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2004 in politics
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 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 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 Milosevics 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- 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
Traian Basescu is elected and sworn in as president of Romania.
Deaths
(Very partial list of politicians who died in 2004)
See also
External link
- Rulers - Includes months in politics for 2004.
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