Editing 2010s (section)

===Prominent political events===

====Coups====
{{Main|List of coups d'état and coup attempts since 2010}}
''[[Coup d'état|Coups d'état]]'' against ruling governments during the decade include:

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! Event
! Date
! Country
! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
| [[2010 Nigerien coup d'état|Nigerien coup d'état]]
| 18 February 2010
| {{flag|Niger}}
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8523573.stm |title=Niger's junta takeover condemned |date=19 February 2010 |work=BBC News |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=21 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121225643/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8523573.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2012 Malian coup d'état|Malian coup d'état]]
| 21 March 2012
| {{flag|Mali}}
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/world/africa/mali-coup-france-calls-for-elections.html |title=Soldiers Overthrow Mali Government in Setback for Democracy in Africa |date=22 March 2012 |first=Adam |last=Nossiter |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=23 August 2017 |archive-date=30 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330031937/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/world/africa/mali-coup-france-calls-for-elections.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état|Guinea-Bissau coup d'état]]
| 12 April 2012
| {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}
|<ref>{{cite news |first=Adam |last=Nossiter |title=Guinea-Bissau Premier, Election Front-Runner, Is Deposed in a Coup |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/14/world/africa/guinea-bissau-coup-removes-presidential-front-runner.html |date=13 April 2012 |access-date=23 August 2017 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507222720/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/14/world/africa/guinea-bissau-coup-removes-presidential-front-runner.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état|Egyptian coup d'état]]
| 3 July 2013
| {{flag|Egypt}}
|<ref>{{cite news |first=David D. |last=Kirkpatrick |title=Army Ousts Egypt's President; Morsi Is Taken into Military Custody |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/world/middleeast/egypt.html |date=4 July 2013 |author-link=David D. Kirkpatrick |access-date=23 August 2017 |archive-date=4 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704010457/http://www.nytimes.com//2013//07//04//world//middleeast//egypt.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2014 Thai coup d'état|Thai coup d'état]]
| 22 May 2014
| {{flag|Thailand}}
|<ref>{{cite news |first=Thomas |last=Fuller |title=Thailand's Military Stages Coup, Thwarting Populist Movement |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/23/world/asia/thailand-military-coup.html |date=22 May 2014 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=12 June 2017 |archive-date=10 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510070451/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/23/world/asia/thailand-military-coup.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Houthi takeover in Yemen|Yemeni coup d'état]]
| 21 September 2014
| {{flag|Yemen}}
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://yemenobserver.com/front-page/1208-houthis-start-three-day-conference-in-capital.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150216083216/http://yemenobserver.com/front-page/1208-houthis-start-three-day-conference-in-capital.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 February 2015 |author=Saif Saleh Al-Oliby |title=Houthis Start Three Day Conference in Capital |date=1 February 2015 |website=Yemen Observer |access-date=15 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt|Turkish coup d'état attempt]]
| 15 July 2016
| {{flag|Turkey}}
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/23/world/middleeast/failed-turkish-coup-accelerated-a-purge-years-in-the-making.html |first1=Ben |last1=Hubbard |first2=Tim |last2=Argano |first3=Ceylan |last3=Yeginsu |title=Failed Turkish Coup Accelerated a Purge Years in the Making |newspaper=The New York Times |date=22 July 2016 |access-date=30 August 2017 |archive-date=25 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525010248/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/23/world/middleeast/failed-turkish-coup-accelerated-a-purge-years-in-the-making.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état|Zimbabwean coup d'état]]
| 14 November 2017
| {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42071488 |title=Zimbabwe's President Mugabe resigns |date=21 November 2017 |work=BBC News |access-date=23 January 2019 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506045027/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42071488 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2019 Gabonese coup d'état attempt|Gabon coup d'état attempt]]
| 7 January 2019
| {{flag|Gabon}}
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/gabon-coup-detat-president-ali-bongo-military-opposition-a4032231.html |first=Tom |last=Herbert |title=Gabon coup d'etat explained: Why is President Ali Bongo facing military opposition? |date=7 January 2019 |access-date=19 February 2019 |archive-date=13 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413235525/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/gabon-coup-detat-president-ali-bongo-military-opposition-a4032231.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2019 Sudanese coup d'état|Sudanese coup d'état]]
| 11 April 2019
| {{flag|Sudan}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47891470 |title=Sudan military coup topples Bashir |work=BBC News |date=11 April 2019 |access-date=12 April 2019 |archive-date=22 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522191935/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47891470 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt|Amhara coup d'état attempt]]
| 22 June 2019
| {{flag|Ethiopia}}
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Ethiopia army chief shot dead in 'coup bid' attacks |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48734572 |work=[[BBC World News]] |date=23 June 2019 |access-date=23 June 2019 |quote=Gen Asaminew openly advised the Amhara people this month to arm themselves, in a video spread on Facebook and seen by a Reuters reporter. |archive-date=23 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223173233/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48734572 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

The following tables of events is listed by the region and by chronological order. The prominent political events include, but are not limited to:

====Africa====
{{Further|Category:2010s in Africa}}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! style="width:200px;"| Event
! Country
! style="width:120px;"| Date
! Description
! References
|-
| [[2011 South Sudanese independence referendum]]
| {{flag|South Sudan}}
| 9 July 2011
| A referendum was held in [[Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (2005–11)|Southern Sudan]] on whether the region should remain part of [[Sudan]]. An overwhelming majority voted in favour of separation and formed the new country of [[South Sudan]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/topstories/2011-01-30-2052877353_x.htm |title=Over 99 pct in Southern Sudan vote for secession |website=USA Today |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120053649/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/topstories/2011-01-30-2052877353_x.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Death and state funeral of Nelson Mandela|Death of Nelson Mandela]]
| {{flag|South Africa}}
| 5 December 2013
| [[Nelson Mandela]], anti-apartheid activist and President of [[South Africa]] from 1994 to 1999, died at the age of 95.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-25249520 |title=South Africa's Nelson Mandela dies in Johannesburg |work=BBC News |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102094646/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-25249520 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2014 Tunisian presidential election]]
| {{flag|Tunisia}}
| 21 November 2014
| [[Beji Caid Essebsi]] won the first regular presidential election following the Tunisian revolution against outgoing president [[Moncef Marzouki]]. He became Tunisia's fifth [[President of Tunisia|president]] and first freely elected head of state in the Arab world.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/tunisias-president-beji-caid-essebsi-dies-at-age-92/2019/07/25/ca47abaa-98fa-11e9-a027-c571fd3d394d_story.html |title=Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi dies at 92 |last1=Parker |first1=Claire |last2=Fahim |first2=Kareem |date=25 July 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=25 July 2019 |archive-date=10 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810202733/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/tunisias-president-beji-caid-essebsi-dies-at-age-92/2019/07/25/ca47abaa-98fa-11e9-a027-c571fd3d394d_story.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2015 Nigerian general election]]
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| 29 March 2015
| [[Muhammadu Buhari]] was elected [[President of Nigeria]], the first time the opposition ever won an election against an incumbent and the first ever [[peaceful transition of power|peaceful transfer of power]] in the country.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/11507102/Muhammadu-Buhari-claims-victory-in-Nigerias-presidential-elections.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/11507102/Muhammadu-Buhari-claims-victory-in-Nigerias-presidential-elections.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Muhammadu Buhari claims victory in Nigeria's presidential elections |website=The Telegraph |date=31 March 2015 |last1=Freeman |first1=Colin |access-date=20 June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
| [[2016 Gambian presidential election]]
| {{flag|Gambia}}
| 1 December 2016
| [[Adama Barrow]] was elected President of [[The Gambia]], defeating long-time President [[Yahya Jammeh]] and ending more than 22 years of authoritarian rule.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/02/the-gambia-president-jammeh-concede-defeat-in-election |title=The Gambia's President Jammeh to concede defeat in election |last=Graham-Harrison |first=Ruth Maclean Emma |date=2 December 2016 |newspaper=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077 |access-date=2 December 2016 |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116194110/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/02/the-gambia-president-jammeh-concede-defeat-in-election |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Resignation of [[Jacob Zuma]]
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|14 February 2018
|[[Jacob Zuma]] resigns as [[President of South Africa]], after nine years in power.
