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New Government Leaders December 2008 Austria: Werner Faymann (born 4 May 1960) (SPÖ), of Federal Chancellor, on 2 December, Josef Pröll (born 14 September 1968) (ÖVP), Vice Chancellor. Belgium: Herman Van Rompuy (born 31 October 1947) (CD&V), Prime Minister, on 30 December. Ghana: Prof. John Atta Mills (born 21 July 1944) (NDC), elected President, on 28 December. Guinea: Captain Moussa Dadis Camara (born 1964), CNDD President and Head of State, on 24 December. Kabiné Komara (born 1950), Prime Minister, on 30 December, replacing Ahmed Tidiane Souaré (born 1951). Guinea-Bissau: Carlos Gomes Júnior (born 19 December 1949) (PAIGC), Prime Minister, on 25 December. Kuwait: Sheikh Nasir al-Muhammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah, reappointed Prime Minister, on 17 December. Romania: Emil Boc (6 September 1966) (PDL), Prime Minister, on 22 December. Somalia: Sheikh Adan Mohammed Nuur Madobe, acting President, on 29 December succeeding President Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed who resigned. Muhammad Mahmud Guled Gamadhere, Prime Minister 16-24 December, succeeding Nur Adde Hassan Hussein (born 1938). Switzerland: Hans-Rudolf Merz (born 10 November 1942) (FDP), elected Federal President for 2009, on 10 December, and Ms. Doris Leuthard (born April 1963) (CVP), Vice President. Thailand: Abhisit Vejjajiva (born 3 August 1964) (Democrat Party/PP), 27th Prime Minister, on 15 December, succeeding Somchai Wongsawat’s People Power Party (PPP). November 2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Nebojsa Radmanovic (born 1 October 1949) (SNSD), rotating chairmanship of the Presidency on 6 November, succeeding Dr. Haris Silajdzik (born 1 October 1945) (SBiH) (6 March-6November 2008). Georgia: Grigol Mgaloblisvili (born 1973), confirmed as Prime Minister on 1 November. Grenada: Carlyle Arnold Glean, Governor General on 27 November, succeeding Sir Daniel Williams (8 August 1996-18 November 2008). Lithuania: Andrius Kubilius (born 8 December 1956) (TS-LKD), Prime Minister on 27 November. Maldives: Mohamad Nasheed (born 17 May 1967) (MDP), President on 11 November. New Zealand: John Philip Key (born 9 August 1961) (NP), 38th Prime Minister on 19 November. Palau: Johnson Toribiong (born 1946), elected President, on 4 November. Palestine: Mahmoud Abbas (al-Fatah), President of the future Palestinian state, on 24 November. Slovenia: Borut Pahor (born 2 November 1963) (SD), Prime Minister, on 3 November. Zambia: Rupiah Banda (born 13 February 1937) (MMD), President, on 1 November. George Kunda is Vice President.
October 2008 Azerbaijan: Ilham Aliyev, re-elected President, on 24 October. Azerbaijan: Artur Rasizade, re-appointed Prime Minister, on 28 October. Congo (DR): Adolphe Muzito (PALU), Prime Minister, on 10 October, succeeding Antoine Gizenga (PALU) who resigned on 25 September. Georgia: Grigol Mgaloblisvili (born 1973), Prime Minister, on 27 October, replacing Lado Gurgenidze who was dismissed. Peru: Yehude Simon (born 1947), Prime Minister, on 11 October, succeeding Jorge Del Castillo Galvez who resigned on 9 October. San Marino: Ernesto Benedettini (born 5 March 1948) (PDCS) and Ms. Assunta Meloni (born 21 April 1951) (AP), elected Captains General, on 1 October. Swaziland: Barnabas Sibusio Dlamini (born 15 May 1942), Prime Minister, on 23 October, succeeding acting Prime Minister Bheki Dlamini (18 September-23 October) who replaced Abasalom Themba Dlamini. Zambia: Rupiah Banda (MMD), President, on 30 October, succeeding Levy Mwanawasa who died on 19 August. Zimbabwe: Ms. Joyce Mujuru (ZANU-PF) and Joseph Msika (ZANU-PF), reappointed Vice Presidents, on 13 October.
