Updates and Additions

New Heads of State, Governors and Other Leaders

  

11/03/25      updates to Argentina (Cabinet Chf.), U.S. city: Mobile, AL (Mayor).

11/01/25      update to Moldova (PM).

10/29/25      update to Canada prov.: Newfoundland (PM).

10/28/25      update to Parlacen (Pres.)

10/26/25      update to Seychelles (Pres.)

10/24/25      update to Cyprus: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Pres.)

10/22/25      updates to Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Shire Pres.), Madagascar (PM), Cyprus:

                UNFICYP (Rep.)

10/21/25      update to Japan (PM).

10/20/25      update to Christmas Island (Shire Pres.)

10/18/25      update to Bosnia-Hercegovina: Republika Srpska (Pres.)

10/15/25      update to Nepal prov.: Madhesh (PM).

10/14/25      updates to Madagascar (Pres.), Peru (PM), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day

                Saints (Pres.)

10/13/25      updates to Peru reg.: La Libertad (Gov.), Lima (Mayor).

10/12/25      update to U.S. city election: New Orleans, LA: Helena Moreno (f)(Dem.) wins

                election over Royce Duplessis (Dem.), Oliver Thomas (Dem.), and Frank Janusa

                (Rep.), 55%-22.4%-18.7%-2.2%.

10/10/25      update to Peru (Pres.)

10/07/25      updates to Madagascar (PM), U.S. govt.: NOAA (Admin.)

10/04/25      update to Malawi (Pres.)

10/03/25      updates to Luxembourg (Grand Duke), South Sudan state: Upper Nile (Gov.)

10/01/25      update to San Marino (Capt.-Reg.)

09/30/25      update to Bosnia-Hercegovina: Republika Srpska (Pres.)

09/29/25      updates to Russia admin.: Severo-Zapadny (Plenp.), Tver (Gov.)

09/27/25      update to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Pres.)

09/25/25      updates to Lithuania (PM), Congo (DRC) prov.: Kasaï Oriental (Gov.), Romanian

                Greek-Catholic Church (Arch-bsp.)

09/23/25      update to U.S. city election Mobile, AL (runoff): Spiro Cheriogotis (Rep.)

                defeats Barbara Drummond (f)(Dem.), 51.4%-48.6%.

09/22/25      update to U.S. govt.: USPTO (Dir.)

09/20/25      update to U.S. govt.: UN Rep. (Amb.)

09/19/25      update to U.S. govt.: Census (Dir.)

09/16/25      update to Samoa (PM).

09/15/25      update to India state: Maharashtra (Gov.)

09/12/25      update to Nepal (PM).

09/10/25      updates to France (PM), Saint Helena (PM).

09/09/25      update to United Nations (Gen. Asmb. Pres.)

09/08/25      update to U.S. govt.: BIA (Asst. Secy.)

09/07/25      update to Thailand (PM).

09/05/25      update to U.K. govt.: Scotland (Secy.)

09/04/25      updates to Armenia prov.: Armavir, Lori (Gov.)

09/02/25      update to Bosnia-Hercegovina: Republika Srpska (PM).

09/01/25      updates to French Polynesia (High Com.), Guadeloupe (Pref.), South Sudan state:

                Western Bahar el-Ghazal (Gov.), AfDB (Pres.)

08/31/25      update to The Sudan (rebel PM).

08/30/25      updates to The Sudan (rebel Pres.), Yemen (Houthi PM), Somalia state:

                     Northeastern (Pres.)

08/29/25      update to Thailand (PM).

08/28/25      updates to Algeria (PM), Yemen (Houthi PM).

08/26/25      updates to U.S. city elections: Birmingham, AL: incumbent Mayor Randall Woodfin

                (Dem.) defeats Lashunda Scales (f)(Dem.), Juandalynn "Lee Lee" Givan (f)(Dem.),

                and Frank Woodson (Dem.), 74.9%-14.6%-4.3%-3%; and Mobile, AL: Barbara

                Drummond (f)(Dem.), Spiro Cheriogotis (Rep.), Paul Prine (Rep.), and Connie

                Hudson (f)(Rep.), win 33.7%-27.6%-19.9%-18.1% (runoff to be held 23 Sep 2025).

08/25/25      update to India state: Nagaland (Gov.)

08/22/25      updates to Bosnia-Hercegovina: Republika Srpska (PM), U.S. govt.: RNC (Chair.)

08/18/25      updates to Bosnia-Hercegovina: Republika Srpska (Pres.), U.S. govt.: FWS (Dir.)

08/15/25      update to India state: Nagaland (Gov.)

08/12/25      updates to Ecuador reg.: Galápagos (Gov.), U.S. govt.: Peace Corps (Dir.)

