2004 in politics

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Table of contents

1 Events
2 Deaths
3 See also
4 External Link

Events

January 1- Adnan Pachachi becomes president of the Iraq Interim Governing Council and will serve for the duration of the month.
January 1- Joseph Deiss takes office as President of the Confederation in Switzerland, Samuel Schmid as vice-president.
January 4- Texas Congressman Ralph Hall switches to the Republicans. Hall had been a Democrat.
January 4- Mikhail Saakashvili is elected as President of Georgia.
January 6- 2000 Democratic Presidential Candidate Bill Bradley endorses fellow Democrat Howard Dean for President.
January 8- Gavin Newsom is sworn in as Mayor of San Francisco.
January 8- Roosevelt Skerrit is sworn in as Prime Minister of Dominica following the death of Pierre Charles on January 6.
January 12- Kathleen Babineaux Blanco is sworn in as Governor of Louisiana.
January 13- Haley Barbour is sworn in as Governor of Mississippi.
January 13- Howard Dean wins a non-binding primary in Washington, DC with 43% of the vote. Al Sharpton comes in second with 34% of the vote.
January 13- Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill contributes to a book that claims that George W. Bush wanted to attack Iraq since January 2001 and not after the September 11th terrorist attacks as had been believed.
January 13- The President of Northern Cyprus approves a new cabinet headed by Mehmet Ali Talat.
January 14- ÃÂscar Berger Perdomo is inaugurated as President of Guatemala. Eduardo Stein Barillas becomes vice president and Jorge Briz Abularach becomes foreign minister.
January 14- Madan Lal Khurana is sworn in as governor of Rajasthan.
January 14- Nikolay Shaklein is sworn in as governor of Kirov.
January 15- Carol Moseley Braun drops out of the 2004 Presidential race and endorses Howard Dean.
January 16- Ban Ki Moon is named foreign minister of South Korea.
January 19- The Iowa Caucuses are held. John Kerry wins with 38%. John Edwards comes second with 32%. Howard Dean comes in third with 18%. Richard Gephardt comes in fourth with 11%.
January 20- Richard Gephardt quits the 2004 Presidential race after a poor showing in the Iowa Caucuses.
January 20- Bill Janklow's resignation from Congress takes effect. Janklow had been convicted of a felony in December 2003.
January 25- Mikhail Saakashvili is sworn in as President of Georgia.
January 27- John Kerry wins the New Hampshire Primary with 38% of the vote. Howard Dean gets 26% of the vote.
January 27 - Don Brash Speech Orewa Rotary Club on Nationhood against Maori racial separatism in New Zealand
February 1- JÃÂ¶rg Schild becomes president of the government of Basel-Stadt.
February 3-John Edwards wins a primary in South Carolina with 46% of the vote. Wesley Clark wins the Oklahoma primary with 30% of the vote. John Kerry wins primaries and caucuses in Arizona with 43% of the vote, Delaware with 50% of the vote, Missouri with 51% of the vote, New Mexico with 42% of the vote, and North Dakota with 50% of the vote.
February 3- Joe Lieberman quits the Presidential race after poor results in primaries and caucuses in South Carolina, Oklahoma, Arizona, Delaware, Missouri, North Dakota, and New Mexico.
February 3- JÃÂ³annes Eidesgaard becomes prime minister of the Faroe Islands.
February 4- Andrei Stratan is appointed foreign minister of Moldova.
February 4- Dragan Marsicanin becomes acting president of Serbia.
February 6- Richard Gephardt endorses John Kerry for President.
February 7- John Kerry wins a primary in Michigan with 52% of the vote. Kerry also wins the Washington primary with 49% of the vote.
February 7 - Peter Beattie (of the Australian Labor Party) wins a 3rd term as Premier of Queensland, again winning over two-thirds of the seats.
February 8- John Kerry wins the Maine Caucuses with 45% of the vote.
February 10- John Kerry wins primaries in Tennessee and Virginia with 41% and 52% of the vote, respectfully.
February 11- Wesley Clark quits the quits the Presidential race after poor results in the Virginia and Tennessee primaries.
February 13- Wesley Clark endorses John Kerry.
February 13- JesÃÂºs PÃÂ©rez is sworn in as foreign minister of Venezuela.
February 13- Tassos Giannitsis is sworn in as caretaker foreign minister of Greece.
February 14- John Kerry wins a caucus in Washington, DC with 47% of the vote. Kerry wins the Nevada caucus with 63% of state party delegates.
February 17- Democrat Ben Chandler defeats Republican Alice Forgy Kerr in a Congressional special election in Kentucky with 55% of the vote compared to Forgy Kerr's 43%.
February 17- John Kerry wins 40% of the vote in the Wisconsin primary.
February 17- Luisa Diogo is named prime minister of Mozambique.
February 18- Howard Dean quits the Presidential race after a poor showing in Wisconsin.
February 18- Jacques Simonet is sworn in as minister-president of Brussels-Capital.
February 21- Ralph Nader enters the Presidential race as an Independent.
February 23- Paul Lennon becomes acting premier of Tasmania.
February 23- Mamady CondÃÂ© is named foreign minister of Guinea.
February 23- Josep BargallÃÂ³ Valls takes office as chief councillor of Catalonia.
February 24- Viktor Khristenko is named acting prime minister of Russia.
