2010 Updates

New Heads of State, Governors and Other Leaders in 2010

12/31/10      updates to Uganda kingdom: Tooro (PM), U.S. govt.: Marshals Serv. (Dir.)

12/30/10      update to Moldova (Pres.)

12/29/10      update to Montenegro (PM).

12/28/10      updates to Belarus (PM) and Moldova (Pres.)

12/27/10      update to Spain reg.: Catalonia (Pres.)

12/25/10      update to Taiwan: Sinbei, Taichung and Tainan (Mayors).

12/24/10      updates to Guinea (PM) and Tuvalu (PM).

12/23/10      update to Laos (PM).

12/22/10      update to Tonga (PM).

12/21/10      updates to Guinea (Pres.), Ukraine prov.: L'viv, Ternopil (Gov.)

12/20/10      update to Papua New Guinea (Gov.-gen.)

12/17/10      updates to Kyrgyzstan (PM), Canada prov. Yukon (Com.) and

                Armenia prov.: Yerevan (Mayor), Solomon Islands prov.: Central, Isabel (PM).

12/16/10      update to China prov.: Hubei (Gov.)

12/13/10      update to Papua New Guinea (Gov.-gen.)

12/11/10      update to Venezuela state: Guárico (Gov.)

12/08/10      update to China prov.: Jiangsu (Gov.)

12/07/10      updates to U.S. state: North Dakota (Gov.), Oglala Sioux (Pres.), Cheyenne

                River Sioux (Chair.)

12/06/10      updates to U.S. state: Hawaii (Gov.), U.S. govt.: Postal Service.

12/05/10      update to The Sudan: Darfur Region (Chr.)

12/04/10      update to Côte d'Ivoire (Pres., PM in opposition).

12/03/10      updates to Canada prov.: Newfoundland and Labrador (PM) and Latin American

                Parliament (Parlatino) (Pres.)

12/02/10      updates to Vanuatu (PM) and Australia state: Victoria (PM).

12/01/10      updates to Mexico states: Aguascalientes, Oaxaca, Veracruz (Gov.), Japan 

                pref.: Ehime (Gov.), Swiss canton: Geneva (Pres.)

11/30/10      update to Cook Islands (PM).

11/25/10      update to India state: Andhra Pradesh (CM). 

11/19/10      update to South Africa prov.: North-West (PM).

11/16/10      update to Ukraine prov.: Kyiv city.

11/15/10      updates to Bosnia: Republika Srpska (Pres.), U.S. state: West Virgina (Gov.)

11/11/10      update to India state: Maharashtra (PM).

11/10/10      updates to Bosnia-Hercegovina (Pres.), France reg.: Languedoc-Roussillon

                (Pres.), Nigeria state: Delta (Gov.) and Ukraine prov.: Luhansk (Gov.)

11/04/10      updates to French Antarctic Terr. (Admin.), Br. Sovereign Base Areas (Admin.)

11/03/10      update to Tanzania: Zanzibar (Pres.)

11/02/10      update to New Caledonia (High Com.)

11/02/10      update to United States, election results: U.S. Congress elections to all 435

                seats of the House of Representatives, and to 37 of 100 seats in the Senate

                (a special election was held earlier in the year on 19 Jan 2010 in

                Massachusetts). In the U.S. House of Representatives, the Republicans win

                control, they will have 242 of the 435 seats and the Democrats 193 (previous

                balance was 256 Democrats vs. 179 Republicans). In the Senate - Democrats

                retain control with 51 seats (incl. 2 independents caucusing with them) and

                the Republicans 47 seats (the previous balance was 60 Democrats vs. 40

                Republicans);
                Party abbreviations: Dem. = Democrat, Rep. = Republican, Const. =

                Constitution, DFL = Democratic–Farmer–Labor, Grn. = Green Party, Ind. =

                Independent, Indep. = Independence Party, Libt. = Libertarian, WFP = Working

                Families Party;

              Governor elections: 
              - Alabama: Robert Bentley (Rep.) defeats Ron Sparks (Dem.), 57.9%-42.1%;
              - Alaska: Gov. Sean Parnell (Rep.) defeats Ethan Berkowitz (Dem.), Don Wright

                (AK Indep. Pty) and Billy Toien (Libt.), 58.9%-38.3%-1.9%-1.0%;
              - Arizona:  Gov. Jan Brewer (f)(Rep.) defeats Attny. Gen. Terry Goddard

                (Dem.), Barry Hess (Libt.) and Larry Gist (Grn.), 54.7%-42.2%-2.2%-0.9%;
              - Arkansas: Gov. Mike Bebe (Dem.) defeats Jim Keet (Rep.), Jim Lendall (Grn.),