September 2008 Angola: Paulo Kassoma, Prime Minister, on 30 September, succeeding Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos Nando. Australia: Quentin Bryce, Governor General, on 5 September, succeeding (MAJ GEN) Michael Jeffery. Cambodia: Hun Sen, Prime Minister, re-confirmed on 25 September. Haiti: Ms. Michèle Pierre-Louis, Prime Minister, on 5 September, replacing Jacques-Edouard Alexis (dismissed on 12 April). Japan: Taro Aso, Prime Minister, on 24 September, succeeding Yasuo Fukuda who resigned on 1 September. Mauritania: Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, Prime Minister, re-confirmed on 1 September. Mauritius: Sir Anerood Jugnauth, President, reelected on 19 September. Mongolia: Sanjaagiln Bayar, Prime Minister, reappointed on 20 September. Pakistan: Asif Ali Zardari, President, on 9 September, succeeding GEN Pervez Musharraf who resigned on 18 August. South Africa: Kgalema Motlanthe, President, on 25 September, succeeding Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki who resigned on 21 September, effective 25 September. Baleka Mbete, Deputy President, on 25 September, succeeding Ms. Phumzile Gloria Mlambo-Ngcuka who resigned on 23 September. Thailand: Somchai Wongsawat, Prime Minister, on 25 September, replacing Samak Sundaravej who was ordered to resign on 9 September. Togo: Gilbert Houngbo, Prime Minister, on 8 September, succeeding Komlan Mally who resigned on 5 September. Vanuatu: Edward Natapei, Prime Minister, on 22 September, succeeding Ham Lini.
August 2008 Dominican Republic: Dr. Leonel Fernández Reyna, President for a third five-year term, on 16 August.Guinea-Bissau: Carlos Correia, Prime Minister, on 6 August. Mauritania: General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President, High Council of State, on 6 August. Mauritania: Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, Prime Minister, on 14 August. Nepal: Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Prime Minister, on 18 August. Pakistan: Senate Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro, Acting President, on 18 August. Paraguay: Fernando Lugo Méndez, President, on 15 August. Paraguay: Federico Franco Gómez, Vice President, on 15 August.
July 2008 Comoros-Anjou: Moussa Toybou, President, on 7 July. Equatorial Guinea: Ignacio Milam Tang , Prime Minister, on 8 July. Grenada: Tillman Thomas, Prime Minister, on 9 July. Haiti: Ms. Michèle Pierre-Louis, Prime Minister, on 31 July. Macedonia: Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister, on 26 July. Mauritania: Yahya Ould Ahmed el Waghef, Prime Minister, reappointed on 3 July. Nepal: Ram Baran Yadav, President, on 23 July. Nepal: Paramananda Jha, Vice President, on 23 July. Serbia: Mirko Cvetkovic, Prime Minister, on 8 July.
June 2008 Algeria: Ahmed Ouyahia, Prime Minister, on 23 June 2008. Iceland: Dr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President, declared reelected on 24 May 2008. São Tomé and Prίncipe: Joaquim Rafael Branco, Prime Minister, on 22 June.
May 2008 Guinea: Ahmed Tidiané Souaré, Prime Minister, on 23 May. Ireland: Brian Cowen, Prime Minister, on 7 May. Ireland: Ms. Mary Coughlan, Deputy Prime Minister, on 7 May. Italy: Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister, on 8 May. Kuwait: Sheikh Nasir Muhammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah, Prime Minister, on 20 May. Lebanon: General Michel Suleiman, President, on 25 May. Lebanon: Fouad Siniora, Prime Minister, on 28 May. Mauritania: Ould Ahmed Wagfh, Prime Minister, on 7 May. Montenegro: Filip Vujanovic, President, on 20 May. Russia: Dmitriy Anatol’yevich Medvedev, President on 7 May. Russia: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, Prime Minister, on 8 May. Taiwan: Ma Ying-jeou, President, 20 May. Taiwan: Vincent Siew, Vice President, on 20 May. Taiwan: Liu Chao-shiuan, President, Executive Yüan, on 20 May.
