Rulers
June 2009
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Funes | 
Martínez |
El Salvador: Mauricio Funes takes office as president. Hugo Martínez becomes foreign minister, David Munguía Payés defense minister, Carlos Cáceres finance minister, and Humberto Centeno interior minister.
Switzerland: Josef Keller becomes president of the government of Sankt Gallen and Claudius Graf-Schelling president of the government of Thurgau.
United States: Julián Castro takes office as mayor of San Antonio.
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Belarus: Anatoly Kuleshov is appointed interior minister.
Kleist |
Greenland: In parliamentary elections, the Inuit Ataqatigiit wins 43.7% of the vote (14 of 31 seats), Siumut 26.5% (9), Demokraatit 12.7% (4), Atassut 10.9% (3), and the Association of Candidates 3.8% (1). Turnout is 71.3%. Kuupik Kleist is to become new prime minister. On June 10 he presents his cabinet including Anthon Frederiksen as interior minister and Palle Christiansen as finance minister; Kleist will also serve as foreign minister. The new government is elected in parliament on June 12.
Indonesia: Sjachroedin Z.P. is sworn in as governor of Lampung.
Maldives: Mohamed Shihab is sworn in as home minister.
Switzerland: Hans-Jürg Käser is elected president of the government of Bern.
United Kingdom: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announces her resignation. On June 5 Defence Secretary John Hutton also quits. In the reshuffled cabinet announced on June 5, Alan Johnson becomes home secretary and Bob Ainsworth defence secretary.
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Bartumeu | 
Espot |
Andorra: Jaume Bartumeu Cassany is elected head of government by a simple majority of 14 votes in the 28-seat parliament. He is inaugurated on June 5. On June 8 the new government is named (sworn in June 9), including Xavier Espot Miró as foreign minister, Pere López as finance minister, and Víctor Naudi as interior minister.
Estonia: Prime Minister Andrus Ansip nominates Jürgen Ligi as finance minister and Marko Pomerants as interior minister. They are sworn in on June 4.
Moldova: Parliament fails a second time to elect a president, as Zinaida Greceanîi again wins 60 votes, short of the necessary 61, triggering new general elections.
Syria: Lt.Gen. Ali Habib is appointed defense minister.
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Australia: Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon resigns. On June 5 John Faulkner is appointed as defense minister and Brendan O'Connor as home affairs minister, the new ministers being sworn in on June 9.
Koirala |
Nepal: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal expands his cabinet, Sujata Koirala becoming foreign minister. In a further expansion on June 17 Bhim Bahadur Rawal is appointed home affairs minister.
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New Caledonia: The parliament elects Philippe Gomès as president of the government. On June 15 Pierre Ngaiohni is elected vice president.
Ukraine: Parliament votes 363-18 to oust the defense minister, Yuriy Yekhanurov. Valeriy Ivashchenko is appointed acting defense minister.
Uruguay: Interior Minister Daisy Tourné resigns. Transport Minister Víctor Rossi becomes acting interior minister until June 16, when Jorge Bruni takes office as new interior minister.
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Belgium: Results of regional parliamentary elections:
- Flanders: Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) wins 22.9% of the vote (31 of 124 seats), Flemish Interest (VB) 15.3% (21), Open VLD (Liberals) 15% (21), sp.a (Socialists) 15.3% (19), New Flemish Alliance 13.1% (16), List Dedecker 7.6% (8), Groen! 6.8% (7), and the Union of Francophones 1.2% (1).
- Wallonia: The Socialist Party (PS) wins 32.9% of the vote (29 of 75 seats), the Reformist Movement (MR) 23.5% (19), Ecolo 18.6% (14), the Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH) 16.2% (13), and the National Front (FN) 2.9% (0).
- Brussels-Capital: The MR wins 26.5% of the vote (24 of 89 seats), the PS 23.3% (21), Ecolo 17.9% (16), CDH 13.1% (11), Open VLD 2.6% (4), sp.a 2.2% (4), VB 2% (3), CD&V 1.7% (3), Groen! 1.3% (2), and New Flemish Alliance 0.6% (1).
