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Quiz about World Leaders by Country 2005
Quiz about World Leaders by Country 2005

World Leaders by Country 2005 Trivia Quiz


Who led their countries in 2005?

A multiple-choice quiz by alan03. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
alan03
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
226,192
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
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Avg Score
11 / 15
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Question 1 of 15
1. Who was elected the French President in 1995? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected president of which Middle Eastern country in 2005? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Of which South American country was Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva elected president in 2002? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Who was re-elected president of Egypt in 2005, for a fifth term? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Angela Merkel was elected head of government of which country in 2005? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Who became the prime minister of New Zealand in 2005, for a third term? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. In 2001 Junichiro Koizumi became the prime minister of which country? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Which of the following leaders is incorrectly matched with the country of which they were president, in 2005? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Robert Mugabe became president of which African country in 1987? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Of which country was Vicente Fox elected president in 2000? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Hamid Karzai was the first democratically elected president of which country? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. John Howard became the prime minister of which country in 1996? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Chandrika Kumaratunga ended her presidential term of which country in 2005? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Who became president of Russia in 2000? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Which of the following was NOT president or prime minister of their country in 2005? Hint



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1. Who was elected the French President in 1995?

Answer: Jacques Chirac

As president of France, Jacques Chirac is also co-Prince of Andorra.

Raffarin and de Villepin were prime ministers of France during 2005. Jospin was Raffarin's predecessor and also a defeated candidate in both the 1995 and 2002 presidential elections.
2. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected president of which Middle Eastern country in 2005?

Answer: Iran

Ahmadinejad was mayor of the Iranian capital, Tehran, prior to his election.

Considered a hardliner, Ahamdinejad won a surprise victory over former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to replace the reformist Mohammad Khatami.
3. Of which South American country was Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva elected president in 2002?

Answer: Brazil

Lula won the 2002 presidential election after three previous attempts, taking office in 2003.

A trade unionist, Lula was the first left-wing president of Brazil in almost forty years.
4. Who was re-elected president of Egypt in 2005, for a fifth term?

Answer: Hosni Mubarak

Vice-president of Egypt under Anwar Sadat, Mubarak became president of Egypt after the assassination of Sadat in 1981. He was re-elected for a fifth term of office in 2005. Although this was the first Egyptian presidential election to allow multi-party candidates, the fairness of the election was called into question by the opposition and foreign observers.

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was president of Tunisia in 2005, Bashar Assad was president of Syria and Mahmoud Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen) was president of the Palestinian Authority.
5. Angela Merkel was elected head of government of which country in 2005?

Answer: Germany

The German federal election was held on 18th September 2005. Although Merkel's party had begun the campaign with a 21% lead over the main governing party in the opinion polls, the final result was so narrow that it was two months before coalition talks between the two largest parties could be finalised and Merkel confirmed as Germany's new chanceller.

She is the first woman and the first citizen of the former East Germany to hold the post.
6. Who became the prime minister of New Zealand in 2005, for a third term?

Answer: Helen Clark

Ms Clark first became prime minister of New Zealand in 1999 and in the 2005 election was narrowly re-elected to a third term over her opposition rival, Don Brash.

Jim Bolger and Jenny Shipley were Helen Clark's predecessors as prime minister.
7. In 2001 Junichiro Koizumi became the prime minister of which country?

Answer: Japan

Koizumi first became prime minister in 2001 and in 2005 led his Liberal Democratic Party to one of the biggest victories in Japanese political history.
8. Which of the following leaders is incorrectly matched with the country of which they were president, in 2005?

Answer: Gloria Arroyo - Chile

Gloria Arroyo was the president of the Philippines in 2005.
In 2005 Chile was led by President Ricardo Lagos.
9. Robert Mugabe became president of which African country in 1987?

Answer: Zimbabwe

Prominent in the struggle against white rule in what was then Rhodesia, Mugabe became first prime minister of independent Zimbabwe in 1980 and then, in 1987, president.
10. Of which country was Vicente Fox elected president in 2000?

Answer: Mexico

Fox was elected president of Mexico in 2000, ending over seventy years of rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
11. Hamid Karzai was the first democratically elected president of which country?

Answer: Afghanistan

Karzai became interim president of Afghanistan in 2002, following the overthrow of the Taliban government. In 2004 he became the first democratically elected president of Afghanistan.
12. John Howard became the prime minister of which country in 1996?

Answer: Australia

Howard first became PM of Australia in 1996, winning subsequent elections in 1998, 2001 and 2004.
13. Chandrika Kumaratunga ended her presidential term of which country in 2005?

Answer: Sri Lanka

Ms Kumaratunga was president of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2005, leaving office in November of that year.

As well as being the first woman to serve as as her country's president she was also the second woman to serve (albeit briefly) as the country's prime minister, the first being her own mother. When she was elected as president, Ms Kumaratunga resigned as prime minister and appointed her mother to serve once more as prime minister.
14. Who became president of Russia in 2000?

Answer: Vladimir Putin

Putin became Prime Minister of Russia in 1999. Then on 31 December 1999 he became Acting President of the Russian Federation, and was elected as president in 2000.

Nazarbayev, Niyazov and Lukashenko were presidents in 2005 of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Belarus respectively.
15. Which of the following was NOT president or prime minister of their country in 2005?

Answer: Sonia Gandhi, India

Despite being the leader of the Congress Party, Mrs Gandhi, the widow and daughter-in-law of previous Indian prime ministers, decided not to accept the office of prime minister when her party won an unexpected election victory in 2004, due to the strife likely to be engendered by her Italian origins.
Source: Author alan03

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