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These are some notable events relating to
politics
in
2025
.
Contents
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
Predicted and scheduled events
Date unknown
References
External links
Events
January
January 1
Bulgaria
and
Romania
finalized the process of joining the
Schengen Area
, lifting land border controls.
[
1
]
Liechtenstein
became the 39th country to legalize
same-sex marriage
.
[
2
]
Ukraine
becomes a state party in the International Criminal Court.
January 6
Canadian prime minister
Justin Trudeau
announces his intention to resign amidst a
political crisis
.
Indonesia
officially becomes a full member of
BRICS
.
January 8
– Unknown assailants
attack
the presidential palace in the Chadian capital of
N'Djamena
, resulting in 20 deaths.
January 9
Joseph Aoun
is
elected
president of
Lebanon
following a two-year vacancy.
The
state funeral
of former US President
Jimmy Carter
is held in
Washington, D.C.
[
3
]
[
4
]
January 12
– Croatian president
Zoran Milanović
wins re-election
against
Dragan Primorac
in the second round of voting.
[
5
]
January 15
– South Korean president
Yoon Suk Yeol
is
arrested
by the
CIO
for his role in the
martial law crisis
.
January 16
– The
2025 Vanuatuan general election
was held.
January 18
– Two judges of the
Supreme Court of Iran
are
assassinated
at the
Palace of Justice
in
Tehran
.
January 19
A
ceasefire agreement
is reached to suspend the
Gaza war
.
A ban
on
TikTok
in the
United States
goes into effect.
[
6
]
A temporary reservicing of TikTok's United States servers is undergone.
[
7
]
January 20
–
Donald Trump
is
sworn in
as the 47th
President of the United States
, becoming the second president in American history to serve non-consecutive terms.
January 23
–
Thailand
becomes the 40th country to legalize
same-sex marriage
.
[
8
]
January 26
– The
2025 Belarusian presidential election
was held.
[
9
]
January 30
– The
2025 Comorian parliamentary election
was held.
February
February 9
The first round of the
2025 Ecuadorian general election
was held.
[
10
]
The
2025 Liechtenstein general election
was held.
[
11
]
February 23
– The
2025 German federal election
was held, after being pushed forward as a result of the
2024 German government crisis
.
[
12
]
March
March 2
– The
2025 Tajik parliamentary election
was held.
March 4
– The
2025 Micronesian parliamentary election
was held.
March 9
– The
Liberal Party of Canada
holds a
leadership election
to replace Trudeau as prime minister and
Mark Carney
was elected at the end of a
leadership election
as a result.
[
13
]
March 11
– The
2025 Greenlandic general election
was held.
March 12
– The
2025 Belizean general election
was held.
March 31
– The
Caribbean guilder
was introduced, replacing the
Netherlands Antillean guilder
as the currency for
Curaçao
and
Sint Maarten
.
[
14
]
April
April 12
– The
2025 Gabonese presidential election
was held.
April 13
– The second round of the
2025 Ecuadorian general election
was held.
[
10
]
April 28
– The
2025 Canadian federal election
was held following Justin Trudeau's resignation and replacement as Liberal Party leader.
[
15
]
April 28
– The
2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election
was held.
May
May 3
The
2025 Australian federal election
was held, resulting in a landslide majority for the governing
Labor Party
.
[
16
]
The
2025 Singaporean general election
was held, with the governing
People's Action Party
retaining their supermajority.
[
17
]
The
2025 Togolese presidential election
was held.
May 4
– The first round of the
2025 Romanian presidential election
was held following the annulment of the
previous election
.
[
18
]
May 11
– The
2025 Albanian parliamentary election
was held, resulting in a victory for the
Socialist Party
.
[
19
]
May 12
– The
2025 Philippine general election
was held.
[
20
]
May 18
The second round of the
2025 Romanian presidential election
was held, resulting in a victory for independent candidate
Nicușor Dan
.
[
21
]
The first round of the
2025 Polish presidential election
was held.
[
22
]
The
2025 Portuguese legislative election
was held.
[
23
]
May 25
The
2025 Venezuelan parliamentary election
was held.
[
24
]
The
2025 Surinamese general election
was held.
[
25
]
June
June 1
– The second round of the
2025 Polish presidential election
was held, ending in a narrow victory for conservative candidate
Karol Nawrocki
.
[
26
]
June 3
– The
2025 South Korean presidential election
was held, with opposition candidate
Lee Jae-myung
winning a decisive victory.
[
27
]
June 5
– The
2025 Burundian parliamentary election
was held.
[
28
]
July
July 20
– The
2025 Japanese House of Councillors election
was held, with the governing
Liberal Democratic Party
losing their majority.
[
29
]
August
August 4
/
August 5
- The
2025 Egyptian Senate election
was held.
