The following lists events that happened during
2005
File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...
in the
Republic of Zimbabwe.
Incumbents
*
President:
Robert Mugabe
*
First Vice President:
Joice Mujuru
Joice Runaida Mujuru (née Mugari; born 15 April 1955), also known by her nom-de-guerre Teurai Ropa Nhongo, is a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 2004 to 2014. Previously she had served as a g ...
*
Second Vice President:
Joseph Msika
Joseph Wilfred Msika (6 December 1923 – 4 August 2009), was a Zimbabwean politician who served as Second Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 1999 to 2009.Sydney Kawadza"VP Msika dies", ''The Herald'', 6 August 2009.
Early life
Msika was born in ...
Events
January
* 17–19 January -
Robert Mugabe and the Iranian President
Mohammed Khatami hold talks.
March
* 31 March - The
Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front wins the parliamentary elections.
May
* 25 May -
Operation Murambatsvina or ''Operation Drive Out Trash'' is started.
July
* 22 July - The
United Nations releases a report to the public stating Operation Murambatsvina has left 700,000 people without homes or jobs, violated international law and created a grave humanitarian crisis.
*
Operation Murambatsvina ends.
August
* 4 August -
Amnesty International
Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says it has more than ten million members and sup ...
films in secret the aftermath of
Operation Murambatsvina at Hopley Farm on the outskirts of
Harare.
* 30 August - Parliament passes the controversial 17th Amendment bill.
September
* 9 September - The
International Monetary Fund gives Zimbabwe a 6-month reprieve to settle their US$175 million debt.
* 10 September -
Robert Mugabe arrives in
Cuba on a 3-day state visit.
October
* 3 October - The exchange rate of the Zimbabwe dollar collapses to 100,000 to 1 against the US dollar.
November
* 6 November - The National Constitutional Assembly civic alliance stage protests in
Harare,
Bulawayo,
Gweru,
Mutare
Mutare (formerly Umtali) is the most populous city in the province of Manicaland, and the third most populous city in Zimbabwe, having surpassed Gweru in the 2012 census, with an urban area, urban population of 224,802 and approximately 260,567 ...
and
Masvingo.
* 7 November - Police arrest
Percy Ncijo,
Reason Ngwenya and
Dzavamwe Shambare of the
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions in Bulawayo to thwart demonstrations.
* 8 November - The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions stage protests in Harare and Bulawayo. Police arrests the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions' president
Lovemore Matombo and the secretary general
Wellington Chibhebhe
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by met ...
together with 150 other union members in Harare.
* 20 November -
Robert Mugabe announces on Zimbabwe state television that
uranium deposits have been discovered.
* 24 November - The United States of America freezes the assets of 128 Zimbabweans including Robert Mugabe and 33 Zimbabwe institutions for hindering democratic reform in Zimbabwe.
* 26 November - Elections for Zimbabwe's first senate takes place which
Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front wins majority seats.
December
* 15 December - Police raid the offices of the Voice of the People in
Harare.
Births
Deaths
* August 25 -
Josiah Tungamirai, politician, (born
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
)
References
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