2002 in Europe

Incumbents

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• *President –
• *#Rexhep Meidani, President of Albania
• *#Alfred Moisiu, President of Albania
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Ilir Meta, Prime Minister of Albania
• *#Pandeli Majko, Prime Minister of Albania
• *#Fatos Nano, Prime Minister of Albania
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• *Monarchs –
• **French Co-Prince – Jacques Chirac, French Co-prince of Andorra
• ***Co-Prince's Representative – Philippe Massoni
• **Episcopal Co-Prince – Joan Martí i Alanis, Episcopal Co-prince of Andorra
• ***Co-Prince's Representative – Nemesi Marqués 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 – 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 – Jozo Križanović
• **Bosniak Member – Sulejman Tihić
• **Croat Member – Dragan Čović
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Zlatko Lagumdžija, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• *#Dragan Mikerević, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• *#Adnan Terzić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• *High Representative – Lord (Paddy) Ashdown, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
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• *President –
• *#Petar Stoyanov, President of Bulgaria
• *#Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria
• *Prime Minister – 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
• *#Vladimír Špidla, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
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• *Monarch – Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark
• *Prime Minister – Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark
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• *President – Arnold Rüütel, President of Estonia
• *Prime Minister –
• *# Mart Laar, Prime Minister of Estonia
• *# Siim Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia
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• President of the European Commission: Romano Prodi
• President of the Parliament:
• * Nicole Fontaine
• * Pat Cox
• President of the European Council:
• * Jose Maria Aznar
• * Anders Fogh Rasmussen
• Presidency of the Council of the EU:
• *Spain
• *Denmark
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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
• *#Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister of France Georgia
• *President – Eduard Shevardnadze, Acting President of Georgia
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• **President – Vladislav Ardzinba, President of Abkhazia
• **Prime Minister –
• **#Anri Jergenia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia
• **#Gennadi Gagulia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia
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• **President – Eduard Kokoity, President of South Ossetia
• **Prime Minister – 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 Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary
• *#Péter Medgyessy, 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 – 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
• *#Einars Repše, Prime Minister of Latvia
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• *Monarch – Hans-Adam II, Prince Regnant of Liechtenstein
• *Prime Minister – Otmar Hasler, Head of Government of Liechtenstein
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• *President – Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania
• *Prime Minister – 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
• *#Branko Crvenkovski, 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 – Vladimir Voronin, President of Moldova
• *Prime Minister – 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
• *# Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
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• *Monarch – Harald V, King of Norway
• *Prime Minister – Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister of Norway
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• *President – Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland
• *Prime Minister – Leszek Miller, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Poland
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• *President – Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Antonio Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal
• *#José Manuel Barroso, 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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• *Kosovo
• **President – Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo
• **Prime Minister – Bajram Rexhepi, Prime Minister of Kosovo
• **UN Special Representative –
• **#Charles H. Brayshaw, Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Kosovo
• **#Michael Steiner, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Kosovo
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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
• *#Janez Drnovšek, President of Slovenia
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Janez Drnovšek, Prime Minister of Slovenia
• *#Anton Rop, 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 – Moritz Leuenberger, Pascal Couchepin, Joseph Deiss, Samuel Schmid, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Ruth Metzler, and Kaspar Villiger
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• *President – Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of Turkey
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Bülent Ecevit, Prime Minister of Turkey
• *#Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister of Turkey
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• *President – Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine
• *Prime Minister –
• *#Anatoliy Kinakh, Prime Minister of Ukraine
• *#Viktor Yanukovych, 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 – Richard Corkill, Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
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• **Lieutenant-Governor – Sir John Foley, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
• **Bailiff – Sir de Vic Carey, Bailiff of Guernsey
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• **Lieutenant-Governor – Sir John Cheshire, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
• **Bailiff – Sir Philip Bailhache, Bailiff of Jersey
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• **Governor – Sir 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
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• *President – Svetozar Marović, President of Yugoslavia
• *Prime Minister – Dragiša Pešić, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia

Events

• 21 April – first round of the presidential election: Jacques Chirac and Jean-Marie le Pen poll the most votes. This was a major political event, both nationally and internationally, as it was the first time someone like Le Pen with such far-right views had qualified for the second round of a French presidential election. Two weeks of demonstrations against the National Front follow.
• 5 May – second round of the presidential election. Jacques Chirac returns for a second term as President of the French Republic.

November

• The European Christian Political Party, a European political party is founded in Lakitelek, Hungary.

Deaths

January

• Rolando Del Bello, Italian tennis player
• Astrid Sampe, Swedish textile designer
• Armi Aavikko, Finnish beauty queen and singer
• Ian Grist, British Conservative politician

March

• John Challens, British scientist and civil servant, helped develop Britain's first atomic bomb