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2018 Updates
(abbreviations: Admin. =
Administrator, Gov. = Governor, PM = Prime minister,
Pres. = President, Secy.-gen. = Secretary-general)
New Heads
of State, Governors and Other Leaders in 2018
-
- 12/29/18 update to U.S. city:
Shreveport
(Mayor).
- 12/26/18 update to
Bosnia-Hercegovnia canton: Sarajevo
(PM).
- 12/25/18
updates to Taiwan (ROC) cities: Kaohsiung, Sinbei, Taichung, Tainan (Mayor).
- 12/24/18 update to
Mexico state: Puebla
(Gov.)
- 12/19/18 update to Somalia
state: Southwestern
State (Pres.)
- 12/18/18 updates to
Bosnia-Hercegovnia: Republika
Srpska (PM), Congo (Kinshas) prov.:
-
Ituri
(Gov.)
- 12/17/18 updates to
Ethiopia state: Afar
(Pres.), India states: Chhattisgarh,
-
Madhya
Pradesh and Rajasthan
(CM).
- 12/16/18 updates to
Georgia (Pres.), Sri Lanka (PM).
- 12/15/18 updates to India
state: Mizoram
(CM), Orthodox
Church of Ukraine (Metrp.)
- 12/14/18 update to Mexico
state: Puebla
(Gov.)
- 12/13/18 update to
United Kingdom: Wales
(First Min.)
- 12/12/18 update to
Cook Islands: Avarua
(High chief).
- 12/10/18 updates to
Brazil state: Roraima
(Gov.), Italy reg.: Valle
d'Aosta (Pres.),
-
Mercosur
(Parlasur Pres.), Syria: SSG (rebel PM).
- 12/09/18 update to Sudan
state: Gedaref
(Gov.)
- 12/08/18 update to Mexico
state: Chiapas
(Gov.)
- 12/07/18 update to
Russia reg.: Sakhalin
(Gov.)
- 12/06/18 update to
Mexico state: Jalisco
(Gov.)
- 12/05/18 update
to Mexico state: Ciudad de
México (Chief).
- 12/04/18 update to
Israel: Jerusalem
(Mayor).
- 12/03/18 updates to
São Tomé and Príncipe
(PM), Russia rep.: Bashkortostan
(PM), U.S.
-
state: Alaska
(Gov.)
- 12/02/18 update to Ukraine: Crimea (Pres. Rep.)
- 12/01/18 updates to
Mexico (Pres.), Mexico state:
Veracruz
(Gov.)
- 11/30/18 update to U.S.: President (1989-93),
Vice President (1981-89), CIA
Director
-
(1976-77), RNC Chairman (1973-74),
UN Ambassador (1971-73), and
Congressman
-
(TX-7)(1967-71), George H.W. Bush (b. 1924 - d
2018) dies.
- 11/29/18 updates to Australian
Antarctic Terr.(Dir.), Wallis and
Futuna: Tu'a (Alo)
(King).
- 11/28/18
updates to Kosovo (KFOR
Cmdr.), Ukraine prov.: Chernihiv
(Gov.)
- 11/27/18 update to Nigeria
state: Osun
(Gov.)
- 11/24/18 update to Belarus
prov.: Minsk
city (Mayor).
- 11/23/18
update to Ukraine prov.: Chernivtsi
(Gov.)
- 11/22/18 updates to Ukraine
prov.: Luhans'k
(Gov.), UNEP
(Exec. Dir.)
- 11/20/18 updates to Bosnia-Hercegovnia (Pres.),
Ukraine prov.: Cherkasy
(Gov.)
- 11/19/18 updates to
Bosnia-Hercegovnia: Republika
Srpska (Pres., PM), French Southern
-
Antarctic
Lands (Admin.-Sup.), U.S. city: Key West, FL
(Mayor).
- 11/17/18 update to Maldives (Pres.)
- 11/15/18 updates to
Czech reg.: Praha
(Mayor), Russia rep.: Khakassia
(Pres.)
- 11/13/18 update to
U.S. govt.: FWS
(Dir.)
- 11/10/18 update to Ethiopia
state: Gambella
(Pres.)
- 11/09/18 update to Canada
prov.: New
Brunswick (PM).
- 11/08/18 update to
Comoros: Anjouan
(Admin.)
- 11/07/18 updates to Bhutan (PM), Russia admin.: Severo-Zapadny
(Plenp.), Somalia state:
-
Southwestern
(Pres.), U.S. govt.: Justice Dept.
(Attny.-Gen.)
- 11/06/18 update to Pakistan:
Islamabad
Capital Terr. (Chief Com.)
- 11/06/18 updates
to United
States, election results: U.S.
Congress - elections to all 435
-
seats of the House of Representatives, and
to 35 of 100 seats in the Senate.
-
In the House of Representatives -
the Democratic Party take control,
they win
-
235
of the 435 seats, the Republicans will have
200 seats (the previous balance
-
was 240 Rep. vs. 195 Dem.); In the Senate
- the Republicans retain control, they
-
will have 53 seats and
Democrats 47 seats (incl. 2 independents who
caucus with
-
them), the previous balance was 51 Rep. vs. 49
Dem.;
-
Party abbreviations: Dem = Democrat,
Rep. = Republican, Grn. = Green Party,
-
Const. = Constitution, Indep. =
Independence Party, Ind. = Independent,
-
Libt. = Libertarian, WFP = Working Families Party;
-
Gubernatorial elections:
-
Alabama: Gov. Kay Ivey (f)(Rep.) is elected
over Mayor Walt Maddox (Dem.),
-
59.5%-40.4%;
- Alaska:
Mike Dunleavy (Rep.) defeats ex-Sen.
Mark Begich (Dem.), incumbent
Gov.
-
Bill Walker (Ind.), and Billy Toien (Libt.),
51.9%-44%-2%-1.9%;
-
Arizona: Gov. Doug Ducey (Rep.)
wins re-election
over David Garcia (Dem.),
-
and
Angel Torres (Grn.), 56.2%-41.7%-2.1%;
-
Arkansas: Gov. Asa Hutchinson (Rep.) wins
re-election
over Jared Henderson
-
(Dem.), and Mark West (Libt.),
65.4%-31.7%-2.9%;
-
California: Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (Dem.)
defeats John Cox (Rep.),
61.3% to
-
38.7%;
-
Colorado: Rep. Jared Polis (Dem.) defeats
Treasurer Walker Stapleton (Rep.),
- Scott
Helker (Libt.), and Bill Hammons
(Unity), 51.6%-44.9%-2.5%-1%;
- - Connecticut:
Ned Lamont (Dem./WFP) defeats Bob
Stefanowski (Rep./Indep.), Oz
-
Griebel (Ind.), Rod Hanscomb (Libt.),
and Mark Stewart Greenstein (Amigo
-
Const.), 49.2%-46.4%-3.9%-0.4%-0.1%;
-
- Florida: Rep. Ron
DeSantis (Rep.) defeats Mayor
Andrew Gillum (Dem.), Darcy
-
Richardson (Ref.), Kyle "KC" Gibson
(Ind.), Ryan Foley (Ind.), and Bruce
-
Stanley (Ind.), 49.6%-49.2%-0.6%-0.3%-0.2%-0.2%;
-
Georgia: Sec. of State Brian
Kemp (Rep.) defeats Stacey
Abrams (f)(Dem.), and
- Ted
Metz (Libt.), 50.3%-48.7%-1%;
- Hawaii:
Gov. David Inge (Dem.) wins re-election over
Andria P. Tupola (f)
-
(Rep.), Jim Brewer (Grn.), and Terrence Teruya
(Ind.), 62.7%-33.7%-2.6%-1%;
-
Idaho: Lt. Gov. Brad Little (Rep.) defeats
Paulette Jordan (f)(Dem.),
Bev
-
"Angel" Boeck (f)(Libt.), and Walter
Bayes (Const.), 59.8%-38.2%-1.1%-1%;
-
Illinois: J.B. Pritzker (Dem.)
defeats incumbent Gov. Bruce
Rauner (Rep.),
-
William "Sam" McCann (Conservative), and Grayson
"Kash" Jackson (Libt.),
-
48.2%-37.6%-4.3%-2.4%;
-
Iowa: Gov.
