title: 2005 in Libya
text: # 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.
  