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Zuma bows to party pressure and quits |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43066443 |work=BBC News |date=15 February 2018 |access-date=13 July 2018 |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116030647/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43066443 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Resignation of [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]]
|{{flag|Algeria}}
|2 April 2019
|[[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] resigns as [[President of Algeria]] amid [[2019 Algerian protests|widespread protests]], after nearly two decades in office.
|<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/02/algeria-latest-news-president-abdelaziz-bouteflika-resigns |title=Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns after 20 years |date=2 April 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=2 April 2019 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402200757/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/02/algeria-latest-news-president-abdelaziz-bouteflika-resigns |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Khartoum massacre]]
|{{flag|Sudan}}
|3 June 2019
|Security forces of the [[Transitional Military Council (2019)|Transitional Military Council]], the [[military junta]] ruling Sudan following the ousting of Omar al-Bashir, massacre over 100 people at a [[sit-in]] protest amid [[2018–19 Sudanese protests|mass protests]] in Khartoum. The massacre prompts the [[African Union]] to suspend Sudan's participation until civilian rule is reestablished in the country.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/05/africa/sudan-death-toll-intl/index.html |title=Sudan death roll rises to 100 as bodies found in Nile, say doctors |first1=Kareem |last1=Khadder |first2=Julia |last2=Hollingsworth |work=CNN |access-date=6 June 2019 |archive-date=13 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613001955/https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/05/africa/sudan-death-toll-intl/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN1T71NM-OZATP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606142714/https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN1T71NM-OZATP |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 June 2019 |title=African Union suspends Sudan, demands civilian administration |date=6 June 2019 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=6 June 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[2019 Tunisian presidential election]]
| {{flag|Tunisia}}
| 13 October 2019
| Conservative academic [[Kais Saied]] wins more than 70% of the votes, defeating businessman [[Nabil Karoui]]. He became Tunisia's sixth [[President of Tunisia|president]] and second freely elected head of state in the Arab world.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/14/tunisia-election-exit-polls-point-to-landslide-win-for-robocop-kais-saied |title=Tunisia election: 'Robocop' Kais Saied wins presidential runoff |date=14 October 2019 |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
|}

====Americas====
{{Further|Category:2010s in North America|Category:2010s in South America}}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! style="width:200px;"| Event
! Country
! style="width:120px;"| Date
! Description
! References
|-
| [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]]
| {{flag|United States}}
| 23 March 2010
| President [[Barack Obama]] signs the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] into law, marking a major reform of the [[Health insurance in the United States|U.S. health insurance]] and [[Health care in the United States|health care systems]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/health/policy/24health.html |title=Obama Signs Health Care Overhaul into Law |last1=Stolberg |first1=Sheryl Gay |date=23 March 2010 |last2=Pear |first2=Robert |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=13 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513160854/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/health/policy/24health.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2010 Brazilian presidential election]]
| {{flag|Brazil}}
| 31 October 2010
| [[Dilma Rousseff]] was elected as the first female [[President of Brazil]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-11662623 |title=Brazil elects Dilma Rousseff as first female president |work=BBC News |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=17 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117021800/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-11662623 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2010 United States elections|2010 Midterm elections]] and [[Tea Party movement]]
| {{flag|United States}}
| 2 November 2010
| [[Republican Party (United States)|The Republicans]] become the dominant party with a majority of the seats in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] and gain seats in the [[U.S. Senate]]. This was seen as due to a tide of [[Libertarian]] support amongst the U.S. populace exemplified in the Tea Party.
|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://journalistsresource.org/studies/politics/elections/tea-party-movement-2010-midterm-elections/ |title=Impact of the Tea Party movement on the 2010 election |date=6 July 2011 |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-date=9 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809225219/https://journalistsresource.org/studies/politics/elections/tea-party-movement-2010-midterm-elections/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2011 Canadian federal election]]
| {{flag|Canada}}
| 2 May 2011
| [[Stephen Harper]], leader of the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative Party]], is re-elected in Canada's federal election, with a majority government.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/03/canadian-election-conservatives-win-majority-stephen-harper |title=Canada's Conservatives in crushing election victory |website=The Guardian |access-date=3 May 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[2011 Argentine general election]]
| {{flag|Argentina}}
| 23 October 2011
| [[Front for Victory]] candidate and President [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner]] wins a second term as [[President of Argentina]], defeating Socialist candidate [[Hermes Binner]] by 54% of votes.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/45006572 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717154154/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/45006572 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 July 2020 |title=Argentine president wins landslide re-election |work=NBC News}}</ref>
|-
| [[Impeachment of Fernando Lugo]]
| {{flag|Paraguay}}
| 22 June 2012
| On 21 June the [[Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay|Chamber of Deputies]] voted 76 to 1 to impeach Lugo, and the [[Senate of Paraguay|Senate]] removed him from office the following day, by 39 votes to 4, resulting in Vice President [[Federico Franco]], who had broken with Lugo, becoming president.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-paraguay-lugo/paraguays-lugo-says-only-miracle-can-reinstate-him-idUSBRE85P1BQ20120626 |title=Paraguay's Lugo says only miracle can reinstate him |last=Desantis |first=Daniela |publisher=Reuters |access-date=26 June 2018 |archive-date=6 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106181445/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-paraguay-lugo/paraguays-lugo-says-only-miracle-can-reinstate-him-idUSBRE85P1BQ20120626 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2012 Mexican general election]]
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| 1 July 2012
| [[Enrique Peña Nieto]] won the Mexican general election, bringing the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]] back to prominence for the first time since 2000.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-jul-02-la-fg-mexico-presidential-election-20120702-story.html |title=Enrique Peña Nieto wins Mexico's presidency, early results show |last1=Ellingwood |first1=Ken |date=2 July 2012 |last2=Wilkinson |first2=Tracy |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |issn=0458-3035 |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=28 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728001140/https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-jul-02-la-fg-mexico-presidential-election-20120702-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2012 United States presidential election]]
| {{flag|United States}}
| 6 November 2012
| [[Barack Obama]] was re-elected President of the United States, defeating Republican nominee [[Mitt Romney]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/after-grueling-campaign-polls-open-for-election-day-2012/2012/11/06/d1c24c98-2802-11e2-b4e0-346287b7e56c_story.html |title=Obama reelected as president |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=17 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417162701/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/after-grueling-campaign-polls-open-for-election-day-2012/2012/11/06/d1c24c98-2802-11e2-b4e0-346287b7e56c_story.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Death of Hugo Chávez]]
| {{flag|Venezuela}}
| 5 March 2013
| [[Venezuela]]n President [[Hugo Chávez]] died at the age of 58 after governing the country for 14 years.