                64.5%-33.6%-1.9%;
              - California: ex-Gov. Jerry Brown (Dem.) defeats Meg Whitman (f)(Rep.), 

                Chelene Nightingale (f)(American Indep.) and Dale Ogden (Libt.),

                53.1%-41.7%-1.6%-1.5%;
              - Colorado: Mayor John Hickenlooper (Dem.) defeats Tom Tancredo (Const.), Dan

                Maes (Rep.) and Jaimes Brown (Libt.), 50.7%-36.8%-11.1%-0.7%;

              - Connecticut: Mayor Dan Malloy (Dem.) defeats Thomas Foley (Rep.) and Tom

                Marsh (CT Indep. Pty) with 49.6%-48.9%-1.5%;
              - Florida: Rick Scott (Rep.) defeats CFO Alex Sink (f) (Dem.), Peter Allen

                (Ind.), C.C. Reed (Ind.), Michael Arth (Ind.), Daniel Imperato (Libt.)

                48.9%-47.7%-2.3%-0.4%-0.3%-0.3%;
              - Georgia: Nathan Deal (Rep.) defeats ex-Gov. Roy Barnes (Dem.) and John Monds

                (Libt.), 52.9%-43.1%-4%;
              - Hawaii: Neil Abercrombie (Dem.) defeats Lt.Gov. James R. "Duke" Aiona (Rep.),

                Daniel Cunningham (Free Energy) and Tom Polland (Ind.) 58.2%-41.1%-0.3%-0.3%;
              - Idaho: Gov. Butch Otter (Rep.) defeats Keith Allred (Dem.), Jana Kemp (f)

                (Ind.), Ted Dunlop (Libt.) and Pro-Life (=Marvin Richardson)(Const.),

                59.1%-32.9%-5.9%-1.3%-1%;
              - Illinois: Gov. Pat Quinn (Dem.) defeats Bill Brady (Rep.), Scott Lee Cohen

                (Indep.) and Rich Whitney (Grn.) with 46.6%-46.1%-3.6%-2.7%;
              - Iowa: ex-Gov. Terry Branstad (Rep.) defeats Gov. Chet Culver (Dem.) and

                Jonathan Narcisse (Ind.) and Eric Cooper (Libt.), 53%-43.3%-1.8%-1.3%; 

              - Kansas: Sen. Sam Brownback (Rep.) defeats Tom Holland (Dem.), Andrew Gray

                (Libt.) and Ken Cannon (Ref.), 63.4%-32.1%-2.7%-1.8%; 

              - Maine: Paul LePage (Rep.) defeats Eliot Cutler (Ind.), Libby Mitchell (Dem.),

                and Shawn Moody (Ind.), 38.3%-36.5%-19.1%-5.1%;
              - Maryland: Gov. Martin O'Malley (Dem.) defeats ex-Gov. Robert Ehrlich (Rep.),

                Susan Gaztanaga (f)(Libt.) & Maria Allwine (f) (Grn.), 55.8%-42.3%-0.8%-0.6%;
              - Massachusetts: Gov. Deval Patrick (Dem.) defeats Charles Baker Jr. (Rep.), 

                Tim Cahill (Ind.), and Jill Stein (f)(Grn.), 48.4%-42.1%-8.0%-1.4%;
              - Michigan: Rick Snyder (Rep.) defeats Mayor Virg Bernero (Dem.), Ken

                Proctor (Libt.), and Harley Mikkelson (Grn.), 58.1%-39.9%-0.7%-0.7%;

              - Minnesota: Mark Dayton (Dem./DFL) defeats Tom Emmer (Rep.), Tom Horner (MN

                Indep. Pty.), Chris Wright (Grassroots), Farheen Hakeen (Grn.), 43.6%-43.2%-

                11.9%-0.36%-0.29%;
              - Nebraska: Gov. Dave Heineman (Rep.) defeats Mike Meister (Dem.) 74.3%-25.7%; 

              - Nevada: Brian Sandoval (Rep.) defeats Rory Reid (Dem.), and Eugene Disimone

                (Ind.), 53.4%-41.6%-0.9% with 1.7% voting for none of the above;
              - New Hampshire: Gov. John Lynch (Dem.) defeats John Stephen (Rep.) and John

                Babiarz (Libt), 52.6%-45.1%-2.3%;
              - New Mexico: Susana Martinez (f)(Rep.) defeats Lt.Gov. Diane Denish (f)(Dem.)