August 17
- The
2025 Bolivian general election
was held.
[
30
]
Predicted and scheduled events
August 29
– The
2025 Samoan general election
is scheduled to be held.
September 1
– The
2025 Guyanese general election
is scheduled to be held.
September 3
– The
2025 Jamaican general election
is scheduled to be held.
September 8
– The
2025 Norwegian parliamentary election
is scheduled to be held.
[
31
]
September 16
– The
2025 Malawian general election
is scheduled to be held.
September 27
– The
2025 Gabonese parliamentary election
is scheduled to be held.
September 27
– The
2025 Seychellois general election
is scheduled to be held.
October 3
–
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
will abdicate the throne in favor of his son
Guillaume
, who will reign as Guillaume V.
[
32
]
October 3–
4
– The
2025 Czech parliamentary election
will be held.
[
33
]
October 12
– The
2025 Portuguese local elections
will take place no later than this date.
[
34
]
October 12
– The
2025 Cameroonian presidential election
is be scheduled.
October 25
– The
2025 Ivorian presidential election
is scheduled to be held.
October 26
– The
2025 Argentine legislative election
is scheduled to be held.
[
35
]
October 27
– The
2025 Irish presidential election
will be held no later than this date. Incumbent president
Michael D. Higgins
is ineligible for re-election.
[
36
]
October 29
– The
2025 Tanzanian general election
is scheduled to be held.
October 29
– The
2025 Dutch general election
is scheduled to be held.
November 10
–
21
–
COP30
will be hosted in
Belém
,
Brazil
.
[
37
]
November 16
– The
2025 Chilean general election
is scheduled to be held.
[
38
]
October 29
– The
2025 Dutch general election
will be held following the collapse of the
Schoof cabinet
.
[
39
]
November 4
– The
2025 New York City mayoral election
is scheduled to be held.
November 11
– The
2025 Iraqi parliamentary election
is scheduled to be held.
November 15
– The
2025 Haitian general election
is sheduled to be held.
November 22
–
23
–
South Africa
will host the
G20
summit in
Johannesburg
, the first nation in
Africa
to do so.
[
40
]
November 23
– The
2025 Guinea-Bissau general election
is scheduled to be held.
November 30
– The
2025 Honduran general election
is scheduled to be held.
November 30
– The
2025 Tongan general election
is scheduled to be held.
December 27
– The
2025 Ivorian parliamentary election
is scheduled to be held.
December 28
– The
2025 Central African general election
is scheduled to be held.
Date unknown
Norway
aims to ban the sale of all new
diesel
and
petrol
cars by this year.
[
41
]
[
42
]
The
next Bangladeshi general election
is likely to be held.
[
43
]
September: The
2025 Nauruan parliamentary election
is scheduled to be held.
November: The
2025 Vincentian general election
is scheduled to be held.
The
2025 Cameroonian parliamentary election
is sheduled to be held.
The
2025 Egyptian parliamentary election
is sheduled to be held.
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↑
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.
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. Retrieved
18 December
2024
.
↑
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.
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. Retrieved
2024-12-30
.
↑
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.
CNN
. Retrieved
2024-12-30
.
↑
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.
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2024-12-30
.
↑
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.
Reuters
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. Retrieved
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2024
.
↑
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.
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. Retrieved
2024-12-31
.
↑
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.
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↑
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"The long road to legalise same sex marriage in Thailand"
.
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. Retrieved
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2025
.
↑
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.
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. Retrieved
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2024
.
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2
Garcia Cano, Regina (10 February 2025).
"Ecuador's presidential runoff will test the influence of former President Correa"
.
Associated Press
. Retrieved
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2025
.
↑
"The tiny Alpine principality of Liechtenstein is set to get its first female prime minister"
.
Associated Press
. 10 February 2025
. Retrieved
20 May
2025
.
↑
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.
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. Retrieved
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2025
.
↑
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.
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.
↑
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↑
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.
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2025
.
↑
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.
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.
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2025
.
↑
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.
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. Retrieved
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2025
.
↑
"Romanian election results: Trump fan George Simion wins first round, Nicușor Dan comes second"
.
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. Retrieved
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2025
.
↑
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. Retrieved
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2025
.
↑
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.
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. Retrieved
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2025
.
↑
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.
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. Retrieved
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2025
.
↑
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.
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. Retrieved
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2025
.
↑
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.
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. Retrieved
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2025
.
↑
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.
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. Retrieved
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2025
.
↑
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.
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.
↑
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.
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. Retrieved
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2025
.
↑
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.
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.
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2025
.
↑
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.
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2025
.
↑
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.
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.
↑
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.
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2025
.
↑
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.
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.
↑
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.
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.
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