These are some of the notable events relating to politics in 2024.
In 2024, approximately 80 countries, representing nearly half of the global population, voted on national governments and legislatures. Various sources have called 2024 the "year of democracy".
January
- 1 January
- All works published in 1928 (except for sound recordings, from 1923), entered the public domain in the United States.
- The Republic of Artsakh officially ceases to exist.
- Ethiopia announces an agreement with Somaliland to use 20 km of coastline in exchange for eventual recognition of Somaliland's Declaration of Independence.
- BRICS: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates join the BRICS group, doubling the size of the group.
- 2023 Israeli judicial reform: The Supreme Court of Israel strikes down the "reasonableness" bill passed by the Knesset in July 2023.
- Same-sex marriage is legalized in Estonia.
- 2 January â Attempted assassination of Lee Jae-myung: South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is stabbed in the neck in Gadeokdo, Busan.
- 3 January
- 2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt: A court in Freetown, Sierra Leone, charges former president Ernest Bai Koroma with four offences, including treason for his alleged role in the November 2023 coup attempt.
- A court in the U.S. state of New York releases unsealed documents containing the associates list of Jeffrey Epstein to the public.
- Hilda Heine is sworn in as President of the Marshall Islands.
- 4 January â Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah is appointed as Prime Minister of Kuwait.
- 6 January â 2024 Salvadoran presidential election: Electronic voting for Salvadoran expatriates in the presidential and legislative elections begins.
- 7 January
- 2024 Bangladeshi general election: Citizens of Bangladesh vote in a general election with opposition parties boycotting the election.
- Philippine President Bongbong Marcos signs a law that permits electronic tax filing in the country.
- 8 January
- 2024 Puntland presidential election: Said Abdullahi Deni and Ilyas Osman Lugator win the presidency and vice-presidency respectively.
- Farmers block highway access roads in parts of Germany, launching a week of protests against a government plan to remove tax breaks on diesel used in agriculture.
- French prime minister ÃÂlisabeth Borne resigns at the request of French president Emmanuel Macron amid political turmoil over immigration reform.
- 13 January â Taiwan, 2024 Taiwanese general election (Presidential and Parliamentary)
- 25 January â Kenneth Eugene Smith, an American convicted murderer, is executed by means of nitrogen hypoxia. He was the first person in the world to be executed by this particular method.
- 26 January â 2024 Tuvaluan general election
- 31 January â Sultan of Johor Ibrahim Iskandar ascends to the throne as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
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September
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November
December
Policies and laws
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