08/08/25      update to U.S. govt.: IRS (Comm.)

08/07/25      updates to Guinea-Bissau (PM), Haiti (Pres.), Myanmar (Pres.), Vanuatu prov.:

                Shefa (PM), South Sudan state: Western Equatoria (Gov.)

08/06/25      update to Poland (Pres.)

08/05/25      updates to Burundi (PM), Nepal prov.: Bagmati (PM).

08/04/25      update to Lithuania (PM).

08/03/25      update to Parlatino (Pres.)

08/01/25      update to U.S. govt.: Marshals Service (Dir.)

07/31/25      update to Myanmar (PM).

07/30/25      update to Somalia reg.: Northeastern (Pres.)

07/29/25      update to Falkland Islands (Gov.)

07/26/25      update to India state: Goa (Gov.)

07/25/25      update to Rwanda (PM).

07/24/25      updates to Vanuatu prov.: Malampa, Penama, Tafea (PM).

07/23/25      updates to Northern Mariana Islands (Gov.), U.S. govt.: DEA (Admin.)

07/21/25      updates to Monaco (PM), India state: Haryana (Gov.), U.S. govt.: FWS (Dir.)

07/18/25      updates to India terr.: Ladakh (Lt. gov.), ITSO (Dir.-gen.); U.S. govt.: USCIS

                (Dir.)

07/17/25      update to Ukraine (PM).

07/16/25      updates to Bosnia-Hercegovnia (Pres.), Suriname (Pres., VP).

07/15/25      updates to Armenia prov.: Armavir (Gov.), U.S. govt.: Compt.

07/14/25      update to U.S. govt.: USPS (Postmaster Gen.)

07/10/25      update to U.S. govt.: FAA (Admin.)

07/09/25      updates to Congo (DRC) prov.: Sankuru (Gov.), U.S. govt.: NASA (Admin.)

07/08/25      update to Azerbaijan reg.: Nakhichevan (Gov.)

07/07/25      updates to South Korea (PM), Indonesia prov.: Papua (Gov.), South Sudan: Pibor

                (Admin.), BIOT (Diego Garcia Cmdr.)

07/04/25      updates to NATO (SACEUR), Seventh-day Adventists (Pres.).

07/03/25      updates to Thailand (acting PM), China prov.: Guangxi Zhuang (Gov.)

07/02/25      update to Austria state: Salzburg (PM).

07/01/25      updates to Guernsey (PM), Thailand (acting PM); China reg.: Xinjiang Uyghur

                (Pty. Secy.), Swiss cantons: Basel-Land, Luzern, Nidwalden and Obwalden; U.S.

                city Jackson, MS (Mayor); WCO (Pres.)

06/27/25      update to Canada prov.: Yukon (PM).

06/25/25      update to U.S. govt.: BLM (Dir.)

06/24/25      updates to IOC (Pres.), UNIFIL (Cmdr.)

06/23/25      updates to Romania (PM), U.S. govt.: CBP (Comm.)

06/18/25      updates to South Sudan state: Central Equatoria (Gov.); San Antonio, TX (Mayor).

06/16/25      updates to Sweden county: Stockholm (Gov.), Congo (DRC) prov.: Sud-Kivu (rebel

                Gov.), U.S. govt.: IRS (Comm.)

06/14/25      update to Greece: Mount Athos (Chair.)

06/13/25      update to Mongolia (PM).

06/12/25      update to U.S. govt.: MARAD (Admin.)

06/11/25      updates to Georgia rep.: Abkhazia (exile PM), Venezuela state: Zulia (Gov.)

06/10/25      update to Russia rep.: Altay (PM).

06/09/25      updates to Omaha, NE (Mayor), Venezuela states: Barinas, Lara (Gov.)

06/07/25      update to U.S. city election: San Antonio, TX (runoff): Gina Ortiz Jones (f)

                (Dem.) defeats Rolando Pablos (Rep.), 54.3%-45.7%.

06/06/25      updates to Croatia reg.: Dubrovacko-Neretvanska, Koprivnicko-Krizevacka (Gov.)

06/05/25      updates to Venezuela states: Aragua, Guárico, Yaracuy (Gov.)

06/04/25      updates to South Korea (Pres.), South Sudan state: Warrap (Gov.), Venezuela

                states: Bolívar, Delta Amacuro (Gov.)

06/03/25      updates to Armenia prov.: Lori (Gov.), China prov.: Shanxi (Gov.); Venezuela

                states: Mérida, Nueva Esparta, Sucre (Gov.); U.S. city election: Jackson, MS:

                John Horhn (Dem.) is elected mayor over Rodney DePriest (Ind.), Zach Servis

                (Ind.), Kenneth Gee (Rep.), Lille Stewart-Robinson (f)(Ind.) and Kim Wade

                (Ind.), 67.2%-27.7%-2.5%-0.9%-0.8%-0.8%.

