Editing 2022 in politics (section)

== October ==
* October 16: [[20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party]] will be held in Beijing, that incumbent [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP General Secretary]] [[Xi Jinping]] is widely believed to be re-elected as [[Leader of the Chinese Communist Party|party leader]].<ref>{{Cite news |author=Ling Li |date=2021-11-11 |title=How Xi Jinping could rule China for life |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/11/how-xi-jinping-could-rule-china-life/ |access-date=2021-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wong |first=Jeremy Page, Lingling Wei and Chun Han |date=2017-10-18 |title=Chinese Power Play: Xi Sets Stage for a More Muscular Role at Home and Abroad |language=en-US |newspaper=[[Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/xi-jinpings-power-plays-set-the-stage-for-a-long-encore-1508232605 |access-date=2022-01-15 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=August 30, 2022|title=China to hold 20th CCP Congress on October 16|website=Al Mayadeen|url=https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/china-to-hold-20th-ccp-congress-on-october-16}}</ref>
* October 20: A [[October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis|government crisis]] in the [[United Kingdom]] culminates with the resignation of [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Liz Truss]], making her the [[List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure|shortest-serving prime minister]] in the history of the United Kingdom.
* October 23: [[Xi Jinping]] is elected as [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] by the [[Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|Central Committee]], beginning a third term of the [[paramount leader]] of [[China]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Xi Jinping elected general secretary of CPC Central Committee: communique|url=https://english.news.cn/20221023/289564cb819a4af2ba3cb6fb1cad5177/c.html|work=Xinhua|date=2022-10-23|access-date=2022-10-23}}</ref>
* October 24: [[Rishi Sunak]] is declared [[Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)|leader]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] after being elected unopposed in the [[October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election]].
* October 25: [[Charles III|The King]] appoints [[Rishi Sunak]] as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].