Editing 2020s (section)

====Americas====
{{Further|Category:2020s in North America|Category:2020s in South America}}

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! style="width:100px;"| Date
! Description
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| [[First impeachment of Donald Trump]]
| {{flag|United States}}
| 24 September 2019 – 5 February 2020
| Under [[Article One of the United States Constitution#Clause 6: Trial of Impeachment|Article I, Section 3, Clause 6]], of the U.S. Constitution, [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]] was impeached for [[abuse of power]] and [[Contempt of Congress|obstruction of Congress]] on 18 December 2019 by the [[United States House of Representatives]]. The [[United States Senate]] trial began on 16 January 2020 and ended on 5 February 2020, concluding with an acquittal on both charges.
| <ref>{{citation |website=Politico |date=5 February 2020 |title=Trump acquitted on impeachment charges, ending gravest threat to his presidency |first1=Kyle |last1=Cheney |first2=Andrew |last2=Desiderio |first3=John |last3=Breshahan |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/05/trump-impeachment-vote-110805 |access-date=8 February 2020 |archive-date=17 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617023326/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/05/trump-impeachment-vote-110805 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2020 Salvadoran political crisis]]
| {{flag|El Salvador}}
| 9 February 2020
|During a political crisis, Salvadoran President [[Nayib Bukele]] sent forty soldiers of the [[Salvadoran Army]] into the [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador|Legislative Assembly]] building in an effort to coerce politicians to approve a loan request of $109 million from the [[United States]] for Bukele's security plan for the country.
The event has been condemned by foreign governments, the political opposition, and human rights organizations and is considered the first major political crisis in the country since the conclusion of the [[Salvadoran Civil War]] in 1992 and has been referred to as a [[coup d'état|coup attempt]].
| <ref name="BBC English Aftermath">{{cite web |date=11 February 2020 |title=El Salvador Parliament Denounces President's 'Attempted Coup' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51458947 |access-date=9 February 2021 |website=BBC News |archive-date=5 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905170253/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51458947 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[2020 United States presidential election]] and [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|subsequent]] [[Second impeachment of Donald Trump|events]]
|{{flag|United States}}
|3 November 2020 – 13 February 2021
|The 59th United States presidential election was held on 3 November 2020. [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] and former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice-president]] [[Joe Biden]] defeated [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] and then-incumbent [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]], with the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]] formally declaring Biden the winner on 14 December 2020. Trump refused to concede, and filed lawsuits challenging the results in several states,<ref name="Lawsuits">{{cite news |first=Miles |last=Parks |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/11/10/933112418/the-trump-campaign-has-had-almost-no-legal-success-this-month-heres-what-they-ve |title=Trump Election Lawsuits Filed So Far |publisher=NPR |date=2020-11-10 |access-date=2021-01-20 |archive-date=16 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116052241/https://www.npr.org/2020/11/10/933112418/the-trump-campaign-has-had-almost-no-legal-success-this-month-heres-what-they-ve |url-status=live}}</ref> though most of the legal challenges were either dismissed or dropped, with judges citing lack of evidence to suggest voter fraud occurred. Trump had also unsuccessfully attempted to [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|undo the election results]] by forcing government officials to stop [[Pennsylvania]], [[Nevada]], [[Arizona]], [[Wisconsin]], [[Michigan]], and [[Georgia (U.S. State)|Georgia]] from certifying Biden as the winner, and urging his supporters to "walk" to the United States Capitol to demand Trump be declared the winner of the election.<ref name="Speech">{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-01-13/transcript-of-trumps-speech-at-rally-before-us-capitol-riot |title=Transcript of Trump's Speech at Rally Before US Capitol Riot |date=13 January 2021 |website=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=2021-01-20 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209013727/https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-01-13/transcript-of-trumps-speech-at-rally-before-us-capitol-riot |url-status=live}}</ref> This was one of the reasons for the decision of a group of his supporters to gather in [[Washington, D.C.]], on 6 January 2021 and break into the [[United States Capitol|Capitol building]] during a Joint session of Congress. The [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]] disrupted Congress while [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count|certifying the election]], forcing both chambers to undergo lockdown lasting for four hours. On the same day, Trump coerced then-incumbent Vice President [[Mike Pence]] to overturn the election results to which Pence refused. During the attack, Trump tweeted directly to his supporters falsely claiming Congress was attempting to assist in stealing the election. [[Twitter]] responded by suspending Trump's account permanently following Trump's tweet. [[Facebook]], [[Instagram]], [[YouTube]], and [[Snapchat]] all also suspended Trump from using their platforms worrying his posts may incite additional violence to the Capitol attacks. In relation to this, Trump was [[Second impeachment of Donald Trump|impeached for the second time]] by the House of Representatives and became the first U.S. president to be impeached twice. Meanwhile, Joe Biden was sworn in as the United States President on 20 January 2021. The [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump|impeachment trial]] ended on 13 February 2021, one month after its start, resulting in Trump being found [[Plea|not guilty]] of inciting the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|attack on the Capitol]]. On 1 August{{nbsp}}2023, a [[grand jury]] [[Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (election obstruction case)|indicted]] Trump in the [[United States District Court for the District of Columbia|U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia]] on four charges: [[conspiracy to defraud the United States]], [[obstructing an official proceeding]] related to the certification of the election results on 6 January 2021, conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, and [[conspiracy against rights]].