06/01/25      updates to Switzerland cantons: Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Bern, Geneva, Sankt

                Gallen, Thurgau; Community of Christ (Proph.-Pres.)

05/31/25      update to Andorra (Co-Prince).

05/28/25      updates to Micronesia state: Yap (Gov.), U.S. govt.: Treasury Dept. (Treas.)

05/26/25      updates to Romania (Pres.), Croatia reg.: Osjecko-Baranjska (Gov.), OAS

                (Secy.-gen.)

05/25/25      updates to Kazakhstan city: Almaty (Mayor), U.S. govt.: USCIS (Dir.)

05/22/25      update to Russia rep.: Karelia (PM).

05/20/25      updates to Germany state: Niedersachsen (PM), Congo (DRC) prov.: Nord-Ubangi

                (Gov.), U.S. city: Oakland, CA (Mayor).

05/19/25      updates to The Sudan (PM), Congo (DRC) prov.: Kasai Oriental (Gov.)

05/16/25      update to U.S. govt.: Air Force (Secy.)

05/15/25      update to Congo (DRC) prov.: Kwilu (Gov.)

05/14/25      update to Peru (PM).

05/13/25      update to U.S. city election: Omaha, NE (runoff): John Ewing, Jr. (Dem.) defeats

                incumbent Mayor Jean Stothert (f)(Rep.), 56.2%-43.6%.

05/12/25      update to U.S. govt.: LOC (Lib.)

05/09/25      update to Canada prov.: Newfoundland and Labrador (PM).

05/08/25      updates to Vatican City and the Roman Catholic Church (Pope); U.S. govt.:

                FEMA (Admin.), LOC (Lib.)

05/07/25      update to U.S. govt.: SSA (Comm.)

05/06/25      updates to Cayman Islands (PM), Germany (Chanc.), Romania (PM).

05/04/25      update to Gabon (PM).

05/03/25      updates to Togo (Pres., PM), Yemen (PM), New Caledonia (High Com.),; U.S. mayor

                elections: Fort Worth, TX: incumbent Mayor Mattie Parker (f)(Rep.) is re

                -elected over Josh Lucas (Dem.), Alyson Kennedy (f)(Soc. Wkrs.), Chris Wood

                (Ind.), Donnell Ballard (Ind.), Lawrence Walker II (Ind.), and Millennium Woods

                Jr. (Ind.), 66.6%-17.8%-4.2%-3%-2.7%-2.6%-2.6%; San Antonio, TX: Gina Ortiz

                Jones (f)(Dem.), leads Rolando Pablos (Rep.), Beto Altamirano (Dem.), Adriana

                Rocha Garcia (f)(Dem.), Manny Pelaez (Dem.), Melissa Cabello Havrda (f)(Dem.),

                John Courage (Dem.), Clayton Perry (Ind.), and Tim Westley (Rep.), 27.2%-17.6%-

                12.1%-10%-7%-7%-6%-6%-4% (a runoff will be held 7 Jun 2025).

05/02/25      updates to South Korea (PM, Pres.), New Caledonia (High Com.), Swiss cantons:

                Valais, Zürich; Venezuela state: Bolívar (Gov.)

05/01/25      updates to Trinidad and Tobago (PM), U.S. govt.: NSC (Adv.)

04/30/25      updates to The Sudan (PM), Venezuela state: Mérida (Gov.)

04/28/25      update to Venezuela state: Lara (Gov.)

04/27/25      update to Swiss canton: Appenzell Innerrhoden

04/25/25      updates to U.S. govt.: NSF (Dir.), TSA (Admin.)

04/23/25      update to Montserrat (Gov.)

04/21/25      updates to Vatican City and the Roman Catholic Church (Pope), U.S. govt.:

                     BOP (Dir.), SEC (Chair.)

04/20/25      update to Japan pref.: Akita (Gov.)

04/18/25      update to U.S. govt.: IRS (Comm.)   

04/17/25      updates to Indonesia prov.: Bangka-Belitung, Papua Pegunungan (Gov.); Ukraine

                prov.: Luhans'k, Sumy (Gov.)

04/16/25      updates to Swiss canton: Ticino; U.S. govt.: IRS (Comm.)  

04/15/25      update to Japan pref.: Wakayama (Gov.)

              U.S. city: Saint Louis, MO (Mayor); U.S. city election Oakland, CA (special):

                ex-Congresswoman Barbara Lee (f)(Dem.) defeats Loren Taylor (Dem.), Tyron C.

