngest head of state in the nation's history and the first to be born during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.source
202228 March–The foreign ministers of Israel, Egypt, Morocco, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, as well as the United States Secretary of State, meet in Sde Boker, Israel, and agree to hold regular meetings about regional security and commit to further expanding economic and diplomatic cooperation.Bahrain source
2022April 7 – The UN votes by 93–24 to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, with 58 countries abstaining.source
2022April 11 – The National Assembly of Pakistan elects leader of the opposition Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister of Pakistan, after Imran Khan is removed from office following a motion of no confidence two days prior.source
2022April 19 – The East Timorese people vote in the second round of the presidential election between José Ramos-Horta and incumbent Francisco Guterres.East Timor source
2022May 21 – 2022 Australian federal election: The Labor party, led by Anthony Albanese, defeats the Liberal-National Coalition government led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Albanese is sworn in as Prime Minister two days later.source
2022June 19 – The second round of the 2022 legislative election is held in France, resulting in a hung parliament, with President Macron's coalition losing its majority in the National Assembly. A newly-formed coalition of left-wing parties, led by far-left Jean-Luc Mélenchon, makes significant gains. Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally also makes historic gains, increasing its number of MPs tenfold and becoming the largest opposition party in Parliament. Two weeks later, Macron's government is reshuffled, continuing as a minority administration.source
202224 June - Bulgaria lifts its veto against North Macedonia's bid to join the European Union.North Macedonia source
2022July 1 – Yair Lapid succeeds Naftali Bennett as Prime Minister of Israel, while Bennett succeeds Lapid as Alternate Prime Minister of Israel; this arrangement had been created after the 2021 Israeli legislative election, in which no party won an outright majority.source
2022July 7 – After revelations over his appointment of Chris Pincher as Deputy Chief Whip triggered a series of resignations from his government, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces his intention to resign, triggering the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.source
2022July 21 – The Parliament of Sri Lanka elects Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as President of Sri Lanka, following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa amid protests over the ongoing economic crisis.source
2022August 4 – The Prime Minister of Peru, Aníbal Torres, resigns following multiple criminal investigations against the President of Peru, Pedro Castillo.source
2022August 17 – Turkey and Israel agree to restore full diplomatic relations after a period of tensions.source
2022September 6 – Liz Truss is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after winning the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.source
20228 September – The parliament of Solomon Islands votes to delay the next general election amid objections by opposition parties, who accuse Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare of a "power grab".Solomon Islands source
2022September 11 – The 2022 Swedish general election is held to elect all 349 seats of the Riksdag. Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson resigns after her centre-left bloc narrowly loses to a bloc of right-wing parties, 176 seats to 173; Andersson is succeeded as prime minister by Ulf Kristersson in October.source
2022September 25 – The 2022 Italian general election is held to elect all 400 seats of the Chamber of Deputies and 200 seats of the Senate of the Republic (reduced from 630 and 215 respectively according to the outcome of the 2020 constitutional referendum). Observers commented that the results shifted the geopolitics of the European Union, following far-right gains in France, Spain, and Sweden. It was also noted that the election outcome would mark Italy's most right-wing government since 1945.source
2022September 27 – Russian occupation authorities in Ukraine claim that their annexation referendums show an overwhelming support for the annexation by Russia of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic, and parts of Kherson Oblast and Zaporizhzhia Oblast. However, the voting is widely dismissed as a sham referendum.source
202213 October – 2022 Vanuatuan general election: Vanuatuans vote for the members of their parliament in a snap election.Vanuatu source
2022October 16–October 23 – The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is held. Xi Jinping is elected as General Secretary by the Central Committee, beginning a third term as the paramount leader of China.source