|<ref>{{cite news |first=Simon |last=Romero |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/world/americas/hugo-chavez-venezuelas-polarizing-leader-dies-at-58.html |title=Hugo Chávez, 1954–2013: A Polarising Figure Who Led a Movement |date=6 March 2014 |author-link=Simon Romero}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Obergefell v. Hodges]]''
| {{flag|United States}}
| 26 June 2015
| [[Same-sex marriage in the United States|Same-sex marriage]] was legalised in all 50 U.S. states due to a landmark decision by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage.html |title=Supreme Court Ruling Makes Same-Sex Marriage a Right Nationwide |last=Liptak |first=Adam |date=26 June 2015 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=16 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516211629/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2015 Canadian federal election]]
| {{flag|Canada}}
| 19 October 2015
| The [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]], led by [[Justin Trudeau]], won Canada's federal election, defeating the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative Party]] in the country's longest election in a century.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/canadian-election-2015-liberals-jump-to-early-lead-as-polls-close-in-newfoundland-and-labrador |title=Canadian election 2015 hands Justin Trudeau and the Liberals a majority government |website=National Post |date=20 October 2015 |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=21 October 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20151021190747/http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/canadian-election-2015-liberals-jump-to-early-lead-as-polls-close-in-newfoundland-and-labrador |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2015 Argentine general election]]
| {{flag|Argentina}}
| 22 November 2015
| [[Juntos por el Cambio|Cambiemos]] candidate and Buenos Aires Mayor [[Mauricio Macri]] became the [[President of Argentina]], defeating [[Front for Victory]] candidate [[Daniel Scioli]] via ballotage by 51% of votes
|
|-
| [[2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election]]
| {{flag|Venezuela}}
| 6 December 2015
| The [[Democratic Unity Roundtable]] (MUD) won majority seats of the [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|Venezuelan National Assembly]], defeating the ruling [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela]] (PSUV) and its wider alliance, the [[Great Patriotic Pole]] (GPP) for the first time since 1999.
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dreier |first1=Hannah |title=Venezuela's Opposition Wins Control of National Assembly |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/venezuelas-opposition-wins-control-national-assembly-35616983 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=7 December 2015 |access-date=7 December 2015 |archive-date=20 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220205248/http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/venezuelas-opposition-wins-control-national-assembly-35616983 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff]]
| {{flag|Brazil}}
| 12 May 2016
| The [[Senate of Brazil|Brazilian Senate]] votes to open the impeachment process against [[President of Brazil|President]] [[Dilma Rousseff]] and suspend her from office while the trial takes place, as the [[Vice President of Brazil|Vice President]], [[Michel Temer]], assumes the presidential powers and duties as Acting President of [[Brazil]].
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Brazil's Dilma Rousseff to face impeachment trial |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36273916 |work=BBC News |access-date=12 May 2016 |archive-date=13 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113235031/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36273916 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2016 United States presidential election]]
| {{flag|United States}}
| 8 November 2016
| Republican nominee [[Donald Trump]] was elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating former U.S. Secretary of State and Democratic nominee [[Hillary Clinton]]. He became the first President without prior diplomatic or military experience.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://time.com/4563685/donald-trump-wins/ |title=Donald Trump Wins the 2016 Election |magazine=Time |access-date=9 November 2016 |archive-date=24 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224084854/https://time.com/4563685/donald-trump-wins/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Stephen |last=Collinson |title=Trump becomes 45th President of the United States |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/donald-trump-inauguration-highlights/index.html |work=CNN |access-date=16 December 2018 |archive-date=12 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412043240/https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/donald-trump-inauguration-highlights/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Death of [[Fidel Castro]]
| {{flag|Cuba}}
| 25 November 2016
| Former [[First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba]] and revolutionary leader [[Fidel Castro]] died at the age of 90.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38114953 |title=Cuba's Fidel Castro, former president, dies aged 90 |work=BBC News |access-date=21 July 2018 |archive-date=14 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114053634/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38114953 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis]]
| {{flag|Venezuela}}
| 29 March 2017
| The [[Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Venezuela)|Supreme Tribunal of Justice]] of [[Venezuela]] took over legislative powers of the [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]] and removed its members' immunity, most of whom belonged to [[Democratic Unity Roundtable|the opposition]]. The decision was reversed a few days later following domestic and international condemnation of the court's actions. 
|<ref>{{cite news |title=As Venezuela unrest spreads, Maduro presses on with plans to rewrite charter |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-idUSKBN18J320 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=24 May 2017 |access-date=24 May 2017 |archive-date=24 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524160706/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-idUSKBN18J320 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2017–present Peruvian political crisis]]
| {{flag|Peru}}
| 15 September 2017–present
| Peruvian President [[Pedro Pablo Kuczynski]] was [[First impeachment of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski|impeached]] and later resigned. His successor Martín Vizcarra was removed by congress and appointed Vice President [[Mercedes Aráoz]] as interim president, moves that were largely seen as illegitimate.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/01/perus-president-dissolves-congress-to-push-through-anti-corruption-reforms |title=Peru's president dissolves Congress to push through anti-corruption reforms |date=1 October 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]] |issn=0261-3077 |access-date=1 October 2019 |archive-date=7 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207120024/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/01/perus-president-dissolves-congress-to-push-through-anti-corruption-reforms |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Inauguration of [[Miguel Díaz-Canel]]
| {{flag|Cuba}}
| 19 April 2018
| [[Miguel Díaz-Canel]] is sworn in as President of the [[Council of State (Cuba)|State Council of Cuba]], marking the first time since 1959 that Cuba has had a [[Prime Minister of Cuba|prime minister]] or a [[President of Cuba|president]] other than [[Fidel Castro|Fidel]] or [[Raúl Castro]].
|
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| [[2018 Mexican general election]]
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| 1 July 2018
| [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] won the historic Mexican general election, bringing the [[National Regeneration Movement]] for new prominence for the first time without any political rule like [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]] and [[National Action Party (Mexico)|National Action Party]].