Kim Reynolds (f)(Rep.)
wins election over Fred
Hubbell (Dem.),
-
Jake Porter (Libt.),
and Gary Siegwarth (Clean Water),
50.4%-47.4%-1.6%-0.6%;
- - Kansas:
Laura Kelly (f)(Dem.) defeats Secy. of State Kris
Kobach (Rep.), Greg
- Orman
(Ind.), Jeffrey Caldwell (Libt.), and Richard
Kloos (Ind.), 47.8%-
-
43.3%-6.5%-1.9%-0.6%;
- - Maine:
Attny.-Gen. Janet Mills (f)(Dem.)
defeats Shawn Moody (Rep.), and
-
Treasurer Terry Hayes (f)(Ind.),
50.8%-43.2%-5.9%;
- Maryland:
Gov. Larry Hogan (Rep.) wins
re-election over Ben
Jealous (Dem.),
-
Shawn Quinn (Libt.), and Ian
Schlakman (Grn.), 56.2%-42.7%-0.6%-0.5%;
-
Massachusetts: Gov. Charlie Baker (Rep.) is
re-elected over Jay Gonzalez
-
(Dem.), 66.9%-33.1%;
-
Michigan: Gretchen Whitmer
(f)(Dem.) defeats Attny.-Gen. Bill Schuette
(Rep.),
-
Bill Gelineau (Libt.), Jennifer
Kurland (f)(Grn.), Todd Schleiger (U.S.
-
Taxpayers), and Keith Butkovich (Natural Law),
53.2%-43.9%-1.3%-0.7%-0.6%-0.2%;
- - Minnesota:
Tim Walz (Dem./DFL) defeats Jeff Johnson (Rep.),
Chris Wright
-
(Grassroots), and Josh Welter (Libt.),
53.8%-42.4%-2.7%-1%;
- Nebraska:
Gov. Pete Ricketts (Rep.) wins
re-election over
Bob Krist (Dem.),
-
59.4% to 40.6%;
-
- Nevada: Steve Sisolak (Dem.)
defeats Attny.-Gen. Adam
Laxalt (Rep.), Ryan
-
Bundy (Ind.), Russell Best (Ind.
American), Jared Lord (Libt.), and
None
-
of These Candidates, 49.4%-45.3%-1.4%-1%-0.9%-1.9%;
- New
Hampshire: Gov. Chris Sununu (Rep.) wins
election over
Molly Kelly (f)
-
(Dem.), and Jilletta Jarvis (f)(Libt.),
52.8%-45.7%-1.4%;
- New Mexico:
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (f)(Dem.) defeats
Rep.
Steve Pearce
-
(Rep.), 57.1% to 42.9%;
- - New
York: Gov. Andrew Cuomo
(Dem./WFP/Indep.) wins
re-election over
Marc
-
Molinaro
(Rep./Conservative/Ref.), Howie
Hawkins (Grn.), Larry
Sharpe (Libt.),
-
and ex-Mayor Stephanie
Miner (f)(Serve America Movement,
58.9%-36.7%-1.7%-1.6%-
-
1%;
- - Ohio:
Attny.-Gen. Mike DeWine (Rep.) defeats
Richard Cordray (Dem.), Travis
-
Irvine (Libt.), and Constance Gadell-Newton
(f)(Grn.), 50.7%-46.5%-1.8%-1.1%;
- - Oklahoma:
Kevin Stitt (Rep.) defeats Attny.-Gen.
Drew Edmondson (Dem.), and
-
Chris Powell (Libt.), 54.3%-42.2%-3.4%;
- - Oregon:
Gov. Kate Brown (f)(Dem.) is
elected over Knute Buehler (Rep.),
Patrick
-
Starnes
(Oregon Indep. Pty.), Nick Chen
(Libt.), Aaron Auer (Const.), and
-
Chris Henry (Progressive),
49.9%-43.8%-2.9%-1.5%-1.1%-0.6%;
- Pennsylvania:
Gov. Tom Wolf (Dem.) wins
re-election over Scott Wagner
(Rep.),
-
Kenneth Krawchuk (Libt.), and Paul Glover (Grn.),
57.6%-40.8%-1%-0.6%;
- - Rhode
Island: Gov. Gina Raimondo (f)(Dem.) wins
re-election over Mayor Allan
-
Fung (Rep.), Joseph Trillo (Ind.), William Gilbert
(Moderate), Luis-Daniel
-
Munoz (Ind.), and Anne Armstrong
(f)(Compassion), 52.6%-37.2%-4.4%-2.7%-
-
1.7%-1.1%;
- - South
Carolina: Gov. Henry McMaster (Rep.) wins
re-election over James E. Smith
-
(Dem.), 53.9% to 45.9%;
- South
Dakota: Rep.
Kristi Noem (f)(Rep.) defeats Billie
Sutton (Dem.), and
Kurt
-
Evans (Libt.),
50.9%-47.6%-1.4%;
- - Tennessee:
Bill Lee (Rep.) defeats
Mayor Karl Dean (Dem.),
Sherry Clark (f)
-
(Libt.), Mark Wright (Ind.), Patrick Whitlock
(Ind.), Yvonne Neubert (f)
-
(Grn.), Heather Scott (f)(Ind.), Mark "Coonrippy"
Brown (Ind.), Joe Wilmoth
-
(Ind.), George B. Smith
IV (Ind.), Cory King (Ind.), Tracy Tisdale
(f)
-
(Ind.), Justin Cornett (Ind.), Chad Riden
(Ind.), and Robert Sawyers (Ind.),
-
59.6%-38.5%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%;
- - Texas:
Gov. Greg Abbott (Rep.) wins re-election over
Sheriff Lupe Valdez (f)
(Dem.), and Mark Trippetts (Libt.),
55.8%-42.5%-1.7%;
- - Vermont:
Gov. Phil Scott (Rep.) wins re-election over
Christine Hallquist (f)
-
(Dem.), Trevor Barlow (Ind.), Charles
Laramie (Ind.), Cris Ericson
(f)(Ind.),
-
Stephen Marx (Earth Justice), and
Em Payton (f)(Liberty Union),
55.2%-40.3%-
-
1.2%-0.8%-0.8%-0.8%-0.7%-0.7%;
- - Wisconsin:
Supt. Tony Evers (Dem.) defeats incumbent
Gov. Scott Walker (Rep.),
-
Phillip Anderson (Libt.),
Maggie Trunbull (f)(Ind.), Michael White (Grn.),
-
and Arnie Enz (Wisconsin Party),
49.6%-48.4%-0.8%-0.7%-0.4%-0.1%;
- Wyoming:
Treasurer Mark Gordon (Rep.) defeats Mary Throne
(f)(Dem.), Rex
-
Rammell (Const.), and Lawrence Struempf
(Libt.), 67.1%-27.5%-3.3%-1.5%;
Territorial Governors:
- - Guam:
Lourdes "Lou" Leon Guerrero (f)(Dem.) wins over Raymond
"Ray" Tenorio
-
(Rep.), and Frank Blas Aguon Jr. (Dem.),
50.7%-26.4%-22.9%;
- - Northern
Mariana Islands (postponed to
13 Nov 2018): incumbent Gov. Ralph Torres
-
(Rep.) wins re-election over
Juan Nekai Babuta (Ind.), 62.2% to 37.8%;
-
- Virgin Islands: Albert J.
Bryan, Jr. (Dem.) leads Gov. Kenneth E.
Mapp (Ind.),
-
Adlah "Foncie" Donastorg (Ind.), Warren Mosler
(Ind.), Soraya Diase Coffelt (f)
-
(Ind.), Moleto A.
Smith Jr. (Dem.), and Janette Millin Young
(f)(Ind.),
-
37.9%-33.7%-16.4%-4.7%-4.7%-1.6%-1%; in runoff on
20 Nov 2018, Bryan defeats
- Mapp
54.7% to 45.3%;
-
Mayoral elections:
- - Austin,
TX: Mayor Stephen Adler (Dem.) is
re-elected over Laura
Morrison (f)
-
(Dem.),
Gustavo "Gus" Pena (Ind.),
Todd Phelps (Rep.),
Travis R. Duncan (Ind.),
-
Alexander
Strenger (Ind.), and Alan Pease (Ind.),
59.2%-19.2%-11.2%-6.5%-2.3%-
-
1%-0.7%;
-
- Key West, FL (runoff):
Teri Johnston (f)(Ind.) defeats Margaret Romero
(f)
-
(Rep.), 66%-33%;
-
- Louisville, KY: Mayor Greg Fischer
(Dem.) is re-elected over Angela Leet (f)
-
(Rep.), Jackie Green (Ind.), and Chris Thieneman
(Ind.), 61.3%-36.5%-0.7%-0.4%;
-
Oakland, CA: Mayor Libby Schaaf (f)(Dem.) is
re-elected over Cat Brooks (f)
-
(Ind.), Pamela Price (f)(Dem.),
Saied Karamooz (Grn.), Ken
Houston (Ind.), Nancy
-
Sidebotham (f)(Ind.), Marchon
Tatmon (Ind.), Peter Y. Liu
(Rep.), Cedric A.