2022October 25 – Rishi Sunak becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, following the resignation of Liz Truss the previous week resulting in a 50-day tenure, making him the first person of colour to become the prime minister.source
2022October 30 – 2022 Brazilian general election: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeats incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff election after neither candidate secured a majority in the first round of voting. Lula da Silva is the first president elected three times, and also the oldest one, at 77.source
2022November 1 – 2022 Israeli legislative election: A bloc of right-wing and far-right political parties led by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wins a 64-seat majority (out of 120), allowing him to be sworn in as Prime Minister of Israel for a third time in December.source
2022November 2–November 3 – Tigray War: The Ethiopian government and the TPLF agree to a formal cessation of hostilities, signing a peace agreement in Pretoria, South Africa.source
2022November 19 – The 2022 Malaysian general election results in a hung parliament, which is the first in the country's history. Long-time opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is appointed by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdullah as prime minister five days later to break the political deadlock and form a unity government.source
202228 November – The Malawi government purportedly signed a US$6.8 billion grant agreement with the Belgium-registered Bridgin Foundation, promising infrastructure and development projects, sparking immediate controversy over its legitimacy.Malawi source
2022December 7 – The Congress of Peru removes President Pedro Castillo from office and arrests him after he tries to dissolve Congress in a self-coup attempt. Vice President Dina Boluarte becomes the first female President of Peru.source
2022December 17 – Leo Varadkar succeeds Micheál Martin as Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, as part of a rotation agreement made in 2020.source
202223 December – Zambia officially abolishes capital punishment.Zambia source
2023January 8 – Following the 2022 Brazilian general election and the inauguration of Lula da Silva as president of Brazil, supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian National Congress, the Supreme Federal Court and the Presidential Palace of Planalto.source
20238 January – 2023 Beninese parliamentary electionBenin source
2023January 24 – The United States grants Trinidad and Tobago a license to develop Venezuela’s Dragon gas field with Shell and PDVSA, aimed at boosting regional energy security.Trinidad and Tobago source
2023January 25 – Chris Hipkins succeeds Jacinda Ardern as Prime Minister of New Zealand, six days after she announced her resignation.source
2023February 14 – The European Parliament approves a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles in the European Union from 2035, citing the need to combat climate change in Europe and promote electric vehicles.source
202323 February - Oman opens its airspace to Israeli airlines for the first time. Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen calls the decision historic.Oman source
2023March 26 – Honduras switches its formal diplomatic recognition of "China" from the Republic of China to the People's Republic of China.source
2023April 2 – The 2023 Bulgarian parliamentary election results in a GERB—SDS–PP–DB coalition government headed by Nikolai Denkov as prime minister.source
20236 April – The International Court of Justice rules that the case of territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana over Guayana Esequiba can proceed. Guyanese President Irfaan Ali welcomes the decision and commits Guyana to solve the dispute peacefully. Venezuela had earlier rejected the ruling, alleging that the case cannot be heard without the involvement of the United Kingdom, Guyana's former colonial power.Guyana source
2023April 30 – The 2023 Paraguayan general election is held, with the Colorado Party candidate Santiago Peña being the president-elect of Paraguay, winning in a plurality.source
202313 May – 2023 Gambian local electionsGambia source
2023May 24 – Canada and Saudi Arabia agree to restore full diplomatic relations after a breakdown in relations in 2018 over the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.source
2023June 19 – Qatar and the United Arab Emirates announce that they will restore diplomatic relations after relations were suspended during the Qatar diplomatic crisis.source
2023June 25 – The June 2023 Greek legislative election is held; Kyriakos Mitsotakis becomes prime minister after his centre-right party, New Democracy, wins a majority of seats in the Greek parliament.source
20231 July: 2023 East Timorese parliamentary election: Xanana Gusmão is sworn in as prime minister of Timor-Leste.East Timor source
2023July 4 – Iran joins the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, becoming the organization's ninth member.source
