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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026. (Ramil Sitdikov / POOL / AFP)
June 15, 2026, 8:23 am
PA’s Abbas says oft-canceled presidential elections to be held in 2027
Palestinian Authority’s leader has now remained in power for 20 years, 15 years beyond the original date on which he was due to seek re-election
By Nurit Yohanan
Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian after casting his ballot during the presidential runoff elections in Shareh Qods, west of Tehran on July 5, 2024 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
July 6, 2024, 11:06 am
Iranian reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins presidential election
Victor promises to ease hardline laws, but supports Khamenei and says he wants good ties with ‘all countries except Israel’; turnout at 49.8%, with 600,000 spoiled ballots
By Agencies
Iran's former senior vice president, Eshaq Jahangiri, speaks in a press briefing after registering his name as candidate for the June 28 presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran, June 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
June 8, 2024, 8:59 pm
Iran’s Reform Front threatens to shun presidential vote unless its candidate can run
Three coalition members are expected to be disqualified by council that decides who can compete in snap election called after Raisi’s death
By AFP
Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf waves to the media while registering his name as candidate for the June 28 presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran, June 3, 2024. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
June 3, 2024, 6:39 pm
Iran’s hardline parliament speaker registers for presidential race
A 12-person panel overseen by Ayatollah Khamenei will decide if Mohammad Qalibaf and other candidates will be allowed to run
By Jon Gambrell
Four Star General and head of the Republican Guard in Chad, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno (C), 37, son of Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, is seen at a polling station in N'djamena, April 11, 2021. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
April 21, 2021, 2:15 pm
Deby’s son named Chad president; Israel said confident ties won’t be harmed
After death of longtime ruler Idriss Deby Itno, who renewed relations with Jewish state, General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, 37, named as his replacement
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this January 13, 2020, photo, Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno arrives at the G5 Sahel summit in Pau, southwestern France (Regis Duvignau/Pool Photo via AP, File)
April 20, 2021, 3:15 pm
After 30 years in power, Chad’s president killed while fighting rebels
Deby, who in 2019 restored ties with Israel after 50-year break, dies hours after being declared winner of presidential election; Netanyahu: ‘We will miss his bold leadership’
By Agencies
Newly elected Latvian president, former European Court of Justice judge Egils Levits gives a press conference in Riga, Latvia, on May 29, 2019. ( Ilmars ZNOTINS / AFP)
May 29, 2019, 5:46 pm
MPs elect ex-Soviet dissident with Jewish roots as Latvian president
European Court of Justice judge Egil Levits and his Latvian patriot parents were expelled from former Soviet Union in 1972 because KGB viewed them as threat
By AFP and ToI Staff
Workers collect electoral propaganda at a garbage dump in Mexico City, June 29, 2018. (AP Photo / Marco Ugarte)
July 1, 2018, 8:59 am
Ahead of Mexico vote, fears and warnings of possible fraud
Analysts say little chance of front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador losing election, but his supporters worry after his 2 previous runs allegedly rigged
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ
In this May 20, 2018 file photo released by Mexico's National Electoral Institute, INE, presidential candidates, from left, independent Jaime Rodriguez, known as "El Bronco," Ricardo Anaya of the Forward for Mexico Coalition, Jose Antonio Meade, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, with the MORENA party, attend the second of three debates in Tijuana, Mexico. (INE via AP, File)
July 1, 2018, 8:46 am
Meet the 4 candidates vying to become Mexico’s president
A review of all men running in Sunday’s elections, from the 64-year-old veteran front-runner to the 39-year-old head of an unlikely right-left alliance
By AP
Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Hassan Rouhani hold his portrait during a campaign rally in the capital Tehran on May 4, 2017. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
May 5, 2017, 8:43 pm
Rouhani: Revolutionary Guards tried to sabotage nuke deal with anti-Israel slogans on missiles
In pre-election debate, president also appears to takes issue with testing that heightened tensions with US
By Eric RANDOLPH and Ali Noorani
French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement Emmanuel Macron, left (AFP/Eric FEFERBERG) and candidate for the Front National, Marine Le Pen (AFP/Joel SAGET) celebrating their respecive victories on April 23, 2017 after the first round of the Presidential elections. The two will face off on May 7.
April 24, 2017, 1:46 am
France’s next leader: Centrist Macron vs. far-rightist Le Pen
With their starkly different world views, May 7 presidential runoff will be akin to a referendum on France’s EU membership
By John Leicester and Lori Hinnant
The contenders for Iran's upcoming presidential elections: (top L-R) Head of the Islamic Coalition Party's Central Council Mostafa Mirsalim; former minister Mostafa Hashemitaba; Iran's first Vice-President, Eshaq Jahangiri; (bottom L-R) cleric, Ebrahim Raisi; Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Mayor of Tehran, and President Hassan Rouhani. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
April 21, 2017, 3:30 am
A look at Iran’s presidential candidates
Rouhani and five rivals approved by Guardian Council to run in elections next month
By AP
Iranian cleric and head of the Imam Reza charitable foundation, Ebrahim Raisi, gestures after registering his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections at the ministry of interior in the capital Tehran on April 14, 2017. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
April 15, 2017, 8:14 am
What would a hardline new president mean for Iran and the world?
Ebrahim Raisi, leading challenger to incumbent Hassan Rouhani, could leave Tehran’s tenuous opening to the West in jeopardy
By Eric RANDOLPH and Ali Noorani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gestures to the camera after registering to run for re-election at the interior ministry in the capital Tehran on April 14, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / ISNA / ATTA KENARE)
April 14, 2017, 3:53 pm
Iran’s Rouhani registers to run for re-election
The president behind the nuclear deal faces mounting criticism over economic stagnation
By Agencies
French presidential candidate Francois Fillon gets covered in flour during a campaign event in Strasbourg, France on April 6, 2017. (Screenshot)
April 7, 2017, 12:41 am
French presidential candidate Fillon doused in flour at campaign event
Young man tackled by security guards after dumping bag of flour onto ex-PM in Strasbourg while he was shaking hands
By Agencies
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