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| [[2018 Brazilian general election]]
| {{flag|Brazil}}
| 28 October 2018
| [[Jair Bolsonaro]] was elected [[President of Brazil]], marking the first time that the country is ruled by the right since the start of the [[History of Brazil since 1985|New Republic]] in 1985. The election also interrupted 4 victories of the [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]] in a row.
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Jair Bolsonaro é eleito presidente e interrompe série de vitórias do PT |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/10/28/jair-bolsonaro-e-eleito-presidente-e-interrompe-serie-de-vitorias-do-pt.ghtml |date=28 October 2018 |work=Eleições 2018 |language=pt-BR |access-date=29 November 2019 |archive-date=29 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029020150/https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/10/28/jair-bolsonaro-e-eleito-presidente-e-interrompe-serie-de-vitorias-do-pt.ghtml |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Death of George H. W. Bush]]
| {{flag|United States}}
| 30 November 2018
| [[George H. W. Bush]], former president of United States from 1989 to 1993 and former vice president, from 1981 to 1989, dies at the age of 94.
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|[[Venezuelan presidential crisis]]
| {{flag|Venezuela}}
| 10 January 2019
| On 10 January 2019, the opposition-majority [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]] declared that incumbent [[Nicolás Maduro]]'s [[2018 Venezuelan presidential election|2018 reelection]] was invalid and declared its president, [[Juan Guaidó]], to be [[acting president]] of the nation. Maduro's government states that the crisis is a "''[[coup d'état]]'' led by the [[United States]] to topple him and control [[Oil reserves in Venezuela|the country's oil reserves]]."
|{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
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| [[2019 Canadian federal election]]
| {{flag|Canada}}
| 21 October 2019
| [[Justin Trudeau]], leader of the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]], is re-elected in Canada's federal election, albeit with a minority government.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/22/canada-elections-justin-trudeau-wins-narrow-victory-to-form-minority-government |title=Canada elections: Trudeau wins narrow victory to form minority government |website=The Guardian |access-date=5 November 2019}}</ref>
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| [[2019 Argentine general election]]
| {{flag|Argentina}}
| 27 October 2019
| Peronist candidate [[Alberto Fernández]] of [[Frente de Todos (2019 coalition)|Frente de Todos]] is elected President of Argentina, defeating President [[Mauricio Macri]] of [[Juntos por el Cambio]] by 48% of votes.
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| [[2019 Bolivian political crisis]]
| {{flag|Bolivia}}
| 10 November 2019
| Bolivian president [[Evo Morales]] resigns following 19 days of protests after the disputed [[2019 Bolivian general election]] and following calls for his resignation by the military.
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Bolivian President Evo Morales resigns amid election protests |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50370013 |work=BBC News |access-date=12 November 2019 |archive-date=25 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191125054606/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50370013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[First impeachment of Donald Trump|First Impeachment of Donald Trump]]
| {{flag|United States}}
| 18 December 2019
| United States president [[Donald Trump]] is impeached by the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] on charges of [[abuse of power]] and [[Contempt of Congress|obstruction of Congress]].
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fandos |first1=Nicholas |last2=Shear |first2=Michael D. |title=Trump Impeached for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress – Voting nearly along party lines, the House approved two articles of impeachment against President Trump, making him the third president in history to face removal by the Senate. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/18/us/politics/trump-impeached.html |date=18 December 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=18 December 2019 |archive-date=18 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218190005/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/18/us/politics/trump-impeached.html |url-status=live}}</ref> 
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|[[File:Miguel Díaz-Canel and Narendra Modi.jpg|thumb|[[Miguel Díaz-Canel]] (left) with [[Prime Minister of India|Indian Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]] in March 2015. Díaz-Canel became the first [[President of Cuba|president]] of [[Cuba]] not to be of the [[History of Cuba#Castro's Cuba (1959 - 2006)|Castro family]] since [[Osvaldo Dorticós]]]]
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|[[File:Donald Trump star Hollywood Walk of Fame.JPG|thumb|[[Donald Trump]], [[Media career of Donald Trump|a celebrity]] ([[Donald Trump filmography|filmography]]) and [[Business career of Donald Trump|businessman]], became president of the United States in 2017. Trump was the first U.S. president without prior military or government experience. Had Hillary Clinton been elected in 2016, she would have been the United States' first female president. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in 2016, but did not win the electoral college.]]