2023July 13 – Pita Limjaroenrat fails to become Prime Minister of Thailand in a National Assembly vote after forming a coalition with pro-democracy parties following the 2023 Thai general election.source
2023July 23 – The 2023 Spanish general election is held, with the People's Party becoming the largest party in the Congress of Deputies.source
2023August 11 – The Narendra Modi led NDA government wins a no confidence motion in the Lok Sabha moved by the INDIA Alliance after an opposition walkout in response to the ethnic violence in the state of Manipur.source
2023September 1 – 2023 Singaporean presidential election: Economist and former deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam is elected president with a vote share of over 70%.source
202312 September – North Macedonia orders the expulsion of three Russian diplomats for alleged violations of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.North Macedonia source
2023September 30 – 2023 Slovak parliamentary election: Smer, under the leadership of former prime minister Robert Fico, wins a plurality of seats in the National Council.source
2023October 3 – Elected on January 8, Kevin McCarthy is removed as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, with Mike Johnson being elected new Speaker on October 25.source
202312 October – Madagascar's constitutional court postpones the upcoming election from 9 November to 16 November 2023, amidst a political crisis involving protests against the Ntsay government following President Andry Rajoelina's resignation.Madagascar source
2023October 14 – 2023 New Zealand general election: The National Party wins a plurality of seats under leader Christopher Luxon, while the Labour Party suffers the worst result for an incumbent ruling party in modern New Zealand history.source
2023October 15 – In the second round of the 2023 Ecuadorian general election, Daniel Noboa of the National Democratic Action is elected as the youngest-ever President of Ecuador.source
2023November 7 – The Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa announces his pending resignation. The President of Portugal decides to dissolve the parliament and call for early elections to be held on 10 March 2024.source
2023November 10 – In the Falepili Union treaty, Australia grants "special" freedom of movement and defence rights to Tuvaluans for residence and employment for climate reasons.source
2023November 24 – Somalia is admitted as the eighth member of the East African Community, having applied for membership in 2012.source
2023November 27 – After forming a coalition Government with the right-wing ACT and New Zealand First parties, Christopher Luxon is sworn in as the 42nd Prime Minister of New Zealand. The new administration opposes policies promoting Māori culture and addressing inequity between Māori and non-Māori, which leads to allegations of inflaming racial tensions.source
2023December 10–12 – 2023 Egyptian presidential election: Incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi wins a third term with 89.6 percent of the vote in the election.source
2023December 31 – Queen Margrethe II of Denmark announces her abdication effective January 14, 2024, after 52 years on the throne.source
2024January 1 – The Republic of Artsakh is formally dissolved following the recapture of the Nagorno-Karabakh region by Azerbaijan.source
2024January 1 – Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates become BRICS members.source
20249 January - President José Ramos-Horta makes the first-ever visit by an East Timorese president to India, attending the 10th biennial Vibrant Gujarat summit with Foreign Minister Bendito Freitas.East Timor source
2024January 15 – Following a brief political crisis in the aftermath of the 2023 elections, Bernardo Arévalo is inaugurated as the 52nd President of Guatemala.source
2024January 22 – Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha: The Ram Mandir is inaugurated by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.source
2024February 4 – 2024 Salvadoran presidential election: Incumbent President Nayib Bukele wins the election with over 80% of the vote, becoming the first president to be reelected in El Salvador since 1944.source
2024February 8 – 2024 Pakistani general election: Independent politicians, most of whom are members of the banned political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, win a plurality of seats in the National Assembly.source
2024March 7 – As the final Nordic country to join the alliance, Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member after Finland a year earlier.source
2024March 15–17 – 2024 Russian presidential election: Incumbent Vladimir Putin is reelected for a fifth term.source
202418 March – Indian Prime Minister visits Bhutan. Both nations signs MoUs to strengthened ties, energy, infrastructure, and development.Bhutan source
2024April 10 – 2024 South Korean legislative election: The Democratic Party and Democratic Alliance wins 176 seats, while the People Power and People Future, to which President Yoon Suk Yeol belongs, wins only 108 seats.source