- German community: The Christian Social Party wins 27% of the vote (7 of 25 seats), the Socialist Party 19.3% (5), the Party for Freedom and Progress (PFF) 17.5% (4), ProDG 17.5% (4), Ecolo 11.5% (3), and Vivant 7.2% (2).
Czech Republic: The caretaker government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer receives confidence from the Chamber of Deputies (156-1).
European Union: In elections to the European Parliament held June 4-7, the European People's Party-European Democrats wins 264 of 736 seats, the Party of European Socialists 161, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 80, the Greens 53, the Union for the Europe of Nations 35, and the European United Left/Nordic Green Left 32. Turnout is 43%. National results:
- Austria (June 7): People's Party 30% of the vote (6 of 17 seats), Social Democrats 23.8% (4), List Dr. Martin 17.7% (3), Freedom Party 12.8% (2), Greens 9.7% (2), Alliance for the Future of Austria 4.6% (0); turnout 46%
- Belgium (June 7): Christian Democratic and Flemish 14.4% (3 of 22), Flemish Liberals (Open VLD) 12.8% (3), French Socialists (PS) 10.9% (3), Flemish Interest 9.9% (2), Reformist Movement 9.7% (2), Ecolo 8.6% (2), Flemish Socialists (sp.a) 8.2% (2), New Flemish Alliance 6.1% (1), Democratic Humanist Centre 5% (1), Groen! 4.9% (1), List Dedecker 4.5% (1); turnout 90.4%
- Bulgaria (June 7): Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria 24.4% (5 of 17 seats), Coalition for Bulgaria 18.5% (4), Movement for Rights and Freedoms 14.1% (3), Ataka 12% (2), National Movement for Stability and Progress 8% (2), Blue Coalition 8% (1), LIDER 5.7% (0); turnout 39%
- Cyprus (June 6): Democratic Rally 35.7% (2 of 6), Communist Party 34.9% (2), Democratic Party 12.3% (1), Movement of Social Democrats 9.9% (1), European Party 4.1% (0); turnout 59.4%
- Czech Republic (June 5-6): Civic Democratic Party 31.5% (9 of 22), Czech Social Democratic Party 22.4% (7), Communist Party 14.2% (4), Christian Democratic Union-Czech People's Party 7.6% (2); turnout 28.2%
- Denmark (June 7): Social Democrats 20.9% (4 of 13), Venstre 19.6% (3), Socialist People's Party 15.4% (2), Danish People's Party 14.8% (2), Conservative People's Party 12.3% (1), People's Movement Against EU 7% (1), Radikale Venstre 4.1% (0); turnout 59.5%
- Estonia (June 7): Centre Party 26.1% (2 of 6), Indrek Tarand (independent) 25.8% (1), Reform Party 15.3% (1), Pro Patria and Res Publica Union 12.2% (1), Social Democratic Party 8.7% (1); turnout 43.9%
- Finland (June 7): National Coalition Party 23.2% (3 of 13), Centre 19% (3), Social Democrats 17.5% (2), Christian Democrats/True Finns 14% (2), Greens 12.4% (2), Swedish People's Party 6.1% (1), Left Alliance 5.9% (0); turnout 40.3%
- France (June 7): Union for a Popular Movement 27.8% (29 of 72), Socialist Party 16.5% (14), Europe écologie 16.3% (14), Democrat Movement 8.4% (6), National Front 6.3% (3), Left Front 6% (4), New Anti-Capitalist Party 4.9% (0), Libertas 4.6% (1); turnout 40.6%
- Germany (June 7): Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union 37.9% (42 of 99), Social Democratic Party 20.8% (23), Greens 12.1% (14), Free Democratic Party 11% (12), The Left 7.5% (8); turnout 43.3%
- Greece (June 7): Panhellenic Socialist Movement 36.7% (8 of 22), New Democracy 32.3% (8), Communist Party 8.4% (2), Popular Orthodox Rally 7.2% (2), Coalition of the Radical Left 4.7% (1), Ecologist Greens 3.5% (1); turnout 52.6%
- Hungary (June 7): Fidesz Hungarian Civic Union-Christian Democratic People's Party 56.4% (14 of 22), Hungarian Socialist Party 17.4% (4), Jobbik Movement for a Better Hungary 14.8% (3), Hungarian Democratic Forum 5.3% (1); turnout 36.3%
- Ireland (June 5): Fine Gael 29.1% (4 of 12), Fianna Fáil 24.1% (3), Labour 13.9% (3), Sinn Féin 11.2% (0), Marian Harkin (independent) 4.6% (1), Socialist Party 2.8% (1); turnout 58.6%