|<ref>{{cite news |date=2020-12-15 |title=Electoral College makes it official: Biden won, Trump lost |publisher=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-270-electoral-college-vote-d429ef97af2bf574d16463384dc7cc1e |access-date=2021-01-20 |archive-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622003344/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-270-electoral-college-vote-d429ef97af2bf574d16463384dc7cc1e |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Lawsuits" /><ref>{{cite news |date=2020-11-10 |title=Trump faces long odds in challenging state vote counts |publisher=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-campaigns-pennsylvania-michigan-861506f10960504bcdc7e854705c8ef1 |access-date=2021-01-20 |archive-date=1 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201183621/https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-campaigns-pennsylvania-michigan-861506f10960504bcdc7e854705c8ef1 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Berenson |first=Tessa |date=2020-11-20 |title=In Court, Trump's Lawyers Aren't Claiming 'Massive' Fraud |magazine=Time |url=https://time.com/5914377/donald-trump-no-evidence-fraud/ |access-date=2021-01-20 |archive-date=28 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128085329/https://time.com/5914377/donald-trump-no-evidence-fraud/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Roebuck |first=Jeremy |date=2020-11-09 |title=Trump campaign moves to bar Pennsylvania from certifying election results in new lawsuit |website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/trump-lawsuit-pennsylvania-election-results-philadelphia-monitors-ballots-mail-boockvar-20201109.html |access-date=2021-01-20 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126164050/https://www.inquirer.com/news/trump-lawsuit-pennsylvania-election-results-philadelphia-monitors-ballots-mail-boockvar-20201109.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=23 October 2020 |title=Trump campaign sues in Nevada to stop Vegas-area vote count |publisher=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/barbara-cegavske-lawsuits-carson-city-elections-las-vegas-8684039e3b82e379591cc745834c952e |access-date=11 April 2021 |archive-date=16 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116052246/https://apnews.com/article/barbara-cegavske-lawsuits-carson-city-elections-las-vegas-8684039e3b82e379591cc745834c952e |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=8 November 2020 |title=Factbox: Trump Sues in Arizona, Court Battles Continue as Biden Wins U.S. Election |website=U.S. News & World Report |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2020-11-08/factbox-trump-sues-in-arizona-court-battles-continue-as-biden-wins-us-election |access-date=2021-04-18 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525154813/https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2020-11-08/factbox-trump-sues-in-arizona-court-battles-continue-as-biden-wins-us-election |url-status=live}}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Breuninger |first1=Kevin |last2=Mangan |first2=Dan |date=1 December 2020 |title=Trump sues to reverse Biden win in Wisconsin |publisher=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/trump-campaign-files-election-lawsuit-in-wisconsin-after-state-declares-biden-won-.html |access-date=11 April 2021 |archive-date=2 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202075218/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/trump-campaign-files-election-lawsuit-in-wisconsin-after-state-declares-biden-won-.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=11 November 2020 |title=Trump campaign sues Michigan to prevent certification of Biden win |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-legal-challenges-michigan-idUSKBN27R2FL |access-date=18 April 2021 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418031127/https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-legal-challenges-michigan-idUSKBN27R2FL |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Martina |first=Michael |date=5 December 2020 |title=Trump campaign files election lawsuit in Georgia, suffers more legal defeats |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-idUSKBN28E37D |access-date=18 April 2021 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418031129/https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-idUSKBN28E37D |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CNBC1">{{cite news |date=2021-01-06 |title=Mike Pence rejects Trump's call to overturn Biden election |publisher=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/06/mike-pence-rejects-trumps-call-to-overturn-biden-election.html |access-date=2021-01-20 |archive-date=14 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114111953/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/06/mike-pence-rejects-trumps-call-to-overturn-biden-election.