2024May 5 – 2024 Panamanian general election: José Raúl Mulino is elected president.source
2024May 15 – Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore since 2004, is succeeded by former Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong as prime minister, ahead of the next general election to be held by 2025.source
2024May 29 – 2024 South African general election: The ANC party fails to win a majority of the vote for the first time in South Africa's democratic history.source
2024June 1 – The 2024 Indian general election, which began on April 19, concludes. In the Lok Sabha, the BJP party loses its outright majority, but its electoral alliance, the National Democratic Alliance, retains its majority.source
2024June 6–9 – The 2024 European Parliament election is held. The EPP, of incumbent Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, retains its status as the largest group in parliament amid notable gains by far-right political groups.source
2024June 14 – 2024 South African general election: The ANC and other opposition parties agree to form a national unity government, with Cyril Ramaphosa being re-elected President of South Africa.source
2024June 14 – July 14 – UEFA Euro 2024 is held in Germany, and is won by Spain.source
20241 July – Ketikoti (Emancipation Day – end of slavery)Suriname source
2024July 4 – 2024 United Kingdom general election: Sir Keir Starmer leads the Labour Party to victory, returning the party to government for the first time in 14 years.source
2024July 7 – 2024 French legislative election: The left-wing New Popular Front wins the most seats in the National Assembly, upsetting a first-round victory by the far-right National Rally, but fails to achieve a majority.source
2024August 14 – The Constitutional Court of Thailand dismisses the Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for illegally appointing a minister to his cabinet who had a prison sentence. Paetongtarn Shinawatra succeeds him as Prime Minister of Thailand.source
202417 September – The Taliban announces the reopening of the Afghan embassy in Muscat.Oman source
2024September 29 – 2024 Austrian legislative election: Far-right Freedom Party secures a historical victory, but does not reach a majority in the National Council. The results are deemed the first far-right win since World War II.source
2024October 1 – The Japanese parliament elects Shigeru Ishiba as the new prime minister of Japan, with members from the Liberal Democratic Party forming the majority. Following his appointment, he reveals his cabinet and calls for a snap election on October 27, securing a national mandate.source
20243 October: The United Kingdom agrees to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius in exchange for the UK and the United States retaining control over their joint military base in Diego Garcia.Mauritius source
20249 October – Benin is elected to a seat at the United Nations Human Rights Council for a three-year term beginning in 2025.Benin source
2024November 5 – 2024 United States presidential election: Former U.S. President Donald Trump defeats incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris to win a second nonconsecutive term. Trump became the second person in American history to win a second nonconsecutive term, after Grover Cleveland in 1892.source
202414 November – Lesotho is granted World Rugby Full Member status by the World Rugby Council.Lesotho source
20242 December – Barbados completes the world’s first debt-for-climate resilience swap, freeing $165 million for water, agriculture, and environmental projects.Barbados source
2024December 14 – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's powers and duties are suspended after MPs vote to impeach him, following his martial law declaration the previous week.source
2024December 27 – Acting President of South Korea Han Duck-soo is impeached by MPs for failing to promulgate two bills related to president Yoon's legal proceedings. He is succeeded by deputy prime minister Choi Sang-mok.source
2025January 23 – Micheál Martin is re-elected prime minister (Taoiseach) of Ireland by Dáil Éireann for a second non-consecutive term.source
2025January 29 – Ahmed al-Sharaa is appointed as the president of Syria, after a one-month vacancy following the fall of the Assad regime.source
2025February 15 – Foreign minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf is elected as Chairperson of the African Union Commission.Djibouti source
2025February 18 – Vladimir Putin announces that Russia and the United States have officially agreed to restore diplomatic relations. A four-hour summit between the US and Russia is held in Saudi Arabia.source
202521 February – Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan announce an agreement to delineate their common border.Tajikistan source
2025February 23 – 2025 German federal election: After being pushed forward as a result of the 2024 German government crisis, the centre-right CDU/CSU becomes the largest party, with big gains from the far-right AfD, resulting in a second-place finish.source