-
Troupe (Ind.), Jesse Smith (Ind.),
57.1%-22.3%-12.3%-1.9%-1.7%-1.3%-1.3%-0.7%-
-
0.7%-0.5%;
-
Phoenix, AZ: Kate Gallego (f) (Dem.) leads
Daniel Valenzuela (Dem.), Moses
-
Sanchez (Rep.), and Nicholas J. Sarwark (Libt.),
43.9%-26.1%-18.8%-11.2%
-
(runoff between Gallego and Valenzuela to be held
on 12 Mar 2019);
-
- Providence, RI: Mayor
Jorge O. Elorza (Dem.) wins
re-election over Dianne "Dee
- Dee"
Witman (f)(Ind.), and Jeffrey E. Lemire (Ind.),
63.6%-33.1%-2.8%;
-
- Shreveport, LA: Adrian
Perkins (Dem.) leads incumbent Mayor
Ollie Tyler (f)
-
(Dem.), Jim Taliaferro
(Rep.), Lee O. Savage Jr.
(Rep.), Steven Jackson
(Dem.),
-
Tremecius Dixon (Dem.), Anna Marie
Arpino (f)(Louisiana Indep.), and Jeron
-
Rogers (Dem.), 28.9%-23.8%-20.5%-13.7%-11.2%-0.8%-0.6%-0.6%,
in a runoff on
-
8 Dec 2018 Perkins
defeats Mayor Tyler 64.4% to 35.6%;
-
Washington, DC: Mayor
Muriel Bowser (f)(Dem.) is re-elected over Ann C.
-
Wilcox (f)(D.C. Statehood Green), Dustin "D.C."
Canter (Ind.), and Martin
-
Moulton (Libt.), 76.2%-9.4%-6.9%-3.4%;
-
- Saipan,
Northern Marianas (postponed to 13
Nov 2018): Mayor David Mudo Apatang
-
(Rep.) wins re-election over Ramon
Blas Camacho (Ind.), 75.6%-24.4%;
- 11/04/18 update
to New Caledonia
(referendum rejects independence).
- 11/03/18 update to Italy
reg.: Trento
(Pres.)
- 11/02/18 update to CSTO
(Secy.-gen.)
- 11/01/18 update to
Belgium prov.: Oost-Vlaanderen
(Gov.)
- 10/30/18 update
to Ukraine prov.: Kyyiv
(Gov.)
- 10/29/18 updates to Cayman Islands
(Gov.), Eswatini (PM),
Mauritania (PM).
- 10/28/18 update to Parlacen
(Pres.)
- 10/26/18 update
to Sri Lanka (PM).
- 10/25/18 updates to Ethiopia (Pres.), Sri
Lanka prov.: Northern
(PM).
- 10/24/18 updates to Iraq (PM), Malaysia
terr.: Labuan
(Chair.), Russia reg.: Zabaikalskiy
-
(Gov.)
- 10/23/18 update to Vietnam (Pres.)
- 10/18/18 updates
to Yemen (PM), Canada
prov.: Quebec
(PM), Ukraine: Donetsk
Rep. (PM).
- 10/17/18 update to
Bosnia-Hercegovnia canton: Una-Sana
(PM).
- 10/16/18 updates to
Nigeria state: Ekiti
(Gov.), Armenia
prov.: Aragatsotn,
Armavir,
-
Syunik
(Gov.)
- 10/15/18 updates
to Andean
Com.(Secy.-gen.), U.S. city: Juneau (Mayor)
- 10/13/18 update to
Armenia prov.: Yerevan
(Mayor).
- 10/12/18
update to Palau state: Ngarchelong
(Gov.)
- 10/11/18 updates to Russia
rep.: Bashkortostan
(Pres.), Kursk
(Gov.)
- 10/10/18 updates to Russia
reg.: Ivanovo
(Gov.), Sri Lanka prov.: North
Western (PM).
- 10/08/18 updates to
Russia reg.: Vladimir
(Gov.), Sri Lanka prov.: Central
(PM).
- 10/07/18 updates to Interpol
(Pres.)
- 10/04/18 updates to Japan
pref.: Okinawa
(Gov.), Pakistan prov.: Balochistan
(Gov.),
-
Wallis and Futuna: Tu`a
(Alo) (King), Armenia
prov.: Gegharkunik,
Lori,
-
Vayots
Dzor (Gov.)
- 10/03/18 updates to
Russia admin.: Khakassia
(Pres.), St.
Petersburg (Gov.),
-
Severo-Zapadny
(Plenp.)
- 10/02/18 updates to Iraq (Pres.); Malaysia terr.:
Kuala Lumpur
(Mayor), Putrajaya
(Pres.);
- Russia
admin.: Kurgan,
Lipetsk
(Gov.); Mali (UNISFA); U.S.
mayor election
-
Juneau, AK:
Beth Weldon (f)(Ind.) defeats Saralyn Tabachnick (f)(Dem.),
Norton
-
Gregory (Ind.), and Cody
Shoemaker (Ind.), 47.8%-40.4%-9.5%-2%.
- 10/01/18 updates to San Marino (Capt.
Reg.), Indonesia prov.: Kalimantan
Timur,
-
Sumatera
Selatan (Gov.), Mexico states: Morelos, Yucatán
(Gov.), Tajikistan:
-
Gorno-Badakshan
(PM), IOM
(Dir.-gen.), U.S. govt.: IRS (Com.)
- 09/30/18 update
to Pakistan prov.: Gilgit-Baltistan
(Gov.)
- 09/27/18 update to Russia
reg.: Sakhalin
(Gov.)
- 09/28/18 update to Russia
admin.: Khabarovsk
(Gov.)
- 09/26/18 updates to Mexico
state: Guanajuato
(Gov.), Russia admin.: Kabardino-Balkaria
-
(Pres.), Astrakhan
(Gov.), Primorskiy
(Gov.)
- 09/22/18 updated to Indonesia
prov.: Kalimantan
Timur (Gov.), New
Zealand Orthodox Church
-
(Metrop.)
- 09/21/18 updates to Vietnam (Pres.),
Indonesia prov.: Riau,
Sumatera
Selatan (Gov.)
- 09/20/18 updates to Cayman Islands
(Gov.), Indonesia
prov.: Kalimantan
Timur (Gov.)
- 09/19/18 update to Indonesia
prov.: Nusa
Tenggara Barat (Gov.)
- 09/18/18 updates to
Georgia: Abkhazia
(PM), United
Nations (Gen. Asmb. Pres.)
- 09/17/18 updates
to Haiti (PM), Indonesia
prov.: Nusa
Tenggara Barat (Gov.)
- 09/15/18 update
to Pakistan prov.: Gilgit-Baltistan
(Gov.)
- 09/13/18 updates to Slovenia (PM), Swiss
canton: Genève.
- 09/10/18 update
to The Sudan (PM).
- 09/09/18 updates to Pakistan (Pres.), Russia
rep.: Ingushetia
(PM).
- 09/08/18 updates to
Georgia: Abkhazia
(PM), Indonesia prov.: Sumatera
Utara (Gov.)
- 09/07/18 updates
to Madagascar (Pres.),
Russia Federal district: Privolzhskiy
(Plenp.),
-
Ukraine: Donetsk Republic
(Pres., PM).
- 09/06/18
updates to Pakistan prov.: Balochistan
(Gov.), Syria reg.: Northeast
Syria (Pres).
- 09/05/18 updates to Eswatini (PM), Indonesia
prov.: Bali,
Jawa Barat,
Kalimantan
Barat,
-
Nusa
Tenggara Timur, Papua, Sulawesi
Selatan, Sulawesi
Tenggara (Gov.), Pakistan
-
prov.: Kyber-Pakhtunkhwa,
Punjab
(Gov.); U.S. govt.: U.S. Senate Senator
Jon Kyl
-
(R-AZ) sworn in, the Senate balance returns to 51
Rep. vs. 49 Dem.
- 09/01/18 updates to St
Kitts: Nevis
(Dep. Gov.-gen.),
Sweden county: Östergötland
(Gov.),
-
EFTA
(Secy.-gen.), United
Nations (High Com. HR).
- 08/31/18 updates
to Palestine: Jerusalem
(Gov.), Ukraine: Donetsk
Republic (Pres., PM).
- 08/30/18 update
to Wallis and Futuna: Tu'a (Alo)
(PM).
- 08/29/18 update to Indonesia
prov.: Bali
(Gov.)
- 08/28/18 update
to U.S. mayor election Key West, FL: Teri
Johnston (f)(Ind.), Margaret
-
Romero (f)(Rep.), George Bellenger (Ind.), Randy
Becker (Ind.), Bill Foley
-
(Ind.), Sloan Bashinsky (Ind.), and Carrie Noda
(f)(Ind.) win 48.8%-21.3%-
-
20.8%-6.6%-0.9%-0.8%-0.7% (runoff to be held 8 Nov
2018).
- 08/27/18 update to
Pakistan prov.: Sindh
(Gov.)
- 08/26/18
updates to India states: Sikkim, Uttarkhand
(Gov.), U.S. govt.: U.S.
