2005 in Libya

Incumbents

• President: Muammar al-Gaddafi
• Prime Minister: Shukri Ghanem

Events

January

• January 20 - Italian police have arrested number of people connected to smuggling of illegal immigrants from Libya.

March

• March 23 - Muammar al-Gaddafi states that he is not going to pardon five Bulgarian nurses that face a death penalty accused of injecting children with the HIV.

May

• May 17 - Six African countries begin a two-day summit in Tripoli to assess situation in Darfur, Sudan. None of the local rebel groups have sent representatives.

December

• December 25 - The Supreme Court in Libya overturned the death sentences given to international health workers charged with infecting children with HIV.