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====Asia====
{{Further|Category:2010s in Asia}}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! style="width:200px;"| Event
! Country
! style="width:120px;"| Date
! Description
! References
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| [[2010 Myanmar general election]]
| {{flag|Myanmar}}
| 7 November 2010
| [[Thein Sein]] was elected President of [[Myanmar]], the first civilian President of the country since 1962.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-12362745 |title=Burma ex-Prime Minister Thein Sein named new president |work=BBC News |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130100216/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-12362745 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Death of [[Kim Jong-il]]
| {{flag|North Korea}}
| 17 December 2011
| Supreme Leader [[Kim Jong-il]] of [[North Korea]] died after governing the country for 17 years. His son, [[Kim Jong-un]], succeeded him.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-19/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-il-dead/3738526 |title=North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dead |date=19 December 2011 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=14 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214065943/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-19/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-il-dead/3738526 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2012 Japanese general election]]
| {{flag|Japan}}
| 26 December 2012
| The [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]], led by [[Shinzō Abe]], won a landslide victory in Japan's general election.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/world/asia/shinzo-abe-selected-as-japans-prime-minister.html |title=Shinzo Abe Selected as Japan's Prime Minister |last=Fackler |first=Martin |date=26 December 2012 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217123237/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/world/asia/shinzo-abe-selected-as-japans-prime-minister.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[North Korea and weapons of mass destruction]]
| {{flag|North Korea}}
| 11 March 2013
| The Supreme Leader [[Kim Jong-un]] of [[North Korea]] broke all peace pacts with [[South Korea]] and started a new nuclear weapons plan, inflaming tensions on the [[Korean Peninsula]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gDrMpWuahcuRgQmj-dSSk_L87w2g?do |title=North Korean leader threatens strike on South island |date=11 March 2013 |website=AFP News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129081438/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gDrMpWuahcuRgQmj-dSSk_L87w2g?docId=CNG.ece624233e0176d14a79a8a1f72e2f75.161 |archive-date=29 January 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[2014 Indian general election]]
| {{flag|India}}
| 12 May 2014
| The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], led by [[Narendra Modi]], won a landslide victory in India's general election, the first time a single party gained a majority on its own since 1984.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/modi-wave-conquers-all-what-exit-polls-show-in-haryana-maharashtra-1758575.html |title=Modi wave conquers all: What exit polls show in Haryana, Maharashtra |date=16 October 2014 |website=Firstpost |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=11 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211071306/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/modi-wave-conquers-all-what-exit-polls-show-in-haryana-maharashtra-1758575.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2014 Indonesian presidential election]]
| {{flag|Indonesia}}
| 9 July 2014
| [[Joko Widodo]] won Indonesia's presidential election, becoming the first president not to be from the country's political elite or military.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/world/asia/joko-widodo-populist-governor-is-named-winner-in-indonesian-election.html |title=A Child of the Slum Rises as President of Indonesia |last=Cochrane |first=Joe |date=22 July 2014 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712043543/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/world/asia/joko-widodo-populist-governor-is-named-winner-in-indonesian-election.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Visit by Pope Francis to the Philippines|Pastoral and state visit by Pope Francis to the Philippines]]
| {{flag|Philippines}}
| 15–19 January 2015
|An estimated 6 to 7 million attended the Concluding Eucharistic Celebration in [[Luneta|Manila]] on the Feast Day of [[Santo Niño de Cebú]], ending the 5-day apostolic and state visit of Pope Francis in the Philippines, the largest papal crowd in history.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/18/15/luneta-mass-largest-papal-event-history |title=Luneta Mass is largest Papal event in history |publisher=ABS-CBN News |access-date=28 January 2015 |archive-date=21 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121025900/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/18/15/luneta-mass-largest-papal-event-history |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Death of [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|King Abdullah]]
| {{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
| 23 January 2015
| [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|Abdullah]], the [[King of Saudi Arabia|King]] of [[Saudi Arabia]] from 2005 to 2015, died and was succeeded by [[Salman of Saudi Arabia|King Salman]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/01/king-abdullah-saudi-arabia-dies-150122232049573.html |title=King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia dies |publisher=Al Jazeera |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=6 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906191717/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/01/king-abdullah-saudi-arabia-dies-150122232049573.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Death of [[Lee Kuan Yew]]
| {{flag|Singapore}}
| 23 March 2015
| Founding Prime Minister of [[Singapore]] who ruled from 1959 to 1990, highly regarded as the founding father of the nation, died from [[pneumonia]] at the age of 91.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/leekuanyew-8-days-mourning |title=Remembering Lee Kuan Yew: The Straits Times' full print coverage |website=straitstimes.com |date=January 2016 |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130233205/https://www.straitstimes.com/leekuanyew-8-days-mourning |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[India–Bangladesh enclaves|India–Bangladesh enclaves exchange]]
| {{flag|India}} {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| 6 June 2015
| [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]] officially ratified their 1974 agreement to exchange enclaves along their border.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/08/01/say-goodbye-to-the-weirdest-border-dispute-in-the-world/ |title=Say goodbye to the weirdest border dispute in the world |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=16 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116015638/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/08/01/say-goodbye-to-the-weirdest-border-dispute-in-the-world/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2016 Taiwanese general election]]
| {{flag|Taiwan}}
| 16 January 2016
| [[Tsai Ing-wen]] was elected [[President of the Republic of China|President of Taiwan]], the first woman to hold the position.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/taiwan-gets-first-female/2432040.html |title=Taiwan gets first female President as DPP sweeps election |website=Channel NewsAsia |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=16 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116134410/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/taiwan-gets-first-female/2432040.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[2016 Philippine presidential election]]
| {{flag|Philippines}}
| 9 May 2016
| [[Rodrigo Duterte]] was elected [[President of the Philippines]].
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gonzales |first1=Yuji Vincent |title=Duterte, Robredo proclaimed new President, VP; Rody a no-show |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/788148/congress-proclaims-duterte-robredo-as-new-president-vp-rody-a-no-show |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=31 May 2016 |archive-date=5 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105061157/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/788148/congress-proclaims-duterte-robredo-as-new-president-vp-rody-a-no-show |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Death of [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]]
| {{flag|Thailand}}
| 13 October 2016
| [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]], the [[Monarch of Thailand|King]] of [[Thailand]] from 1946 to 2016, died and was succeeded by his son, [[Vajiralongkorn]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/thailands-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-dies/article9215490.ece |title=Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, world's longest-reigning monarch, dies |agency=Reuters |date=13 October 2016 |work=The Hindu |access-date=22 January 2017 |archive-date=22 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822051056/https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/Thailand%E2%80%99s-King-Bhumibol-Adulyadej-worlds-longest-reigning-monarch-dies/article16070211.ece |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Impeachment of Park Geun-hye]]
| {{flag|South Korea}}
| 10 March 2017
| South Korean President [[Park Geun-hye]] is impeached by the [[Constitutional Court of Korea]] in a unanimous decision, terminating Park's presidency. South Korean Prime Minister [[Hwang Kyo-ahn]] assumes power following the ruling.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-politics-idUSKBN16H066 |title=South Korean court throws president out of office, 2 dead in protest |publisher=Reuters |date=10 March 2017 |access-date=10 March 2017 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125185110/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-politics-idUSKBN16H066 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2017 South Korean presidential election]]
| {{flag|South Korea}}