Senate
-
Senator John McCain (R-AZ)(b. 1936 -
d. 2018) dies, Senate balance becomes
-
50 Rep. vs. 49 Dem. (incl. 2 Ind. who
caucus with them).
- 08/25/18 updates to India
states: Haryana,
Meghalaya,
Tripura
(Gov.)
- 08/24/18 updates
to Australia (PM),
Russia Federal district: Privolzhskiy
(Plenp.)
- 08/23/18 updates
to India states: Bihar,
Jammu
& Kashmir (Gov.)
- 08/22/18 updates to
Ethiopia state: Somali
(Pres.); Teutonic
Order (Grand Master).
- 08/20/18
updates to Pakistan prov.: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
(Gov.), Punjab
(PM).
- 08/19/18 update to
Pakistan prov.: Balochistan
(PM).
- 08/18/18 updates to Belarus (PM), Pakistan (PM), Pakistan
prov.: Punjab
(Gov.),
-
Sindh (PM).
- 08/17/18 update to Pakistan
prov.: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
(PM).
- 08/16/18 update to U.S. govt.:
FWS (Dir.)
- 08/15/18 updates to Paraguay (PM), India
state: Chhattisgarh
(Gov.)
- 08/14/18 update to India
state: Chhattisgarh
(Gov.)
- 08/12/18 update to Greece:
Athos (Gov.)
- 08/10/18 update to Italy reg.:
Abruzzo
(Pres.)
- 08/09/18 update to Bhutan (PM).
- 08/08/18 update to Japan
pref.: Okinawa (Gov.)
- 08/07/18 update to China
prov.: Qinghai
(Gov.)
- 08/06/18 updates to China
prov.: Jiangxi
(Gov.), Ethiopia state: Somali
(Pres.)
- 08/07/18 updates to Colombia (Pres.), Lebanon (UNIFIL).
- 08/03/18 updates to Pakistan
prov.: Sindh
(Gov.), Salvation
Army (Gen.)
- 08/01/18 updates to New Zealand (acting PM),
WZO
(JAI Chair.)
- 07/31/18 update to ECOWAS
(Chair.)
- 07/30/18
updates to New Caledonia
(Congress Pres.), Ukraine prov.: Chernihiv
(Gov.),
-
U.S. govt.: Veterans
Dept. (Secy.), BIA
(Asst. Sec.)
- 07/26/18 update to Ethiopian
Orthodox Church (Patr.)
- 07/25/18 update to OPCW
(Dir.-gen.)
- 07/24/18 update to
Ethiopia state: S.N.N.P.
(Pres.)
- 07/23/18 update to
U.S.: DNC (CEO).
- 07/21/18 update to Georgia: Adjaria (PM).
- 07/19/18 update to Congo
(Kinshasa) prov.: Kongo
Central (Gov.)
- 07/18/18 updates to COMESA (Secy.-gen.),
Andean
Com.
(Parl. Pres.)
- 07/17/18 update to Ethiopia
reg.: Addis
Ababa (Mayor).
- 07/11/18 updates to Netherlands
prov.: Overijssel
(Com.), U.S. city: San Francisco
(Mayor).
- 07/09/18 updates to Turkey (PM), St. Martin/St. Barthélemy (Pref.),
Armenia prov.: Yerevan
-
(Mayor), U.S. govt.: EPA
(Admin.)
- 07/06/18 update to Italy reg.:
Basilicata
(Pres.)
- 07/05/18 update to Indonesia
prov.: Aceh
(Gov.)
- 07/03/18 update to Solomon
Islands prov.: Western
(PM).
- 07/02/18 updates to
Wallis and Futuna: Tu'a (Alo) (PM),
Mexico state: Nuevo León
(Gov.),
-
Congo DRC prov.: Kwango
(Gov.), U.S. govt.: DEA (Dir.),
- 07/01/18 updates to South
Korea prov.: Chungcheongnam,
Gyeonggi, Gyeongsangnam,
-
Gyeongsangbuk,
Jeollanam
(Gov.), cities Busan, Daejeon, Gwangju, Incheon, Ulsan
-
(Mayor); Swiss cantons: Basel-Land,
Luzern, Nidwalden,
Obwalden, Schwyz;
-
Taiwan (ROC)
prov.: Taiwan
(Gov.); U.S. city:
Trenton (Mayor),
U.S. govt.:
-
DEA
(Dir.), ICE (Dir.)
- 06/30/18 update to Australia:
New South Wales Lord Howe
Island (CEO).
- 06/29/18 update to Canada
prov.: Ontario
(PM).
- 06/28/18 updates to Solomon
Islands prov.: Choiseul
(PM), Andean
Com. (Secy.-gen.)
- 06/27/18 update to
Italy reg.: Valle
d'Aosta (Pres.)
- 06/26/18 updates to
Russian admin.: Severno-Kavkazskiy,
Tsentralny,
Uralskiy
(Plenp.),
-
Sakha (PM);
U.S. city: Bismarck,
ND (Mayor).
- 06/25/18 updates to Russia
rep.: Chechnya
(PM), CE
(PACE Pres.)
- 06/22/18 updates to
Timor-Leste (PM), Indonesia
prov.: Sumatera
Utara (Gov.), Norway county:
-
Telemark
(Gov.), South Africa prov.: North
West (PM), Ukraine prov.:
Donets'k
-
(Gov.), Russia
rep.: Chechnya
(PM).
- 06/21/18 updates to New Zealand (acting PM),
Cuba: Guantanamo Bay
(U.S. Cmdr.)
- 06/20/18 updates to Georgia (PM), India state: Jammu and
Kashmir (PM), Kazakhstan
-
prov.: Shymkent
(Akim).
- 06/19/18 update to Malaysia
states: Selangor
(PM).
- 06/18/18 updates to Indonesia
prov.: Jawa
Barat, Sumatera
Utara (Gov.)
- 06/14/18 updates to Jordan (PM), Venezuela (VP), Greece: Athos (Protos), Canada
prov.:
-
Nunavut
(PM), Pakistan: Islamabad
Capital Terr. (Chief Com.)
- 06/13/18 updates to Cayman Islands
(acting Gov.), Ukraine prov.: Donets'k (Gov.)
- 06/12/18 updates to
U.S. mayor elections: Bismarck, ND:
Steve Bakken (Rep.) defeats Mayor
-
Mike Seminary (Ind.) and Isaac Afoakwa
(Ind.), 57.9%-37.7%-4.2%;
-
Trenton, NJ (runoff): Reed
Gusciora (Dem.) defeats Paul Perez (Dem.) 52% to
-
47.9%.
- 06/11/18 update to BIOT (U.S.
Cmdr.)
- 06/08/18 updates to Pakistan
prov.: Balochistan,
Punjab (PM).
- 06/07/18 updates to Egypt (PM), Armenia
prov.: Armavir,
Syunik
(Gov.)
- 06/06/18 updates to Madagascar (PM),
Azerbaijan: Artsakh
(PM), Pakistan prov.:
-
Kyber-Pakhtunkhwa
(PM).
- 06/05/18 updates to U.S.
govt.: FDIC
(Chair.), NEA
(Chair.); U.S. mayor elections:
-
San Francisco, CA: London
N. Breed (f)(Dem.) wins 36.7% of vote, Mark Leno
-
(Dem.) 24.5%, Jane Kim (f)(Dem.) 24.2%,
Angela Alioto (f)(Dem.) 6.9%, Ellen Lee
-
Zhou (f)(Ind.) 3.8%,
Richie Greenberg (Rep.) 2.8%, Amy Farah Weiss
(f)(Ind.)
-
0.67%, and Michelle Bravo (f)(Dem.) 0.36%,
after the reallocation of ranked
-
votes Breed defeats Leno 50.5%-49.5%; San
José, CA: Mayor Sam Liccardo (Dem.)
-
is re-elected defeating Steve Brown (Rep.), Quangminh
Pham (Ind.), and Tyrone
-
Wade (Ind.), 75.8%-14.3%-7.1%-2.8%
- 06/04/18 updates to Jersey (PM), Swiss canton: Bern
- 06/02/18 updates to Spain (PM), Spain region: Catalonia
(autonomy restored), Pakistan
-
prov.: Sindh
(PM).
- 06/01/18 updates to Italy (PM), Pakistan (PM), French Southern &
Antarctic Lands (Admin.),
-
Armenia
prov.: Ararat,
Gegharkunik,
Kotayk,
Shirak,
Tavush,
Vayots
Dzor (Gov.);
-
U.S. state: Missouri
(Gov.); Swiss cantons: Neuchâtel,
Sankt
Gallen, Thurgau,
-
and Uri; Sweden
county: Norrbotten
(Gov.); OSCE
(Chair.), U.S. govt.:
-
Coast Guard
(Cmdt.), Lutheran
Church of Finland (Achbsp.)
- 05/31/18 update to Swiss
canton: Genève.
