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Putin for new laws and reforms that would vastly increase his power. U.S. Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi names the seven managers of the impeachment team and the House votes to send its impeachment resolutions to the Senate for a trial of President Donald Trump. Filipe Nyusi is sworn in for another term as president of Mozambique while the opposition boycotts the ceremony amidst charges of electoral fraud. Turkey lifts its ban on Wikipedia, due to a ruling by the Turkish High Constitutional Court. January 16 Pope Francis names Italian lawyer Francesca Di Giovanni as the under-secretary in the Section for Relations with States, the arm of the Catholic church that handles the foreign relations of the Holy See. She is the first woman appointed to a post at that level. The impeachment of Donald John Trump formally moves into its trial phase in the United States Senate. Guatemala breaks off diplomatic relations with Venezuela Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin is appointed as Prime Minister of Russia. He previously served as Director of the Federal Tax Service from 2010 to 2020. He was nominated for Prime Minister of the Russian Federation by President Vladimir Putin. Hearings on his appointment were held in the State Duma on January 16, and he was confirmed to the office that day. January 18 French police called for backup as protesters tried to storm a theater where President Emmanuel Macron and his wife were watching The Fly. Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urges leaders of the European Union to support the government of Libya in peace talks in Berlin. Libyan opposition leader General Khalifa Haftar seeks support in Greece. Violence escalates in Beirut, Lebanon, with 377 protesters and 142 members of security forces injured during nine hours of clashes; 43 people were arrested and later released. January 20 – Norway's ruling coalition falls apart after repatriation of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) bride. January 22 – Katerina Sakellaropoulou is elected the first female president of Greece. January 23 – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, 58, says Greta Thunberg, 17, should study economics if she wants to talk about climate change. Mnunchin has a bachelor's degree in economics. January 26 – 2020 Peruvian parliamentary election. No party wins a majority, but centrists dominate. January 27 Manzoor Pashteen, a leading activist against corruption in the Pakistani military, is arrested. January 31 – The United Nations Security Council approves an extension of an arms embargo against the Central African Republic only until July 31, 2020. February 1 – Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas threatens to cut security ties to the United States and Israel. February 3 The Supreme Court nullifies the results of the 2019 Malawian general election due to widespread irregularities. President Peter Mutharika will stay in power until new elections on July 2, 2020. "Technical irregularities" delay the vote counting of the Iowa Democratic caucuses, the first step in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries in the United States. February 5 Thomas Kemmerich of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) is elected governor of Thuringia, Germany, with support from the AfD party. This is the first time in modern history that a state governor has been elected with the support of the far-right AfD. The US Senate voted on whether or not to convict the president on the charges and evidence as they were presented and debated upon. The senators voted 52 to 48 to find President Trump not guilty on the charge of abuse of power (all 45 Democrats, independent senators Bernie Sanders and Angus King, and Republican senator Romney voted guilty). They voted 53 to 47, in a party line vote, to find him not guilty on the charge of obstruction of Congress February 9 Sudanese leader Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. Former deputy Prime Minister Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi of Sudan states that it would be good to normalize relations with Israel. February 11 Palestinians withdraw their request for the UN Security Council to discuss the proposed peace plan offered by the Trump Administration of the United States. President Trump submits a new federal budget for the upcoming fiscal year. It would increase defense spending and cut social programs. 2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election The ruling party takes about 65 of 125 seats. 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election's results announced with Aam Aadmi Party securing 62 of 70 seats. February 14 German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier criticizes the United States for rejecting "even the idea of an international community." He also criticized Russia and China. The U.S. issues a travel ban against Sri Lanka general Shavendra Silva for human rights violations. Benjamin Griveaux, 42, French President Macron's preferred candidate for mayor of Paris, withdraws his candidacy after a sex video is leaked. February 15 Thousands protest in eastern Germany against the role Christian Democrats and the Free Democratic Party in supporting a far-right political party in Thuringia. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that a "reduction in violence" deal reached with the Taliban in Afghanistan "looks very promising." The agreement is expected to be formally announced on February 16 and to go into effect on February 17. Venezuela carries out military exercises and drills amidst growing tensions with the United States. Opposition leader Juan Guaidó returns after a three-week tour that included a visit with the U.S. president. Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg supports increased taxes in Europe for Silicon Valley tech giants. February 16 A Saudi jet crashes in Al Jawf Region after being shot down by Houthi rebels. 31 civilians are killed and 12 injured in a retaliatory strike in Yemen. 2020 Guinean legislative election. Tesla is ordered to stop work on a factory in Germany due to environmental concerns. North Macedonia's parliament is dissolved ahead of the April election. Software problems force the suspension of the 2020 Dominican Republic municipal elections. Ivanka Trump praises Saudi Arabia and other Mideast countries for the advances they have made on women's rights. French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn announces her candidacy for mayor of Paris, after Benjamin Griveaux drops out. Strikes among seasonal ski resort workers break out against unemployment reforms at 50 locations in France, from the Alps to the Pyrenees. February 17 – 3,000 interns in the public service sector of Spain protest against the lack of a permanent contract. 21.6% of Spanish government employees are considered "temporary." February 18 – Incumbent Ashraf Ghani is declared the winner of the 2019 Afghan presidential election with 50.64% of the votes. February 19 – President Trump replaces acting director of national intelligence Joseph Maguire with the inexperienced ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell after Maguire's office tells the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that Russia intends to interfere in the 2020 United States elections. February 20 A terrorist attack by a right-wing extremist Hanau, Hesse, Germany, leaves eleven dead including the suspect. Israel asks that the Carnaval parade in Aalst, Belgium be canceled because of anti-Semitism. The U.S. sanctions five Iranian clerics after they blocked 7,000 candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections. February 21 – 2020 Iranian legislative election. February 22 – 2020 Togolese presidential election. Incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe wins reelection with 72% of the vote. February 23 – Police in Haiti violently protest against money being spent on a carnaval celebrations instead of their salaries. February 24 – Seven people, including a police officer, are killed in protests against new immigration laws in New Delhi, India before a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump. February 29 Egypt says it will use "all means" to defend its interests in a dispute with Ethiopia and Sudan over a dam on the Nile River. The United States and the Taliban sign an agreement that may lead to the end of the war in Afghanistan. Eight members of Hezbollah are killed by Turkish troops in Syria. Last week, 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in the fighting. 10,000 to 22,000 people march in Moscow in memory of slain dissident Boris Nemtsov. March 1 – The Prime-Minister-designate of Iraq, Mohammed Allawi withdrew from his run for the post, accusing political parties of obstructing him, creating a domestic crisis