Years in politics: 2003-2004-2005-2006-2007 - list of years in politics Years in politics: 2001-2002-2003-2004-2005 - list of years in politics See also: 2003 in Canadian politics 2003 in United States politics 2003 state leaders Events January 1 January 1: Brazil. ... Years in politics: 2002-2003-2004-2005-2006 - list of years in politics Events January January 1- Adnan Pachachi becomes president of the Iraq Interim Governing Council and will serve for the duration of the month. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page indexes the individual year in politics pages. ...

Events

January

• January 1
  • The Freedom of Information Act 2000 comes into force in the United Kingdom.
  • In Germany, stage IV of the Hartz concept brought together unemployment benefits and social security benefits, despite protests.
  • Ruth Lüthi becomes president of the Council of State of Fribourg; Heinz Albicker becomes president of the government of Schaffhausen; Anne-Catherine Lyon becomes president of the Council of State of Vaud; Brigitte Profos becomes Landammann of Zug.
• January 2 - Aníbal Acevedo Vilá takes office as governor of Puerto Rico.
• January 4 - Violence in Iraq, assassination of the Governor of Baghdad, Ali al-Haidri.
• January 5 - Adam Daniel Rotfeld is sworn in as Foreign Minister of Poland.
• January 7 - Isidore Mvouba becomes Prime Minister of the Congo Republic.
• January 14 - Sergey Morozov is inaugurated as governor of the Ulyanovsk Oblast.
• January 24 - Yuliya Tymoshenko is named Prime Minister of Ukraine.

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Deaths

• January 1- Shirley Chisholm, first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress (b. 1924)
• January 1- Robert Matsui, Member of the U.S. Congress from Sacramento, California (b. 1941)
• January 4 - Ali al-Haidri, Governor of Baghdad
• January 10 - James Forman, American civil rights activist (b. 1928)
• January 17 - Zhao Ziyang, reformist Premier of the People's Republic of China and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1919)
• February 2 - Zurab Zhvania prime minister of Georgia, is suffocated in a gas leak at a friend's home.
• February 6 - Gnassingbe Eyadema President of Togo since 1967, dies of an illness.
• 14 February - Former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafiq Hariri is assassinated in Beirut in a massive car bomb explosion.
• March 8 - Aslan Maskhadov rebel President of Chechnya is killed in battle with Russian troops.
• March 28 - Howell Heflin former United States senator from Alabama
• April 2 - Pope John Paul II Head of the Roman Catholic Church and chief of state of the Vatican City dies of a long illness.
• April 6 - Rainier III Prince of Monaco since 1948, second longest-reigning head of state in the world at the time of his death.

January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... Shirley Chisholm in 1972 Shirley Anita St. ... The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... Robert T. Matsui Robert Takeo Matsui (September 17, 1941–January 1, 2005) was an American politician from the U.S. state of California. ... The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ... City nickname: The Big Tomato Location Location of Sacramento in California Government County Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 99. ... State nickname: The Golden State Official languages English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 4. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Ali Al-Haidri (died January 4, 2005) was the governor of the Iraqi province of Baghdad. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... James Forman (October 4, 1928 - January 10, 2005) was an American civil rights leader. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Zhao Ziyang (Simplified Chinese: 赵紫阳; Traditional Chinese: 趙紫陽; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chao Tzu-yang) (October 17, 1919–January 17, 2005) was a politician in the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Premier ( Chinese: 总理 pinyin: zŏnglĭ), sometimes referred to as the Prime Minister, is the Chairman of the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China and head of Central Peoples Government. ... The General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee (Chinese: 中国共产党中央委员会总书记 pinyin: Zhōngguó GòngchÇŽndÇŽng Zhōngyāng WÄ›iyuánhuì ZÇ’ngshÅ«jì) is the highest ranking official within the Communist Party of China and heads the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Zurab Zhvania Zurab Zhvania (Georgian: ზურაბ ჟვანია; Cyrillic: Зураб Жвания) (December 9, 1963–February 3, 2005) was a prominent Georgian politician and former Speaker of the Georgian Parliament. ... February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... General Gnassingbé Eyadéma, formerly Étienne Eyadema (December 26, 1937–February 5, 2005), was the President of Togo from 1967 until his death. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... A prime minister may be either: chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives of... Rafiq Bahaa Edine Hariri (born November, 1944) is a Lebanese billionaire businessman, and was Prime Minister of Lebanon until his resignation on October 20, 2004. ... Central Beirut (2004) Beirut (Arabic: , transliterated BayrÅ«t - the French name, Beyrouth, was also commonly used in English in the past) is the capital, largest city and chief seaport of Lebanon. ... March 8 poster from Portugal March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... Aslan Aliyevich Maskhadov (Russian: Аслан Алиевич Масхадов) (September 21, 1951 – March 8, 2005) was a leader of the separatist movement in the republic of Chechnya. ... Capital Grozny Area - total - % water 79th - 15,500 km² - negligible Population - Total - Density 49th - est. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... Howell Thomas Heflin (born June 19, 1921) was a United States Senator from Alabama. ... State nickname: Camellia State, The Heart of Dixie¹, Yellowhammer State Other U.S. States Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Governor Bob Riley (R) Senators Richard Shelby (R) Jeff Sessions (R) Official language(s) English Area 52,423 mi²/135,775 km² (30th)  - Land 50,750 mi²/131,442 km²  - Water... 2 April is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef WojtyÅ‚a (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005) reigned as pope of the Catholic Church for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978, making his the second-longest pontificate (or the third-longest, as enumerated by Roman Catholic tradition). ... The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the Christian Church whose visible and spiritual head is the Pope, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It teaches that it is the one holy catholic and apostolic Church founded by Jesus Christ, and that the sole Church of Christ which... 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