- 05/30/18 updates to Russia
admin.: Altay,
Amur (Gov.);
to U.S. govt.: Veterans
Affairs
-
(Secy.), INPACOM
(Cmdr.)
- 05/29/18 updates to
India states: Odisha,
Mizoram
(Gov.); Russia admin.: Yamalo-Nenets,
-
Tyumen
(Gov.); U.S. city: Phoenix (Mayor).
- 05/28/18 updates to Guadeloupe (Pref.),
Russia admin.: Sakha
(Pres.), Magadan
(Gov.)
- 05/25/18 update to Barbados (PM).
- 05/24/18 updates to Guinea (PM), Austria
state: Vienna
(Mayor); U.S. mayor election:
-
Nashville, TN: Mayor C. David Briley
(Dem.) defeats Carol M. Swain (f)(Ind.),
-
Erica Gilmore (f)(Dem.), Ralph Bristol (Ind.),
Harold M. Love (Dem.), and Jeff
-
Obafemi Carr (Ind.), David Hilliard (Ind.)
54.5%-22.9%-5.6%-5.3%-5.3%-4.6%-0.40%
- 05/23/18 update
to India state: Karnataka
(PM).
- 05/22/18 update to France
reg.: Corse
(Pref.)
- 05/20/18 update to Montenegro (Pres.)
- 05/18/18 updates to
Russia admin.: Amur, Tyumen
(Gov.), Tsentralny
(Plenp.); Ukraine
-
prov.: Khmelnytskyy
(Gov.), U.S. govt.: Bureau
of Prisons (Dir.)
- 05/17/18 updates to
French Polynesia
(Asmb. Pres.), India state: Karnataka
(PM), Spain
-
reg.: Catalonia
(Pres.)
- 05/15/18 update to
Malaysia state: Pahang
(PM).
- 05/14/18 updates to Malaysia
state: Penang
(PM); Congo (Kinshasa)(MONUSCO);
U.S.
-
govt.: USGS (Dir.).
- 05/12/18 updates to Malaysia
states: Johor,
Negeri
Sembilan, Perak,
Sabah (PM).
- 05/11/18 updates to Malaysia
states: Kedah,
Malacca (PM);
Sri Lanka prov.:
-
Uva (Gov.), South Africa
prov.: North
West (PM).
- 05/10/18 updates to Malaysia (PM), Malaysia
state: Terengganu
(PM),
- 05/09/18 update to
Antigua and Barbuda: Barbuda
(Council Pres.)
- 05/08/18 updates to Armenia (PM), Costa Rica (Pres.), Sierra Leone (CM);
Italy reg.:
-
Molise
(Pres.), U.S. mayor elections: Newark,
NJ Mayor Ras Baraka (Dem.) wins
-
re-election over Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins
(f)(Dem.), 77%-22.7%; Trenton, NJ
-
Paul Perez (Dem.) wins 28.7% of vote, Reed Gusciora
(Dem.) 20.8%, Walker
-
Worthy Jr. (Dem.) 18.6%, Darren "Freedom" Green (Dem.)
14.8%, Duncan Harrison
-
Jr. (Dem.) 7.9%, Alex Bethea (Dem.) 6.4%, and
Annette Horton-Lartigue (f)
-
(Dem.) 2.7% (a runoff between Perez and Gusciora will
be held 12 Jun 2018).
- 05/07/18 update to U.S.
city: New
Orleans (Mayor).
- 05/06/18 updates to Syria (Pres. SNC), Swiss
canton: Glarus.
- 05/04/18 updates to Chad (PM), U.S. govt.: NSA (Dir.)
- 05/03/18 updates to Knights of Malta (SMOM)(Grand
Master), Canada prov.: Newfoundland
-
and
Labrador (Lt. gov.), Italy reg.: Friuli-Venezia
Giulia (Pres.)
- 05/02/18 update to Niue (NZ High Com.)
- 05/01/18 updates to
Australia state: Western
Australia (Gov.), Switzerland cantons:
-
Valais and Zürich; Israel
(COGAT); Colombo
Plan (Secy.-gen.), CE
(Com. of
-
Human Rights), Parlatino
(Secy.-gen.), U.S. govt.: FTC (Chair.)
- 04/30/18 update to Baha'i
(House of Justice).
- 04/27/18 update to Japan
pref.: Niigata
(Gov.)
- 04/26/18 updates to
U.S. govt.: State
Dept. (Secy.), CIA (Dir.)
- 04/25/18 updates to
Yemen (Huthi
Pres.), Spain reg.: Madrid
(Pres.)
- 04/24/18 updates to
Canada prov.: British
Columbia (Lt. Gov.), Georgia: Abkhazia (PM).
- 04/23/18 updates to
Armenia (PM), U.S. govt.: NASA (Admin.)
- 04/21/18 update to Azerbaijan (PM).
- 04/20/18 updates to Kyrgyzstan (PM), Taiwan
city: Kaohsiung
(Mayor).
- 04/19/18 updates to Cuba (Pres., PM), Yemen (Huthi Pres.)
- 04/17/18 updates to Armenia (PM), UNASUR
(Pres.).
- 04/16/18 updates to
Guinea-Bissau (PM),
Japan pref.: Kyoto
(Gov.)
- 04/13/18 updates to
Sri Lanka prov.: Central
(Gov.)
- 04/12/18 updates to Sri Lanka
prov.: Central,
North
Central, North
Western, Sabaragamuwa,
-
Southern, Uva, Western
(Gov.); Commonwealth
(Chair.) , U.S. govt.: Mint
(Dir.)
- 04/10/18 updates to Indonesia
prov.: Jambi
(Gov.), Swiss canton: Ticino, U.S.
cities:
-
Oklahoma
City (Mayor), U.s. city election Long
Beach, CA: Mayor Robert Garcia
-
(Dem.) wins re-election defeating James Henry "Henk"
Conn (Dem.), 78.8%-21.2%.
- 04/09/18 updates to
Armenia (Pres.), Indonesia
prov.: Papua, Sulawesi
Selatan (Gov.),
-
U.S. govt.: NSC
(Adv.)
- 04/07/18
updates to Brazil states: Goiás, Sergipe
(Gov.)
- 04/06/18 updates to
Brazil states: Paraná,
Rondônia,
Santa
Catarina, São Paulo
(Gov.)
- 04/04/18 updates to Sierra Leone (Pres.),
Bosnia-Hercegovnia canton: Sarajevo
(PM).
- 04/03/18 update to U.S. mayor
election Anchorage, AK:
Mayor Ethan Berkowitz (Dem.) is
-
re-elected with 55.4% of the vote,
Rebecca Logan (f)(Rep.) wins 37.1%, Dustin
-
Darden (Dem.) 1.9%, Paul Kendall (Rep.) 1.52%
and Tim Huit (Rep.) 1.2%
- 04/02/18 updates to Ethiopia (PM), Peru (PM).
- 04/01/18 updates to Botswana (Pres.), San Marino
(Capt.-reg.), Russia admin.: Kemerovo
-
(Gov.); U.S. govt.: State Dept. (Secy.)
- 03/30/18 updates to Myanmar (Pres.), France:
Mayotte (Pref.), U.S. govt.:
Peace Corps
-
(Dir.)
- 03/28/18 updates
to China prov.: Heilongjiang
(Gov.), Germany state: Hamburg
(Mayor),
-
Ukraine prov.: Volyn'
(Gov.), Veterans
Admin.(Secy.)
- 03/27/18 updates to
Brazil state: Tocantins
(Gov.), South Africa prov.: Free
State (PM).
- 03/26/18 updates to Cayman Islands
(Gov.), St. Helena: Ascension
(Admin.), Italy reg.:
-
Lombardia
(Pres.)
- 03/23/18 updates to Mauritius (Pres.), Peru (Pres.)
- 03/22/18 updates to Slovakia (PM), Italy
reg.: Friuli-Venezia
Giulia (Pres.)
- 03/21/18 updates to Myanmar (Pres.), Canada
prov.: Saskatchewan
(Lt. Gov.), China prov.:
-
Henan, Jiangxi, Qinghai, Sichuan (Pty.
Secy.), India state: Odisha (Gov.)
- 03/19/18 updates
to Trinidad and Tobago
(Pres.), Australia state: South
Australia (PM).
- 03/17/18 update to Bosnia-Hercegovina (Pres.)
- 03/16/18
update to Germany states: Bavaria
(PM).
- 03/14/18 updates to
Germany states: Bavaria
(PM), Hamburg
(Mayor).
- 03/12/18 updates to Canada
prov.: Yukon
(Com.), U.S. city: Santa Fe, NM
(Mayor).
- 03/11/18 updates to
Chile (Pres.), ICCt
(Pres.)
- 03/09/18 updates to Canada
prov.: Yukon
(Com.), India state: Tripura (PM).
