2006 in Europe

This is a list of 2006 events that occurred in Europe.

Incumbents

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*President – Alfred Moisiu, President of Albania
*Prime Minister – Sali Berisha, 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 – Albert Pintat, 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 – 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
**#Nebojša Radmanović
**Croat Member –
**#Dragan Čović
**#Ivo Miro Jović
*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
*#Sergei Stanishev, 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
**#Mehmet Ali Talat, President of Northern Cyprus
**Prime Minister –
**#Mehmet Ali Talat, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus
**#Ferdi Sabit Soyer, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus
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*President – Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic
*Prime Minister –
*#Jiří Paroubek, 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 – Andrus Ansip, Prime Minister of Estonia
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*President of the European Commission – José Manuel Barroso
*President of the Parliament – Josep Borrell
*President of the European Council –
*#Jean-Claude Juncker
*#Tony Blair
*Presidency of the Council of the EU –
*#Luxembourg
*#United Kingdom
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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
*#Dominique de Villepin, Prime Minister of France
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*President – Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia
*Prime Minister –
*#Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of Georgia
*#Zurab Noghaideli, Prime Minister of Georgia
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**President –
**#Vladislav Ardzinba, President of Abkhazia
**#Sergei Bagapsh, President of Abkhazia
**Prime Minister –
**#Nodar Khashba, Prime Minister of Abkhazia
**#Alexander Ankvab, Prime Minister of Abkhazia
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**President – Eduard Kokoity, President of South Ossetia
**Prime Minister –
**#Igor Sanakoyev, Prime Minister of South Ossetia
**#Zurab Kokoyev, Acting Prime Minister of South Ossetia
**#Yury Morozov, Prime Minister of South Ossetia
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*President – Horst Köhler, Federal President of Germany
*Chancellor –
*#Gerhard Schröder, Federal Chancellor of Germany
*#Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany
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*President –
*#Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, President of Greece
*#Karolos Papoulias, President of Greece
*Prime Minister – Kostas Karamanlis, Prime Minister of Greece
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*President –
*#Ferenc Mádl, President of Hungary
*#László Sólyom, President of Hungary
*Prime Minister – Ferenc Gyurcsány, Prime Minister of Hungary
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*President – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland
*Prime Minister – 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 – Aigars Kalvītis, Prime Minister of Latvia
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*Monarch – Hans-Adam II, Prince Regnant of Liechtenstein
*Regent – Hereditary Prince Alois, Regent 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 – Branko Crvenkovski, President of Macedonia
*Prime Minister – Vlado Bučkovski, President of the Government of Macedonia
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*President – Eddie Fenech Adami, President of Malta
*Prime Minister – 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
*#Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco
*Regent – Hereditary Prince Albert, Regent of Monaco
*Prime Minister –
*#Patrick Leclercq, Minister of State of Monaco
*#Jean-Paul Proust, 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, Regent of Norway
*Prime Minister –
*#Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister of Norway
*#Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway
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*President –
*#Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland
*#Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland
*Prime Minister –
*#Marek Belka, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Poland
*#Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Poland
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*President – Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal
*Prime Minister –
*#Pedro Santana Lopes, Prime Minister of Portugal
*#José Sócrates, Prime Minister of Portugal
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*President – Traian Băsescu, President of Romania
*Prime Minister – Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Prime Minister of Romania
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*President – Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
*Prime Minister – Mikhail Fradkov, Chairman of the Government of Russia
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*Captains-Regent –
*#Giuseppe Arzilli and Roberto Raschi, Captains Regent of San Marino
*#Fausta Morganti and Cesare Gasperoni, Captains Regent of San Marino
*#Claudio Muccioli and Antonello Bacciocchi, 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 –
**#Ramush Haradinaj, Prime Minister of Kosovo
**#Adem Salihaj, Acting Prime Minister of Kosovo
**#Bajram Kosumi, Prime Minister of Kosovo
**UN Special Representative – Søren Jessen-Petersen, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Kosovo
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*President – 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 – Janez Janša, Prime Minister of Slovenia
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*Monarch – Juan Carlos I, King of Spain
*Prime Minister – 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
*#Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine
*Prime Minister –
*#Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister of Ukraine
*#Mykola Azarov, Acting Prime Minister of Ukraine
*#Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine
*#Yuriy Yekhanurov, 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
**#Mike Kerruish, Acting Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
**#Sir Paul Haddacks, Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
**Chief Minister – Donald Gelling, Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
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**Lieutenant-Governor –
**#Sir John Foley, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
**#Sir Geoffrey Rowland, Acting Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
**#Sir Fabian Malbon, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
**Chief Minister – Laurie Morgan, Chief Minister of Guernsey
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**Lieutenant-Governor – Sir John Cheshire, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
**Chief Minister – Frank Walker, Chief Minister 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
*#Cardinal Eduardo Martínez Somalo and Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger; interim Government during sede vacante
*#Pope Benedict XVI, 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

January

2006 European cold wave began in early January

July

July 1 - Finland assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Austria.

October

12 October: The Slovakian Smer-SD was temporarily suspended from membership in The Party of European Socialists for their plans to enter into coalition with the ultranationalist Slovak National Party. This would happen again in 2023.