| 9 May 2017
| [[Moon Jae-in]] was elected the 12th President of South Korea, originally scheduled to take place later in the year, the election was moved to early May following the impeachment of President [[Park Geun-hye]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/world/asia/south-korea-election-president-moon-jae-in.html |title=South Korea elects Moon Jae-in, who backs talks with North, as President |newspaper=The New York Times |date=9 May 2017 |access-date=9 May 2017 |archive-date=13 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513012345/http://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/world/asia/south-korea-election-president-moon-jae-in.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2018 Malaysian general election]]
| {{flag|Malaysia}}
| 9 May 2018
| The opposition-led [[Pakatan Harapan]] coalition, led by former [[Prime Minister of Malaysia|Prime Minister]] [[Mahathir Mohamad]], secures a [[2018 Malaysian general election|parliamentary majority]] in the [[Parliament of Malaysia|Malaysian Parliament]], ending the 61-year rule of the [[Barisan Nasional]] coalition and leading to the pardon of [[Anwar Ibrahim]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.malaymail.com/s/1629158/pakatan-takes-putrajaya-buoyed-by-malay-tsunami |title=Pakatan takes Putrajaya, buoyed by 'Malay tsunami' |first=Zurairi |last=Ar |newspaper=The Malay Mail |date=10 May 2018 |access-date=10 May 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143316/https://www.malaymail.com/s/1629158/pakatan-takes-putrajaya-buoyed-by-malay-tsunami |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.my/malaysias-anwar-ibrahim-pardoned-and-released-from-jail-2018-5/?r=US&IR=T |title=Malaysia's jailed leader-in-waiting has been released from custody and given a full royal pardon |last=Chan |first=Tara |date=16 May 2018 |work=[[Business Insider]] |access-date=18 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611045423/https://www.businessinsider.my/malaysias-anwar-ibrahim-pardoned-and-released-from-jail-2018-5/?r=US&IR=T |archive-date=11 June 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[2018–19 Korean peace process|2018–2019 Korean Peace Process]]
| {{flag|South Korea}} {{flag|North Korea}} {{flag|United States}}
| February 2018 – October 2019
| A series of peace summits between the [[Supreme Leader (North Korean title)|Supreme Leader]] of [[North Korea]] [[Kim Jong-un]], the [[President of South Korea|President]] of [[South Korea]] [[Moon Jae-in]], and the [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]] [[Donald Trump]]. Three inter-Korean summits occurred at the [[Korean Demilitarized Zone]] in [[April 2018 inter-Korean summit|April 2018]], [[May 2018 inter-Korean summit|May 2018]], and [[September 2018 inter-Korean summit|September 2018]] between Kim and Moon. Additionally, two meetings between Kim and Trump occurred in [[2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit|Singapore in June 2018]] and [[2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit|Hanoi in February 2019]]. All three leaders met and [[2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit|crossed the DMZ in June 2019]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/trump-kim-singapore-summit |title=Trump-Kim Summit |website=straitstimes.com |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109012414/https://www.straitstimes.com/trump-kim-singapore-summit |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="President Trump and Chairman Kim2">{{cite web |date=27 February 2019 |title=Remarks by President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un in a 1:1 Conversation |url=https://vn.usembassy.gov/20190227-remarks-president-trump-chairman-kim-11-conversation/ |access-date=28 February 2019 |publisher=U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Vietnam |quote=PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much. That's really nice. Well, I want to just say it's an honour to be with 'Chairman Kim'. |archive-date=2 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024542/https://vn.usembassy.gov/20190227-remarks-president-trump-chairman-kim-11-conversation/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| Abdication of [[Muhammad V of Kelantan]]
| {{flag|Malaysia}}
| 6 January 2019
| [[Muhammad V of Kelantan]] abdicates the federal throne as the 15th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong|monarch]] of [[Malaysia]], making him the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong to do so.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46775499 |title=Malaysia king: Sultan Muhammad V abdicates in historic first |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=6 January 2019 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=8 January 2019 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107112311/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46775499 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2019 North Korea–Russia summit|2019 Kim–Putin meeting]]
| {{flag|North Korea}} {{flag|Russia}}
| 25 April 2019
| North Korean [[Supreme leader of North Korea|supreme leader]] [[2019 North Korea–Russia summit|Kim Jong-un meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin]] on [[Russky Island]] after being invited to hold talks.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48047279 |title=Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un hold Vladivostok summit |date=24 April 2019 |work=BBC News |access-date=25 April 2019 |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408105123/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48047279 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Abdication of [[Akihito]]
| {{flag|Japan}}
| 30 April 2019
| [[Akihito]], the [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]] of [[Japan]] from 1989 to 2019, [[2019 Japanese imperial transition|abdicated]] and was succeeded by his son, [[Naruhito]].
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Japan's emperor prays for peace in first abdication in 200 years |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-emperor/japans-emperor-prays-for-peace-in-first-abdication-in-200-years-idUSKCN1S5245 |date=30 April 2019 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |access-date=1 May 2019 |archive-date=1 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501054826/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-emperor/japans-emperor-prays-for-peace-in-first-abdication-in-200-years-idUSKCN1S5245 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2019–20 Persian Gulf crisis
| {{flag|Iran}} {{flag|United States}}
| 5 May 2019
| The [[Persian Gulf]] region saw tensions between the United States and the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]] escalate in mid-2019. The crisis saw [[oil tanker]]s in the [[Strait of Hormuz]] sabotaged and seized, drone shootdowns, and efforts by the U.S. and [[United Kingdom]] to pursue military patrols to protect shipping in the gulf.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/aug/05/uk-joins-us-in-mission-to-protect-oil-tankers-in-gulf |title=UK joins US in mission to protect oil tankers in Gulf |date=5 August 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
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[[File:Belt and Road Initiative participant map.svg|thumb|250px|In 2013, China launched the ambitious [[Belt and Road Initiative|Belt and Road]] infrastructure initiative, with over 150 countries announcing participation by the end of the decade.]]
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[[File:Kim and Trump shaking hands at the red carpet during the DPRK–USA Singapore Summit.jpg|thumb|North Korean leader [[Kim Jong-un]] and U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] meet during the first [[2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit|North Korea–United States summit]] in [[Singapore]], June 2018]]
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[[File:WOMEN2DRIVE logo.png|thumb|[[Women to drive movement]]: [[Women's rights in Saudi Arabia]] made progress when women were allowed to drive in the kingdom in 2018.]]
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====Europe====
{{Further|Category:2010s in Europe}}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! style="width:200px;"| Event
! Country
! style="width:120px;"| Date
! Description
! References
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| [[Resignation of Silvio Berlusconi]]
| {{flag|Italy}}
| 16 November 2011
| The longest-serving Prime Minister of Italy, [[Silvio Berlusconi]], resigned in November 2011, after a [[Rubygate|sexual allegation scandal]], a financial crisis and public protests. The economist [[Mario Monti]] was appointed new Prime Minister, at the head of a technocratic cabinet.
|<ref name="BBC-12 Nov">{{cite news |title=Italy crisis: Silvio Berlusconi resigns as PM |work=BBC News |date=12 November 2011 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15708729 |access-date=13 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128202636/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15708729 |archive-date=28 November 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[2012 Finnish presidential election]]
| {{flag|Finland}}
| 22 January 2012
| [[Sauli Niinistö]] was elected the [[President of Finland]] for a term from 1 March 2012 until 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vaalit.fi/53113.htm |title=Valituksi tuleminen – Vaalit |publisher=Vaalit.fi |access-date=7 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128122111/http://www.vaalit.fi/53113.htm |archive-date=28 January 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="round2-results">{{cite web |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/TP2012K2/s/tulos/lasktila.html |title=Presidentinvaali 5.2.2012 |publisher=[[Ministry of Justice (Finland)]] |website=tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi |trans-title=Second round results |date=8 February 2012 |access-date=28 March 2019 |archive-date=29 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429231628/http://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/TP2012K2/s/tulos/lasktila.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II]]
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 6 February 2012
| [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Queen]] [[Elizabeth II]] celebrated her Diamond Jubilee, which marked the 60th anniversary of her accession.
