NationMaster - Encyclopedia: March 12, 2005

March 12, 2005

President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China is elected to be chairman of the Central Military Commission by the 3rd Plenum of the 10th National People's Congress. (Xinhua) (Reuters) (NBC-WTSM) (CCTV)

The State Council of the People's Republic of China approves the resignation of Hong Kong's Chief Executive Tung Chee-Hwa, who then becomes a vice-chairman of the Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body. (Channel News Asia) (Xinhua)

Ukraine begins to pull its troops out of Iraq. (VOA) (Al Jazeera) (Guardian)

Local council elections in Malta are to take place. Results initially appear to favour the Malta Labour Party. (di-ve)

March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The President of the Peoples Republic of China (Chinese: ä¸åŽäººæ°‘å…±å’Œå›½ä¸»å¸ pinyin: ZhÅnghuÃ¡ RÃ©nmÃn GÃ²nghÃ©guÃ³ ZhÇ”xÃ, or abbreviated Guojia-Zhuxi å›½å®¶ä¸»å¸) is the head of state of the Peoples Republic of China. ... HÃº JÇntÄo (born December 21, 1942) is the fourth and current President of the Peoples Republic of China and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China. ... The Central Military Commission (Chinese: ä¸å¤®å†›äº‹å§”å‘˜ä¼š pinyin: ZhÅngyÄng JÅ«nshÃ¬ WÄ›iyuÃ¡nhuÃ¬ ) refers to one of two bodies within the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Great Hall of the People, where the NPC convenes The National Peoples Congress (全国人民代表大会 in Pinyin: Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì, literally Pan-Nation Congress of the Peoples Representatives), abbreviated PNCOTPR, is the highest legislative body in the Peoples Republic of China. ... The State Council (国务院, pinyin: Guówùyuàn) of the Central Peoples Government is the chief civilian administrative body of the Peoples Republic of China. ... A resignation occurs when a person holding a position gained by election or appointment steps down. ... The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Chinese: é¦™æ¸¯ç‰¹åˆ¥è¡Œæ”¿å€è¡Œæ”¿é•·å®˜ pinyin (forMandarin Chinese pronounciation): XiÄnggÇŽng TÃ¨biÃ© XÃngzhÃ¨ngqÅ« XÃngzhÃ¨ng ZhangguÄn) is the head of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China, and represents the Region. ... Tung Chee-hwa (Traditional Chinese: 董建華 Simplified Chinese: 董建华 Pinyin: Dǒng Jiànhuá) (born July 7, 1937, or the 29th day of the fifth month in the Chinese calendar) is the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... The Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议 Pinyin: Zhongguo renmin zhengzhi xieshang huiyi), abbreviated CPPCC, is an advisory body in the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Malta Labour Party (MLP, Maltese: Partit Laburista) is a Maltese political party. ...

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