# 2025 in politics

These are some notable events relating to politics in 2025.

## Events
### January

* January 1
** Bulgaria and Romania finalized the process of joining the Schengen Area, lifting land border controls.
** Liechtenstein will become the 39th country to legalize same-sex marriage.
** Ukraine becomes a state party in the International Criminal Court.
* January 6
** Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau announces his intention to resign amidst a political crisis.
** Indonesia officially becomes a full member of BRICS.
* January 8 – Unknown assailants attack the presidential palace in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena, resulting in 20 deaths.
* January 9
** Joseph Aoun is elected president of Lebanon following a two-year vacancy.
** The state funeral of former US President Jimmy Carter is held in Washington, D.C.
* January 12 – Croatian president Zoran Milanović wins re-election against Dragan Primorac in the second round of voting.
* January 15 – South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol is arrested by the CIO for his role in the martial law crisis.
* January 18 – Two judges of the Supreme Court of Iran are assassinated at the Palace of Justice in Tehran.
* January 19
** A ceasefire agreement is reached to suspend the Israel–Hamas war.
** A ban on TikTok in the United States goes into effect.
** A temporary reservicing of TikTok's United States servers is undergone.
* January 20 – Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, becoming the second president in American history to serve non-consecutive terms.
* January 22 – Thailand becomes the 40th country to legalize same-sex marriage.
* January 26 – The 2025 Belarusian presidential election was held.
* February 9
** The 2025 Ecuadorian general election was held.
** The 2025 Liechtenstein general election was held.
* February 23 – The 2025 German federal election was held, after being pushed forward as a result of the 2024 German government crisis.
* March 9 – The Liberal Party of Canada holds a leadership election to replace Trudeau as prime minister and Mark Carney was elected at the end of a leadership election as a result.

## Predicted and scheduled events

* March 31 – The Caribbean guilder is planned to be introduced, replacing the Netherlands Antillean guilder as the currency for Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
* May 11 – The 2025 Albanian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
* May 12 – The 2025 Philippine general election is scheduled to be held.
* May 17 – 2025 Australian federal election: Latest possible date for a simultaneous House and half-Senate election. If the elections are held separately, the House election could be as late as September 27, but it's unlikely there would be separate elections for the House and half-Senate.
* May 4/May 18 – 2025 Romanian presidential elections will be held, after the 2024 elections were annulled, sometime in March or April.
* May 18 – The 2025 Polish presidential election is scheduled to be held; incumbent president Andrzej Duda is ineligible for re-election.
* May 25 The 2025 Venezuelan parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
* May 25 – The 2025 Surinamese general election is scheduled to be held.
* July 1 – Bulgaria is expected to adopt the euro and become the 21st member state of the eurozone.
* August 17 – The 2025 Bolivian general election is scheduled to be held.
* September 8 – The 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
* October 3 – Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg will abdicate the throne in favor of his son Guillaume, who will reign as Guillaume V.
* October 20 – If not triggered earlier, the 2025 Canadian federal election will be held no later than this date.
* October 26 – The 2025 Argentine legislative election is scheduled to be held.
* October 27 – The 2025 Irish presidential election will be held no later than this date. Incumbent president Michael D. Higgins is ineligible for re-election.
* November 23
** The 2025 Chilean general election is scheduled to be held.
** If not triggered earlier, the 2025 Singaporean general election will be held no later than this date, with the current Parliament to be dissolved no later than August 24.

### Date unknown

* May – The nex 2025 Australian federal election will be held.
* October – The next 2025 Czech parliamentary election will be held.
* Norway aims to ban the sale of all new diesel and petrol cars by this year.
* South Africa will host the G20 summit, the first nation in Africa to do so.
* Brazil will host the COP 30 summit.
* The next Bangladeshi general election is likely to be held.