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stpauls.co.uk/news-press/news-archive/2012/Queen-celebrates-Jubilee-at-St-Pauls-images |title=Queen celebrates Jubilee at St Paul's (+images) – St Paul's Cathedral |website=stpauls.co.uk |access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[2012 French presidential election]]
| {{flag|France}}
| 22 April 2012
| [[François Hollande]] was elected as the new [[President of France]], becoming the first socialist president of the country in 17 years.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/05/201256172746159731.html |title=Hollande wins French presidency |publisher=Al Jazeera |access-date=20 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI]] and [[papal inauguration of Pope Francis]]
| {{flag|Vatican City}}
| 28 February – 19 March 2013
| [[Pope Benedict XVI|Benedict XVI]] resigned as [[pope]], the first to [[papal resignation|do so]] since [[Pope Gregory XII|Gregory XII]] in 1415, and the first to do so voluntarily since [[Pope Celestine V|Celestine V]] in 1294. On 13 March, after a [[2013 papal conclave|papal conclave]], Jorge Mario Bergoglio is inaugurated as [[Pope Francis]], the first [[Jesuit]] pope, the first pope from the Americas, and the first non-European Pope in over 500 years.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/11/world/europe/pope-benedict-resignation/index.html |title=Too tired to go on, Pope Benedict resigns |first1=Hada |last1=Messia |first2=Michael |last2=Pearson |publisher=CNN |access-date=20 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/a-new-pope-and-maybe-a-new-era/ |title=A New Pope, and Maybe a New Era |website=PBS NewsHour |access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Death of [[Margaret Thatcher]]
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 8 April 2013
| [[Margaret Thatcher]], Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, died.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/9980269/Margaret-Thatcher-final-moments-in-hotel-without-her-family-by-her-bedside.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/9980269/Margaret-Thatcher-final-moments-in-hotel-without-her-family-by-her-bedside.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Margaret Thatcher: final moments in hotel without her family by her bedside |website=The Telegraph |access-date=20 June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
| [[2013 Italian presidential election]]
| {{flag|Italy}}
| 20 April 2013
| Amid growing financial tensions, [[President of Italy|Italian President]] [[Giorgio Napolitano]] was re-elected, the first ever Italian president to be re-elected. Napolitano appointed [[Enrico Letta]] Prime Minister, at the head of a [[Grand coalition (Italy)|grand coalition]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-vote-napolitano-idUSBRE93J09020130420 |title=Giorgio Napolitano, Italy's reluctant president |date=20 April 2013 |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=20 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation]]
| {{flag|Ukraine}}
| 18 March 2014
| Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula from [[Ukraine]] following an internationally unrecognised [[2014 Crimean status referendum|referendum]] on the status of the region.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26630062 |title=Ukraine crisis: Putin signs Russia-Crimea treaty |work=BBC News |access-date=20 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]]
| {{flag|Scotland}}
| 18 September 2014
| In a referendum called by the governing [[Scottish National Party]], Scotland voted to remain in the [[United Kingdom]], with 55.3% of votes against independence while 44.7% voted in favour.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-13305522 |title=Scottish election: Salmond victorious after party's win |work=BBC News |access-date=20 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-29270441 |title=Scottish referendum: Scotland votes 'No' to independence |work=BBC News |access-date=20 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Abdication of [[Juan Carlos I of Spain]]
| {{flag|Spain}}
| 19 June 2014
| King [[Juan Carlos I of Spain]] abdicated in favour of his son, [[Felipe VI of Spain|Felipe VI]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27662301 |title=King Juan Carlos of Spain abdicates |work=BBC News |access-date=20 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[2015 Irish constitutional referendums]]
| {{flag|Ireland}}
| 23 May 2015
| The [[Republic of Ireland]] voted to legalise [[Same-sex marriage in the Republic of Ireland|same-sex marriage]], becoming the first country to legalise same-sex marriage by popular vote.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/vote2015/2015/0523/703205-referendum-byelection/ |title=Ireland says Yes to same-sex marriage |website=RTE.ie |access-date=20 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Adoption of the [[Paris Agreement]]
| {{flag|United Nations}}
| 12 December 2015
|A [[Paris Agreement|historic agreement]] aimed at keeping [[global warming]] below 2&nbsp;°C compared to pre-industrial levels and reducing greenhouse gas emissions is adopted by all 195 [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change|UNFCCC]] member states.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cop21-climate-change-talks-saturday-announced-1.3362354 |title='Historic' Paris climate deal adopted |website=CBC News |date=12 December 2015 |access-date=16 May 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]]
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 23 June 2016
| In a referendum held in the United Kingdom on whether or not to continue being a member of the [[European Union]], 52% of voters chose to leave it. [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] David Cameron announced his resignation afterwards, being [[2016 Conservative Party leadership election|succeeded]] by [[Theresa May]].
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/24/david-cameron-resigns-after-uk-votes-to-leave-european-union |title=David Cameron resigns after UK votes to leave European Union |last1=Stewart |first1=Heather |last2=Mason |first2=Rowena |last3=Syal |first3=Rajeev |date=24 June 2016 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=24 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7939901e-4756-11e6-8d68-72e9211e86ab.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7939901e-4756-11e6-8d68-72e9211e86ab.html |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=May to take over as UK PM by Wednesday |date=11 July 2016 |newspaper=Financial Times}}</ref>
|-
| [[2016 Austrian presidential election]]
| {{flag|Austria}}
| 4 December 2016
| Independent [[green politics|green]] [[Alexander Van der Bellen]] narrowly beat the far-right [[Freedom Party of Austria]] candidate [[Norbert Hofer]] in a repeat of the [[2016 Austrian presidential election]] after the first election was annulled.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/04/far-right-party-concedes-defeat-in-austrian-presidential-election |title=Far-right candidate concedes defeat in Austrian election |last=Oltermann |first=Philip |date=4 December 2016 |newspaper=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077 |access-date=4 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[2017 French presidential election]]
| {{flag|France}}
| 7 May 2017
| [[En Marche!]] candidate [[Emmanuel Macron]] was elected the President of France, replacing incumbent Hollande and defeating National Front candidate [[Marine Le Pen]] in the second round of voting. Macron is the youngest president in the history of the [[French Fifth Republic]].
