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- Pacifico MarcosFilipino physician
- Pahlavi dynastyIranian royal dynasty (1925–1979)
- Pahlavi IranIran under the Pahlavi dynasty from 1925 to 1979
- Pakistan DayNational holiday in Pakistan
- Pakistani TalibanIslamist militant organisation
- Palace of Justice, PretoriaThe Palace of Justice forms part of the northern façade of Church Square in Pretoria. The
- Palermo ConferenceThe Palermo Conference was a two-day long conference which took place in Palermo, Sicily o
- PalestiniansArab national group of the Levant
- Pan Am Flight 1031988 aircraft bombing over Scotland
- Pan-AfricanismMovement encouraging solidarity among people of African ancestry
- Papua conflict1962–present separatist conflict in Indonesian New Guinea
- Parameswaran IyerParameswaran Iyer (born 16 April 1959) is an Indian civil servant and the former CEO of NI
- Paris Agreement2015 international treaty regarding climate change
- Paris Peace Accords1973 peace agreement between North and South Vietnam and the US
- Parliament of RhodesiaThe Parliament of Rhodesia was the bicameral legislature in Rhodesia from 1970 to 1979. Th
- Passaleão incidentThe Passaleão incident (Chinese: 關閘事件), also known as the Battle of Passaleão (or Pak Shan
- Pathet Lao1950–1975 left-wing national liberation movement of Laos
- Patriotic Front (Zimbabwe)The Patriotic Front in Zimbabwe was a coalition of two African Leadership parties: the Zim
- Paul Lloyd (RAF officer)Air Marshal Paul Harron Lloyd CBE is a senior Royal Air Force officer. He currently serves
- Payam (administrative division)A payam is the second-lowest administrative division, below counties, in South Sudan. Paya
- PDVAL affairThe PDVAL affair, also known as the Pudreval affair, refers to the finding of tons of rott
- Peasant republicConcept of a self-governing polity or entity made up of and/or by peasants
- Pedir expedition (1522)The Pedir expedition was launched by the Portuguese in order to support the Sultanate of P
- People Power Revolution1986 demonstrations in the Philippines
- People's Anti-Fascist FrontKashmir militant group
- People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia1987–1991 communist state in Ethiopia and Eritrea
- People's democratic stateCommunist state form
- People's Militias (Czechoslovakia)People's Militias (in Slovak Ľudové milície, in Czech Lidové milice), also called The Arme
- People's PledgeThe People's Pledge was a political campaign to secure a referendum on the United Kingdom'
- People's princessThe term "people's princess" is a sobriquet used on 31 August 1997 by the Prime Minister o
- People's republicTitle used by some republican states
- PerestroikaSoviet political reform movement
- Persecution of Falun GongIn 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) initiated an ongoing campaign to eliminate the
- Persecution of Uyghurs in ChinaSince 2014, the government of China has committed a series of ongoing human rights abuses
- Person of colorTerm for a person considered non-white
- Peshawar Accord1992 agreement between Afghan mujahideen factions
- Petar StipetićPetar Stipetić (24 October 1937 – 14 March 2018) was a Croatian general who served as the
- Peter Par JiekPeter Par Jiek (1950s – 9 April 2017) was a brigadier general of the Sudan People's Libera
- Philip PettitIrish philosopher and political theorist
- Philippine drug warCampaign against the illegal drug trade in the Philippines
- Philippine Refugee Processing CenterThe Philippine Refugee Processing Center (PRPC) was a large facility near Morong, Bataan,
- Phou Khao KhamPhou Khao Kham (Gold Mountain), (5 August – 25 September 1971) was a Royal Lao Government
- Pierluigi ConcutelliPierluigi Concutelli (3 June 1944 – 15 March 2023), known as The Commander (il Comandante)
- Piracy off the coast of SomaliaHijacking of ships by Somali pirates
- Plan ÁvilaPlan Ávila is a military contingency plan by the Venezuelan Army to maintain public order
- Plan on reforming Party and state institutions2023 institutional reforms in China
- Plaza Miranda bombing1971 bombing of a Liberal Party rally in Manila, Philippines
- PNS GhaziTench-class submarine of Pakistan Navy
- Poetry of Mao ZedongMao Zedong (1893–1976), the first Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and leader of th
- Polar 3Polar 3 was a Dornier 228 owned and operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute that was shot
- Police brutalityUse of excessive force by a police officer
- Police brutality in EthiopiaPolice brutality in Ethiopia falls under the aegis of the Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP),
- Polisario FrontMilitary and political organisation in Western Sahara
- Polish People's RepublicPolish communist state from 1947 to 1989
- Polish population transfers in 1944–1946Post WWII resettlement
- PolitburoExecutive committee of a communist party
- Political cleansing of populationEliminating groups of people for political reasons
- Political Reform ActThe Political Reform Act (Law 1/1977, of 4 January) was the Spanish law that re-establishe
