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2024 (MMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.
With over 40 national elections being held throughout the year, 2024 is expected to be an unusually busy election year with seven of the top ten most populous countries (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Russia, India, Mexico, Indonesia, and the United States) holding elections throughout this year.[1]
Events
January
- January 1
- Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates join BRICS.[2]
- The Republic of Artsakh is formally dissolved as Nagorno-Karabakh unifies with Azerbaijan.[3]
- A 7.5 Mww earthquake strikes the western coast of Japan.[4]
Predicted and scheduled events
- January 7 – 2024 Bangladeshi general election.
- January 13 – 2024 Taiwanese presidential election.
- January 14
- Bernardo Arévalo will be inaugurated as President of Guatemala.[5]
- Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark will ascend the throne as King Frederik X, following the planned abdication of his mother Margrethe II.[6]
- January 22 – Joseph Boakai will be inaugurated as President of Liberia.
- January 26 – 2024 Tuvaluan general election.
- January 28 – 2024 Finnish presidential election.
- January 31 – Ibrahim Ismail will ascend to the throne as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
- February 4
- February 7 – 2024 Azerbaijani presidential election.
- February 8 – 2024 Pakistani general election.[7]
- February 14 – 2024 Indonesian general election.
- February 25 – 2024 Senegalese presidential election.
- March 10 – 2024 Portuguese legislative election.[8]
- March 17 – 2024 Russian presidential election.
- March 31 – 2024 Ukrainian presidential election.
- May 5 – 2024 Panamanian general election.
- May 7–11 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place in Malmö, Sweden.[9]
- May 8 – 2024 North Macedonian parliamentary election.
- May 12 – 2024 Lithuanian presidential election.[10]
- May 19 – 2024 Dominican Republic general election.
- June 1 – 2024 Icelandic presidential election.
- June 2 – 2024 Mexican general election.
- June 6–9 – 2024 European Parliament election.
- June 22 – 2024 Mauritanian presidential election.
- July 15–16 – 2024 Rwandan presidential election.
- July 26 – August 11 – 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[11]
- August 17 – Nusantara will become the new capital of Indonesia, replacing Jakarta.[12]
- October 13 – 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election.
- October 27 – 2024 Uruguayan general election.
- November 5 – 2024 United States presidential election.
- November 12 – 2024 Palauan general election.
- December 7 – 2024 Ghanaian general election.
- December 17 – Assuming the next United Kingdom general election has not already taken place, the Parliament elected in 2019 will automatically be dissolved, with the next general election taking place no later than January 28, 2025.[13][14]
Date unknown
- Spring – 2024 Slovak presidential election.
- Spring, Summer or Autumn – Next United Kingdom general election.[15][16]
- March – Bulgaria and Romania are to become members of the Schengen Area through sea and air routes.[17]
- April or May – 2024 Indian general election.
- May, June, July or August – 2024 South African general election.[18]
- June
- Autumn – 2024 Moldovan presidential election.
- October
- November
- 2024 Romanian presidential election.
- Artemis II, the second mission of the Artemis program and first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit since 1972, is planned to launch.
- Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore since 2004, is expected to hand over power to his deputy prime minister Lawrence Wong, ahead of the next general election in 2025.[20]
- December
Deaths
See also
References
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