(Current Affairs) Person in News | January: 2012

Appointed

• Kim Jong-un
• Vinod Rai
• Ajit Singh
• Prof. Parvin Sinclair
• Rita Menon
• M.P. Muralidharan

Death

• Dev Anand
• Kim Jong-il
• Kiro Gligorov
• S.Bangarappa
• Vaclav Havel
• P. K. Iyengar
• Ram Nath Singh
• Jacob E. Goldman
• Mario Miranda
• Vasant Ranjane
• George Whitman
• Hamilton Bobby
• Satyadev Dubey
• KV Varadaraj

Accused/Resigned

• Jacques Chirac
• Ogyen Trinley Dorje
• Ilker Basbug
• Rod Blagojevich

Honour

• ‘Time’ Person of the Year
• Hema Malini
• Udaipur
• Alastair Cook
• Dam999
• Under 30 Achievers

Accidents

• Sukhoi Su-30 MKI Fighter Aircraft Crashed