- Political representationHow politicians represent citizens
- Politics of EthiopiaThe politics of Ethiopia are the activities associated with the governance of Ethiopia. Th
- Politics of RhodesiaRhodesia had limited democracy in the sense that it had the Westminster parliamentary syst
- Politics of Serbia and MontenegroThe Politics of Serbia and Montenegro, known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, later
- Politics of South SudanThe politics of South Sudan concern the system of government in the Republic of South Suda
- Politics of the Netherlands AntillesThe politics of the Netherlands Antilles, a former constituent country of the Kingdom of t
- Poor People's Campaign1968 US anti-poverty campaign
- Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestinePalestinian Marxist–Leninist organization
- Popular Movement for the Salvation of AzawadThe Popular Movement for the Salvation of Azawad (Mouvement populaire pour le salut de l'A
- Popular Resistance ArmyThe Popular Resistance Army, also known as Movement for the Struggle for Political Rights,
- Port Arthur massacre1996 mass shooting in Tasmania, Australia
- Portraits overlooking TiananmenSuccessive portraits overlooking Tiananmen Square
- Portuguese Armed ForcesCombined military forces of Portugal
- Portuguese Colonial War1961–1974 wars of independence in Africa
- Portuguese conquest of Ceuta1415 conflict between Portugal and Marinid Morocco
- Portuguese conquest of HormuzBattle in 1507
- Portuguese conquest of TangierPortuguese Military Campaign On Tangier
- Portuguese conquest of the East African coast1500–1509 conquest in southeast Africa
- Portuguese intervention in Hormuz (1514–1515)1514–1515 military intervention
- Portuguese invasion of the Jaffna kingdom (1560)The Portuguese invasion of Jaffna kingdom in 1560 AD was the first expedition against the
- Portuguese invasion of the Jaffna kingdom (1591)Portuguese invasion of Jaffna kingdom in 1591 AD was the second expedition against the Jaf
- Portuguese Timor1702–1975/2002 Portuguese colony in Southeast Asia
- Post-Soviet statesCountries of the former Soviet Union
- Potsdam Agreement1945 agreement between the major 3 Allies regarding the end of World War II
- Prathia HallPrathia Laura Ann Hall Wynn (January 1, 1940 – August 12, 2002) was an American leader and
- Prayer Pilgrimage for FreedomCivil Rights demonstration in Washington D.C.
- Preman (Indonesian gangster)Preman is a term for Indonesian organized crime groups, encompassing street level criminal
- Presidency of Joe Biden2021–2025 U.S. presidential administration
- Presidency of Salvador AllendePeriod of Chilean history from 1970 to 1973
- President of AfghanistanFormer head of state and government
- President of EgyptHead of state and government
- President of the Republic of ChinaHead of state
- President of the Yemen Arab RepublicThe President of the Yemen Arab Republic, officially the Chairman of the Republican Counci
- President of UkraineHead of state
- President of VietnamHead of state
- Pretoria Central PrisonPretoria Central Prison, renamed Kgosi Mampuru II Management Area by former President Jaco
- Primus inter paresLatin phrase meaning "first among equals"
- PRISMMass surveillance program run by the NSA
- Proclamation No. 10811972 declaration of martial law by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos
- Proclamation of the People's Republic of ChinaHistorical event in China
- ProggProgg was a left-wing and anti-commercial musical movement in Sweden that began in the lat
- Progressive Federal Party1977–1989 anti-apartheid party in South Africa
- Prohibition on Face Covering RegulationThe Prohibition on Face Covering Regulation (Cap. 241K) ("PFCR") is a regulation prohibiti
- Project CoastSouth African chemical weapons program
- Protectorate of the Western RegionsRegion of Han dynasty suzerainty over previously independent states
- Protest art against the Marcos dictatorshipProtest art against the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines pertains to artists' depict
- Protest music against the Marcos dictatorshipThe different forms and trends of protest music against the Marcos dictatorship mostly fir
- Protests against Nicolás Maduro and Delcy Rodríguez2014 political demonstrations in Venezuela
- Protests against responses to the COVID-19 pandemic2020–2022 worldwide events
- Protests against the Iraq War2002–2011 series of demonstrations
- Protests of 1968Worldwide escalation of social conflicts
- Protests regarding the Russo-Georgian WarDuring the Russo-Georgian War, demonstrations were held all over the world to protest the
- Provisional Electoral CouncilThe Provisional Electoral Council (French: Conseil Électoral Provisoire, French pronunciat
- Public holidays in South AfricaA list of current public holidays in South Africa:
- Public Security Intelligence AgencyThe Public Security Intelligence Agency (公安調査庁, kōanchōsa-chō) is the domestic intelligenc
- Purges in Turkey following the 2016 Turkish coup attemptSince 2016, the government of Turkey has conducted a series of purges, enabled by a state