                53.6%-46.4%;

              - New York: Attny.-Gen. Andrew Cuomo (Dem./WFP/Indep.) defeats Carl Paladino

                (Rep./Conservative/Taxpayers), Howie Hawkins (Grn.), Warren Redlich (Libt.),

                Kristin Davis (f)(Anti-Prohibition), Charles Barron (Freedom), and Jimmy

                McMillan (Rent Is Too Damn High), 61.4%-34.1%-1.4%-1.1%-0.6%-0.5%-1%;
              - Ohio: John Kasich (Rep.) defeats Gov. Ted Strickland (Dem.) and Ken Matesz

                (Libt.) and Dennis Spisak (Grn.), 49.4%-46.7%-2.4%-1.5%;

              - Oklahoma: Mary Fallin (f)(Rep.) defeats Lt.Gov. Jari Askins (f)(Dem.),

                60.1%-39.9%;

              - Oregon: ex-Gov. John Kitzhaber (Dem.) defeats Chris Dudley (Rep.), Greg Kord

                (Const.) and Wes Wagner (Libt.) with 49.2%-48.1%-1.4%-1.3%;
              - Pennsylvania: Attny.-Gen. Tom Corbett (Rep.) defeats Dan Onorato (Dem.),

                54.5%-45.5%;

              - Rhode Island: Sen. Lincoln Chafee (Ind.) defeats John Robitaille (Rep.), 

                Frank Caprio (Dem.) and Ken Block (Mod.), 36.1%-33.6%-23%-6.5%;
              - South Carolina: Nikki Haley (f)(Rep.) defeats Vincent Sheheen (Dem.) and

                Morgan Reeves (Grn.), 51.4%-47.1%-1.5%;
              - South Dakota: Lt.Gov. Dennis Daugaard (Rep.) defeats Scott Heidepriem (Dem.),

                61.5%-38.5%;

              - Tennessee: Mayor Bill Halsam (Rep.) defeats Mike McWherter (Dem.), Carl

                Whitaker (Ind.), Brandon Dodds (Ind.) and Bayron Binkley (Ind.),

                65%-33.1%-0.4%-0.3%-0.3%;

              - Texas: Gov. Rick Perry (Rep.) defeats Bill White (Dem.), Kathie Glass (f)

                (Libt.) and Deb Shafto (f)(Grn.), 55.1%-42.3%-2.2%-0.4%;
              - Utah: Gov. Gary Herbert (Rep.) defeats Mayor Peter Corroon (Dem.),

                Farley Anderson (Ind.) and Andrew McCullough (Libt.), 64.2%-31.8%-2%-2%;

              - Vermont: Peter Shumlin (Dem.) defeats Lt.Gov. Brian Dubie (Rep.), Dennis

                Steele (VT Indep. Pty.) and Cris Ericson (f)(Ind.), 49.4%-47.6%-0.8%-0.8% (as

                no candidate wins 50% +1 the state legislature picks Gov. on 6 Jan. 2011, it

                elects Shumlin by 145 votes 28 votes for Dubie);

              - Wisconsin: Scott Walker (Rep.) defeats Mayor Tom Barrett (Dem.) and James

                Langer (WI Indep. Pty.) and James James (Common Sense) 52.3%-46.6%-0.5%-0.4%;
              - Wyoming: Matthew Mead (Rep.) defeats Leslie Petersen (f)(Dem.) and Mike

                Wheeler (Libt.), 71.6-25.1%-3.3%;
              Territory governors: 

              - Guam: Eddie Baza Calvo (Rep.) defeats ex.-Gov. Carl T. Gutierrez (Dem.),

                50.5%-49.5%;

              - Virgin Islands: Gov. John deJongh (Dem.) defeats ex.-Lt.Gov. Kenneth E. Mapp

                (Ind.), 56.2%-43.5%;

              Mayor elections: 

              - Louisville, KY: Greg Fischer (Dem.) defeats Hal Heiner (Rep.), Nimbus Couzin

                (Ind.) and Jerry Mills (Ind.), 51%-48.6%-0.2%-0.2%;

              - Oakland, CA: Jean Quan (f)(Dem.), Don Perata (Dem.), Rebecca Kaplan (f)(Dem.)

                Joe Truman (Ind.), Marcie Hodge (f)(Dem.), Terence Candell (Ind.), Don

                Macleay (Ind.) and reg Harland (Ind.) receive 32.6%-31.4%-19.8%-9.36%-2.2%-

                     1.6%-1.1%-0.66%, in ranked choice results: Jean Quan (f)(Dem.) defeats Don

                     Perata (Dem.) 50.98%-49.02%;

              - Providence, RI: Angel Taveras (Dem.) defeats Jonathan P. Scott (Ind.),

                82.1%-17.9%;

              - Shreveport, LA: Mayor Cedric B. Glover (Dem.) defeats Bryan Woolsey (Rep.)