- Italy (June 7): People of Freedom 35.3% (29 of 72), Democratic Party 26.1% (21), Northern League 10.2% (9), Italy of Values 8% (7), Christian Democratic Union 6.5% (5), Communist Refoundation-Party of Italian Communists 3.4% (0); turnout 65.1%
- Latvia (June 6): Civic Union 24.3% (2 of 8), Harmony Centre 19.6% (2), For Human Rights in a United Latvia 9.7% (1), Latvia's First Party-Latvia's Way 7.5% (1), Fatherland and Freedom 7.5% (1), New Era 6.7% (1), Libertas.lv 4.3% (0); turnout 53.7%
- Lithuania (June 7): Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats 26.8% (4 of 12), Social Democratic Party 18.6% (3), Order and Justice 12.2% (2), Labour Party 8.8% (1), Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania 8.5% (1), Liberals Movement 7.4% (1); turnout 21%
- Luxembourg (June 7): Christian Social People's Party 31.3% (3 of 6), Socialist Workers' Party 19.4% (1), Democratic Party 18.7% (1), Greens 16.8% (1), Alternative Democratic Reform Party 7.4% (0); turnout 90.8%
- Malta (June 6): Labour Party 54.8% (3 of 5), Nationalist Party 40.5% (2), Democratic Alternative 2.3% (0); turnout 78.8%
- The Netherlands (June 4): Christian Democratic Appeal 19.9% (5 of 25), Party for Freedom 17% (4), Labour Party 12.1% (3), People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 11.4% (3), Democrats 66 11.3% (3), Green Left 8.9% (3), Socialist Party 7.1% (2), Christian Union/Political Reformed Party 6.9% (2); turnout 36.8%
- Poland (June 7): Civic Platform 44.4% (25 of 50), Law and Justice 27.4% (15), Democratic Left Alliance-Labour Union 12.3% (7), Polish People's Party 7% (3); turnout 24.5%
- Portugal (June 7): Popular Democratic Party-Social Democratic Party 31.7% (8 of 22), Socialist Party 26.6% (7), Left Bloc 10.7% (3), United Democratic League 10.7% (2), Popular Party 8.4% (2); turnout 36.8%
- Romania (June 7): Social Democratic Party/Conservative Party 31.1% (11 of 33), Democratic Liberal Party 29.7% (10), National Liberal Party 14.5% (5), Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 8.9% (3), Greater Romania Party 8.7% (3), Elena Basescu (independent) 4.2% (1); turnout 27.7%
- Slovakia (June 6): Direction 32% (5 of 13), Slovak Democratic and Christian Union 17% (2), Party of the Hungarian Coalition 11.3% (2), Christian Democratic Movement 10.9% (2), People's Party-Movement for a Democratic Slovakia 9% (1), Slovak National Party 5.6% (1); turnout 19.6%
- Slovenia (June 7): Slovenian Democratic Party 26.9% (2 of 7), Social Democrats 18.5% (2), New Slovenia 16.3% (1), Slovenian Liberal Democracy 11.5% (1), Zares 9.8% (1), Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia 7.2% (0); turnout 28.3%
- Spain (June 7): Popular Party 42.2% (23 of 50), Socialist Workers' Party 38.5% (21), Coalition for Europe 5.1% (2), United Left 3.7% (2), Union, Progress, and Democracy 2.9% (1), Europe of the Peoples 2.5% (1); turnout 44.9%
- Sweden (June 7): Social Democrats 24.6% (5 of 18), Moderates 18.8% (4), Liberal People's Party 13.6% (3), Greens 10.8% (2), Pirate Party 7.1% (1), Left Party 5.6% (1), Centre Party 5.5% (1), Christian Democrats 4.7% (1); turnout 45.5%
- United Kingdom (June 4): Conservatives 27% (25 of 72), United Kingdom Independence Party 16.1% (13), Labour 15.3% (13), Liberal Democrats 13.4% (11), Green Party 8.4% (2), British National Party 6% (2), Scottish National Party 2.1% (2), Plaid Cymru 0.8% (1), Sinn Féin 0.7% (1), Democratic Unionist Party 0.5% (1), Ulster Unionist Party 0.4% (1); turnout 34.7%
Lebanon: In parliamentary elections, the Hezbollah-led March 8 coalition wins 54.7% of the vote and 57 of 128 seats, while the March 14 coalition led by Saad Hariri wins 45.3% of the vote but 71 seats. On June 27 Hariri is designated prime minister.
