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2004 in politics
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Years in politics: 2002 -2003 -2004 -2005 -2006 - list of years in politics
Events
January
February
February 1 - Jörg 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 - Jóannes 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 Presidential race after poor results in the Virginia and Tennessee primaries.
February 13 - Wesley Clark endorses John Kerry.
February 13 - Jesús Pérez 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 Condé is named foreign minister of Guinea .
February 23 - Josep Bargalló 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 Republic 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
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 Milošević 's 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 Marković 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 - Salomé Zurabishvili is appointed as foreign minister of the Republic of Georgia .
March 12 - Oleg Chirkunov becomes new acting governor of Perm .
March 12 - Gérard 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
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Deaths
(Very partial list of politicians who died in 2004)
January 6 - Dominica prime minister Pierre Charles dies of heart problems.
January 15 - Maaruf al-Dawalibi , former Prime Minister of Syria .
January 16 - Kalevi Sorsa , former Prime Minister of Finland .
February 11 - Jozef Lenárt , former Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia .
February 24 - Indian politician Sikander Bakht , governor of Kerala state, dies of an illness.
February 26 - Macedonian president Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash.
February 29 - Sir Harold St. John , former Prime Minister of Barbados .
March 1 - Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde , former Prime Minister of Comoros .
March 5 - Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy , former President of Ecuador .
March 20 - Juliana of the Netherlands , former Queen of the Netherlands .
April 9 - Sein Lwin , former President of Myanmar .
April 18 - Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara , former President of Fiji .
May 9 - Russian-backed Chechnyan president Akhmad Kadyrov is assassinated.
May 17 - Iraq Interim Governing Council president Ezzedine Salim is assassinated.
June 2 - Tesfaye Gebre Kidan , former acting President of Ethiopia .
June 5 - Former US President Ronald Reagan dies of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 93.
June 10 - Xenophon Zolotas , former Prime Minister of Greece .
June 16 - Thanom Kittikachor , former Prime minister of Thailand .
June 24 - Carlos Alberto Lacoste , former acting President of Argentina .
June 25 - L.F. Ramdat Misier , former acting President of Suriname .
Jule 5 - Hugh Lawson Shearer , former prime minister of Jamaica .
July 6 - Austrian president Thomas Klestil dies of a heart attack just two days before he was to retire.
July 10 - Maria de Lurdes Pintassilgo , former Prime Minister of Portugal .
July 19 - Zenko Suzuki , former Prime Minister of Japan .
September 12 - Ahmed Dini Ahmed , former Prime Minister of Djibouti .
September 23 - Winston Cinac , former Prime Minister of Saint Lucia .
November 11 - Former Palestinian President Yasser Arafat dies from a mysterious illness, aged 75.
November 18 - Alfred Maseng , former President of Vanuatu .
November 26 - Hans Schaffner , former President of Switzerland .
December 23 - P.V. Narasimha Rao , former Prime Minister of India .
See also
External links
Rulers - Includes months in politics for 2004.
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