2004 in Europe

This is a list of 2004 events that occurred in Europe.

Incumbents

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*President – Alfred Moisiu, President of Albania
*Prime Minister – 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 Enric Vives Sicília, 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
*#Andreas Khol, Barbara Prammer, and Thomas Prinzhorn; Acting Heads of State of Austria
*#Heinz Fischer, Federal President of Austria
*Chancellor – Wolfgang Schüssel, Federal Chancellor of Austria
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*President – Ilham 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 – Sergei Sidorsky, 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 – Borislav Paravac
**Bosniak Member – Sulejman Tihić
**Croat Member – Dragan Čović
*Prime Minister – 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 – 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 – Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister of Croatia
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*President – Tassos Papadopoulos, President of Cyprus
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**President – Rauf Denktaş, President of Northern Cyprus
**Prime Minister –
**#Derviş Eroğlu, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus
**#Mehmet Ali Talat, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus
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*President – Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic
*Prime Minister –
*#Vladimír Špidla, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
*#Stanislav Gross, 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 – Juhan Parts, Prime Minister of Estonia
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*President of the European Commission –
*#Romano Prodi
*#José Manuel Barroso
*President of the Parliament –
*#Pat Cox
*#Josep Borrell
*President of the European Council –
*#Bertie Ahern
*#Jan Peter Balkenende
*Presidency of the Council of the EU –
*#Ireland
*#Netherlands
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*President – Tarja Halonen, President of Finland
*Prime Minister – Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland
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*President – Jacques Chirac, President of France
*Prime Minister – Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister of France
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*President –
*#Nino Burjanadze, Acting President of Georgia
*#Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia
*Prime Minister – Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of Georgia
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**President – Vladislav Ardzinba, President of Abkhazia
**Prime Minister –
**#Raul Khajimba, Prime Minister of Abkhazia
**#Nodar Khashba, Prime Minister of Abkhazia
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**President – Eduard Kokoity, President of South Ossetia
**Prime Minister – Igor Sanakoyev, Prime Minister of South Ossetia
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*President –
*#Johannes Rau, Federal President of Germany
*#Horst Köhler, 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
*#Kostas Karamanlis, Prime Minister of Greece
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*President – Ferenc Mádl, President of Hungary
*Prime Minister
*#Péter Medgyessy, Prime Minister of Hungary
*#Ferenc Gyurcsány, Prime Minister of Hungary
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*President – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland
*Prime Minister –
*#Davíð Oddsson, Prime Minister of Iceland
*#Halldór Ásgrímsson, 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 –
*#Einars Repše, Prime Minister of Latvia
*#Indulis Emsis, Prime Minister of Latvia
*#Aigars Kalvītis, Prime Minister of Latvia
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*Monarch – Hans-Adam II, Prince Regnant of Liechtenstein
*Regent – Hereditary Prince Alois, [Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein|Alois], Regent of Liechtenstein
*Prime Minister – Otmar Hasler, Head of Government of Liechtenstein '
*President –
*#Rolandas Paksas, President of Lithuania
*#Artūras Paulauskas, Acting President of Lithuania
*#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
*#Ljupčo Jordanovski, Acting President of Macedonia
*#Branko Crvenkovski, President of Macedonia
*Prime Minister –
*#Branko Crvenkovski, President of the Government of Macedonia
*#Radmila Šekerinska, Acting President of the Government of Macedonia
*#Hari Kostov, President of the Government of Macedonia
*#Radmila Šekerinska, Acting President of the Government of Macedonia
*#Vlado Bučkovski, President of the Government of Macedonia
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*President –
*#Guido de Marco, President of Malta
*#Eddie Fenech Adami, President of Malta
*Prime Minister –
*#Eddie Fenech Adami, Prime Minister of Malta
*#Lawrence Gonzi, 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 – Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
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*Monarch – Harald V, King of Norway
*Regent – Crown Prince Haakon, [Crown Prince of Norway|Haakon], Regent 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
*#Marek Belka, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Poland
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*President – Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal
*Prime Minister –
*#José Manuel Barroso, Prime Minister of Portugal
*#Pedro Santana Lopes, Prime Minister of Portugal
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*President –
*#Ion Iliescu, President of Romania
*#Traian Băsescu, President of Romania
*Prime Minister –
*#Adrian Năstase, Prime Minister of Romania
*#Eugen Bejinariu, Acting Prime Minister of Romania
*#Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Prime Minister of Romania
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*President – Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
*Prime Minister –
*#Mikhail Kasyanov, Chairman of the Government of Russia
*#Viktor Khristenko, Acting Chairman of the Government of Russia
*#Mikhail Fradkov, Chairman of the Government of Russia
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*Captains-Regent –
*#Giovanni Lonfernini and Valeria Ciavatta, Captains Regent of San Marino
*#Paolo Bollini and Marino Riccardi, Captains Regent of San Marino
*#Giuseppe Arzilli and Roberto Raschi, Captains Regent of San Marino
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*President – Svetozar Marović, President of Serbia and Montenegro
*Prime Minister – Svetozar Marović, Prime Minister of Serbia and Montenegro
*Kosovo
**President – Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo
**Prime Minister –
**#Bajram Rexhepi, Prime Minister of Kosovo
**#Ramush Haradinaj, Prime Minister of Kosovo
**UN Special Representative –
**#Harri Holkeri, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Kosovo
**#Charles H. Brayshaw, Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Kosovo
**#Søren Jessen-Petersen, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Kosovo
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*President –
*#Rudolf Schuster, President of Slovakia
*#Ivan Gašparovič, President of Slovakia
*Prime Minister – Mikuláš Dzurinda, Prime Minister of Slovakia
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*President – Janez Drnovšek, President of Slovenia
*Prime Minister –
*#Anton Rop, Prime Minister of Slovenia
*#Janez Janša, 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
*#José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, 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, Christoph Blocher, and Hans-Rudolf Merz
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*President – Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of Turkey
*Prime Minister – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey
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*President – Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine
*Prime Minister –
*#Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister of Ukraine
*#Mykola Azarov, Acting 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
**#Donald Gelling, 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
**Chief Minister – Laurie Morgan, Chief Minister 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 Francis Richards, Governor of Gibraltar
**Chief Minister – Peter Caruana, Chief Minister of Gibraltar
*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

Events

May

May 1: The 2004 enlargement of Europe occurs.