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Speech" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Peñaloza |first=Marisa |date=6 January 2021 |title=Trump Supporters Clash With Capitol Police At Protest |publisher=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/953616207/diehard-trump-supporters-gather-in-the-nations-capital-to-protest-election-resul |access-date=6 January 2021 |archive-date=6 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106151035/https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/953616207/diehard-trump-supporters-gather-in-the-nations-capital-to-protest-election-resul |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Amenabar |first1=Teddy |last2=Zauzmer |first2=Julie |last3=Davies |first3=Emily |last4=Brice-Saddler |first4=Michael |last5=Ruane |first5=Michael E. |last6=Chason |first6=Rachel |last7=Tan |first7=Rebecca |last8=Olivo |first8=Antonio |last9=Hermann |first9=Peter |display-authors=5 |date=6 January 2021 |title=Live updates: Hundreds storm Capitol barricades; two nearby buildings briefly evacuated; Trump falsely tells thousands he won |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/06/dc-protests-trump-rally-live-updates/ |access-date=6 January 2021 |archive-date=6 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106194011/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/06/dc-protests-trump-rally-live-updates/ |url-status=live}}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspension |title=Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump |website=blog.twitter.com |access-date=9 July 2021 |archive-date=29 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129141251/https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspension |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cnn.com">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/tech/snapchat-trump-ban/index.html |title=Snapchat permanently bans President Trump |first=Brian |last=Fung |website=CNN |date=14 January 2021 |access-date=9 July 2021 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224163737/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/tech/snapchat-trump-ban/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2021/01/26/youtube-ban-former-president-trumps-channel-remain-suspended/4265336001/ |title=YouTube ban: Google extends suspension of former President Trump's channel |first=Mike |last=Snider |website=USA Today |access-date=9 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190435/https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2021/01/26/youtube-ban-former-president-trumps-channel-remain-suspended/4265336001/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Reichert |first=Corinne |date=2021-01-14 |title=Donald Trump impeached a second time |publisher=CNET |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/donald-trump-impeached-following-deadly-riot-at-us-capitol/ |access-date=2021-01-20 |archive-date=13 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113222450/https://www.cnet.com/news/donald-trump-impeached-following-deadly-riot-at-us-capitol/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=20 January 2021 |title=Biden inauguration: New president sworn in amid Trump snub |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55736856 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120145011/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55736856 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-14 |title=Donald Trump acquitted in second impeachment trial |url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/13/donald-trump-acquitted-impeachment-trial |access-date=2021-06-10 |website=Guardian |archive-date=13 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213205340/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/13/donald-trump-acquitted-impeachment-trial |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nyt-8-1">{{Cite news |last1=Feuer |first1=Alan |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |author-link2=Maggie Haberman |date=August 1, 2023 |title=Trump Indictment: Trump 'Spread Lies' in Effort to Cling to Power, Indictment Says |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/01/us/trump-indictment-jan-6 |access-date=August 1, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=1 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801213542/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/01/us/trump-indictment-jan-6 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cnnaug1">{{Cite news |last1=Sneed |first1=Tierney |last2=Lybrand |first2=Holmes |last3=Cohen |first3=Marshall |last4=Cohen |first4=Zachary |last5=Cole |first5=Devan |last6=Rabinowitz |first6=Hannah |last7=Polantz |first7=Katelyn |date=August 1, 2023 |title=Donald Trump has been indicted in special counsel's 2020 election interference probe |publisher=[[CNN]] |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/01/politics/donald-trump-indictment-grand-jury-2020-election/index.html |access-date=August 1, 2023 |archive-date=1 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801220818/https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/01/politics/donald-trump-indictment-grand-jury-2020-election/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba|8th Congress of the Communist Party]]
| {{flag|Cuba}}
| 16–19 April 2021
| At the [[Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba|8th Congress of the Communist Party]], [[Raúl Castro]] officially resigned as the [[First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba|First Secretary]], the most powerful position in [[Cuba]]. [[President of Cuba|Cuban President]] [[Miguel Díaz-Canel]] is officially named First Secretary of the Communist Party following the resignation of [[Raúl Castro]]. He is the first person not of the Castro family to hold the top position since the 1959 [[Cuban Revolution]].