                Jordan (Dem.), Mindy Ruth Pechenuk (f)(Rep.) and Renia Janeen Webb (f)(Dem.),

                52.7%-47.3%-1%-0.9%-0.8%.

04/12/25      update to U.S. govt.: Defense Dept. (JCS Chair.)

04/11/25      updates to Cyprus: British Sovereign Base Areas (Admin.); South Korea city:

                Daegu (Mayor).

04/10/25      update to Liechtenstein (PM).

04/09/25      updates to U.S. govt.: ATF (Dir.), TVA (CEO).

04/08/25      updates to Montserrat (Gov.), Ethiopia reg.: Tigray (Gov.), U.S. city election

                St. Louis, MO: Cara Spencer (f)(Dem.) defeats incumbent Mayor Tishaura Jones

                (f)(Dem.), 64.2% to 35.9%.

04/07/25      updates to Antigua and Barbuda: Barbuda (Chair.), Georgia reg.: Adjaria (PM),

                     South Sudan state: Ruweng (Admin.)

04/04/25      updates to South Korea (Pres.), Russia rep.: Mordovia (PM), U.S. govt.: Justice

                Dept. (Sol. Gen.)

04/03/25      update to U.S. govt.: NSA (Dir.)

04/01/25      updates to San Marino (Capt.-Reg.), Russia rep.: Mordovia (PM), The Commonwealth

                (Secy.-gen.); U.S. govt.: U.S. govt.: FDA (Comm.); U.S. mayor election: Omaha,

                NE: incumbent Mayor Jean Stothert (f)(Rep.), John Ewing, Jr. (Dem.), Mike

                McDonnell (Rep.), Jasmine L. Harris (f)(Dem.) win, 36.2%-32.7%-20%-10.3%

                (a runoff is held 13 May 2025).

03/31/25      updates to Belarus reg.: Minsk, Hrodno (Gov.); U.S. govt.: Mint (Dir.), NOAA

                (Admin.)

03/29/25      updates to Syria (PM), Albanian Orthodox Church (Patr.)

03/28/25      updates to Aruba (PM), Greenland (PM), Papua New Guinea prov.: New Ireland (Gov.)

03/26/25      updates to Russia admin.: Orenburg, Sverdlovsk (Gov.); U.S. govt.: NIH (Dir.)

03/25/25      update to U.S. govt.: Navy Dept. (Secy.)

03/24/25      updates to South Korea (acting PM, Pres.), U.S. govt.: USPS (Postmstr.-gen.)

03/22/24      update to Namibia (PM).

03/21/25      updates to Namibia (Pres.), Tunisia (PM).

03/20/25      update to South Sudan state: Upper Nile (Gov.)

03/18/25      updates to Nigeria state: Rivers (Admin.), Russia admin.: Nenets (Gov.), U.S.

                govt.: BIA (Asst. Secy.)

03/17/25      updates to Trinidad and Tobago (PM), Tokelau (Head).

03/14/25      update to Canada (PM).

03/13/25      updates to Greece (Pres.), AU (com. Chair.)

03/12/25      update to The Philippines reg.: Bangsamoro (PM).

03/11/25      update to U.S. Govt.: Labor Dept. (Secy.)

03/10/25      updates to Belarus (PM), South Sudan state: Jonglei (Gov.)

03/09/25      update to U.S. govt.: ICE (Dir.)

03/07/25      update to Haiti (Pres.)

03/06/25      update to Saint Helena: Tristan da Cunha (Chf. Islander).

03/03/25      updates to Austria (PM), Georgia: Abkhazia (PM), ICJ (Pres.), Belarus admin.:

                Hrodno (Gov.). U.S. Govt.: Education Dept. (Secy.)

03/01/25      updates to Uruguay (Pres.), Vatican City (Gov.), China prov.: Liaoning (Gov.),

                OACPS (Secy.-gen.)

02/28/25      updates to Congo (DRC): Sud-Kivu (rebel Gov.), Russia rep.: Chuvashia (PM),

                U.S. govt.: IRS (Comm.)

02/27/25      updates to Anguilla (PM), U.S. Govt.: USTR (Amb.)

02/25/25      update to U.S. govt.: Army Dept. (Secy.)

02/24/25      updates to ADB (Pres.), U.S. govt.: ATF (Dir.)

02/21/25      updates to PAM (Pres.), Canada prov.: Prince Edward Island (PM), U.S. govt.:

                Commerce Dept.(Secy.), FBI (Dir.), Defense Dept: JCS (Chair.)

