2005 in politics

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Years in politics: 2003-2004-2005-2006–2007 – list of years in politics

Events

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.
January 4 – Violence in Iraq, assassination of the Governor of Baghdad, Ali al-Haidri.

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.