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Cuba's Raul Castro confirms he's stepping down, says he's 'fulfilled his mission' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/cubas-raul-castro-confirms-stepping-head-communist-party-rcna689 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=2021-04-19 |archive-date=21 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421060718/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/cubas-raul-castro-confirms-stepping-head-communist-party-rcna689 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cuba leadership: Díaz-Canel named Communist Party chief |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56802129 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=2021-04-20 |archive-date=13 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113101216/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56802129 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2021 Salvadoran political crisis]]
| {{flag|El Salvador}}
| 1 May 2021
|The [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador]] voted to remove several judges from the [[Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador|Supreme Court]] and remove the [[Attorney General of El Salvador|Attorney General]], both of which had been vocal opponents to the presidency of [[Nayib Bukele]].
|<ref name="CNN2">{{cite web |last=Pozzebon |first=Stefano |date=5 May 2021 |title=What to Know About the Political Drama Raising Fears over El Salvador's Democracy |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/05/americas/el-salvadors-political-crisis-intl-latam/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517185336/https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/05/americas/el-salvadors-political-crisis-intl-latam/index.html |archive-date=17 May 2021 |access-date=17 May 2021 |website=CNN}}</ref>
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| [[Canadian Indian residential school gravesites|2021 Media Reporting on Canadian Indian Residential School Cemeteries]]
| {{flag|Canada}}
| 28 May 2021 –
| ''[[The New York Times]]'' broke the story on a [[Canadian Indian residential school gravesites|Canadian Indian Residential School Cemeteries]] announcement, incorrectly reporting [[Canadian Indian residential school gravesites|a discovery]] of "[[Mass grave|mass graves]]" of Indigenous children at a former school site. Further purported "discoveries" would follow throughout the summer. The reporting sparked international attention and national reckoning, and would help "spawn a new holiday, [[National Day for Truth and Reconciliation|Truth and Reconciliation Day]], [[Visit by Pope Francis to Canada|prompt an official visit by Pope Francis]], and result in Canadian flags being kept at half-mast for a record-breaking five consecutive months.”
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Horowitz |first=Jason |date=July 30, 2022 |title=Francis Calls Abuse of Indigenous People in Canada a 'Genocide' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/world/americas/pope-francis-canada-genocide.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107101356/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/world/americas/pope-francis-canada-genocide.html |archive-date=November 7, 2023 |access-date=October 7, 2023 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":hopper">{{Cite news |last=Hopper |first=Tristin |date=September 6, 2023 |title=FIRST READING: Who started calling residential school burial sites mass graves? |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/first-nations-graves |work=National Post}}</ref><ref name="Glavin-2022">{{Cite news |last=Glavin |first=Terry |date=May 26, 2022 |title=The year of the graves: How the world's media got it wrong on residential school graves |work=[[National Post]] |url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-year-of-the-graves-how-the-worlds-media-got-it-wrong-on-residential-school-graves |access-date=May 28, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-02-28 |title=Justin Trudeau's biggest scandal? The 215 Indigenous children's graves that were never found |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/justin-trudeaus-biggest-scandal-the-215-indigenous-childrens-graves-that-were-never-found/articleshow/118629063.cms |access-date=2025-04-04 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Kevin |title=Canada bishops address ongoing search for Indigenous graves amid calls for greater accuracy |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255374/canada-s-bishops-address-ongoing-search-for-indigenous-graves-amidst-calls-for-accuracy |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=Catholic News Agency |language=en}}</ref>
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| [[2021 Canadian federal election]]
| {{flag|Canada}}
| 20 September 2021
| [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime minister]] [[Justin Trudeau]], leader of the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]], is re-elected in Canada's federal election, continuing as a minority government.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-general-election-results-2021-1.6182364 |title=Canadians have re-elected a Liberal minority government |website=CBC |access-date=2023-01-10 |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120075227/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-general-election-results-2021-1.6182364 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Republicanism in Barbados|Barbados's transition to a republic]]
| {{flag|Barbados}}
| 30 November 2021
|[[Barbados]] became the newest republic in the world on 30 November 2021, its 55th Independence Day, when the already [[2021 Barbadian presidential election|elected]], previous [[Governor-General of Barbados]], [[Sandra Mason]], was sworn into office as the first [[President of Barbados|president]] of the Caribbean country. This ended [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s 55-year tenure as monarch of an independent Barbados, prior to her death in a following year.