                66%-35%;
              - Washington, DC: Vincent C. Gray (Dem.) defeats Carlos Allen (Ind.), Diane

                Faith (f)(D.C. Statehood Green), Omari Musa (Socialist Workers) and write-in

                votes (mostly for Mayor Adrian Fenty [Dem.]), 73.9%-1.6%-1.09%-0.54%-22.7%.

              Tribal elections:

              - Navajo Nation (president): Vice Pres. Ben Shelly defeats Lynda Lovejoy (f),

                52.7%-47%;

              - Cheyenne River Sioux (chairman): Kevin C. Keckler defeats Derek Bartlett,

                52.5%-47.4%;

              - Oglala Sioux (president): ex-Pres. John Yellow Bird Steel defeats Pres.

                Theresa Two Bulls (f), 51%-48.9%;

              - Pueblo of Zuni (governor)(held 14 Dec 2010): ex-Gov. Arlen Quetawki defeats

                Gov. Norman Cooeyate 53%-47%.

11/01/10      updates to Somalia (PM) and Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church (Cathol.)

10/29/10      update to Bermuda (PM).

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

10/27/10      updates to United Arab Emirates: Ras al-Khaimah (ruler), UNASR (Secy.-gen.)

                and Nigeria state: Osun (Gov.)

10/24/10      updates to Russia Rep.: Kalmykia (Pres.), French reg.: Languedoc-Roussillon

                (Pres.)

10/23/10      update to Barbados (PM).

10/22/10      update to U.S. govt.: Marine Corps (Comdt.)

10/21/10      updates to Russia admin.: Moscow (Mayor), US gov. National Security Adv.

10/18/10      update to US gov. National Science Foundations (Dir.)

10/16/10      updates to Falkland Islands (Gov.), Nigeria state: Ekiti (Gov.), and

                Uganda kingdom.: Tooro (PM)

10/14/10      update to The Netherlands (PM).
10/12/10      update to Canada prov.: New Brunswick (PM).

10/11/10      update to U.S. city: Honolulu (Mayor).

10/10/10      Netherlands Antilles dissolves into 2 autonomous countries Curaçao (Gov., PM)

                and St. Maarten (Gov., PM), as Bonaire, Saba & St. Eustatius become special

                municipalities of Netherlands.

10/04/10      update to Mexico state: Chihuahua (Gov.)

10/01/10      updates to Canada (Gov.-gen.), South Korea (PM), San Marino (Capt.-Reg.),

                Belgium region: Brussels-Capital (Gov.)

09/29/10      update to Tuvalu (PM).

09/28/10      updates to Russia admin.: Kaliningrad (Gov.), Moscow (Mayor). 

09/27/10      update to Kosovo (Pres.)

09/24/10      update to Somalia (PM).

09/23/10      update to U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay (Cmdr.)

09/22/10      update to Bosnia-Hercegovina: Brcko (Intl. Superv.)

09/18/10      update U.S. mayor election result: Honolulu, HI: Peter B. Carlisle (Ind.) 

                defeats acting mayor Kirk Caldwell (Dem.), Panos Prevedouros (Rep.),

                and Rod Tam (Dem.) 38.8%-34.6%-18.5%-1.5%. 

09/16/10      update to Bosnia-Hercegovina canton: West Hercegovina (PM).

09/15/10      updates to Mexico state: Durango (Gov.), Pakistan prov.: Gilgit-Baltistan

                (Gov.), Saint Helena: Tristan da Cunha (Admin.) 

09/14/10      updates to Peru (PM), United Nations (Gen. Asb. Pres.), U.S. mayor election

                result: Washington, DC (primary): Vincent C. Gray (Dem.) defeats Mayor 

                Adrian Fenty (Dem.) and Leo Alexander (Dem.) 53.1%-45.6%-0.65%.

09/13/10      update to Malaysia state: Kelantan (Sultan).

09/12/10      update to Mexico state: Zacatecas (Gov.)

09/11/10      updates to India state: Jharkhand (CM), Venezuela state: Guárico (Gov.) 

09/09/10      updates to Czech Rep. reg.: Plzenský (Gov.), Russia admin.: Novosibirsk (Gov.)

09/06/10      update to Chile: Easter Island (Gov.)

09/05/10      update to Japan pref.: Kagawa (Gov.)

09/01/10      updates to Council of Baltic States (Dir.-gen.), Japan pref.: Nagano (Gov.),

                and Kosovo (KFOR).

08/31/10      update to Germany state: Hessen (PM).