Luxembourg: In parliamentary elections, the Christian Social People's Party wins 38% of the vote (26 of 60 seats), the Socialist Workers' Party 21.6% (13), the Democratic Party 15% (9), the Greens 11.7% (7), the Alternative Democratic Reform Party 8.1% (4), and the Left 3.3% (1).
Tonga: Former prime minister (1991-2000) Baron Vaea dies.
Rogombé |
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Gabon: President Omar Bongo Ondimba dies. The president of the Senate, Rose Francine Rogombé, is sworn in as interim president on June 10. On June 19 Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong resigns and is immediately reappointed, with Jean-François Ndongou replacing André Mba Obame as interior minister (handover ceremony on June 24).
Mezentsev |
Russia: Dmitry Mezentsev is confirmed as governor of Irkutsk oblast by the local legislature (50-0) and sworn in.
United States: Jim Suttle takes office as mayor of Omaha.
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Dexter |
Canada: In parliamentary elections in Nova Scotia, the New Democratic Party wins 45.3% of the vote (31 of 52 seats), the Liberal Party 27.2% (11), the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia 24.5% (10), and the Green Party 2.3% (0). Turnout is 58%. On June 19 Premier Rodney MacDonald resigns and Darrell Dexter is sworn in as premier.
The Gambia: President Yahya Jammeh relieves Finance Minister Musa Gibril Bala Gaye from office. On June 19 Abdou Kolley becomes finance minister.
Gibraltar: Sir Adrian Johns is appointed governor, to take office during the autumn.
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Ireland: Prime Minister Brian Cowen's government wins a confidence vote in parliament (85-79).
Montenegro: Parliament approves (48-22) Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic's new government, including Ivan Brajovic as interior minister.
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Benin: Idrissou Daouda is nominated as finance minister.
Chad: Former prime minister and head of state (1975-78) and president (1978-79) Félix Malloum dies.
Iran: In presidential elections, incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wins 63.3% of the vote and Mir Hossein Moussavi 34.1%. Turnout is 85%.
Japan: Internal Affairs Minister Kunio Hatoyama resigns. Tsutomu Sato is appointed to the post.
Switzerland: Interior Minister Pascal Couchepin announces his resignation as of October 31.
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Japan: Former governor of Shimane (1987-2007) Nobuyoshi Sumita dies.
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Niger: Former foreign minister (1974-79) Moumouni Adamou Djermakoye dies.
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Solomon Islands: Parliament elects Frank Kabui as the new governor-general in the fourth round of voting. He receives 30 votes, defeating Edmund Andresen (8) and the outgoing governor-general, Sir Nathaniel Waena (7). Kabui will be sworn in on July 7.
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Vanuatu: The government of Prime Minister Edward Natapei wins a confidence vote in parliament (28-18).
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Kazakhstan: President Nursultan Nazarbayev dismisses Defense Minister Daniyal Akhmetov. Mukhtar Altynbayev becomes acting minister. On June 24 Adilbek Dzhaksybekov is appointed as new defense minister.
Banda |
Malawi: President Bingu wa Mutharika unveils his new cabinet, including Etta Banda as foreign minister, Sidik Mia as defense minister, Aaron Sangala as home affairs minister, and Ken Kandodo as finance minister.
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Mongolia: Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj takes office as president.