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 September 2021 |title=In Barbados, parliament votes to amend constitution, paving the way to republican status |url=http://constitutionnet.org/news/barbados-parliament-votes-amend-constitution-paving-way-republican-status#:~:text=republican%20status%20%7C%20ConstitutionNet-,In%20Barbados%2C%20parliament%20votes%20to%20amend%20constitution%2C%20paving,the%20way%20to%20republican%20status&text=Parliament%20voted%20by%20a%2025,into%20force%20by%20November%2030 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008170938/http://constitutionnet.org/news/barbados-parliament-votes-amend-constitution-paving-way-republican-status#:~:text=republican%20status%20%7C%20ConstitutionNet-,In%20Barbados%2C%20parliament%20votes%20to%20amend%20constitution%2C%20paving,the%20way%20to%20republican%20status&text=Parliament%20voted%20by%20a%2025,into%20force%20by%20November%2030 |archive-date=8 October 2021 |access-date=9 October 2021 |publisher=ConstitutionNet}}</ref>
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|[[2022 Colombian presidential election]]
|{{flag|Colombia}}
|19 June 2022
|Former [[19th of April Movement]] [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla fighter]] and incumbent Senator [[Gustavo Petro]] defeats businessman and former mayor of [[Bucaramanga]], [[Rodolfo Hernández Suárez]], in the second round of the [[2022 Colombian presidential election|presidential election]] and becomes the first [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] [[President of Colombia|President]] in [[Colombia]]n history.
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Marelen Castillo thanks Rodolfo Hernández voters: "their votes have not been in vain" |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2022/06/20/marelen-castillo-agradece-a-votantes-de-rodolfo-hernandez-sus-votos-no-han-sido-en-vano/ |access-date=20 June 2022 |work=Infobae |date=20 June 2022 |language=es |archive-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620074316/https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2022/06/20/marelen-castillo-agradece-a-votantes-de-rodolfo-hernandez-sus-votos-no-han-sido-en-vano/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title="Seré opositora si no se le cumple al pueblo colombiano": Marelen Castillo irá a la Cámara |url=https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/sere-opositora-si-no-se-le-cumple-al-pueblo-colombiano-marelen-castillo-ira-a-la-camara/202218/ |access-date=20 June 2022 |work=Semana |date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815030826/https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/sere-opositora-si-no-se-le-cumple-al-pueblo-colombiano-marelen-castillo-ira-a-la-camara/202218/ |archive-date=15 August 2022 |url-status=live |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pozzebon |first1=Stefano |title=Left-wing candidate and former guerrilla Gustavo Petro wins Colombian presidential race |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/17/americas/gustavo-petro-profile-intl-latam/index.html |access-date=22 June 2022 |work=CNN |date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930114305/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/17/americas/gustavo-petro-profile-intl-latam/index.html |archive-date=30 September 2022 |url-status=live |location=[[Bogotá]]}}</ref>
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|[[2022 Brazilian general election]]
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|3–30 October 2022
|Former president [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] defeats the incumbent president of [[Jair Bolsonaro]] in the second round of the [[2022 Brazilian general election|presidential election]]; he becomes the first elected to three terms and the oldest president in [[Brazil]]ian history.
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ellsworth |first1=Brian |last2=Paraguassu |first2=Lisandra |date=30 October 2022 |title=Lula narrowly defeats Bolsonaro to win Brazil presidency again |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-votes-heated-bolsonaro-vs-lula-presidential-runoff-2022-10-30/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030230629/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-votes-heated-bolsonaro-vs-lula-presidential-runoff-2022-10-30/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lu |first=Christina |date=31 October 2022 |title=Lula Narrowly Defeats Bolsonaro |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/31/brazil-election-lula-bolsonaro-result/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |magazine=Foreign Policy |archive-date=31 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031101337/https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/31/brazil-election-lula-bolsonaro-result/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Camilo Rocha |first1=Vasco |last2=Cotovio |first2=Tara John |date=30 October 2022 |title=Brazil's Lula da Silva wins fiercely contested presidential run-off vote |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/americas/brazil-election-polls-open-intl/index.html |access-date=20 October 2022 |work=CNN |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030143409/https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/americas/brazil-election-polls-open-intl/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Nugent |first=Ciara |date=30 October 2022 |title=Here's How Lula Won Brazil's Most Crucial Vote in Decades |url=https://time.com/6226269/how-lula-won-brazil-election/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |magazine=Time |archive-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113081444/https://time.com/6226269/how-lula-won-brazil-election/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2024 Mexican general election]]
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| 2 June 2024
| [[Claudia Sheinbaum]] of the ruling [[Morena (political party)|Morena]] party becomes the first woman to be elected president in Mexican history.