08/29/10      update to Russia rep.: Chuvashia (Gov.)

08/27/10      update to China prov.: Heilongjiang (Gov.)

08/25/10      updates to Solomon Islands (PM), Germany state: Hamburg (Mayor).

08/20/10      update to British Virgin Islands (Gov.)

08/19/10      update to Indonesia prov.: Kepulauan Riau (Gov.)

08/15/10      update to Indonesia prov.: Sumatera-Barat (Gov.)

08/14/10      update to São Tomé and Príncipe (PM).

08/12/10      update to Suriname (Pres., VP).

08/11/10      update to South Korea (PM).

08/09/10      update to U.S. govt.: DNI.

08/07/10      update to Colombia (Pres.)

08/06/10      update to Hungary (Pres.), Poland (Pres.)

08/03/10      update to Indonesia prov.: Jambi (Gov.)

08/02/10      update to Bosnia-Hercegovina: Brcko (Int. Sup.) 

07/29/10      updates to Pakistan: Azad Kashmir (PM), China prov.: Gansu and Hunan (Gov.)

07/27/10      update to Somaliland (Pres.)

07/25/10      update to OPCW (Dir.-gen.)

07/24/10      update to Lutheran World Fed. (Pres.)

07/22/10      update to Congo (Kinshasa) prov.: Sud-Kivu (Gov.)

07/20/10      update to U.S. city: Honolulu (Mayor).

07/15/10      update to Russia rep.: Bashkortostan (Pres.)

07/13/10      update to Czech Republic (PM).

07/12/10      updates to Wallis and Futuna (Admin.), Congo (Kins.) prov.: Sud-Kivu (Gov.)

07/10/10      update to OSCE (Parl. Pres.)

07/08/10      updates to Poland (Pres.) and Slovakia (PM).

07/04/10      updates to U.S. city: Trenton (Mayor), Afghanistan (ISAF).

07/03/10      update to Wallis and Futuna: Sigave (King).

07/01/10      updates to Germany state: Niedersachsen (Min.-Pres.), Swiss cantons:

                Basel-Land, Nidwalden, Obwalden and Schwyz, U.S. govt.: TSA (Dir.)  

                South Korea prov.: Chungcheongbuk, Chungcheongnam, Gangwon, Gyeongsangnam,

                Jeju (Gov.) and Daejon, Gwangju, Incheon (Mayor); Netherlands prov.:

                Noord-Holland (Gov.)

06/30/10      updates to Germany (Pres.) and The Philippines (Pres.)

06/28/10      update to U.S. govt.: Senate (Pres. Pro.)

06/25/10      updates to Seventh-day Adventists (Pres.), U.S. city: Hartford (Mayor).

06/24/10      update to Australia (PM).

06/23/10      updates to Afghanistan (ISAF), British Indian Ocean Terr. (USNSF Diego Garcia)

06/22/10      update to Finland (PM).

06/18/10      updates to Russia rep.: Sakha (PM), Ukraine prov.: Kherson (Gov.)

06/16/10      update to Ukraine prov.: Ternopil (Gov.)

06/15/10      update to Russia admin.: Orenburg (Gov.)

06/14/10      update to Russia admin.: Rostov (Gov.)

06/10/10      updates to Papua New Guinea: Bougainville (Pres.), Byzantine Catholic Church

                in America (Metrop.)

06/08/10      updates to Japan (PM) and U.S. mayor election results: Bismarck, ND: 

                Mayor John Warford (Rep.) defeats Steve Schwab (Ind.) 74.9%-24.8%; San José,

                CA: Mayor Chuck Reed (Dem.) defeats Thomas Nguyen (Dem.), Susan Barragan (f)

               (Ind.) and Bill Chew (Ind.) 76.8%-9.9%-7.9%-5.3%.

06/07/10      updates to North Korea (PM), Sweden county: Östergötland (Gov.) 

06/03/10      update to Pitcairn (Gov.)

06/02/10      update to Ukraine prov.: Vinnytsya (Gov.)

06/01/10      updates to Swiss cantons: Bern, Neuchâtel, Sankt Gallen, Thurgau, Uri; and

                U.S. govt.: NSF (Dir.), Norway countty: Hordaland (Gov.) 

05/31/10      updates to Germany (Pres.), Greece: Athos (Pref.), Canada prov.: Nunavut (Com.)

                and Sint Maarten (Lt. Gov.)

05/30/10      update to Bolivia departments: Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro,

                Pando, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Tarija (Gov.)

05/29/10      update to Hungary (PM).

05/28/10      updates to U.S. govt.: National Intelligence (Dir.), Canada prov.:

                 Northwest Territories (Com.), and  UNPO (Pres.).