02/20/25      updates to India terr.: Delhi (PM), Indonesia prov.: Bali, Banten, Bengkulu,

                Gorontalo, Jakarta, Jawa Barat, Jawa Tengah, Jawa Timur, Kalimantan Barat,

                Kalimantan Selatan, Kalimantan Tengah, Kalimantan Timur, Lampung, Maluku,

                Maluku Utara, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Papua Barat, Papua

                Barat Daya, Papua Selatan, Papua Tengah, Riau, Sulawesi Barat, Sulawesi

                Selatan, Sulawesi Tengah, Sulawesi Tenggara, Sulawesi Utara, Sumatera Selatan,

                and Sumatera Utara (Gov).

02/19/25      update to South Sudan state: Warrap (Gov.)

02/18/25      updates to Sudan: Abyei Area (Admin.), U.S. govt.: TSA (Admin.)

02/17/25      updates to Kazakhstan admin.: Abay, Shyghys Qazaqstan, (Gov.)

02/16/25      update to U.S. govt.: SSA (Comm.)

02/15/25      update to AU (Chair.)

02/14/25      update to Ukraine admin.: Poltava (Gov.)

02/13/25      updates to India state: Manipur (PM), U.S. govt.: Agriculture Dept., HHS Dept.

                (Secy.), TVA (Chair.)

02/12/25      updates to Romania (Pres.), Indonesia prov.: Aceh (Gov.), U.S. govt.: DNI (Dir.)

02/11/25      updates to Vanuatu (PM), Venezuela state: Yaracuy (Gov.)

02/10/25      updates to Martinique, Saint-Martin & Saint-Barthélemy (Pref.), South Sudan

                state: Western Equatoria (Gov.)

02/09/25      update to U.S. govt.: USCIS (Dir.)

02/08/25      update to Lebanon (PM).

02/07/25      updates to Russia admin.: Novgorod (Gov.), U.S. govt.: OMB (Dir.), NARA (Archv.)

02/06/25      updates to Japan pref.: Gifu (Gov.), U.S. govt.: PTO (Comm.)

02/05/25      updates to Isma`ilia (Imam), U.S. govt.: Justice Dept. (Atny.-gen.), Veterans

                Affairs Dept., HUD (Secy.), Congo (DRC): Nord-Kivu (rebel Gov.)

02/04/25      updates to Syria (UNDOF), Isma`ilia (Imam).

02/03/25      updates to Belgium (PM), U.S. govt.: Energy Dept. (Secy.) 

02/01/25      updates to CDB (Pres.), U.S. govt.: Interior Dept. (Secy.), U.S. party: DNC

                (Chair.)

01/31/25      updates to Tonga (PM), Canada prov.: Saskatchewan (Lt. gov.), Congo (DRC)

                prov.: Nord-Kivu (Gov.).

01/30/25      updates to Nicaragua (Co-Pres.), Canada prov.: British Columbia (Lt. Gov.),

                Papua New Guinea prov.: New Ireland (Gov.), U.S. govt.: Census Bureau (Dir.)

01/29/25      update to U.S. govt.: EPA (Admin.)

01/28/25      updates to Congo (DRC) prov.: Nord-Kivu (Gov.), U.S. govt.: Treasury Dept.,

                Transportation Dept. (Secy.)

01/26/25      update to Eritrean Orthodox Church (Patr.)

01/25/25      updates to Albanian Orthodox Church (Arch-Bsp.), BIOT (Comm. Rep.), U.S. state:

                South Dakota (Gov.) and U.S. govt.: Defense Dept., Homeland Security (Secy.),

                DNI (Dir.)

01/23/25      updates to Ireland (PM), Bermuda (Gov.), U.S. govt.: CIA (Dir.)

01/22/25      updates to Canada prov.: New Brunswick (Lt. Gov.), U.S. govt.: Secret Service

                (Dir.)

01/21/25      updates to U.S. state: Delaware (Gov.), U.S. govt.: State Dept. (Secy.), Coast

                Guard (Comdt.)

01/20/25      updates to United States: Donald J. Trump becomes the 47th President and

                J.D. Vance Vice Pres.; U.S. govt.: CoS, NSC, Cabinet; Wake Island (Gov.)

01/19/25      update to FBI (Dir.)

01/18/25      update to U.S. govt.: ATF (Dir.),

01/17/25      updates to Monaco (PM), Mozambique (PM), U.S. Govt.: RNC (Co-chair.), NIH (Dir.)

01/16/25      updates to Bulgaria (PM), India state: Mizoram (Gov.)

01/15/25      updates to Mozambique (Pres.), New Caledonia (Pres.), U.S. state: Washington

                (Gov.)

01/14/25      updates to São Tomé e Príncipe (PM), Bermuda (Gov.), ICJ (Pres.)

01/13/25      updates to U.S. states: Indiana, Missouri, West Virginia (Gov.), U.S. govt.:

                     BLM (Dir.), ICE (Dir.), MARAD (Admin.)

