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.