05/26/10      update to Trinidad & Tobago (PM).

05/25/10      updates to U.S. govt.: Coast Guard (Cmdt.), Sudan states: Lakes, Upper Nile,

                Warrap, Western Equatoria (Gov.)

05/22/10      update to Seborga (Prnc.)

05/20/10      update to Belarus prov.: Minsk (Gov.) 

05/19/10      update to Nigeria state: Kaduna (Gov.) 

05/18/10      update to U.S. govt.: TVA (Chr.)

05/17/10      update to Cyprus: Northern Cyprus (PM).

05/13/10      update to Canada: Nunatsiavut (FM).

05/11/10      updates to United Kingdom (PM) and Canada prov.: Alberta (Lt. Gov.)

                U.S. mayor election results: Newark, NJ: Mayor Cory Booker (Dem.) is 

                re-elected over Clifford Minor (Dem.) and Yvonne Garrett-Moore (f)(Ind.)

                59.1%-35.2%-4.4%; Trenton, NJ: Tony Mack (Dem.), Manny Segura (Dem.) and

                Eric Jackson (Dem.) receive 21.6%-17.07%-17.05%, in runoff held on 6/15/10, 

                Mack defeats Segura 62%-38%.

05/08/10      update to Costa Rica (Pres.)

05/09/10      update to Svetambara (Acarya).

05/05/10      update to Nigeria (Pres.)

05/07/10      update to Andean Community (Sec.-gen.) 

05/04/10      updates to Nicaragua reg.: Atlántico Norte (Gov.), UNASUR (Sec.-gen.) and 

                U.S. mayor election results: Norfolk, VA: Mayor Paul D. Fraim (Dem.)

                is re-elected over Daun S. Hester (f)(Dem.) 63%-30%.

05/03/10      updates to U.S. city: New Orleans (Mayor), Sudan states: Gadaref, Kassala, 

                Northern Kordofan, River Nile, Western Darfur and White Nile (Gov.)

05/02/10      update to Swiss canton: Glarus.

05/01/10      updates to UNICEF (Dir.), Swiss cantons: Valais and Zürich.

04/28/10      updates to Russia rep.: Kalmykia (PM), Karachayevo-Cherkessia (PM).

04/25/10      update to Swiss canton: Appenzell-Innerrhoden.

04/23/10      update to Cyprus: Northern Cyprus (Pres., PM).

04/22/10      updates to Russia admin.: Tatarstan (PM), Chelyabinsk (Gov.)

04/21/10      update to Sri Lanka (PM) and prov.: Sabaragamuwa (Gov.)

04/20/10      update to India state: Meghalaya (CM).

04/19/10      updates to Brazil: Distrito Fed. (Gov.), Italy region: Campania, Umbria (Pres.)

04/17/10      update to United Church of Christ (Pres.)

04/16/10      updates to Italy region: Lazio (Pres.), Tuvalu (Gov.-gen.)

04/14/10      updates to The Bahamas (Gov.-gen.), Italy region: Calabria (Pres.)

04/13/10      updates to Swiss canton: Ticino, Italy region: Veneto (Pres.)

                U.S. mayor election result: Long Beach, CA: Mayor Bob Foster (Dem.)

                is re-elected over Stevie Merino (f)(Socialist) 83.8%-16.2%.

04/12/10      update to Tristan da Cunha (Chf. Islander).

04/10/10      updates to Poland (Pres.), Canada prov.: Nunavut (Com.)

04/07/10      update to Kyrgyzstan (Pres., PM)

04/06/10      updates to Ukraine prov.: Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Ternopil, 

                Vinnytsya and Sevastopol (Gov.), Nigeria: Capital Terr. (Min.)

04/02/10      updates to Brazil states: Piaui, São Paulo (Gov.) and Russia rep.: Chuvashia

                (PM). 

04/01/10      updates to San Marino (Capt. Reg.), Brazil state: Paraná (Gov.), and 

                Sint Eustatius (Gov.)

03/31/10      updates to Brazil states: Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais,  

                 Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia (Gov.) 

03/30/10      update to Brazil state: Amapá (Gov.)

03/29/10      update to Monaco (PM).

03/27/10      update to U.S. govt.: Customs & Border (Comm.)

03/26/10      updates to Ukraine prov.: Ivano-Frankyivsk, Poltava and Volyn (Gov.)

03/25/10      updates to France reg.: Corsica (Pres.) and Russia rep.: Tatarstan (Pres.)

03/24/10      update to Norfolk Island (PM).

03/23/10      update to Pakistan prov.: Gilgit-Baltistan (Gov.)

