2001 in Europe

Incumbents

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• *President – Rexhep Meidani, President of Albania
• *Prime Minister – Ilir Meta, Prime Minister of Albania
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• *Monarchs –
• **French Co-Prince – Jacques Chirac, French Co-prince of Andorra
• ***Co-Prince's Representative – Frédéric de Saint-Sernin
• **Episcopal Co-Prince – Archbishop Joan Martí i Alanis, Episcopal Co-prince of Andorra
• ***Co-Prince's Representative – Nemesi Marquès i Oste
• *Prime Minister – Marc Forné Molné, Head of Government of Andorra
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• *President – Robert Kocharyan, President of Armenia
• *Prime Minister – Andranik Margaryan, Prime Minister of Armenia
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• *President – Thomas Klestil, Federal President of Austria
• *Chancellor – Wolfgang Schüssel, Federal Chancellor of Austria
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• *President – Heydar Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan
• *Prime Minister – Artur Rasizade, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
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• **President – Arkadi Ghukasyan, President of Nagorno-Karabakh
• **Prime Minister – Anushavan Danielyan, Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh
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• *President – Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Vladimir Yermoshin, Prime Minister of Belarus
• *#Gennady Novitsky, Prime Minister of Belarus
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• *Monarch – Albert II, King of the Belgians
• *Prime Minister – Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium
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• *Head of State – Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• **Serb Member – Živko Radišić
• **Bosniak Member –
• **#Halid Genjac
• **#Beriz Belkić
• **Croat Member –
• **#Ante Jelavić
• **#Jozo Križanović
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Martin Raguž, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• *#Božidar Matić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• *#Zlatko Lagumdžija, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• *High Representative – Wolfgang Petritsch, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
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• *President – Petar Stoyanov, President of Bulgaria
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Ivan Kostov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• *#Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
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• *President – Stjepan Mesić, President of Croatia
• *Prime Minister – Ivica Račan, Prime Minister of Croatia
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• *President – Glafcos Clerides, President of Cyprus
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• **President – Rauf Denktaş, President of Northern Cyprus
• **Prime Minister – Derviş Eroğlu, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus
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• *President – Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic
• *Prime Minister – Miloš Zeman, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
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• *Monarch – Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark
• *#Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark
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• *President –
• *#Lennart Meri, President of Estonia
• *#Arnold Rüütel, President of Estonia
• *Prime Minister – Mart Laar, Prime Minister of Estonia
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• *President of the European Commission – Romano Prodi
• *President of the Parliament – Nicole Fontaine
• *President of the European Council –
• *#Göran Persson
• *#Guy Verhofstadt
• *Presidency of the Council of the EU –
• *#Sweden
• *#Belgium
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• *President – Tarja Halonen, President of Finland
• *Prime Minister – Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister of Finland
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• *President – Jacques Chirac, President of France
• *Prime Minister – Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France
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• *President – Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Giorgi Arsenishvili, Minister of State of Georgia
• *#Avtandil Jorbenadze, Minister of State of Georgia
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• **President – Vladislav Ardzinba, President of Abkhazia
• **Prime Minister –
• **#Viacheslav Tsugba, Prime Minister of Abkhazia
• **#Anri Jergenia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia
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• **President –
• **#Lyudvig Chibirov, President of South Ossetia
• **#Eduard Kokoity, President of South Ossetia
• **Prime Minister –
• **#Merab Chigoev, Prime Minister of South Ossetia
• **#Dmitry Sanakoyev, Prime Minister of South Ossetia
• **#Gerasim Khugayev, Prime Minister of South Ossetia
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• *President – Johannes Rau, Federal President of Germany
• *Chancellor – Gerhard Schröder, Federal Chancellor of Germany
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• *President – Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, President of Greece
• *Prime Minister – Costas Simitis, Prime Minister of Greece
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• *President – Ferenc Mádl, President of Hungary
• *Prime Minister – Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary
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• *President – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland
• *Prime Minister – Davíð Oddsson, Prime Minister of Iceland
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• *President – Mary McAleese, President of Ireland
• *Prime Minister – Bertie Ahern, Taoiseach of Ireland
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• *President – Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of Italy
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Giuliano Amato, President of the Council of Ministers of Italy
• *#Silvio Berlusconi, President of the Council of Ministers of Italy
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• *President – Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, President of Latvia
• *Prime Minister – Andris Bērziņš, Prime Minister of Latvia
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• *Monarch – Hans-Adam II, Prince Regnant of Liechtenstein
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Mario Frick, Head of Government of Liechtenstein
• *#Otmar Hasler, Head of Government of Liechtenstein
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• *President – Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Rolandas Paksas, Prime Minister of Lithuania
• *#Eugenijus Gentvilas, Acting Prime Minister of Lithuania
• *#Algirdas Brazauskas, Prime Minister of Lithuania
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• *Monarch – Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• *Prime Minister – Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
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• *President – Boris Trajkovski, President of Macedonia
• *Prime Minister – Ljubčo Georgievski, President of the Government of Macedonia
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• *President – Guido de Marco, President of Malta
• *Prime Minister – Eddie Fenech Adami, Prime Minister of Malta
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• *President –
• *#Petru Lucinschi, President of Moldova
• *#Vladimir Voronin, President of Moldova
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Dumitru Braghiș, Prime Minister of Moldova
• *#Vasile Tarlev, Prime Minister of Moldova
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• **President – Igor Smirnov, President of Transnistria
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• *Monarch – Rainier III, Sovereign Prince of Monaco
• *Prime Minister – Patrick Leclercq, Minister of State of Monaco
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• *Monarch – Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands
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• **Prime Minister – Wim Kok, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
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• *Monarch – Harald V, King of Norway
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway
• *#Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister of Norway
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• *President – Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Jerzy Buzek, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Poland
• *#Leszek Miller, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Poland
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• *President – Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal
• *Prime Minister – António Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal
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• *President – Ion Iliescu, President of Romania
• *Prime Minister – Adrian Năstase, Prime Minister of Romania
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• *President – Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
• *Prime Minister – Mikhail Kasyanov, Chairman of the Government of Russia
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• *Captains-Regent –
• *#Gianfranco Terenzi and Enzo Colombini, Captains Regent of San Marino
• *#Luigi Lonfernini and Fabio Berardi, Captains Regent of San Marino
• *#Alberto Cecchetti and Gino Giovagnoli, Captains Regent of San Marino
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• *President – Rudolf Schuster, President of Slovakia
• *Prime Minister – Mikuláš Dzurinda, Prime Minister of Slovakia
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• *President – Milan Kučan, President of Slovenia
• *Prime Minister – Janez Drnovšek, Prime Minister of Slovenia
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• *Monarch – Juan Carlos I, King of Spain
• *Prime Minister – José María Aznar, President of the Government of Spain
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• *Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden
• *Prime Minister – Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden
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• *Council – Federal Council of Switzerland
• **Members – Kaspar Villiger, Ruth Dreifuss, Moritz Leuenberger, Pascal Couchepin, Ruth Metzler, Joseph Deiss, and Samuel Schmid
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• *President – Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of Turkey
• *Prime Minister – Bülent Ecevit, Prime Minister of Turkey
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• *President – Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine
• *#Anatoliy Kinakh, Prime Minister of Ukraine
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• *Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom
• *Prime Minister – Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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• **Lieutenant-Governor – Ian Macfadyen, Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
• **Chief Minister –
• **#Donald Gelling, Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
• **#Richard Corkill, Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
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• **Lieutenant-Governor – Sir John Foley, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
• **Bailiff – de Vic Carey, Bailiff of Guernsey
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• **Lieutenant-Governor –
• **#Sir Michael Wilkes, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
• **#Sir John Cheshire, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
• **Bailiff – Sir Philip Bailhache, Bailiff of Jersey
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• **Governor – David Durie, Governor of Gibraltar
• **Chief Minister – Peter Caruana, Chief Minister of Gibraltar
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• *Monarch – Pope John Paul II, Sovereign of Vatican City
• *Head of Government – Cardinal Edmund Szoka, President of the Governorate of Vatican City
• *Holy See
• **Secretary of State – Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Cardinal Secretary of State
• *President – Vojislav Koštunica, President of Yugoslavia
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Zoran Žižić, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
• *#Dragiša Pešić, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
• *Kosovo
• **UN Special Representative –
• **#Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Kosovo
• **#Hans Hækkerup, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Kosovo

