2012 in politics

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These are some of the notable events relating to politics in 2012.^[1]

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
  .

• 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 Chinese Communist Party and became the paramount leader of China in November 2012.

Deaths

January

• Manuel Fraga Iribarne
  , Spanish politician (born 1922)
• Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, 9th President of Italy (born 1918)

March

• Francisco Xavier do Amaral, 1st President of East Timor (born 1937)
• Ċensu Tabone, 4th President of Malta (born 1913)
• George Tupou V, King of Tonga (born 1948)

April

• Miguel de la Madrid, 52nd President of Mexico (born 1934)
• Ahmed Ben Bella, 1st President of Algeria (born 1918)

May

• May 11 - Alfred Diamant, American political scientist and academic (born 1917)

Elections

• 6 November -
  president
  of the United States.
• Local electoral calendar 2012
• National electoral calendar 2012
• Supranational electoral calendar 2012

See also

• List of foreign ministers in 2012

References