2025February 28 – A meeting between U.S. president Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy takes place at the White House. Trump and V.P. JD Vance sharply criticise Zelenskyy, raising questions about support for Ukraine, a proposed end to the war, and the country's future in general.source
2025April 12 – Iran and the United States hold their first high-level negotiations since 2018 over the Iranian nuclear programme in Muscat.Oman source
2025April 28 – 2025 Canadian federal election: Following Justin Trudeau's resignation as prime minister in March, former governor of the Bank of Canada Mark Carney becomes the Prime Minister of Canada. The Liberal Party wins a fourth consecutive election and forms a minority government.source
2025May 3 – 2025 Australian federal election: The incumbent Labor Party led by Anthony Albanese wins reelection, increasing their majority.source
2025May 6 – 2025 German federal election: Friedrich Merz is elected Chancellor of Germany in the second round of parliamentary voting, hours after being defeated in the first round, a first in post-WWII German history.source
2025May 11 – 2025 Albanian parliamentary election: The incumbent Socialist Party led by Edi Rama wins reelection, retaining a majority government.source
2025May 18 – 2025 Romanian presidential election: Following the annulment of the previous election, Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan wins in the second round, beating George Simion.source
202529 May – Former finance minister Sidi Ould Tah is elected as president of the African Development Bank.Mauritania source
2025June 1 – 2025 Polish presidential election: Karol Nawrocki is narrowly elected President of Poland in the second round of voting, beating Rafał Trzaskowski.source
2025June 27 – The U.S., with Qatari support, brokers a preliminary peace treaty between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, ending their armed conflict that started in 2022.source
20252 July – Myanmar officially notifies Malaysia, the 2025 ASEAN chair, of its opposition to Timor-Leste joining the bloc in October 2025, amid Timor-Leste reportedly supporting anti-junta forces in the Myanmar civil war.East Timor source
20256 July – The National Assembly elects NDP leader Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as the first female president of Suriname.Suriname source
2025July 21 – Twenty-eight countries issue a joint statement calling for an immediate end to the Gaza war, saying it has "reached new depths" in terms of the suffering of civilians.source
2025August 8 – Armenia and Azerbaijan sign a peace deal to end 37-year-old hostilities regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.source
2025August 15 – 2025 Russia–United States Summit: US president Donald Trump meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss a plan for resolving the Russo-Ukrainian war.source
202520 August – China and India agree to resume direct flights suspended since 2020, reopen designated border trade points and boost investment in their economies following talks in New Delhi between Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and Indian officials including Indian foreign minister S. Jaishankar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.India source
2025September 12 – Former chief justice Sushila Karki assumes office as interim prime minister of an interim government formed after K. P. Sharma Oli's resignation in Nepal, the decision notably being decided via a poll on a social media platform, Discord.source
2025September 21 – The UK, Canada, and Australia announce their formal recognition of Palestine as a sovereign state, with France also doing so the next day.source
2025September 28 – 2025 Moldovan parliamentary election: Incumbent pro-European party PAS wins reelection, forming another majority government.source
20256 October – Eswatini receives 10 third-country nationals deported from the United States under an agreement with the Trump administration.Eswatini source
2025October 10 – Dina Boluarte, the President of Peru, is unanimously impeached by the Congress of the Republic.source
2025October 21 – Sanae Takaichi becomes the first female Prime Minister of Japan.source
2025October 26 – 2025 Argentine legislative election: Incumbent President Javier Milei's party La Libertad Avanza wins the election with over 40% of the votes.source
2025October 29 – 2025 Dutch general election: Social liberal party Democrats 66 ties with right-wing populist party Party for Freedom in most number of seats.source
2025November 10–21 – The COP30 summit is held in Belém, Brazil, focusing on the role of the Amazon rainforest in climate action.source
20251 December – Independence Day holidayBarbados source
2025December 14 – 2025 Chilean general election: José Antonio Kast is elected President of Chile. Right-wing coalitions gain control of the Chamber of Deputies and tie in the Senate.source