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In the Netherlands, a new four-party coalition government took office with as prime minister.

In Hungary, Viktor Orbán was elected prime minister for the fourth time with 57% of the vote.

In Serbia, President Aleksandar Vučić won the presidential elections for the second time. Vučić became the first person to be elected president of the country twice.

Emmanuel Macron, the candidate of the Republican March Party, won the presidential elections in France with 58.2% of the vote.

2022 was a year of political instability in the United Kingdom. After Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned, Liz Truss, who was elected to replace him, stayed in office for only 44 days and then resigned. Rishi Sunak was elected PM after Truss—who became the shortest-serving prime minister in the history of the kingdom.

Moderate Conservative Party leader Ulf Kristersson was elected prime minister in Sweden's general elections. The newly formed right-wing government also included the Christian Democratic Party, the Liberal Party and the far-right Sweden Democrats Party.

In Italy, Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, was elected prime minister in the general elections held after Mario Draghi's resignation.

Yoon Seok-Youl, the candidate of the conservative People Power Party, won the presidential elections in South Korea.

The Liberal Democratic Party, the late prime minister Shinzo Abe's party, won the general elections in Japan. Kishida Fumio became the new prime minister of the country.

Following the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Central Committee elected Xi Jinping as the General Secretary and President of the CCP for the third time. Jinping became the first person to hold the party leadership for more than two terms after the country's founding leader Mao Zedong.

Leftist candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the general elections in Brazil with 50.9% of the vote, ahead of his rival Jair Bolsonaro.

Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 organization, won the presidential elections in Colombia.

In the US midterm elections held on November 8, Democrats led by Joe Biden won the majority in the Senate, while Republicans won in the House of Representatives.

In Pakistan, the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, who lost the vote of no confidence in the parliament due to poor economic management, fell. Sharif Shahbaz won the elections held afterwards and was elected the new prime minister of the country.

The right-wing bloc led by former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu won the general elections held in Israel.

Former US President Donald Trump announced that he will run in the presidential elections to be held in 2024.

In Peru, President Pedro Castillo was ousted after accusing Congress of overthrowing him. Castillo was replaced by Castillo's vice president Dina Boluarte.