August 2022

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Donev

Milkov

Bulgaria: President Rumen Radev appoints Gulub Donev to lead a caretaker government from August 2 until a new government is formed after elections set for October 2. Nikolay Milkov is named foreign minister, Dimitur Stoyanov defense minister, Ivan Demerdzhiev internal affairs minister, and Rositsa Velkova-Zheleva finance minister.
Cook Islands: In parliamentary elections, the Cook Islands Party wins 44.1% of the vote (12 of 24 seats), the Democratic Party 26.9% (5), the Cook Islands United Party 18.8% (3), and independents 7.3% (3). On August 12 the queen's representative confirms Mark Brown as prime minister.
Kuwait: The emir approves the new cabinet, with Defense Minister Sheikh Talal Khaled Al Ahmad Al Sabah also becoming acting interior minister. On August 2 the new government is sworn in and parliament is dissolved. On August 28 it is announced that parliamentary elections will be held on September 29.
North Macedonia: Former foreign minister (2001, 2002-06) Ilinka Mitreva dies.

Filippini

Réunion: Prefect Jacques Billant leaves office. Régine Pam becomes acting prefect until Jérôme Filippini takes office on August 23.

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Argentina: Former governor of Corrientes (1969-73) Adolfo Navajas Artaza dies.

Huruuse

Somalia: Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre announces his cabinet with Abshir Omar Huruuse as foreign minister, Abdulqadir Mohamed Noor as defense minister, Ahmed Moalim Fiqi as interior minister, and Elmi Mohamud Noor as finance minister. On August 7 the parliament approves the cabinet (229-7).

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Argentina: Sergio Massa is sworn in as economy minister.

Rodríguez

Peru: Prime Minister Aníbal Torres resigns. On August 5 President Pedro Castillo rejects the resignation and announces a cabinet reshuffle with Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Mackay as foreign minister and Kurt Burneo as economy and finance minister. The new ministers are sworn in on the same day.

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South Sudan: Finance Minister Agak Achuil Lual is removed from office and replaced by Dier Tong Ngor.
Sweden: Former governor of Gävleborg (1986-92) Lars Ivar Hising dies.

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Drew	Dube-Ncube

Saint Kitts and Nevis: In parliamentary elections, the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party wins 44.4% of the vote (6 of 11 elected seats), the People's Labour Party 16.9% (1), the People's Action Movement 16.2% (1), the Concerned Citizens Movement 12.7% (3), and the Nevis Reformation Party 9.5% (0). Turnout is 54.1%. (With 4 appointed members, the total is 15.) On August 6 Terrance Drew is sworn in as prime minister. The other ministers are sworn in on August 13, with Drew himself as finance and national security minister and Denzil Douglas becoming foreign minister.
South Africa: The premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Sihle Zikalala, resigns. On August 10 Nomusa Dube-Ncube is elected by the provincial legislature (receiving 45 votes, against 11 for Mmabatho Tembe) and sworn in as premier.

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Petro

Leyva

Colombia: President-elect Gustavo Petro names Alfonso Prada as interior minister. Petro is sworn in on August 7 and the government (including Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva) takes office.
Congo (Kinshasa): President Félix Tshisekedi appoints the governors-elect of Mongala (César Limbaya Mbangisa), Nord-Ubangi (Malo Mobutu Ndimba), and Tshopo (Madeleine Nikomba Sabangu). Nikomba takes office August 22.
India: An Electoral College elects Jagdeep Dhankhar as vice president. He receives 528 votes, against 182 for Margaret Alva. Dhankhar is sworn in on August 11.

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Canada: Former foreign minister (2002-04) Bill Graham dies.
Japan: In gubernatorial elections in Nagano, incumbent Shuichi Abe wins 88.8% of the vote and Chuichi Kanai 9.8%. Turnout is 40.9%.
Solomon Islands: Former foreign minister (1981-82) and prime minister (1986-89) Ezekiel Alebua dies.

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Tkatchenko

Papua New Guinea: Governor-General Sir Bob Dadae invites the Pangu Pati to form a new government. On August 9 parliament reelects James Marape as prime minister (97 votes). On August 10 Marape names a caretaker cabinet including himself as defense and police minister and Ian Ling-Stuckey as finance minister, Soroi Eoe remaining foreign minister. On August 23 the definite cabinet is named with Justin Tkatchenko as foreign minister, Win Daki as defense minister, Peter Tsiamalili, Jr., as internal security minister, and Rainbo Paita as finance minister.

