2004 in politics

Years in politics: 2002-2003-2004-2005-2006 - list of years in politics

Events

January
  • January 1- Adnan Pachachi becomes president of the Iraq Interim Governing Council and will serve for the duration of the month.
  • January 1- Joseph Deiss takes office as President of the Confederation in Switzerland, Samuel Schmid as vice-president.
  • January 4- Texas Congressman Ralph Hall switches to the Republicans. Hall had been a Democrat.
  • January 4- Mikhail Saakashvili is elected as President of Georgia.
  • January 6- 2000 Democratic Presidential Candidate Bill Bradley endorses fellow Democrat Howard Dean for President.
  • January 8- Gavin Newsom is sworn in as Mayor of San Francisco.
  • January 8- Roosevelt Skerrit is sworn in as Prime Minister of Dominica following the death of Pierre Charles on January 6.
  • January 12- Kathleen Babineaux Blanco is sworn in as Governor of Louisiana.
  • January 13- Haley Barbour is sworn in as Governor of Mississippi.
  • January 13- Howard Dean wins a non-binding primary in Washington, D.C. with 43% of the vote. Al Sharpton comes in second with 34% of the vote.
  • January 13- Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill contributes to a book that claims that George W. Bush wanted to attack Iraq since January 2001 and not after the September 11th terrorist attacks as had been believed.
  • January 13- The Turkish Cypriot leader approves a new cabinet headed by Mehmet Ali Talat.
  • January 14- Óscar Berger Perdomo is inaugurated as President of Guatemala. Eduardo Stein Barillas becomes vice president and Jorge Briz Abularach becomes foreign minister.
  • January 14- Madan Lal Khurana is sworn in as governor of Rajasthan.
  • January 14- Nikolay Shaklein is sworn in as governor of Kirov.
  • January 15- Carol Moseley Braun drops out of the 2004 United States Presidential race and endorses Howard Dean.
  • January 16- Ban Ki Moon is named foreign minister of South Korea.
  • January 19- The Iowa Caucuses are held. John Kerry wins with 38%. John Edwards comes second with 32%. Howard Dean comes in third with 18%. Richard A. "Dick" Gephardt comes in fourth with 11%.
  • January 20- Richard Gephardt quits the 2004 Presidential race after a poor showing in the Iowa Caucuses.
  • January 20- Bill Janklow's resignation from Congress takes effect. Janklow had been convicted of a felony in December 2003.
  • January 25- Mikhail Saakashvili is sworn in as President of Georgia.
  • January 27- John Kerry wins the New Hampshire Primary with 38% of the vote. Howard Dean gets 26% of the vote.
  • January 27 - Don Brash Speech Orewa Rotary Club on Nationhood against Māori racial separatism in New Zealand
  • January 27 - A House of Commons vote on University tuition top-up fees is narrowly won by the British Government. It is, however, the worst voting result for Tony Blair since he came to power in 1997.

February
  • February 1- Jörg Schild becomes president of the government of Basel-Stadt.
  • February 3- John Edwards wins a primary in South Carolina with 46% of the vote. Wesley Clark wins the Oklahoma primary with 30% of the vote. John Kerry wins primaries and caucuses in Arizona with 43% of the vote, Delaware with 50% of the vote, Missouri with 51% of the vote, New Mexico with 42% of the vote, and North Dakota with 50% of the vote.
  • February 3- Joe Lieberman quits the Presidential race after poor results in primaries and caucuses in South Carolina, Oklahoma, Arizona, Delaware, Missouri, North Dakota, and New Mexico.
  • February 3- Jóannes Eidesgaard becomes prime minister of the Faroe Islands.
  • February 4- Andrei Stratan is appointed foreign minister of Moldova.
  • February 4- Dragan Marsicanin becomes acting president of Serbia.
  • February 6- Richard Gephardt endorses John Kerry for President.
  • February 7- John Kerry wins a primary in Michigan with 52% of the vote. Kerry also wins the Washington primary with 49% of the vote.
  • February 7 - Peter Beattie (of the Australian Labor Party) wins a 3rd term as Premier of Queensland, again winning over two-thirds of the seats.
  • February 8- John Kerry wins the Maine Caucuses with 45% of the vote.
  • February 10- John Kerry wins primaries in Tennessee and Virginia with 41% and 52% of the vote, respectively.
  • February 11- Wesley Clark quits the Presidential race after poor results in the Virginia and Tennessee primaries.
  • February 13- Wesley Clark endorses John Kerry.
  • February 13- Jesús Pérez is sworn in as foreign minister of Venezuela.
  • February 13- Tassos Giannitsis is sworn in as caretaker foreign minister of Greece.
  • February 14- John Kerry wins a caucus in Washington, D.C. with 47% of the vote. Kerry wins the Nevada caucus with 63% of state party delegates.
  • February 17- Democrat Ben Chandler defeats Republican Alice Forgy Kerr in a Congressional special election in Kentucky with 55% of the vote compared to Forgy Kerr's 43%.
  • February 17- John Kerry wins 40% of the vote in the Wisconsin primary.
  • February 17- Luisa Diogo is named prime minister of Mozambique.
  • February 18- Howard Dean quits the Presidential race after a poor showing in Wisconsin.
  • February 18- Jacques Simonet is sworn in as minister-president of Brussels-Capital.
  • February 21- Ralph Nader enters the Presidential race as an Independent.
  • February 23- Paul Lennon becomes acting premier of Tasmania.
  • February 23- Mamady Condé is named foreign minister of Guinea.
  • February 23- Josep Bargalló takes office as chief councillor of Catalonia.
  • February 24- Viktor Khristenko is named acting prime minister of Russia.
  • February 26- Ljupčo Jordanovski becomes acting president of Republic of Macedonia.
  • February 28- Sulejman Tihić becomes chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • February 29- Boniface Alexandre is sworn in as provisional president of Haiti.

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

(Very partial list of politicians who died in 2004)

See also
  • Rulers - Includes months in politics for 2004.
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