01/10/25      updates to Austria (PM)

01/09/25      updates to Lebanon (Pres.), Russia rep.: Komi (PM), U.S. state: New Hampshire

                (Gov.)

01/08/25      update to U.S. city: San Francisco (Mayor).

01/07/25      updates to Ghana (Pres.), Palau: Ngardmau (Gov.), U.S. state: Delaware (Gov.),

                U.S. city: El Paso, Wilmington, DE (Mayor).

01/06/25      updates to Church of England (Achbsp.), Chile reg.: Arica, Aysén, Biobío,

                Coquimbo, La Araucanía, Los Lagos, Maule (Gov.), Kazakhstan reg.: Trukistan

                (Gov.), U.S. city: Oakland, CA (Mayor), Guam city: Hagåtña (Mayor).

01/04/25      update to China prov.: Qinghai (Gov.)

01/03/25      updates to American Samoa (Gov.), U.S. Govt.: U.S. Senate (Pres. Pro-tem.), India

                states: Manipur, Odisha (Gov.)

01/02/25      updates to Puerto Rico (Gov.), China prov..: Hubei (Gov.), India states: Bihar,

                Kerala (Gov.)

01/01/25      updates to Switzerland (Pres.); Swiss cantons: Aargau, Fribourg, Graubünden,
                Jura, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, and Zug; Palau: Angaur (Gov.); Malaysia state:

                Sabah (Gov.); U.S. state: North Carolina (Gov.); U.S. cities: Portland, OR,

                Richmond, VA, (Mayor); APEC (Exec. Dir.), EAEU (Chair.), G-7 (Chair.), ISA

                (Secy.-gen.), MERCOSUR (Dir.), Norden (Pres.), OSCE (Chair.), Parlasur (Pres.),

                SCO (Secy.-gen.)

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02/22/25      added to Belgium: Southern Netherlands Provinces to 1795.

12/29/24      additions to South Korea: Exile Government 1919-45.

02/11/24      added to U.S. Cities: Palm Springs, CA.

01/07/24      added to U.S. Cities: Wichita, KS.

06/16/23      added to U.S. Cities: Wilmington, DE.

05/14/23      added to U.S. Cities: Charleston, WV.

05/01/23      added to U.S. Cities: Sioux Falls, SD.

04/12/23      added to U.S. Cities: Portland, ME.

03/22/23      added to U.S. Cities: Little Rock, AR.

02/26/23      added to South Moluccas: Provisional Constitution of 1950.

02/20/23      added to U.S. Cities: Burlington, VT and Cheyenne, WY.

02/01/23      added to Egypt: Multinational Force and Observers.

12/12/22      added Timbuktu to Mali Traditional States.

11/06/22      added to Mozambique: British Chinde Concession (1892-1923).

11/05/22      added to U.S. Cities: Reno, NV.

10/23/22      added State Union of Belarus and Russia.

09/05/22      added to Chile: Regions from 2021.

06/06/21      additions to Russia Admin. Divisions.

04/26/21      added the CED 1856-1948 to the Danube Commission.

04/25/21      added Far Eastern Republic Admin. Divisions (1920-1922) to Russia.

02/01/21      added Kenya Regions 1963-1965 to Kenya.

01/29/21      added Zangezur (Syunik)(1918-1921) under Armenia.

11/23/20      added to Vanuatu: Provinces from 1994.

10/27/20      added French India Dependencies under India.

05/21/20      added Former Swiss Subject Territories under Switzerland. 

04/26/20      added Nepali Princely States under Nepal.

04/18/20      added to U.S. govt.: National Institutes of Health (NIH) and U.S. Information

                Agency (USIA).

12/20/19      added to U.S. Native Nations: Little Shell Chippewa.

12/20/19      update to U.S. govt.: U.S. Space Force.

12/01/19      expanded Micronesia States (1945-1978).

08/09/19      additions to Burma States (1948-1988) and Myanmar Regions: Wa Division.

04/14/19      additions to Canada First Nations.

10/13/18      added to Religions: Ukraine Renewal Church (1923-1942).

06/16/18      added to Netherlands prov.: Rijnmond.

05/30/18      added to China Foreign Colonies: Peking Legation Quarter.

05/12/18      added to Ethiopia: Gambela British concession.

02/17/18      added Nepal Provinces.

10/25/17      added Roman Empire and Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire pages.

05/22/17      added Tannu Tuva 1941 constitution, Chinese Soviet 1931 constitution,

                     and Czechoslovakia constitutions 1918 and 1960.

05/11/17      added Southern Rhodesia 1961 constitution, South Vietnam 1956 constitution,

                     Yugoslavia 1974 constitution, Hejaz 1926 constitution, Montenegro 1905

                constitution, Indonesia 1950 constitution, Nigeria 1979 constitution,

                and Somalia 1979 constitution.