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| [[2024 Venezuelan presidential election]] and [[2024 Venezuelan political crisis|political crisis]]
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| 28 July 2024
| Presidential elections were held on 28 July 2024 to choose a [[President of Venezuela|president]] for a six-year term beginning on 10 January 2025. The election was politically contentious, with international monitors calling it neither [[Free and fair election|free nor fair]], citing the incumbent [[Cabinet of Venezuela#Cabinet of Nicolás Maduro|Maduro administration]] having controlled most institutions and repressed the [[Venezuelan opposition|political opposition]] before, during, and after the election.  Widely viewed as having won the election, former diplomat [[Edmundo González Urrutia]] fled to asylum in Spain amid repression of dissent and a national and international political crisis that resulted when Venezuelan electoral authorities announced—without presenting any evidence—that [[Nicolás Maduro]] won. Maduro ran for a third consecutive term, while González represented the [[Unitary Platform]] ({{langx|es|Plataforma Unitaria Democrática|italic=no}}; PUD), the main opposition political alliance. In June 2023, the Venezuelan government had barred leading candidate [[María Corina Machado]] from participating. This move was regarded by the opposition as a violation of political human rights and was condemned by international bodies such as the [[Organization of American States]] (OAS), the [[European Union]], and [[Human Rights Watch]], as well as numerous countries. Academics, news outlets and the opposition provided "strong evidence" to suggest that González won the election by a wide margin with the opposition releasing copies of official tally sheets collected by [[poll watchers]] from a majority of polling centers showing a landslide victory for González. The government-controlled [[National Electoral Council (Venezuela)|National Electoral Council]] (CNE) announced [[election fraud|falsified]] results claiming a narrow Maduro victory on 29 July; vote tallies were not provided. The CNE's results were rejected by the [[Carter Center]] and by the OAS, and the [[United Nations]] declared that there was "no precedent in contemporary democratic elections" for announcing a winner without providing tabulated results. Analyses by media sources found the CNE results statistically improbable and lacking in credibility. Protests occurred across the country and internationally, as the Maduro administration initiated [[Operation Tun Tun]], a crackdown on dissent. Some world leaders rejected the CNE's claimed results and recognized González as the election winner, while some other countries, including Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and Cuba recognized Maduro as the winner. Maduro did not cede power, and instead asked the [[Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Venezuela)|Supreme Tribunal of Justice]] (TSJ), composed of justices loyal to Maduro, to audit and approve the results. On 22 August 2024, as anticipated, the TSJ described the CNE's statement of Maduro winning the election as "validated". The supreme court ruling was rejected by [[the United States]], [[the European Union]] and ten Latin American countries. An arrest warrant was issued on 2 September 2024 for González for the alleged crimes of "usurpation of functions, falsification of public documents, instigation to disobey the law, conspiracy and association." After seeking asylum in the Spanish Embassy in Caracas, González left for Spain on 7 September 2024.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/07/26/nx-s1-5051813/venezuela-election-nicolas-maduro-opposition-edmundo-gonzalez |publisher=[[NPR]] |title=What to know about Venezuela's election, as Maduro faces stiff opposition |date=26 July 2024 |first1=John |last1=Otis |first2=Carrie |last2=Kahn |access-date=29 July 2024 |archive-date=28 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728210202/https://www.npr.org/2024/07/26/nx-s1-5051813/venezuela-election-nicolas-maduro-opposition-edmundo-gonzalez |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Barrons.com">{{Cite web |title=Venezuela Will Hold Presidential Elections On July 28: Official |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/venezuela-will-hold-presidential-elections-on-july-28-official-fdbedc52 |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Barrons.com |language=en-US |archive-date=11 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611051359/https://www.barrons.com/news/venezuela-will-hold-presidential-elections-on-july-28-official-fdbedc52 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Glatsky-2024">{{Cite news |last=Glatsky |first=Genevieve |date=31 July 2024 |title=Venezuela's Election Was Deeply Flawed. Here's How. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/world/americas/venezuela-election-vote-flaws.html |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |quote=It had already been clear for months that Venezuela's presidential election on Sunday, would not be free or fair, as the government jailed opposition leaders or disqualified them from running for office, and prevented millions of Venezuelans abroad from voting. |archive-date=2 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802012211/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/world/americas/venezuela-election-vote-flaws.html |url-status=live}}</ref> 
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|[[2024 United States presidential election]]
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|5 November 2024
|The 60th United States presidential election was held on 5 November 2024. [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] and former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice-president]] [[Joe Biden]] initially planned to run against [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] and former [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]], in a rematch of the [[2020 United States presidential election]]. In the aftermath of a much-criticised debate performance against Trump in June 2024, and far behind Trump in the polls, Biden was pressured to drop out of the race. Vice President [[Kamala Harris]] took his place as the Democratic nominee, bypassing the usual primary process. Polling narrowed in the months leading up to election day, with the race too close to call across swing states and the country at large. Trump emerged the clear winner on election night, winning the popular vote and a clear majority of electoral college votes. Harris refused to concede on election night after it had become clear Trump had won the electoral college and popular vote. However, the following day, she conceded and acknowledged that Trump had won the election. This was the second of two elections won by Trump, the first being in [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]] against [[Hillary Clinton]], preceding his defeat by Biden in 2020.