03/19/10      update to Norway county: Vestfold (Gov.)

03/18/10      updates to Nigeria: Capital Terr. (Min.) and Ukraine prov.: Chernivtsi,

                Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytsky, Kyiv, Luhansk,

                Mykolayiv, Odessa, Rivne, Zakarpattya, Zaporizhzhya, and Zhytomyr (Gov.)

                and Nigeria: Adamawa (ruler).  

03/17/10      update to Ukraine: Crimea (Pres., PM).

03/13/10      update to Kazakhstan: Aqmola (Gov.)

03/11/10      updates to Chile (Pres.) and Ukraine (PM), Pakistan: Islamabad Terr. (Chf.)

03/06/10      updates to Bosnia-Hercegovina (Pres.), Mauritius: Rodrigues (CE)

03/05/10      update to Chad (PM).

03/04/10      update to Ukraine (PM).

03/03/10      update to British Indian Ocean Terr. (Com. Rep.)

03/02/10      updates to Japan pref.: Nagasaki (Gov.); U.S. cities (Mayor results): 

              - Oklahoma City, OK: Mayor Mick Cornett (Rep.) re-elected over Steve Hunt

                (Ind./Dem.), 58.3%-41.7%;

              - Santa Fe, NM : Mayor David Coss (Dem.) defeats Asenath Kepler (f) (Rep.)

                and Miguel Chavez (Dem.), 58%-34%-8%.

03/01/10      updates to Uruguay (Pres.), Russia admin.: Khanty-Mansi (Gov.),

                and ACP (Secy.-gen.)

02/26/10      update to Taiwan: Taiwan (Gov.)

02/25/10      updates to Ukraine (Pres.), Russia admin.: Yevreyskaya (Gov.)

02/23/10      updates to Niger (PM), Brazil state: Distrito Federal (Gov.)

02/20/10      updates to Russia rep.: Dagestan (Pres.), U.S. govt.: Fish & Wildlife Serv.

                (Dir.)

02/18/10      updates to Croatia (Pres.), Niger (Pres., PM).

02/16/10      updates to Anguilla (PM), ECOWAS (Pres., Chr.)

02/15/10      update to Reunion (Pref.); U.S. tribal election: Nooksack, WA: chairman Robert

                Kelly defeats George Adams, 46.25%-45.71%

02/12/10      updates to Ukraine prov.: Rivne (Gov.), IOC: XXI Winter Olympics open (ending 28

                Feb).

02/11/10      update to Brazil state: Distrito Federal (Gov.)

02/10/10      update to Germany state: Baden-Württemberg (PM).

02/07/10      update to U.S. govt.: General Services (Adm.)

02/06/10      update to U.S. (Mayor results): New Orleans, LA: Mitch Landrieu (Dem.) defeats

                Troy Henry (Dem.), John Georges (Dem.) and Robert Couhig (Rep.) 65.52%-

                13.80%-9.21%-5.48%. 

02/05/10      updates to Angola (PM), Ukraine prov.: Kharkiv (Gov.)

02/04/10      updates to Ukraine prov.: Dnipropetrovsk (Gov.), U.S. city: Baltimore (Mayor).

02/03/10      update to the Samaritans (High Preist).

01/31/10      update to African Union (Chr.)

01/28/10      update to Lebanon: UNIFIL (Cmdr.)

01/27/10      update to Honduras (Pres.)

01/26/10      updates to Guinea (PM), Libya (Pres.), Venezuela (VP), U.S. 

                city: Birmingham (Mayor), Belarus admin.: Hrodno (Gov.).

01/25/10      updates to India state: Himachal Pradesh (Gov.), Council of Europe (Parl Pres.)

01/24/10      update to India state: West Bengal (Gov.)

01/23/10      updates to Malaysia: Johore (Sultan), Serbian Orth. Church (Patr.), 

                India state: Chhattisgarh (Gov.)

01/22/10      updates to India states: Jharkhand, Punjab, Maharashtra (Gov.) and

                Wallis and Futuna: Tua (Alo) (king).

01/19/10      updates to U.S. state: New Jersey (Gov.), Russia admin.: Krasnoyarsk (Gov.)
                and Severo-Kavkazsky (Plen.);

                - U.S. Senate: special election for seat of former Sen. Edward Kennedy (Dem.)

                Atty.-gen. Martha Coakley (Dem.) is defeated by state Sen. Scott Brown

                (Rep.) 47%-51.9%; U.S. Senate now has 59 Democrats & 41 Republicans; US city

                     election: Birmingham, AL: William Bell (Dem.) defeats Patrick Cooper (Ind.),

                     53.5%-46.4%

01/16/10      updates to Mozambique (PM) and U.S. state: Virginia (Gov.)