- 03/08/18 updates to India
state: Nagaland
(PM), U.S. govt.: Forest
Service (Chief).
- 03/06/18 updates to
Indian state: Meghalaya
(PM), South Korea prov.: Chungcheongnam
(Gov.),
-
Pakistan prov.: Islamabad
Capital Terr. (Chief Com.); U.S. cities:
Nashville
-
(Mayor), Santa Fe,
NM mayor election: Alan Webber (Dem.) wins 39.2%,
Ronald S.
-
Trujillo (Dem.) 24.4%, Kate I. Noble (Dem.)(f)
22.4%, Joseph M. Maestas (Dem.)
-
8%, Peter N. Ives (Dem.) 6%, after the reallocation of
ranked votes Webber
-
defeats Trujillo,
66.2%-33.8%
- 03/05/18 updates
to Tokelau (Head), Cayman Islands
(Gov.), Poland prov.: Zachodniopomorskie
-
(Gov.)
- 03/01/18 updates to
Germany state: Saarland
(PM), ECOWAS
(Pres.)
- 02/27/18 update to
South Africa prov.: Mpumalanga
(PM).
- 02/18/18 updates to Wake Island (Gov.),
Indonesia prov.: Sulawesi
Tenggara (Gov.)
- 02/17/18 update to Bosnia-Hercegovnia
canton: Tuzla
(PM).
- 02/15/18 update to Nepal (PM).
- 02/14/18 updates to South Africa (Pres.),
Nepal: 7 Provinces
(CM).
- 02/13/18 update to
U.S. mayor election: Oklahoma City,
OK: David Holt (Rep.) elected
-
defeating Taylor Neighbors (f)(Ind.), Randall
Smith (Dem.), 78.5%-13.2%-8.2%.
- 02/08/18 update to U.S. govt.:
USTO (Dir.)
- 02/07/18 updates to Sint Eustatius (Lt.
gov.), Russia rep.: Dagestan
(PM).
- 02/06/18 update to ICJ
(Pres.)
- 02/05/18 update to Russia
rep.: Dagestan
(PM)
- 02/04/18 update to Western Sahara (PM).
- 02/03/18 update to U.S.
govt.: Federal Reserve
(Chair.)
- 02/02/18 updates to
Canada prov.: Saskatchewan
(Lt. Gov.), Cyprus: Northern Cyprus
(PM).
- 02/01/18 updates to Montserrat (Gov.), Canada
prov.: Yukon
(Com.), UNASUR
(Secy.-gen.),
-
Sweden counties: Norrbotten,
Stockholm
(Gov.); U.S. govt.: Mint
(Dir.)
- 01/31/18 update to Guinea-Bissau (PM),
U.S. state: Kansas
(Gov.)
- 01/29/18 updates to Romania (PM), U.S. govt.: HHS (Secy.)
- 01/28/18 update to AU
(Chair.)
- 01/24/18 update to U.S. govt.:
NPS (Dir.)
- 01/23/18 updates to Pitcairn (Gov.), India
state: Madhya
Pradesh (Gov.), U.S. city:
-
San Francisco
(Mayor).
- 01/22/18 updates to Liberia (Pres.), CE
(PACE Pres.)
- 01/21/18 update to
Somalia reg.: Benadir
(Gov.)
- 01/19/18 updates to Myanmar
reg.: Ayeyarwady
(PM), Nepal: 7
Provinces (Gov.)
- 01/18/18 updates to Congo
(DRC) prov.: Kasaï
Central, Uganda kingdom: Bunyoro-Kitara
(PM).
- 01/17/18 update to St. Pierre and Miquelon
(Pref.)
- 01/16/18 updates to Romania (PM), U.S. state: New Jersey (Gov.)
- 01/15/18 updates to
Sint Maarten (PM), Sweden
county: Jönköping
(Gov.)
- 01/14/18 update to Church
of Latter-day Saints (Pres.)
- 01/13/18 updates to U.S.
state: Virginia
(Gov.), Pakistan prov.: Balochistan
(PM).
- 01/12/18 update to
Palau state: Ngaraard
(Gov.)
- 01/11/18 update to United
Kingdom: Northern
Ireland (Secy. State).
- 01/10/18 update to Kazakhstan
reg.: Zhambyl
(Gov.)
- 01/09/18 updates to Palau
state: Koror
(Gov.), Ethiopia state: Tigray
(Pres.), U.S.
-
govt.: ABMC
(Chair.)
- 01/08/18 updates to Barbados (Gov.-gen.), U.S.
city: Topeka
(Mayor).
- 01/07/18 update to
U.S. govt.: FAA
(Admin.)
- 01/04/18 updates to China
prov.: Shaanxi
(Gov.), Venezuela state: Distrito
Capital (Gov.),
-
U.S. govt.: USMS
(Dir.)
- 01/02/18 updates to Montserrat (Gov.), China
prov.: Fujian, Jilin (Gov.) and
cities
-
Chongqing, Tianjin (Mayor);
Palau state: Ngchesar
(Gov.); U.S. cities: Atlanta,
-
Billings,
Manchester NH,
Minneapolis,
St. Paul, and Toledo (Mayors);
and
-
Church
of Latter-day Saints (Pres.)
- 01/01/18 updates to Saint Lucia (Gov.-gen.),
Switzerland (Pres.);
Denmark reg.: Sjælland,
-
Midtjylland
(Chair.); France region: Corse (status); Caribbean Netherlands
-
(Rep.), Norway county: Trøndelag
(Gov.); Swiss cantons: Aargau, Fribourg,
-
Graubünden,
Jura, Schaffhausen,
Solothurn;
ASEAN
(Secy.-gen.), EAEU
(Chair.),
-
G-7
(Chair.), ISO
(Pres.), Norden
(Pres.), OSCE
(Chair.), UNICEF
(Exec. Dir.),
-
UNWTO
(Sec.-gen.); Mercosur
(Parlasur Pres.), U.S. cities: Lansing and Syracuse
-
(Mayors).
Additions to
WorldStatesmen.org in 2018
-
- 10/13/18
added to Religions: Ukraine Renewal
Church (1923-42).
- 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: British
Gambela concession.
- 02/17/18
added Nepal
Provinces.
New Polities and
International Organizations in 2018
-
12/15/18
update to Orthodox
Church of Ukraine
- 07/01/18
update to Taiwan (ROC) prov.: Taiwan
(abolished).
- 01/19/18
update to Nepal: new Provinces
instituted.
- 01/01/18
update to France region: Corse (becomes
collectivité unique).
- 01/01/18 update to
Norway new county: Trøndelag.
New
Anthems, Flags, Constitutions and Currencies in 2018
-
- 12/21/18
update to Argentina prov.: San
Juan (flag).
- 12/11/18
update to Syria:
SSG
(flag).
- 10/03/18
update to Tulsa,
OK (flag).
- 09/28/18
update
to Nepal
prov.: Sudurpaschim
(name).
- 09/13/18
update to
Ethiopia reg.: Somali
State (flag).
- 09/11/18
update to U.S.
govt.: TSA
(flag).
- 08/20/18
update to Venezuela
(currency).
- 07/06/18
update
to Nepal
prov.: Gandaki
(name).
- 06/18/18
updates to Kazakhstan prov.: Shymkent (new region), Türkistan (polity name).
- 06/08/18
update
to Myanmar
state: Mon
(flag).
- 06/07/18
update to Burundi
(constitution).
- 05/04/18
update to Chad
(constitution).
- 04/19/18
update to Eswatini
(Swaziland) (polity name).
- 02/27/18
update to Ukraine: Donestk
Republic (flag).
- 02/26/18
update to Marshall Islands (digital currency).
- 02/24/18
update to
Nepal prov.: Kamali
(name).
- 02/20/18
update to Venezuela
(currency).
-
International
Organization Membership Updates in 2018
- 12/31/18
Qatar
withdraws from
OPEC.
- 12/31/18
Israel and
U.S. withdraw
from UNESCO.
- 12/28/18
Romania the
69th member of
AIIB.
- 12/14/18
Catalonia
admitted to
the UNPO.
- 12/07/18
Qatar the 28th
member of UNRWA.
- 11/27/18
Uzbekistan the
173rd member
of IOM.
- 11/26/18
Suriname the
183rd member
of WCO.
- 11/20/18
Kiribati
rejoins and
Vanuatu
the 194th
member of Interpol.
- 11/16/18
Andorra the
186th member
of WMO.
- 10/11/18
Kosovo, Serbia
and U.A.E.
associate
members of OIF.
- 10/04/18
Turkmenistan
the 159th
member of IRENA.
- 09/25/18
Thailand the
167th member
of CTBTO.
- 09/13/18
The
Sudan the 68th
member of AIIB.
- 09/06/18
Wallis and
Futuna the 2nd
associate
member of PIF.
