Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 23:1890 – King William III of Netherlands died. 2002 – Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali was sworn in as Pakistan’s newly elected prime minister, returning the country to formal civilian rule after three years of military dicatatorship. 2003 – Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze quit, bowing to opposition protesters who stormed parliament declaring a “rose revolution” and demanding his resignation. 2005 – Former Liberian finance minister Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf became the first woman to be elected head of state of an African country. 2011 – Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a deal to step down from 33 years in power following 10 months of protests against his rule.

Source: Ethiopian News November 23, 2023 06:12 UTC