April 2008 Armenia: Serzh Azali Sarkisyan, President on 9 April. Armenia: Tigran Sarkisyan, Prime Minister on 9 April. Australia: Ms. Quentin Alice Louise Bryce, named Governor General, on 13 April. Bhutan: Lyonpo Jigme Thinley, Prime Minister, on 9 April. Botswana: Vice President Seretse Khama Ian Khama, President, on 1 April Botswana: (Lieutenant General) Mompati Sebogodi Merafhe, Vice President, on 1 April. Chad: Youssouf Saleh Abbas , Prime Minister, on 16 April. Czech Republic: Jiri Cunek, Deputy Prime Minister, on 2 April. Haiti: Ericq Pierre, Prime Minister, on 27 April. Kenya: Raila Amolo Odinga, Prime Minister (new position), on 17 April. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, Deputy Prime Minister, on 13 April. Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi, Deputy Prime Minister, on 13 April. San Marino: Ms. Rosa Zafferani and Federico Pedini Amati, Captains Regent, on 1 April.
March 2008 Belgium: Yves Leterme, Prime Minister, on 20 March. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Dr. Haris Silajdzik, Chairman of the Presidency, on 6 March. China: Hu Jintao, President, on 15 March (2nd term). Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State Council, on 16 March (2nd term). Comoros-Anjouan: Lailizamane Abdou Cheik, Interim President, on 31 March. Libya: Miftah Muhammad Kuayba, Secretary of the General People’s Council (i.e., head of government) on 3 March. Malaysia: Abdullah bin Haji Hamad Badawi, Prime Minister, on 10 March (2nd term). Moldova: Ms. Zinaida Petrovna Greceanii, Prime Minister, on 31 March. Pakistan: Yousaf Raza Gilani, Prime Minister, on 25 March. Russia: Dmitriy Anatol’yevich Medvedev, elected President on 2 March.
February 2008 Belize: Dean Barrow (UDP), Prime Minister, on 8 February. Cuba: General Raúl Castro Ruz (PCC), President, on 24 February. Cuba: José Ramón Machado Ventura (PCC), First Vice President, on 24 February. Cyprus: Dimitris Christofias (AKEL), President, on 28 February. Czech Republic: Václav Klaus (ODS), President, 2nd 5-year term on 15 February. Korea (ROK): Lee Myung Bak (GNP), President, on 25 February. Korea (ROK): Dr. Han Seung soon, Prime Minister, on 29 February. Montenegro: Milo Đjukanović, Prime Minister, on 20 February (4th time). São Tomé e Principe: Patrice Trovoada (ADI), Prime Minister, on 14 February. Serbia: Boris Tadić (DS), President, 2nd 4-year term on 15 February. Tanzania: Mizengo Kayanza Pinda (CCM), Prime Minister, on 9 February 2008. Trinidad and Tobago: George Maxwell Richards, President, 2nd 5-year term on 11 February. United Arab Emirates-Dubai: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammad bin Rashed al-Maktoum, Crown Prince, on 1 February.