- 08/27/18
Bahrain
the 67th
member of AIIB.
- 08/17/18
Comoros the
16th member of
SADC.
- 07/19/18
Somalia the
21st member of
COMESA.
- 07/18/18
Tunisia the
20th member of
COMESA.
- 07/11/18
India the 69th
member of EBRD.
- 07/05/18
Lithuania the
36th member of
OECD.
- 06/29/18
Grenada, Laos,
and Palau the
170th, 171st
and 172nd
-
members of the
IOM.
- 06/27/18
Cyprus,
Madagascar the
65th and 66th
members of AIIB.
- 06/22/18
Congo
(Brazzaville)
the 15th
member of OPEC.
- 06/18/18
Costa Rica the
158th member
of IRENA.
- 06/16/18
Palestine the
193rd member
of OPCW.
- 05/24/18
Palestine the
195th member
of UNCTAD.
- 05/23/18
Chad the 157th
member of IRENA.
- 05/19/18
Ukraine
withdraws from
the CIS.
- 05/17/18
Palestine the 168th member of UNIDO.
- 05/14/18
Nauru the
174th member
of IMO.
- 05/11/18
Bulgaria the
89th member of
IHO.
- 04/30/18
Grenada the
170th member
of IAEA.
- 04/03/18
Samoa the 64th
member of AIIB.
- 03/28/18
Ambazonia
admitted to
the UNPO.
- 03/19/18
Canada the
63rd member of
AIIB.
- 03/16/18
British Virgin
Islands the
11th associate
of ACS.
- 03/09/18
Bolivia the
104th member
of IMSO.
- 03/06/18
Vanuatu the
62nd member of
AIIB.
- 03/03/18
Paraguay the
156th member
of IRENA.
- 02/25/18
Ukraine the
155th member
of IRENA.
- 02/15/18
San Marino the
29th member of
PAM.
- 02/08/18
The Gambia
rejoins The
Commonwealth.
- 01/19/18
Armenia the
173rd member
of IMO.
- 01/01/18
Dominican Rep.
membership in
IHO
restored.
- 01/01/18
Marshall
Islands
rejoins and
Saint Lucia, Vanuatu
join IPU.
2018
International & U.S. Elections
Date
|
Location
|
Election Type
|
7 Jan 2018
|
Turkish Northern
Cyprus (Cyprus)
|
parliament |
8 Jan 2018
|
Sint Maarten (Neth.)
|
parliament
(delayed)
|
12-13 Jan 2018
|
Czech Republic
|
president
(1st round) |
14 Jan 2018
|
Cambodia
|
senate
(postponed)
|
19 Jan 2018
|
Northern (Kurdish)
Syria (Syria)(not
recognized by Syria)
|
people's assembly of
federal regions
(postponed)
|
19 Jan 2018
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
president
(sole candidate
acclaimed)
|
26-27 Jan 2018
|
Czech Republic
|
president
(2nd round) |
28 Jan 2018
|
Cyprus
|
president |
28 Jan 2018
|
Finland
|
president |
4 Feb 2018
|
Costa Rica
|
president,
parliament
|
4 Feb 2018
|
Cyprus
|
president (runoff) |
4 Feb 2018
|
Ecuador
|
referendums
|
7 Feb 2018
|
Bangladesh
|
president
(sole candidate
acclaimed) |
7 Feb 2018
|
Nepal
|
senate
|
11 Feb 2018
|
Monaco
|
parliament
|
13 Feb 2018
|
Oklahoma City, OK
(US)
|
mayor
|
15 Feb 2018
|
South Africa
|
president
(by parliament)
|
18 Feb 2018
|
Bangladesh
|
president
(by parliament)
(sole candidate
acclaimed)
|
23 Feb 2018
|
Djibouti
|
parliament
|
24 Feb 2018
|
Cuba
|
president
(by parliament)
(delayed)
|
25 Feb 2018
|
Cambodia
|
senate
|
26 Feb 2018
|
Sint Maarten (Neth.)
|
parliament |
2 Mar 2018
|
Armenia |
president
(by parliament)
|
3 Mar 2018
|
Pakistan
|
senate
|
4 Mar 2018
|
El Salvador
|
parliament |
4 Mar 2018
|
Italy
|
parliament |
4 Mar 2018
|
Switzerland
|
referendums
|
6 Mar 2018 |
Santa Fe, NM (US)
|
mayor
|
7 Mar 2018
|
Sierra Leone
|
president,
parliament
|
11 Mar 2018
|
Colombia
|
parliament, senate
|
11 Mar 2018
|
Cuba
|
parliament |
12 Mar 2018
|
Isle of Man (UK)
|
senate (indirect)
|
13 Mar 2018
|
Grenada
|
parliament |
13 Mar 2018
|
Nepal
|
president
(indirect)
|
14 Mar 2018
|
San Marino
|
captains-regent
(by parliament) |
17 Mar 2018 |
China
|
president
(by parliament)
|
18 Mar 2018 |
Russia
|
president
|
21 Mar 2018 |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
parliament |
21 Mar 2018 |
The Netherlands
|
referendum
|
23 Mar 2018 |
India
|
senate
|
24 Mar 2018 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
senate |
25 Mar 2018 |
Cameroon
|
senate (indirect) |
25 Mar 2018 |
Turkmenistan
|
parliament |
26-28 Mar 2018 |
Egypt
|
president |
27 Mar 2018 |
Sierra Leone
|
president
(runoff)
(delayed)
|
28 Mar 2018 |
Myanmar
|
president
(by parliament)
|
31 Mar 2018 |
Sierra Leone
|
president (runoff)
|
1 Apr 2018
|
Costa Rica
|
president (runoff) |
3 Apr 2018
|
Anchorage, AK (US)
|
mayor
|
8 Apr 2018
|
Hungary
|
parliament |
10 Apr 2018
|
Long Beach, CA (US)
|
mayor
|
11 Apr 2018
|
Azerbaijan
|
parliament |
15 Apr 2018
|
Guatemala
|
referendum
|
15 Apr 2018
|
Montenegro
|
president
|
19 Apr 2018
|
Cuba
|
president
(by parliament)
|
20 Apr 2018
|
Bhutan
|
senate |
22 Apr 2018
|
Paraguay
|
president, senate, parliament
|
22 Apr 2018
|
French Polynesia (France)
|
parliament
(1st round)
|
22 Apr 2018
|
Venezuela
|
president
(postponed)
|
24 Apr 2018
|
Greenland
(Denmark)
|
parliament |
25 Apr 2018
|
Faroe Islands
(Denmark)
|
new constitution/
self-determination
referendum
(delayed)
|
28 Apr 2018
|
Gabon
|
parliament
(delayed)
|
1-3 May 2018
|
Palestinian
Authority
|
national council
(indirect)
|
6 May 2018
|
French Polynesia (France)
|
parliament
(2nd round)
|
6 May 2018
|
Lebanon
|
parliament |
8 May 2018
|
Newark, NJ (US)
|
mayor
|
8 May 2018
|
Trenton, NJ (US)
|
mayor
|
9 May 2018
|
Malaysia
|
parliament,
senate |
12 May 2018
|
Iraq
|
parliament |
12 May 2018
|
Timor-Leste
|
parliament |
15 May 2018
|
Iraq
|
parliament
(rescheduled)
|
16 May 2018
|
Jersey (UK)
|
constables,
deputies, senators |
17 May 2018
|
Burundi
|
constitutional
referendums
|
18 May 2018
|
French Polynesia (France)
|
president
(by parliament)
|
20 May 2018
|
Venezuela
|
president
|
24 May 2018
|
Barbados
|
parliament |
24 May 2018
|
Nashville, TN (US)
|
mayor
|
25 May 2018
|
Ireland
|
constitutional
(abortion)
referendum |
27 May 2018
|
Colombia
|
president
|
3 Jun 2018
|
Slovenia
|
parliament |
4 Jun 2018
|
Jersey
|
chief minister
(by parliament)
|
5 Jun 2018
|
San Francisco,CA
(US) |
mayor
|
5 Jun 2018
|
San José, CA (US) |
mayor
|
10 Jun 2018
|
Romania
|
referendum
(delayed)
|
10 Jun 2018
|
Switzerland
|
referendums
|
12 Jun 2018
|
Bismarck, ND (US)
|
mayor
|
12 Jun 2018
|
Trenton, NJ (US)
|
mayor (runoff)
|
14 Jun 2018
|
Cook Islands
|
parliament |
17 Jun 2018
|
Colombia
|
president (runoff) |
24 Jun 2018
|
Turkey
|
president,
parliament |
1 Jul 2018
|
Mexico
|
president,
congress, senate
|
7 Jul 2018
|
Afghanistan
|
parliament
(postponed)
|
25 Jul 2018
|
Pakistan
|
parliament |
29 Jul 2018
|
Cambodia
|
parliament |
29 Jul 2018 |
Mali
|
president |
30 Jul 2018
|
Comoros
|
constitutional
referendum
|
30 Jul 2018
|
Zimbabwe
|
president, senate,
parliament
|
Jul 2018 |
South Sudan
|
president
(cancelled)
|
Jul 2018 |
Togo
|
parliament
(postponed)
|
12 Aug 2018 |
Mali
|
president (runoff) |
25 Aug 2018 |
Eswatini
(Swaziland) |
parliament
(1st round) |
28 Aug 2018 |
Key West, FL (US) |
mayor
|
31 Aug 2018 |
Fiji
|
president
(by parliament)
|
1 Sep 2018
|
Mauritania
|
parliament |
2-3 Sep 2018
|
Rwanda |
parliament |
4 Sep 2018
|
Pakistan
|
president
(by parliament)
|
9 Sep 2018
|
Sweden
|
parliament |
15 Sep 2018
|
Bhutan
|
parliament
(1st round)
|
17 Sep 2018
|
San Marino |
captains-regent
(by parliament) |
21 Sep 2018
|
Eswatini
(Swaziland) |
parliament
(2nd round)
|
23 Sep 2018
|
Maldives |