01/15/10      updates to Cayman Islands (Gov.), Russia rep.: Komi (Pres.), 

                China prov.: Xizang (Tibet) (Gov.)

01/12/10      updates to China prov.: Qinghai (Gov.), Northern Marianas: Saipan (mayor). 

01/10/10      update to Russia admin.: Volgograd (Gov.)

01/05/10      updates to Palau state: Ngchesar (Gov.), U.S. city: Manchester, NH (mayor).

01/04/10      update to U.S. cities: Atlanta, Billings, Seattle and Toledo (Mayor).

01/03/10      updates to U.S. govt.: Customs (Comm.), Border Patrol (Chf.)

01/02/10      update to U.S. city: Houston (Mayor).

01/01/10      updates to Switzerland (Pres.); Denmark region: Sjælland (Chr.); 

                Swiss cantons: Fribourg, Graubünden, Jura, Lucerne, Schaffhausen

                and Solothurn; Sweden county: Gotland (Gov.); U.S. city: Syracuse (Mayor); 

                to APEC (Exec. Dir.); EU, Nordic Council (Pres.); Mercosur; OSCE (Chr.);

                SCO (Sec.-Gen.) and UNRWA (Com.-gen.); World Council of Churches (Gen. Sec.)

 Recent Additions to WorldStatesmen.org in 2010 

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.

    New Polities and International Organizations in 2010

12/25/10      update to Taiwan: Sinbei, Taichung and Tainan special municipalities created.

10/10/10      Netherlands Antilles dissolved into autonomous countries Curaçao & St. Maarten;

                Bonaire, Saba & St. Eustatius become special municipalities of Netherlands.

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

05/30/10      Bolivia departments granted autonomy.

01/19/10      update to Russia: new federal district Severo-Kavkazsky (North Caucasian).

    New Anthems, Flags, Constitutions and Currencies in 2010

12/16/10      update to Argentina prov.: Córdoba (flag).

12/15/10      update to OECD (flag).

12/11/10      update to Madagascar (constitution).

11/25/10      update to Niger (constitution).

11/22/10      update to U.S. state: Louisiana (flag).

10/26/10      update to Saint-Martin (local flag).

10/21/10      updates to Myanmar (Burma) (flag, country name).

10/10/10      updates to Curaçao and Sint Maarten (constitutions).

08/27/10      update to Kenya (constitution).

08/18/10      update to New Caledonia (anthem).

08/07/10      update to Malawi (flag).

07/13/10      update to New Caledonia (flag).

07/02/10      update to Kyrgyzstan (constitution).

05/07/10      update to Guinea (constitution).

04/13/10      update to Argentina prov.: Tucumán (flag).

03/04/10      update to Pitcairn (new constitution order).

02/26/10      update to Dominican Rep. (constitution).

02/18/10      update to update to Niger (constitution suspended).

02/17/10      update to Russia kray: Kamchatka (flag).

02/12/10      update to Peru reg.: Pasco (flag).

02/05/10      update to Angola (constitution).

01/31/10      update to African Union (flag).

01/29/10      update to French Guiana (flag).

 International Organization Membership Updates in 2010

 

12/09/10      Estonia the 34th member of the OECD.

12/10/10      Kuwait the 24th member of UNRWA.

12/02/10      Curaçao and Sint Maarten join Parlatino.

11/29/10      Botswana, Central African Republic, Lesotho,

                Swaziland and Timor-Leste join the IOM. 

11/24/10      Panama withdrew from PARLACEN.

11/01/10      Seychelles and St. Lucia the 112th & 113th members of ICCt.

10/28/10      Andorra the 26th member of PAM.

09/28/10      Malawi the 161st member of ISA.

09/26/10      Moro admitted to UNPO.

09/07/10      Israel the 33rd member of the OECD. 

08/24/10      Timor-Leste the 192nd member of ITU.

08/19/10      Guinea-Bissau the 177th member of WCO.

07/21/10      Slovenia the 32nd member of the OECD.  

07/17/10      Philippines the 111th member of PCA.

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

06/24/10      Tuvalu the 187th member of IMF and World Bank.

06/01/10      Bangladesh the 111th member of ICCt.

05/26/10      Central African Republic and Trindad & Tobago 

                the 152nd and 153rd members of CTBTO.

05/07/10      Chile the 31st member of the OECD. 

03/28/10      Seychelles the 155th member of IPU.

02/06/10      Ogaden admitted to UNPO.

01/29/10      Portugal the 48th Antarctic Treaty member. 

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