1975 in politics

This is a list of events relating to politics in 1975.

Events

January 1 - John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up^[1]
January 4 - Khmer Rouge forces begin a siege of Phnom Penh as the North Vietnamese army sweeps through Laos, South Vietnam and Cambodia^[2]
January 15 - The Alvor Agreement is signed, formally ending the Angolan War of Independence and establishing a timeline for Angolan independence^[3]
January 16 - The IRA call off a 25-day ceasefire^[2]
January 27 -
- Five IRA bombs go off in London and 19 are injured by a blast in Manchester^[2]
- Creation of the Church Committee by the US Senate, which goes on to expose federal intelligence abuses including Operation MKULTRA, COINTELPRO and Family Jewels^[4]

February 2 - Ethiopia attack rebel positions outside Asmara^[2]
February 5 - Argentinian president Isabel Perón declares Operativo Independencia aiming to crush the People's Revolutionary Army, the first large-scale military operation of the Dirty War^[5]
February 11 - In Britain, Margaret Thatcher is elected leader of the Conservative Party^[2]
February 13 - Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash declares Northern Cyprus independent^[2]
February 27 - Peter Lorenz, CDU candidate for mayor of West Berlin, is kidnapped by the 2 June Movement^[6]

March 6 - Iran and Iraq sign the Algiers Agreement^[7]
March 10 - North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in South Vietnam on their way to capturing Saigon^[8]
March 11 - Failed right-wing coup attempt in Portugal by former president, António de Spínola^[9]
March 31 - The Iraqi army launch a general assault on mountain positions held by Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq^[2]

April 15 - 1975 Beirut bus massacre, in which 27 Palestinians are killed by members of a Phalangist militia, sparks city-wide sectarian crashes between Phalangists and Palestinians^[2]
April 17 - Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia^[2]
April 26 - Socialist victory in Portugal's first free elections in 50 years^[2]

May 4 - Ulster victory in elections to the Ulster Convention in Northern Ireland^[2]
May 21 - Beginning of the Stammheim trial of the Red Army Faction in Germany^[2]

June 6 - The United Kingdom vote to remain in the European Communities^[2]
June 12 - Indira Gandhi is found guilty of electoral corruption by the Allahabad High Court^[2]
June 16 - South Africa and the United Kingdom terminate the 1955 Simonstown agreement^[2]
June 24 - Mozambique becomes independent from Portugal^[2]

February 13 - English far-right political commentator, Katie Hopkins
December 21 - Charles Michel, Belgian politician who served as the president of the European Council from 2019 to 2024

March 18 - Zimbabwean politician and nationalist leader who led the Zimbabwe African National Union, Herbert Chitepo
March 19 - Ethiopian military officer and civil rights activist, Tadesse Birru
March 25 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, assassinated by his nephew, Faisal bin Musaid^[2]
March 31 - Egyptian politician and officer, Youssef Seddik