2005 in Libya
# 2005 in Libya

The following lists events that happened in 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.
