Events
January
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January 1-
André Degroeve becomes
Governor of
Brussels-Capital.
★ January 1-
Fernando Henrique Cardoso becomes President of
Brazil.
★ January 1-
Orleir Messias Cameli becomes Governor of
Acre.
★ January 1-
Divaldo Suruagy becomes Governor of
Alagoas.
★ January 1-
João Alberto Rodrigues Capiberibe becomes Governor of
Amapá.
★ January 1-
Amazonino Armando Mendes becomes Governor of
Amazonas.
★ January 1-
Paulo Ganem Souto becomes Governor of
Bahia.
★ January 1-
Tasso Ribeiro Jereissati becomes Governor of
Ceará.
★ January 1-
Cristovam Buarque becomes Governor of
Distrito Federal.
★ January 1-
Victor Buaiz becomes Governor of
Espírito Santo
★ January 1-
Luiz Alberto Maguito Vilela becomes Governor of
Goiás.
★ January 1-
Roseana Macieira Sarney Murad becomes Governor of
Maranhão.
★ January 1-
Dante Martins de Oliveira becomes Governor of
Mato Grosso.
★ January 1-
Wilson Barbosa Martins becomes Governor of
Mato Grosso do Sul.
★ January 1-
Eduardo Brandão de Azeredo becomes Governor of
Minas Gerais.
★ January 1-
Almir José de Oliveira Gabriel becomes Governor of
Pará.
★ January 1-
Antonio Marques da Silva Mariz becomes Governor of
Paraíba.
★ January 1-
Jaime Lerner becomes Governor of
Paraná.
★ January 1-
Miguel Arraes de Alencar becomes Governor of
Pernambuco.
★ January 1-
Francisco de Assis de Moraes Souza becomes Governor of
Piauí.
★ January 1-
Marcello Nunes de Alencar becomes Governor of
Rio de Janeiro
★ January 1-
Garibaldi Alves Filho becomes Governor of
Rio Grande do Norte.
★ January 1-
Antônio Britto Filho becomes Governor of
Rio Grande do Sul.
★ January 1-
Valdir Raupp de Mattos becomes Governor of
Rondônia.
★ January 1-
Neudo Ribeiro Campos becomes Governor of
Roraima.
★ January 1-
Paulo Afonso Evangelista Vieira becomes Governor of
Santa Catarina.
★ January 1-
Mário Covas Júnior becomes Governor of
São Paulo.
★ January 1-
Albano do Prado Pimentel Franco becomes Governor
Sergipe.
★ January 1-
José Wilson Siqueira Campos becomes Governor of
Tocantins.
★ January 1-
Dianne L. Haskett becomes Mayor of
London, Ontario.
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January 3- Sir
Orville Alton Turnquest becomes Governor General of the
Bahamas.
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January 6-
Pierre Dartout becomes Prefect of
French Guiana.
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January 16-
Helen Maksagak becomes Commissioner of the
Northwest Territories.
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January 25-
Zhan Videnov becomes Premier of
Bulgaria.
February
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February 1-
Martin Mowbray becomes Governor of the
Cocos Islands.
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February 8-
Roméo LeBlanc becomes Governor General of
Canada.
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February 22-
Antoine Nduwayo becomes Prime Minister of
Burundi.
March
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March 2-
Josef Pühringer becomes Premier of
Oberösterreich.
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March 9-
Kate Carnell becomes Chief Administrator of
Australian Capital Territory.
April
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April 4-
Bob Carr becomes Premier of
New South Wales.
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April 12-
Gabriel Koyambounou becomes Governor of the
Central African Republic.
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April 8-
Koibla Djimasta becomes Prime Minister of
Chad.
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April 13-
Paavo Lipponen becomes Prime Minister of
Finland.
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April 17-
Tiit Vähi becomes Prime Minister of
Estonia.
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April 21-
Garde Gardom becomes Lieutenant Governor of
British Columbia.
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April 29-
Caambi El-Yachourtu becomes Prime Minister of
Comoros.
May
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May 15-
Ralph O'Neal becomes Chief Minister of the
British Virgin Islands.
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May 17-
Jacques Chirac becomes President of
France.
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May 18-
Alain Juppé becomes Prime Minister of
France.
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May 26-
Shane Stone becomes Chief Minister of
Northern Territory.
June
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June 12-
Judy Gingell becomes Commissioner of the
Yukon Territory.
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June 14-
Edison James becomes Prime Minister of
Dominica.
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June 15-
June 17 -
21st G7 summit takes place in
Halifax,
Nova Scotia,
Canada.
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June 18-
Wang Yunkun becomes acting Governor of
Jilin.
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June 26-
Mike Harris becomes Premier of
Ontario.
July
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July 6-
Carlos Juárez becomes Governor of
Santiago del Estero.
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July 8-
Eduardo Bauzá becomes Cabinet Chief of
Argentina.
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July 12-
Ramón Mestre becomes Governor of
Córdoba.
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July 27-
Milan Babić becomes Prime Minister of
Krajina.
August
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August 22-
Negasso Gidada becomes President of
Ethiopia.
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August 23-
Meles Zenawi becomes Prime Minister of
Ethiopia.
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August 30-
Gilbert R. Clements becomes Lieutenant Governor of
Prince Edward Island.
September
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September 18-
José Targino Maranhão becomes Governor of
Paraíba.
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September 29-
Ayoubo Combo becomes Coordinator of the Tranistional Military Committee of
Comoros.
October
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October 2- Sir
Guy Green becomes Governor of
Tasmania.
★ October 2-
Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim becomes President of Comoros, and
Said Ali Kemal becomes acting President of
Comoros.
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October 5-
Caamby El-Yachourtu becomes interim President of
Comoros.
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October 16-
Rajko Kasagic becomes Prime Minister of
Republika Srpska.
★ October 16-
John Wynne Owen becomes Governor of the
Cayman Islands.
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October 29-
Antonio Domingo Bussi becomes Governor of
Tucumán.
November
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November 3-
Alan Hoole becomes Governor of
Anguilla.
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November 4-
Zlatko Matesa becomes Prime Minister of
Croatia.
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November 22-
Don Morin becomes Premier of the
Northwest Territories.
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November 24-
Roger Jansson becomes Chief Minister of the
Åland Islands.
December
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December 9-
Ángel Maza becomes Governor of
La Rioja.
★ December 9-
Pablo Verani becomes Governor of
Río Negro
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December 10-
Ángel Rozas becomes Governor of
Chaco.
★ December 10-
Jorge Busti becomes Governor of
Entre Ríos.
★ December 10-
Guillermo Snopek becomes Governor of the
Jujuy Province.
★ December 10-
Felipe Sapag becomes Governor of
Neuquén.
★ December 10-
Juan Carlos Romero becomes Governor of
Salta.
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December 11-
Gildo Insfrán becomes Governor of
Formosa.
★ December 11-
Arturo Lafalla becomes Governor of
Mendoza.
★ December 11-
Jorge Obeid becomes Governor of
Santa Fe Province.
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December 14-
Carl Bildt of
Sweden becomes the International High Representative of
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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December 19- Sir
Denys Williams becomes acting Governor General of
Barbados.
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December 31-
Ahmed Ouyahia becomes Prime Minister of
Algeria.