10/30/2022Da Silva wins presidency10/28/2018Bolsonaro elected president09/30/2016Rousseff impeached; Michel Temer assumes presidency09/14/2016Prosecutors file corruption charges against Lula da Silva04/18/2016The House of Representatives impeaches Dilma Rousseff09/07/2014Effects of corruption scandal Operation Car Wash widespread in the government08/18/2011Corruption accusations affecting Rousseff’s administration10/31/2010Dilma Rousseff elected president10/30/2006Lula da Silva wins second term as president06/04/2005Corruption scandal known as Operation Car Wash impacting government10/27/2002Lula da Silva elected president11/13/1998IMF agrees to $41.3 billion bailout for Brazil09/03/1994Fernando Cardoso elected president
06/18/2021Ebrahim Raisi elected president01/02/2020US kills high-ranking Iranian05/08/2019Iran ends some aspects of nuclear agreement04/08/2019US adds sanctions on Iran
10/13/2022New heads of state01/02/2020US kills high-ranking Iranian10/02/2018Abdul Mahdi named prime minister12/08/2017Iraq declares victory over the Islamic State
11/27/2024Ceasefire in Lebanon-Israel conflict12/22/2022Netanyahu forms new government11/03/2022Netanyahu coalition wins election06/20/2022New elections called06/13/2021New coalition government takes office12/22/2020New elections called04/20/2020Agreement on unity government03/26/2020Gantz elected parliament speaker09/17/2019Election produces no majority party
10/31/2021Ruling coalition retains majority09/29/2021Kishida to be prime minister08/25/2020Abe resigns for health reasons07/21/2019Abe reelected with reduced majority
08/01/2021General assumes prime ministership02/01/2021Military resumes control11/09/2020Suu Kyi’s party claims election win10/10/2016Outburst of violence between government and Rohingya Muslim minority
04/07/2022Hadi transfers powers01/05/2021Qatar blockade ended10/09/2018Disappearance of journalist leads to international attention11/04/2017Anti-corruption crackdown
10/24/2023New government formed01/07/2020Sanchez re-elected prime minister04/28/2019Socialists win plurality06/01/2018Socialists eject Rajoy and take control of government
12/08/2024Government falls12/08/2024Government falls01/03/2020US kills high-ranking Iranian12/18/2018US announces withdrawal of troops from Syria09/04/2018Assault on Idlib09/26/2016Government attempt to retake Aleppo.09/09/2016Ceasefire08/24/2016Turkish troops enter Syria.08/23/2016Kurdish truce with Syria.09/30/2015Russia enters war.09/10/2014US bombing Islamic State in Syria01/24/2014Geneva peace conference 201409/25/2013Islamic State increasing in Syria08/20/2013Government accused of using chemical weapons03/18/2011Beginning of unrest in Syria that leads to civil war05/21/2008Negotiations with Israel about Golan Heights05/29/2007Bashar al-Assad re-elected10/28/2005Preliminary UN report on Syrian responsibility for murder of Lebanon’s Rafik Hariri03/06/2005Syrian intelligence officers begin to leave Lebanon06/09/2000Hafez al-Assad dies11/12/1970Hafez al-Assad takes power
11/21/2021Ruling party reelected12/07/2020Ruling oalition wins legislature01/05/2020Chaos in National Assembly election08/18/2017Constitutional assembly assumes the powers of the legislature.12/06/2015Opposition wins legislature
Ruling New Patriotic Party nominates Vice-President Mahamadu Bawumia as presidential candidate. The main issues will be the depressed economy as a result of the war in Ukraine.
12/19/2022
Government suspends payments on its debt, technically entering default, although its recent agreement with the IMF requires restructuring of the debt.
12/13/2022
IMF agrees to a three-year loan of $3 billion.
11/05/2022
Large protests in Accra demand the resignation of Akufo-Addo amid a worsening economic crisis.
07/01/2022
Government authorizes new negotiations with the IMF for balance of payments support as inflation surges, complicating its already high debt and depreciating currency, the cedi.
04/14/2022
Inflation at 19%, highest since 2009.
03/21/2022
Government expected to reduce salaries of appointees by 20% to 30%.
12/10/2020
Akufo-Addo is re-elected
Akufo-Addo declared winner of the election with slightly over 51% of the vote. Mahama has slightly over 47%. The opposition rejects the results, citing fraud, but international observers approve the voting.
12/06/2020
Presidential election between old rivals President Nana Akufo-Addo and John Mahama.
12/04/2020
President Nana Akufo-Addo and longtime political opposition rival and presidential candidate John Mahama sign a peace pact reduce violence before election on 12/7.
10/06/2020
Akufo-Addo submits candidacy forms for reelection.
04/19/2020
Government lifts stay-at-home order in Accra and two other cities amid the COVID-19 pandemic, citing large testing program. Ghana has about 1000 cases
03/13/2020
Ghana confirms its first case of COVID-19.
03/28/2019
Marricke Kofi Gane announces independent candidacy for president in 12/20 election.
03/27/2019
Parliament passes right to information law, which allows citizens to access information in order to hold the government accountable after a long delay.
08/23/2018
Former president John Mahama announces that he will seek the nomination of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2020 election.
06/28/2018
Akufo-Addo fires head of election commission and two deputies after a report he commissioned recommended their removal for “misbehavior and incompetence.” The opposition protests that the move is politically motivated. Elections will be held in 12/2020 in what is expected to be a close race between Akufo-Addo’s New Patriotic Party and the opposition National Democratic Congress.
06/24/2018
Akufo-Addo imposes “temporary” ban on foreign travel by most governmental officials. There have been complaints about excessive travel.
01/17/2018
Government of Ghana reports that economy is productive again, GDP rising 9% in the third quarter. The government has also made secondary education free. World Bank has forecast that growth will continue, at around 8%.
