Portal:Current events/2005 March 12
March 12, 2005 (Saturday)
- President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China is elected to be chairman of the Central Military Commission by the 3rd Plenum of the 10th National People's Congress. (Xinhua) (Reuters)[permanent dead link] (NBC-WTSM) (CCTV)
- The State Council of the People's Republic of China approves the resignation of Hong Kong's Chief Executive Tung Chee-Hwa, who then becomes a vice-chairman of the Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body. (Channel News Asia) (Xinhua)
- Ukraine begins to pull its troops out of Iraq. (VOA) (Al Jazeera) (Guardian)
- Local council elections in Malta are to take place. Results initially appear to favour the Malta Labour Party. (di-ve)