January 2008 Barbados: David John Howard Thompson (DLP), Prime Minister, on 16 January. Central African Republic (CAR): Dr. Faustin Archange Touadéra, Prime Minister, on 22 January. Croatia: Ivica Buconjic interim Prime Minister, on 2 January. Ivo Sanader (HDZ), Prime Minister, on 12 January. Georgia: Mikheil Saakashvili, President for a second five-year term, on 20 January. Vladimer Lado Gurgenidze, Prime Minister, on 21 January. Guatemala: Alvaro Colom Caballeros (UNE), President, on 14 January. Dr. Rafael Espada (UNE), Vice President, on the same day. Kenya: Mwai Kibaki (DP), President, for a second five-year term, on 30 December. Kalonzo Musyoka (LDP), Vice President, on 7 January. Marshall Islands: Litokwa Tomeing, President, on 14 January. Serbia-Kosovo: Fatmir Sejdiu (LDK), President, on 9 January. Hashim Thaçi (PDK), Prime Minister, on 9 January. Switzerland: Vice President Pascal Couchepin (FDP), Federal President for a one-year term, on 1 January. Hans-Rudolf Merz (FDP), Vice President, on the same day. Thailand: Samak Sundaravej (PPP), Prime Minister, on 29 January. Uzbekistan: Islom Abdug‘aniyevich Karimov (OLDP), President for a third five-year term, on 16 January. Venezuela: Colonel Ramón Alonso Carrizalez Rengifo (PSUV), Executive Vice President, on 4 January.
December 2007 Argentina, Ms. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ), President, on 10 December. Australia: Kevin Rudd (ALP), Prime Minister, on 3 December. Belgium: Guy Verhofstadt (VLD), interim Prime Minister, on 20 December. Bermuda: Sir Richard Gozney, Governor, on 12 December. Bosnia and Herzegovina--Serb Republic: Nikola Spiric (SNSD), reappointed on 28 December. Bosnia and Herzegovina—Serb Republic: Rajko Kuzmanovic (SNSD), President, on 28 December. Croatia: Ivo Sanader (HDZ), Prime Minister, asked to form new government on 16 December. Kyrgyzstan: Igor Chudinov (Ak Jol), Prime Minister, on 24 December. Latvia: Ivars Godmanis (LC), Prime Minister, on 20 December. Nauru: Marcus Stephen, President, on 19 December. Slovenia: Danilo Türk, President, on 22 December. Solomon Islands: Derek Sikua, Prime Minister, on 20 December. Togo: Komlan Mally, Prime Minister, on 6 December. Ukraine: Ms. Yuliya Yushchenko (BYuT), Prime Minister, on 18 December.
October-November 2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina--Serb Republic: Igor Radojicic (SNSD), interim President, as of 1 October. Burma: Lieutenant General Thein Sein, Prime Minister, as of 24 October. Georgia: Lado Gurgenidze, Prime Minister, as of 22 November. Nino Burjanadze, interim President, as of 25 November. Jordan: (Air Marshal) Nader Dahabi, Prime Minister, as of 25 November. Kyrgyzstan: Iskenderbek Sharshenovich Aidaraliyev, acting Prime Minister, as of 28 November. Mongolia: Sanj Bayar (MPRP). Prime Minister, as of 22 November. Pakistan: Mohammadmian Soomro, interim Prime Minister, as of 16 November. Poland: Donald Franciszek Tusk (PO), Prime Minister, as of 24 November. San Marino: Mirko Tomassoni (PDS) and Alberto Selva (AP), Captains Regent, as of 1 October. Somalia: Prof. Salim Aliyow Ibrow, acting Prime Minister, as of 29 October. Nur Hassan Hussein, Prime Minister, as of 24 November. Thailand: Commander in Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Chalit Pukbhasuk, Chairman of the Council for National Security, as of 1 October. September 2007 Jamaica: Bruce Golding (JLP), Prime Minister, assumed office on 11 September. Japan: Yasuo Fukuda (LDP), Prime Minister, assumed office on 25 September. Mali: Modibo Sidibé, Prime Minister, assumed office on 28 September. Morocco: Abbas El Fassi (Istiqlal), Prime Minister, assumed office on 19 September. Russia: Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov, Prime Minister, assumed office on 14 September. Saint Lucia: Dr. Stephenson King (UWP), Prime Minister, assumed office on 9 September. Sierra Leone: Ernest Bai Koroma, President, assumed the office of President on 17 September. Nur Hassan Hussein, Prime Minister, as of 24 November. Thailand: Commander in Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Chalit Pukbhasuk, Chairman of the Council for National Security, as of 1 October.
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