2012 in politics

Events

February

• The Singaporean by-election was held

  March

• The Toi by-election was held in Niue.

  April

• The World Bank presidential election was won by Jim Yong Kim.

  June

• The United Nations General Assembly presidential election was held.

  October

• The United Nations Security Council election was held.

  November

• Xi Jinping succeeded Hu Jintao as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and became the paramount leader of China in November 2012.

  Deaths

January

• Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spanish politician
• Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, 9th President of Italy

  March

• Francisco Xavier do Amaral, 1st President of East Timor
• Ċensu Tabone, 4th President of Malta
• George Tupou V, King of Tonga

  April

• Miguel de la Madrid, 52nd President of Mexico
• Ahmed Ben Bella, 1st President of Algeria

  May

• May 11 - Alfred Diamant, American political scientist and academic

  Elections

• 6 November - Democrat Barack Obama is re-elected president of the United States.
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