|<ref>{{cite news |first=Alissa J. |last=Rubin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/07/world/europe/emmanuel-macron-france-election-marine-le-pen.html |newspaper=The New York Times |title=Macron Decisively Defeats Le Pen in French Presidential Race |date=7 May 2017}}</ref>
|-
| Death of [[Helmut Kohl]]
| {{flag|Germany}}
| 16 June 2017
| [[Helmut Kohl]], former Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 (of West Germany 1982–1990 and of the reunited Germany 1990–1998), dies at the age of 87.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/world/europe/helmut-kohl-german-chancellor-dead.html |title=Helmut Kohl, Chancellor Who Reunited Germany, Dies at 87 |first1=Craig R. |last1=Whitney |first2=Alan |last2=Cowell |newspaper=The New York Times |date=16 June 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[2017 Spanish constitutional crisis]]
| {{flag|Spain}}
| 6 September 2017
| Political conflict sparks between the [[Government of Spain|Spanish]] and the [[Government of Catalonia|Catalan]] governments over the [[2017 Catalan independence referendum]]. It still went ahead, with 91% of voters supporting independence within Catalonia, with unionists and Spain opposing the vote. On 27 October, [[Catalan declaration of independence|Catalonia declares independence]] from [[Spain]] but it is not recognised by any sovereign nation, while Madrid imposes direct rule for 6 months.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 October 2017 |title=Catalans declare independence as Madrid imposes direct rule |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41780116 |work=BBC News |access-date=27 October 2017}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite news |author1=Soares, Isa |author2=Cotovio, Vasco |author3=Clarke, Hilary |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/01/europe/catalonia-spain-independence-referendum-result/index.html |publisher=CNN |title=Catalonia referendum result plunges Spain into political crisis |date=2 October 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[2018 Finnish presidential election]]
| {{flag|Finland}}
| 28 January 2018
| Finnish Presidential elections were held in [[Finland]] on 28 January 2018. Incumbent [[Sauli Niinistö]] won reelection for his second consecutive term in office with 62,6 % of the vote. for a term from 1 March 2018 until 2024.
|-
| [[2018 Italian general election]]
| {{flag|Italy}}
| 4 March 2018
| The centre-right alliance, in which the right-wing populist [[Lega Nord|League]] emerged as the main political force, won a [[Plurality (voting)|plurality]] of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate, while the anti-establishment [[Five Star Movement]] became the party with the largest number of votes. After months of [[2018 Italian government formation|negotiations]], the two populist parties, M5S and League, formed a government.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.repubblica.it/speciali/politica/elezioni2018/2018/03/04/news/risultati_elezioni_politiche_pd_centrodestra_m5s_fi_lega-190424815/ |title=Elezioni politiche: vincono M5s e Lega. Crollo del Partito democratico. Centrodestra prima coalizione. Il Carroccio sorpassa Forza Italia |date=4 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.corriere.it/elezioni-2018/notizie/elezioni-2018-exit-poll-risultati-proiezioni-spoglio-eb21387e-1ff1-11e8-a09a-92b478235f6f.shtml |title=Elezioni 2018: M5S primo partito, nel centrodestra la Lega supera FI |first=Alessandro |last=Sala}}</ref>
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| [[2018 Russian presidential election]]
| {{flag|Russia}}
| 18 March 2018
| [[Russian presidential elections|Presidential elections]] were held in [[Russia]] on 18 March 2018. Incumbent [[Vladimir Putin]] won reelection for his second consecutive (fourth overall) term in office with 77% of the vote.
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vybory.izbirkom.ru/region/region/izbirkom?action=show&root=1&tvd=100100084849066&vrn=100100084849062&region=0&global=1&sub_region=0&prver=0&pronetvd=null&vibid=100100084849066&type=226 |title=Сведения о проводящихся выборах и референдумах |website=vybory.izbirkom.ru |access-date=18 April 2018 |archive-date=25 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325141318/http://www.vybory.izbirkom.ru/region/region/izbirkom?action=show&root=1&tvd=100100084849066&vrn=100100084849062&region=0&global=1&sub_region=0&prver=0&pronetvd=null&vibid=100100084849066&type=226 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| [[2019 European Parliament election]]
| {{flag|European Union}}
| 23–26 May 2019
| The first European Parliamentary election following the [[European migrant crisis]] and the vote for Brexit saw large anti-establishment gains by the [[Greens-European Free Alliance]] and by Right-Wing Eurosceptic Parties within [[Identity and Democracy]] and [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group|European Conservatives and Reformists]], such as [[Lega Nord|League]] in Italy, [[Alternative for Germany]], and [[National Rally (France)|National Rally]] in France. Other populist gains were seen in the success of the [[Brexit Party]] in the United Kingdom and the [[Five Star Movement]] in Italy.
|<ref>{{cite news |title=European Parliament elections five key takeaways |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/world/europe/eu-election-takeaways.html |date=27 May 2019 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
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| [[2019 Conservative Party leadership election]]
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 7 June – 22 July 2019
|The Conservative Party of the [[United Kingdom]] voted for [[Boris Johnson]] to be the party's new leader and prime minister following the resignation of [[Theresa May]] on 24 May 2019, the party's first contested leadership election since [[2005 Conservative Party leadership election|2005]].
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Boris Johnson elected new Tory leader |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/23/boris-johnson-elected-new-tory-leader-prime-minister |date=23 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
|-
|[[2019 United Kingdom general election]]
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|12 December 2019
|After an extended period of political deadlock over how to proceed with leaving the European Union an early general election took place in the United Kingdom in which the pro-withdrawal Conservative party won a sizeable majority of seats effectively guaranteeing Brexit would take place in January the following year.
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Results of the 2019 General Election |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2019/results |work=BBC News |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref>
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|[[File:President Barack Obama with Pope Francis at the Vatican, March 27, 2014.jpg|left|thumb|[[Pope Francis]] with [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]], 2014]]
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[[File:Crimea_(orthographic_projection).svg|left|thumb|28 February 2014: following the removal of pro-Russian Ukrainian president [[Viktor Yanukovych]] from office, Russia annexed the [[Crimea|Crimean Peninsula]] from Ukraine]]
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[[File:20151030 Syrians and Iraq refugees arrive at Skala Sykamias Lesvos Greece 2.jpg|left|thumb|Syrian and Iraqi refugees arriving in [[Greece]]. In the 2010s Europe had been severely affected by a huge [[European migrant crisis|migration]] from [[Africa]] and [[Middle East]]]]
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