president |
30 Sep 2018
|
Kurdistan Region
(Iraq)
|
president,
parliament |
30 Sep 2018
|
Macedonia (FYRM)
|
country name
change referendum
|
1 Oct 2018 |
Dominica |
president
(by parliament)
|
1 Oct 2018 |
Iraq
|
president
(by parliament)
(delayed)
|
2 Oct 2018 |
Iraq
|
president
(by parliament)
|
2 Oct 2018 |
Juneau, AK (US)
|
mayor
|
5-6 Oct 2018 |
Czech Republic
|
senate (1st round)
|
6 Oct 2018 |
Gabon
|
parliament
(1st round) |
6-7 Oct 2018 |
Romania
|
constitutional
referendum
|
7 Oct 2018 |
Bosnia and
Hercegovnia
|
president,
parliament |
7 Oct 2018
|
Brazil
|
president,
parliament |
7 Oct 2018
|
Cameroon
|
president
|
7 Oct 2018
|
Latvia
|
parliament |
7 Oct 2018
|
Republika Srpska
(Bosnia and
Hercegovnia)
|
president |
7 Oct 2018
|
São Tomé and
Príncipe
|
parliament |
7 Oct 2018
|
Príncipe (São Tomé
and Príncipe) |
region assembly
|
10 Oct 2018
|
Guernsey (UK)
|
referendum
|
10 Oct 2018
|
Somaliland
(Somalia)
|
parliament,
senate
(rescheduled)
|
12-13 Oct 2018 |
Czech Republic
|
senate (2nd round)
|
14 Oct 2018 |
Luxembourg
|
parliament |
15 Oct 2018
|
Afghanistan
|
parliament
(postponed)
|
15 Oct 2018 |
Bhutan
|
parliament
(2nd round) |
20-21 Oct 2018 |
Afghanistan
|
parliament |
23 Oct 2018 |
Vietnam
|
president
(by parliament)
|
25 Oct 2018 |
Ethiopia
|
president
(by parliament)
|
26 Oct 2018 |
Ireland
|
president
|
26 Oct 2018 |
Ireland
|
constitutional
(blasphemy)
referendum |
27 Oct 2018 |
Gabon
|
parliament
(2nd round) |
28 Oct 2018 |
Brazil
|
president (runoff)
|
28 Oct 2018 |
Georgia
|
president
|
28 Oct 2018 |
Mali
|
parliament
(1st round)
(delayed)
|
30 Oct 2018 |
Jerusalem (Israel)
|
mayor
|
4 Nov 2018 |
New Caledonia
(France)
|
independence
referendum
|
6 Nov 2018 |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
referendum
|
6 Nov 2018 |
Grenada
|
referendum
|
6 Nov 2018 |
Guam (US)
|
governor, parliament
|
6 Nov 2018 |
Northern Mariana
Islands (US)
|
governor
(postponed)
|
6 Nov 2018 |
Virgin Islands (US)
|
governor,
parliament |
6 Nov 2018 |
United States
|
congress, senate
|
6 Nov 2018
|
Alabama (US)
|
governor
|
6 Nov 2018
|
Alaska (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Arizona (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Arkansas (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
California (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
California
(US)
|
division
into 3
states referendum
(court voided)
|
6 Nov 2018
|
Colorado (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Connecticut (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Florida (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Georgia (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Hawaii (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Hawaii (US) |
constitutional
convention
referendum
|
6 Nov 2018
|
Idaho (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Illinois (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Iowa (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Kansas (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Maine (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Maryland (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Massachusetts (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Michigan (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Minnesota (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Nebraska (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Nevada (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
New Hampshire (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
New Mexico (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
New York (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Ohio (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Oklahoma (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Oregon (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Pennsylvania (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Rhode Island (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
South Carolina (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
South Dakota (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Tennessee (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Texas (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Vermont (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Wisconsin (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Wyoming (US)
|
governor |
6 Nov 2018
|
Austin, TX (US)
|
mayor
|
6 Nov 2018
|
Key West, FL (US)
|
mayor
|
6 Nov 2018
|
Louisville, KY
(US) |
mayor
|
6 Nov 2018
|
Oakland, CA (US) |
mayor
|
6 Nov 2018
|
Phoenix, AZ (US)
|
mayor
|
6 Nov 2018
|
Providence, RI
(US)
|
mayor
|
6 Nov 2018
|
Shreveport, LA
(US)
|
mayor
|
6 Nov 2018
|
Washington, DC (US)
|
mayor
|
6 Nov 2018 |
Saipan
(Northern
Mariana Islands)(US) |
mayor
(postponed) |
7 Nov 2018
|
Madagascar
|
president,
parliament |
11 Nov 2018
|
Donetsk Republic
(Ukraine)
|
president,
parliament
|
11 Nov 2018
|
Lugansk Republic
(Ukraine) |
president,
parliament |
13 Nov 2018
|
Northern Mariana
Islands (US)
|
governor
|
13 Nov 2018
|
Saipan (Northern
Mariana Islands)(US) |
mayor
|
13 Nov 2018
|
Jerusalem (Israel)
|
mayor (runoff)
|
14 Nov 2018
|
Fiji
|
parliament |
17 Nov 2018
|
South West State
(Somalia)
|
president
(postponed)
|
18 Nov 2018
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
parliament
(delayed)
|
18 Nov 2018
|
Mali
|
parliament
(2nd round)
(delayed)
|
20 Nov 2018
|
Virgin Islands (US)
|
governor (runoff)
|
24 Nov 2018
|
Bahrain
|
parliament
(1st round)
|
24 Nov 2018
|
Madagascar
|
president,
parliament
(rescheduled)
|
24 Nov 2018
|
Republic of China
(Taiwan)
|
referendums
|
25 Nov 2018
|
Mali
|
parliament
(1st round)
(postponed)
|
25 Nov 2018
|
Switzerland
|
referendums
|
28 Nov 2018
|
Georgia
|
president (runoff)
|
28 Nov 2018
|
South West State
(Somalia) |
president
(postponed)
|
Nov 2018
|
Chad
|
parliament
(postponed)
|
Nov 2018
|
Moldova
|
parliament
(postponed)
|
1 Dec 2018 |
Alderney
(Guernsey, UK)
|
parliament |
1 Dec 2018 |
Bahrain
|
parliament
(2nd round) |
5 Dec 2018 |
South West State
(Somalia) |
president
(postponed)
|
5 Dec 2018 |
Switzerland
|
president
(by parliament)
|
8 Dec 2018 |
Shreveport, LA (US)
|
mayor (runoff)
|
9 Dec 2018 |
Armenia
|
parliament |
9 Dec 2018 |
Peru
|
constitutional
referendums |
10 Dec 2018 |
Libya
|
president,
parliament
(postponed)
|
12 Dec 2018 |
Sark
(Guernsey, UK)
|
parliament |
16 Dec 2018
|
Mali
|
parliament
(2nd round)
(postponed)
|
16 Dec 2018
|
Togo
|
referendum
|
19 Dec 2018 |
Madagascar
|
president (runoff)
|
19 Dec 2018
|
South West State (Somalia) |
president
|
20 Dec 2018 |
Togo
|
parliament |
23 Dec 2018 |
Bangladesh
|
parliament
(deferred)
|
23 Dec 2018
|
Congo (Kinshasa)
|
president,
parliament
(delayed)
|
24
Dec 2018 |
Madagascar
|
president
(runoff)
(rescheduled)
|
29 Dec 2018 |
Algeria
|
senate (indirect)
|
30 Dec 2018 |
Bangladesh
|
parliament |
30 Dec 2018 |
Congo (Kinshasa) |
president,
parliament |
|
|
|
|