05/06/17      added Frederiksnagore and expanded Nicobar & Andaman Islands.

09/07/16      added South Vietnam 1967 constitution.

06/14/16      added Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

12/14/15      added Logone to Central African Republic

11/11/15      added Western Kurdistan to Syria.

11/08/15      added State of Muskogee (1799-1803) and Republic of the Floridas (1817)

                under Florida.

03/20/15      added Tucson, AZ to U.S. cities.

02/07/15      added U.S. Lighthouse Service to U.S. government.

12/13/14      added Fuuta Jaloo to Guinea and Timbuktu to Mali native states.

11/15/14      added annual update pages for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.

03/07/14      added 5 Districts to French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

10/01/13      added Aragón Council of Defense 1936-37 to Spain Regions.

09/16/13      added Charter Company territories to Mozambique.

04/27/13      additions to China provinces.

11/01/12      added Bank for International Settlements (BIS).

10/28/12      expanded Vanuatu with 1887-1906 U.K. & French Naval Commissioners.

10/01/12      added France's Hauteville House under Guernsey.

09/26/12      update to Albania: Sazan (Saseno) Island.

07/19/12      added Verapaz Belgian concession 1843-54 under Guatemala.

07/08/12      added 1873 Cantonal Revolution under Spain.

06/20/12      added Carlist governments to Spain.

06/17/12      added Pious Establishments of France in Rome and French Domain in the 

                Holy Land.

01/16/12      added Chatham Islands to New Zealand.

09/01/11      added Goa Dependencies page under Portuguese India.

07/09/11      new South Sudan and South Sudan states pages.

05/01/11      expanded Cameroon traditional states, Tanzania traditional states

                and States of Palau.

03/01/11      update Mayotte becomes a French overseas département.

02/11/11      added new Regions to Myanmar (Burma).

02/05/11      added new Regions to Greece.

01/01/11      added Dutch Language Union (Nederlandse Taalunie)(DLU).

12/28/10      added Lihou to Guernsey.

11/10/10      added Trust Terr. of Pacific Islands district administrators:

                Chuuk, Marshall Is., Mariana Islands, Palau, Ponape, Rota, and Yap.

11/03/10      added Long Beach, California to U.S. Mayors.

10/20/10      added Tadjourah and Rahayto sultanates under Djibouti.

10/15/10      update to Bolivia Departments.

10/10/10      added new separate pages for: Curaçao, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius

                and Sint Maarten.

07/31/10      added to British Indian Ocean Territory.

07/27/10      expanded Ghana: English Gold Coast 1632-1751.

07/23/10      expanded Monaco governors-general 1732-1911.

07/13/10      added Rimatara and Rurutu under French Polynesia. 

07/09/10      added Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM).

07/08/10      added International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) est.

06/15/10      added Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).

05/30/10      added Saipan, CNMI to U.S. Mayors.

05/05/10      added Council of the Baltic States (CBSS).

04/17/10      new page for Regions of Finland.

03/09/10      added International Seabed Authority (ISA).

02/25/10      added Association of Caribbean States (ACS) and Caribbean Development Bank

                (CDB).

02/10/10      added Billings, Montana; Jackson, Mississippi; Lansing, Michigan; Manchester,

                New Hampshire; Orlando, Florida; and Trenton, New Jersey to U.S. Mayors.

09/21/09      expanded Ghana Traditional States.

09/07/09      addition to Bosnia-Hercegovnia: Serbian Autonomous Oblasts 1991-92.

07/25/09      added Cordillera Administrative Region under the Philippines.

06/01/09      added to Croatia: Kraijna constitution 1991-95.

05/25/09      added United National Environmental Programme (UNEP).

05/22/09      expanded Rodrigues Island under Mauritius.

05/04/09      new page begun for Counties of Liberia (incomplete).

04/22/09      added Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

04/10/09      added Fort Worth, Texas to U.S. Mayors.

03/18/09      new page: Vermont State Government 1777-1791.

03/10/09      new page: Provinces of Belgium. 

02/27/09      new page: Provinces of South Korea.

02/13/09      added Latin American Parliament (Parlatino) and the Andean Parliament.

12/12/08      added to Congo (Kinshasa) prov.: Katanga 1960 constitution.

11/15/08      added Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).

11/07/08      added Latin Union (LU).

10/27/08      addition to Sudan: Transitional Darfur Regional Authority.

10/01/08      additions to Saba (anthem), Crete (anthem), Azad Kashmir (constitution).

09/23/08      additions to U.S. govt.: Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC)

                and the Comptrollers of the Currency.

09/08/08      added 1907 constitution to Crete under Greece.