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Belarus: Former first secretary of the Communist Party of the Belorussian S.S.R. (1983-87) Nikolay Slyunkov dies.
India: The chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, resigns, to be sworn in again on August 10 at the head of a different coalition. On August 24 his government wins a confidence vote (160-0, the main opposition boycotting the vote) in the state assembly.
Kenya: In presidential elections, William Ruto (United Democratic Alliance) wins 50.5% of the vote and Raila Odinga (Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition) 48.8%. Turnout is about 65%.

Thomas

Pitcairn Island: Iona Thomas is sworn in as governor.
Tonga: The Court of Appeal invalidates the Nov. 18, 2021, election of three members of parliament, including Finance Minister Tatafu Moeaki and Internal Affairs Minister Sione Sangster Saulala. They are unseated by parliament on August 10, thus losing their cabinet posts.

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Japan: In a cabinet reshuffle, Yasukazu Hamada is named defense minister and Minoru Terada internal affairs minister.

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India: A no-confidence motion against the government of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur is defeated (by voice vote) in the Himachal Pradesh state assembly.

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Colombia: Former foreign minister (1978-81) Diego Uribe Vargas dies.
Congo (Kinshasa): The government adopts a 30th 15-days extension of the state of siege in Ituri and Nord-Kivu, followed by a 31st on August 26 (beginning August 30).

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Federated States of Micronesia: Former governor of Kosrae (1983-91) Yosiwo P. George dies.
Saint Helena: Nigel Phillips is sworn in as governor.

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Vanuatu: Prime Minister Bob Loughman, facing a possible loss in a no-confidence vote scheduled for August 16, asks President Nikenike Vurobaravu to dissolve parliament. On August 16 the parliament is unable to vote on the no-confidence motion due to a lack of quorum and the session is adjourned to August 19. On August 18 the president dissolves parliament. On August 22 the signatories of the no-confidence motion ask the Supreme Court to hear an application on the constitutionality of the dissolution; the court accepts on August 24, the trial to begin on September 2.

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Dzhioyev

Canada: Anita Neville is appointed as lieutenant governor of Manitoba.
Georgia: Akhsar Dzhioyev is appointed foreign minister of South Ossetia.
Japan: Former governor of Aichi (1983-99) Reiji Suzuki dies.

Shah

Pakistan: Syed Mehdi Shah is appointed as governor of Gilgit-Baltistan (sworn in August 18).

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Iraq: Finance Minister Ali Allawi resigns; the oil minister, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail, becomes acting finance minister.

Peters

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Keisal Peters is designated foreign minister (sworn in August 26).

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Peru: Defense Minister José Luis Gavidia Arrascue resigns. In a cabinet reshuffle on August 24, Richard Tineo Quispe becomes defense minister.

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Congo (Kinshasa): Rita Bola Dula takes office as governor of Mai-Ndombe.

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Gomou

Guinea: The junta appoints Bernard Gomou to replace Mohamed Béavogui as prime minister. (Gomou was acting for Béavogui from July 16.) In a cabinet reshuffle, Moussa Cissé becomes economy and finance minister.
India: Former governor of Jharkhand (2004-09) and Assam (2009) Syed Sibtey Razi dies.
Montenegro: The government of Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic is defeated in a no-confidence vote in parliament (50-1).

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Vanuatu: Former foreign minister (1983-87) Sela Molisa dies.

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Pakistan: Former governor of Balochistan (1978-84) and Sindh (1988) Rahimuddin Khan dies.

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Bouvier

Martinique: Jean-Christophe Bouvier takes office as prefect.
Samoa: Parliament unanimously reelects Tuimaleali'ifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II as head of state.

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Angola: In parliamentary elections, the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) wins 51.7% of the vote (124 of 220 seats) and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) 44.5% (90). João Lourenço, the MPLA candidate, is thereby reelected president over UNITA's Adalberto Costa Júnior.
Argentina: Former mayor of Buenos Aires (1994-96) Jorge Domínguez dies.
Haiti: Former foreign minister (1987-88, 2005-06) and president of the Military Government (1990) Hérard Abraham dies.
Thailand: The Constitutional Court suspends Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha pending a review on his legally mandated eight-year term limit. Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan becomes acting prime minister.

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Orynbayev

Uzbekistan: Amanbay Orynbayev is elected chairman of parliament of Karakalpakstan.

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Serbia: President Aleksandar Vucic asks Prime Minister Ana Brnabic to form a new government.

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Japan: In gubernatorial elections in Kagawa, Toyohito Ikeda wins 73.6% of the vote and Koichi Nakatani 26.4%. Turnout is 29.1%.

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Russia: Mikhail Gorbachev, former general secretary of the Communist Party (1985-91), chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1988-89), chairman of the Supreme Soviet (1989-90), and president (1990-91) of the Soviet Union, dies.

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French Polynesia: Éric Spitz is appointed as high commissioner.