Alexis Tsipras, the leader of the anti-austerity Syriza party, was elected as Prime Minister of Greece.
Places
2014 Burkinabé uprising
Friday, 31 October 2014
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President of Burkina Faso Blaise Compaoré resigned and fled to the Ivory Coast in the face of widespread protests, ending 27 years of authoritarian rule.
2014 Ukrainian revolution
Friday, 21 February 2014
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych fled the country following violent protests in the capital, Kiev. The opposition-controlled Verkhovna Rada voted to remove him as president.
Political violence in Egypt (2013)
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
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Political violence broke out in Egypt after Abdul Fattah al-Sisi led the military overthrew President Mohamed Morsi in a coup.
United States presidential election, 2012
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
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Barack Obama was re-elected President of the United States, defeating Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
United States–Cuban Thaw
Monday, 20 July 2015
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Cuba and the United States resume diplomatic relations between each other, ending more than 50 years of hostility.
Brazilian presidential election, 2010
Sunday, 31 October 2010
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Dilma Rousseff was elected as the first female President of Brazil.
United States presidential election, 2016
Tuesday, 8 November 2016
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Republican nominee Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the race to succeed Obama.
Death of Nelson Mandela
Thursday, 5 December 2013
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Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid activist and President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, died.
Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff
Thursday, 12 May 2016
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The Brazilian Senate votes (55-22) to open the impeachment process against the President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff and suspend her from office while the trial takes place as the Vice President of Brazil, Michel Temer, assumes the presidential powers and duties as Acting President of Brazil.
Tunisian Revolution
Friday, 14 January 2011
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Amidst anti-government protests, Tunisia’s president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, dissolved the government, declared a state of emergency and resigned from office.
Rubygate
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
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Longtime Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, was indicted for allegedly paying for sex with an underage nightclub dancer, and ordered to stand trial. Berlusconi resigned in November and Mario Monti was appointed Prime Minister and held the office until 2013.