Events

February

• February 19 - The 2001 UK foot-and-mouth crisis begins.
• February 28 - The Great Heck rail crash occurs.

March

• March 4 - A bomb explodes at BBC Television Centre in London, UK.

April

• April 1 - Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on charges of war crimes.

May

• May 13 - Silvio Berlusconi wins the general election and becomes Prime Minister of Italy for the second time.

July

• July 7 - 2001 Bradford riots: Race riots erupt in Bradford in the north of England
• July 19 - UK politician and novelist Jeffrey Archer is sentenced to 4 years in prison for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
• July 20–22 - The 27th G8 summit takes place in Genoa, Italy. Massive demonstrations are held against the meeting by members of the anti-globalization movement. One demonstrator, Carlo Giuliani, is killed by a policeman.
• July 24 - Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, deposed as the last Tsar of Bulgaria when a child, is sworn in as the democratically elected 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria.

September

• September 21
• * Teenager Ross Parker murdered in racially motivated attack by Muslim Asian gang in Peterborough.
• *In Toulouse, France, the AZote Fertilisant chemical factory explodes, killing 29 and seriously wounding over 2,500.
• September 27 – Zug massacre: In Zug, Switzerland, a gunman shoots 32 members of parliament, killing 14 of them and then himself.

Deaths

January

• Madeleine Barbulée, French actress
• Michael Hanley, British intelligence officer, Director-General of MI5
• Fabijan Šovagović, Croatian actor and writer