|<ref name="Peoples & Barrow 2024">{{cite web |last1=Peoples |first1=Steve |last2=Barrow |first2=Bill |date=November 6, 2024 |title=Election takeaways: Trump's decisive victory in a deeply divided nation |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-harris-presidential-election-takeaways-d0e4677f4cd53b4d2d8d18d674be5bf4 |access-date=November 11, 2024 |website=AP News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=November 10, 2024 |title=Trump wins Arizona, sweeping all seven battleground states, Edison Research says |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-wins-arizona-sweeping-all-seven-battleground-states-edison-research-says-2024-11-10/ |access-date=November 11, 2024 |work=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/states-trump-won-flipped-2024/ |title=See which states Trump won in the 2024 election that he didn't win in 2020 |last1=Maguire |first1=Patrick |date=November 9, 2024 |access-date=November 16, 2024 |work=CBS News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Manchester |first=Julia |date=January 29, 2023 |title=Republicans see education as winning issue in 2024 |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3833724-republicans-see-education-as-winning-issue-in-2024/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129170545/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3833724-republicans-see-education-as-winning-issue-in-2024/ |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |access-date=July 9, 2023 |work=The Hill}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wolf |first=Zachary B. |date=November 9, 2024 |title=Analysis: Trump's win was real but not a landslide. Here's where it ranks |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/09/politics/donald-trump-election-what-matters/index.html |access-date=November 12, 2024 |website=CNN}}</ref>
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|[[Death and state funeral of Jimmy Carter|Death and state funeral]] of [[Jimmy Carter]] 
|{{flag|United States}}
|29 December 2024
|The 39th [[president of the United States]] died at the age of 100 years and 89 days. Carter was the [[List of presidents of the United States by age|longest-lived U.S. president in history]] and the first president to reach the [[Centenarian|age of 100]].
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Kevin |last2=Walsh |first2=Edward |date=December 29, 2024 |title=Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/12/29/jimmy-carter-president-dead/ |access-date=December 29, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jimmy-carter-death-news-12-29-24#cm5a935bu002m3b6m00ika2nl |title=President Joe Biden says America lost a "remarkable leader" in Jimmy Carter |date=December 29, 2024 |last=Forrest |first=Jack |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=December 29, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Humayun |first1=Hira |last2=Rios |first2=Michael |date=2024-12-30 |title=How world leaders are reacting to Jimmy Carter's death |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/29/americas/jimmy-carter-death-world-leaders-react-intl-latam/index.html |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-carter-funeral-plains-georgia-39d9be789f75b477b34fccdc2531238c |title=Jimmy Carter's flag-draped casket is on its way to Atlanta as 39th president's state funeral begins |first1=Kate |last1=Payne |first2=Bill |last2=Barrow |publisher=AP News |date=January 4, 2024 |access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/01/07/jimmy-carter-lie-in-state-us-capitol/ |title=Congress pays respects to Jimmy Carter as he lies in state at U.S. Capitol |date=January 7, 2025 |work=WashingtonPost.com |access-date=2025-01-07}}</ref>
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|[[2024–2025 Canadian political crisis]]
|{{flag|Canada}}
|16 December 2024 – 6 January 2025
|A [[political crisis]] emerged in Canada after [[Chrystia Freeland]], the [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|minister of finance]] and [[Deputy Prime Minister of Canada|deputy prime minister]], resigned from [[Cabinet of Canada|Cabinet]] on 16 December 2024. [[Justin Trudeau]], the Prime Minister of Canada, announced his resignation on 6 January 2025. Although no specific reason was given for the resignation, it was widely interpreted as a response to the loss of confidence of his own [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]], low public approval ratings, and growing polls for the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservatives]] leading to the [[2025 Canadian federal election|federal election]]. Many MP's cited concerns about reckless spending and an inadequate response on Trudeau's part to the threat of [[Movements for the annexation of Canada to the United States#Trump's proposals for Canada|the annexation of Canada to the United States]] and economic pressures proposed by incoming U.S. president [[Donald Trump]]. 