February 26- Ljupco Jordanovski becomes acting president of Macedonia.
February 28- Sulejman Tihic becomes chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
February 29- Boniface Alexandre is sworn in as provisional president of Haiti.
March 2 - "Super Tuesday" U.S. presidential primaries or caucuses take place in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont. John Kerry wins in 9 states, and a dejected John Edwards quits the race.
March 3- New Government of Serbia was formed with support of Milosevicss SPS party
March 4 - The national parliament and all state assemblies of Malaysia, except Sarawak's were dissolved by the Prime Minister, paving the way for the general election.
March 4- Predrag Markovic becomes acting President of Serbia.
March 5- Mikhail Fradkov is confirmed as Prime Minister of Russia.
March 7- Kostas Karamanlis is given the mandate to form a new government in Greece.
March 9- Sergey Lavrov is appointed Foreign Minister of Russia.
March 9- Petros Molyviatis becomes Foreign Minister of Greece.
March 9- The Parliament of Latvia approves a new government headed by Indulis Emsis, Rihards Piks becomes foreign minister.
March 11- SalomÃÂ© Zurabishvili is appointed as foreign minister of the Republic of Georgia.
March 12- Oleg Chirkunov becomes new acting governor of Perm.
March 12- GÃÂ©rard Latortue is sworn in as Prime Minister of Haiti.
March 13 - Nomination day for the Malaysian general election. Barisan Nasional wins 15 parliamentary seats and 7 state assembly seats uncontested. The Islamic Party of Malaysia settles for one seat in the state of Johor.
March 16 - Sergey Abaramov is appointed as Prime Minister of Chechnya.
March 21 - The National Front scores a landslide victory in the Malaysian general election.
March 23 - Lawrence Gonzi is sworn in as Prime Minister of Malta. John Dalli becomes foreign minister.
March 24 - Baldwin Spencer is sworn in as Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. Harold Lovell becomes Foreign Minister.
March 25 - Datuk Idris Jusoh is sworn in as chief minister of Terengganu.
March 31 - Michel Barnier becomes foreign minister of France.
April 1 - Paolo Bollini and Marino Riccardi take office as Captains Regent of San Marino.
April 1- Massoud Barzani becomes President of the governing council of Iraq.
April 1- Roland Brogli becomes Landammann of Aargau.
April 4- Camille de Rocca-Serra is elected as president of the Corsican Assembly.
April 5- Mahinda Rajapakse is appointed as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
April 6- Arturas Paulauskas becomes acting President of Lithuania.
April 6- Gabriele Gendotti becomes president of the Council of State of Ticino.
April 7- JosÃÂ© Luis RodrÃÂguez Zapatero is asked to form the new government of Spain.
April 10- Chen Tang-shan is named foreign minister of the Republic of China.
April 12- Georgy Shpak takes office as governor of Ryazan.
April 14- Nikolay Kiselyov is sworn in as governor of Arkhangelsk. Mikhail Yevdokimov is sworn in as governor of Altay.
April 14- James Michel is sworn in as President of Seychelles.
April 14- S'bu Ndebele is sworn in as Premier of KwaZulu-Natal.
April 17- JosÃÂ© MarÃÂa Barreda Fontes assumes the Presidency of the Junta of Castilla-La Mancha.
April 18- ÃÂngel Moratinos becomes foreign minister of Spain.
April 21- Macky Sall is appointed as Prime Minister of Senegal.
April 22- Catherine Mabuza becomes acting premier of Limpopo.
April 23- Leonard Ramatlakane is sworn in as acting premier of Western Cape.
April 23- Sergey Gaplikov becomes acting Prime Minister of Chuvashia.
April 26- Sello Moloto is sworn in as premier of Limpopo. Ebrahim Rasool is elected premier of Western Cape.
April 28- Gabi Burgstaller is sworn in as Landeshauptfrau of Salzburg.
April 29- Ousmane Issoufi MaÃÂ¯ga is appointed Prime Minister of Maili.
May 1- Laurie Morgan is elected chief minister of Guernsey.
May 1- Ezzedine Salim becomes president of the governing council of Iraq.
May 1- Jean-RenÃÂ© Fournier takes office as president of the Council of State of Valais. Ruedi Jeker takes office as president of the government of ZÃÂ¼rich.
May 2- Moctar Ouane becomes foreign minister of Mali.
May 2- Marek Belka is sworn in as prime minister of Poland.
May 7- Fredis Refunjol is sworn in as governor of Aruba.
May 9- Carlos Gomes JÃÂºnior is named Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau.
May 10- Deborah Barnes Jones is sworn in as governor of Montserrat.
May 17- Ghazi al-Yawer becomes president of the governing council of Iraq.
May 19- Manmohan Singh is invited to form the new government of India.
May 20- Bingu wa Mutharika wins the presidential election in Malawi.
May 23- K. Natwar Singh becomes foreign minister of India.
May 28- Dharam Singh is installed as chief minister of Karnataka.
May 28- Alan Huckle is sworn in as governor of Anguilla.
June 27 - New President of Serbia, Boris Tadic elected.
July 6 - John Edwards named as John Kerry's running mate for U.S. President.
July 12 - Pedro Santana Lopes appointed Prime Minister of Portugal.

Deaths

June 5 - Former US President Ronald Reagan dies of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 93.

External Link

http://www.rulers.org Includes months in politics for 2004.