09/04/08      additions to U.S. govt.: General Services Admin., National Science Found.

08/22/08      added mayors of Hagatna (Agana), Guam to U.S. mayors.

07/22/08      added the Tangier Zone Statute under Morocco and constitutions

                of South Yemen and Zaire.

07/10/08      expanded Other Ugandan Traditional States.

07/02/08      expanded Republic of Ragusa under Croatia.

06/16/08      added Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, expanded Elba under Italy states.

06/01/08      expanded Kazakhstan Administrative Divisions added pre-1991 divisions.

05/20/08      addition to US govt.: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). 

03/18/08      added Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO).

03/17/08      additions to U.S. govt.: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 

                and Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

03/01/08      additions to U.S. govt.: Patent Office, Bureau of Land Management,

                U.S. Marshals Service, War Relocation Authority, Census Bureau,

                and NOAA Commissioned Corps.

02/17/08      new page: Kosovo page and re-edit of Serbia page.

02/08/08      added Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC).

02/03/08      added British and French forts in Benin 1650-1807.

01/03/08      added Constitution to Brunei Darussalam.

12/06/07      added Orthodox Church of New Zealand, Orthodox Church of Korea and 

                Old Calendar Church of Bulgaria.

12/04/07      added Organization of Central American States (ODECA) and

                Central American Integration System (SICA) and Collective Security

                Treaty Organization (CSTO).

12/01/07      added Nunatsiavut to Newfoundland.

11/11/07      added Birmingham, Alabama; Oakland, California; and Shreveport,

                Louisiana to U.S. Mayors.

11/03/07      added Santa Fe, New Mexico to U.S. Mayors.

10/19/07      added Kansas City, Missouri to U.S. Mayors.

10/18/07      added Rochester, New York; Savannah, Georgia; and

                Topeka, Kansas to U.S. Mayors.

08/25/07      added Kupang to Indonesian traditional states and Islamabad Cap. Terr.,

                Northern Areas and Tribal Areas to Pakistan provinces.

08/22/07      added International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and

                United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Intersputnik.

08/01/07      added National Council of the Churches (NCC).

07/25/07      added new page Denmark Counties 1970-2006.

07/16/07      expanded Red Cross (ICRC, ICRM, IFRCS) entries. 

07/03/07      added International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO),

                International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) and Islamic

                Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO).

06/20/07      added Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA); United Nations Conference

                on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); United Nations Relief and Works Agency

                for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

06/12/07      added World Customs Organization (WCO). 

05/07/07      added International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

05/01/07      expanded Malta: Gozo.

02/21/07      added new pages for Saint-Barthelemy and Saint-Martin

01/23/07      added San José, California to U.S. Mayors.

01/18/07      new page: Regions of Denmark.

12/20/06      new page: Venezuela States since 1990.

12/08/06      added International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

12/06/06      expanded Burma states 1947-1974.

10/31/06      added Organisation Commune Africaine et Mauricienne (OCAM).

10/08/06      expansion and updates to Indian Princely states A-J and K-M

                and Pakistan Princely States.

06/03/06      separate Montenegro page and re-edit of Serbia page.

05/20/06      expanded Armenia (Eriwan khanate) and Japan (Ryukyu Islands).

05/12/06      expanded Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

05/10/06      added Canton & Enderbury Islands and Kirimati to Kiribati

                expanded British Indian Ocean Terr. added English Hirado Post to Japan.

05/03/06      added Gozo to Malta and Buffer Zone to Cyprus.

04/26/06      expanded Pitcairn and Saint Helena.

04/16/06      added Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

04/07/06      added Albany (NY) to U.S. Mayors.

03/18/06      added Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).

03/01/06      added Igelsia Ni Cristo, Fulan Gong, and Buddhist Thailand.

01/15/06      new page: Belarus Administrative Divisions.

01/14/06      added Podolia (1672-99) to Poland and Kokang to Myanmar Shan states.

01/13/06      expanded of Cameroon Traditional states.

12/26/05      new page: Ukraine Administrative Divisions and German occupation

                Reichskommissariat Ukraine General Districts.

12/01/05      new page: Russian S.F.S.R. Administrative divisions (to 1991).

11/12/05      added Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

10/21/05      new page: Self-Proclaimed Micronations (Hutt River Province, Saugeais, 

                Sealand and Seborga).

10/01/05      added Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to U.S. govt.

09/29/05      added Croatia Counties, Japan Prefectures and Slovak Regions.

09/03/05      added United Church of Christ (UCC).

08/09/05      added baLobedu to South African Traditional states.

07/10/05      added Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).

05/28/05      added Poland Voivodships 1919-39 and from 1999,

                and General-government districts 1939-45.

05/12/05      additions to Poland: Danzig 1526-1815.