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Canada: Philip S. Lee is appointed as the next lieutenant governor of Manitoba.
Peru: Prime Minister Yehude Simon submits his resignation. He and Interior Minister Mercedes Cabanillas survive censure motions in parliament on June 30. The motion against the prime minister receives 56 votes with 32 votes against it and 11 abstentions; that against the interior minister 55 votes with 32 against it and 9 abstentions. In the two cases, 61 votes were required for the adoption of the motions.
Vanuatu: Joe Natuman becomes foreign minister in a government reshuffle.
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Bermuda: Premier Ewart Brown survives a no-confidence motion introduced in parliament (11 votes for the motion, 22 against).
Mexico: Former governor of Jalisco (1988-89) Francisco Rodríguez Gómez dies.
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Federated States of Micronesia: Former governor of Pohnpei (1983-92) and foreign minister (1992-96) Resio S. Moses dies.
United States: Lee Leffingwell is sworn in as mayor of Austin.
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France: Brice Hortefeux is appointed interior minister in a cabinet reshuffle.
Nishank |
India: The chief minister of Uttarakhand, Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri, announces his resignation (formally submitted on June 25). Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank is chosen as the next chief minister on June 24 and is sworn in on June 27.
Kyrgyzstan: Former chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Kirgiz S.S.R. (1981-87) Temirbek Koshoyev dies.
Nigeria: Former governor of Akwa Ibom (1992-93) Obong Akpan Isemin dies.
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Canada: Former governor general (1995-99) Roméo LeBlanc dies.
Comoros: In a cabinet reshuffle, Bourhane Hamidou becomes interior minister and Vice President Ikililou Dhoinine is given the finance portfolio.
Honduras: Defense Minister Edmundo Orellana resigns.
Konwar | 
Bhardwaj |
India: Devanand Konwar is appointed as governor of Bihar (sworn in June 29), Hansraj Bhardwaj as governor of Karnataka (sworn in June 29), and Rameshwar Thakur as governor of Madhya Pradesh (sworn in June 30).
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mustafa Mujezinovic is confirmed as prime minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (62-13).
India: The governor of Assam, Shiv Charan Mathur, dies. On June 26 the governor of Nagaland, K. Sankaranarayanan, is given additional charge of Assam.
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Mauritania: Under an agreement signed by all parties on June 4, the president ousted in August 2008 (who has maintained he is the legal president), Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, names a new cabinet with Yedali Ould Cheikh as defense minister, Mohamed Ould R'Zeyzim as interior minister, and Sidi Ould Salem as finance minister, Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf remaining prime minister and Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou foreign minister; on the same date, the ruling military junta, the High Council of State, is renamed the Superior Council of National Defense, and on June 27 Abdallahi officially resigns. Ba Mamadou dit M'Baré, the current interim president, is to stay in office until the swearing in of the next president, to be chosen in presidential elections on July 18.
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Albania: In parliamentary elections, the Democratic Party and its allies win 70 of 140 seats, while the Socialists and an ally win 66.
Argentina: In elections to 127 of the 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 24 of 72 in the Senate, the Front for Victory ends up with a total of 87 seats in the Chamber and 35 in the Senate.
Guinea-Bissau: In presidential elections, former acting president Malam Bacai Sanhá (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde) wins 39.6% of the vote, former president Kumba Ialá (Social Renewal Party) 29.4%, former interim president Henrique Rosa (independent) 24%, and Iaia Djaló (New Democracy Party) 3.1%. Turnout is 60%. A runoff is scheduled for August 2.
Micheletti | 
Ortez |
Honduras: President Manuel Zelaya is deposed in a military coup. The president of Congress, Roberto Micheletti, is named new president. He names Enrique Ortez Colindres as new foreign minister, who is sworn in on June 29 along with Gabriela Núñez as finance minister and Adolfo Lionel Sevilla as defense minister.
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Yang |
Cameroon: President Paul Biya appoints Philemon Yang as prime minister and Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo'o as defense minister.
Liberia: Former foreign minister (1994-95) Dorothy Musuleng-Cooper dies.
Lithuania: Finance Minister Algirdas Semeta resigns.