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Major |first=Darren |date=16 December 2024 |title=Chrystia Freeland's unexpected resignation sparks stunned reactions from all sides |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/politicians-react-freeland-resignation-1.7411497 |website=CBC News |access-date=16 December 2024 |archive-date=16 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216195841/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/politicians-react-freeland-resignation-1.7411497 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Maimann |first1=Kevin |last2=Schmunk |first2=Rhianna |date=6 January 2025 |title=Parliament is prorogued. Here's what that mean |publisher=[[CBC News]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/prorogue-parliament-canada-meaning-1.7412120 |access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chowdhury |first=Sana Noor Haq, Maureen |date=2025-01-06 |title=Canada's PM Justin Trudeau announces resignation |url=https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/canada-justin-trudeau-resignation-01-06-25/index.html |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election]] and [[2025 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal election]]
|{{flag|Canada}}
|9 March – 28 April 2025
|A prelude to the [[2025 Canadian federal election|federal election]] began when former [[Governor of the Bank of Canada]] [[Mark Carney]] won a landslide victory in the Liberal Party leader election with over 85%. This margin of victory would even surpass outgoing Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]]'s 2013 margin in vote share, points, and ridings. He became Prime Minister five days later, succeeded Trudeau after nine years of premiership, and is expected to lead the party into the federal election. Two weeks later after the leadership election, Prime Minister Carney called an election on 28 April 2025, due to the threats from Donald Trump. He was re-elected in the federal election, defeating his [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] opponent [[Pierre Poilievre]].
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory/liberal-leadership-race-mark-carney-elected-in-a-landslide-9.6678061|title=Liberal leadership race: Mark Carney elected in a landslide|publisher=[[CBC News]]|date=March 9, 2025|access-date=March 9, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last3=Hahn |first1=Rachel |last1=Aiello |first2=Mary |last2=Nersessian |first3=Phil |date=March 9, 2025 |title=Results are in, Mark Carney wins Liberal leadership race. Follow for live updates. |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/results-are-in-mark-carney-wins-liberal-leadership-race-follow-for-live-updates/ |access-date=March 9, 2025 |website=CTVNews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tunney |first=Catharine |date=March 9, 2025 |title=In landslide win, Liberal Party chooses Mark Carney as new leader and next PM |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-pary-leadership-winner-1.7476359 |website=[[CBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Cecco |first=Leyland |date=23 March 2025 |title=Canada to head to polls as Mark Carney calls snap election for 28 April |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/23/canada-to-head-to-polls-as-mark-carney-calls-snap-election-for-28-april |access-date=24 March 2025 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Cecco |first=Leyland |date=April 29, 2025 |title=Canada's liberal party, led by Mark Carney, secures election victory after dramatic reversal of fortune |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/29/canada-election-result-liberal-win-mark-carney-anti-trump |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>
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File:2021 storming of the United States Capitol DSC09254-2 (50820534063) (retouched).jpg|On 6 January 2021, the [[6 January United States Capitol attack|U.S. Capitol attack]] occurred two weeks before [[Joe Biden]] was sworn into office. The event resulted in the [[Second impeachment of Donald Trump]] and a group of [[Public hearings of the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack|televised public hearings]].

File:P20241113CS-0503 (cropped).jpg|The 2020s saw the U.S. presidency alternate from [[Donald Trump]] to [[Joe Biden]] in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]], followed by Trump's successful re-election in [[2024 United States presidential election|2024]]; both the [[List of presidents of the United States by age|oldest presidents]] served during the decade. Trump is the second president elected to nonconsecutive terms (following [[Grover Cleveland]] in [[1884 United States presidential election|1884]] and [[1892 United States presidential election|1892]]).

File:Former President Donald Trump paying respect to Corey Comperatore (53887491621).jpg|[[Donald Trump]], who survived an attempted assassination in [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] in July 2024. This image shows Donald Trump paying respect to Corey Comperatore's firefighter uniform; he lost his life in the assassination attempt.

File:Machado y González protestando contra el fraude presidencial en Venezuela de 2024.jpg|[[María Corina Machado]] and [[Edmundo González]] along with his wife, addressing supporters in Caracas following the [[2024 Venezuelan political crisis|2024 presidential election results]]. Incumbent [[Nicolás Maduro]] secured a third term in an election widely criticized as neither [[Free and fair election|free or fair]], given the [[Cabinet of Venezuela#Cabinet of Nicolás Maduro|Maduro administration]] having controlled most institutions and repressed the [[Venezuelan opposition|political opposition]] before and during the election.

File:Jimmy Carter lay-in state at U.S. Capitol.jpg|Former US president [[Jimmy Carter]] lay in repose at the [[United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol]], [[Washington D.C.]] He was the [[List of presidents of the United States by age|longest-lived U.S. president in history]] and the first president to reach the [[Centenarian|age of 100]].

File:Starmer and Carney 2025-03-17-18-44.jpg|[[Mark Carney]] became [[Prime Minister of Canada]], after he won a landslide victory at the [[2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election]] and re-elected at the [[2025 Canadian federal election|federal election]], since [[Justin Trudeau]] resigned after nine years of premiership.
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