2020 Updates

New Heads of State, Governors and Other Leaders in 2020

12/31/20      update to U.S. govt.: DHS: ICE (Dir.)

12/30/20      updates to Burkina Faso (PM), Anguilla (Gov.)

12/29/20      update to Ukraine prov.: Cherkasy (Gov.)

12/28/20      update to French Guiana (Pref.)

12/24/20      updates to Moldova (Pres.), China prov.: Heilongjiang (Gov.), Ukraine

                prov.: Ivano-Frankivs'k (Gov.), U.S. govt.: Justice Dept. (Attny. Gen.)

12/23/20      updates to Romania (PM), Bosnia-Hercegovnia: Brčko (Mayor), U.S. govt.: SEC

                (Chair.)

12/21/20      updates to Wallis and Futuna (Admin.-Sup.), Bosnia-Hercegovina canton: Herceg-Bosna

                (PM).

12/18/20      update to Ukraine prov.: Zaporizhzhya (Gov.)

12/17/20      update to Armenia prov.: Lori (Gov.)

12/15/20      updates to St.-Martin and St. Barths (Pref.), Poland prov.: Wielkopolskie (Gov.)

12/14/20      updates to Bermuda (Gov.), Czech reg.: Karlovarský (Gov.)

12/13/20      update to Eswatini (PM).

12/12/20      update to U.S. city election in El Paso, TX (runoff): former Mayor Oscar Leeser

                (Dem.) wins 79.5% over incumbent Mayor Donald "Dee" Margo (Rep.) at 20.5%.

12/11/20      updates to Lithuania (PM), Danube Com. (Pres.), OSCE (PA Pres.)

12/10/20      updates to Malaysia state: Perak (PM), Bosnia-Hercegovina: Brčko District (Mayor),

                Ukraine prov: Dnipropetrovs'k (Gov.), Armenia prov.: Ararat (Gov.),  U.S.

                city: San Diego (Mayor).

12/09/20      update to Cyprus: Northern Cyprus (PM),

12/08/20      updates to U.S. city: Baltimore (Mayor), Armenia prov.: Syunik (Gov.)

12/07/20      updates to Romania (PM), Ukraine prov.: Zakarpattya (Gov.)

12/05/20      update to India terr.: Lakshadweep (Admin.)

12/04/20      updates to Montenegro (PM), India terr.: Lakshadweep (Admin.), Panama comarca:

                Naso Tjër Di, and OSCE (Secy.-gen.)

12/03/20      updates to China prov.: Gansu (Gov.), Peru reg.: Áncash (Pres.), Ukraine prov.:

                Kherson, Khmel'nyts'kyy (Gov.)

12/02/20      updates to U.S. city: New York Queens Borough (Pres.); China prov.: Sichuan,

                Hainan (Gov.)

12/01/20      updates to China prov.: Fujian, Hainan (Pty Sec.), Pakistan prov.:

                Gilgit-Baltistan (PM), Sweden county: Jämtland (Gov.)

11/30/20      update to Poland prov.: Zachodniopomorskie (Gov.)

11/28/20      update to Ethiopia reg.: Tigray (Pres.)

11/27/20      updates to French Guiana (Pref.), China prov.: Hunan (Gov.); Ukraine prov.:

                Kharkiv, Odesa (Gov.)

11/25/20      updates to China prov.: Jilin, Yunnan (Gov.), Ukraine prov.: Mykolayiv (Gov.)

11/24/20      updates to Portugal reg.: Azores (PM), Russia rep.: Dagestan (PM), Ukraine prov.:

                Khmel'nyts'kyy (Gov.), Bosnia-Hercegovina canton: Zenica-Doboj (PM), China

                prov.: Guizhou (Gov.)

11/23/20      update to Ukraine prov.: Sumy (Gov.)

11/20/20      updates to Bosnia-Hercegovina (Pres.); China prov.: Guizhou, Hunan, Jilin

                (Pty. Secy.); Serbian Orthodox Church (Patr.)

11/18/20      updates to Peru (PM), Czech reg.: Vysočina (Gov.), Russia admin.: Mordovia (Pres.)

                     and Belgorod (Gov.)

11/17/20      updates to Peru (Pres.), Ukraine prov.: Mykolayiv (Gov.), U.S. city: Miami-Dade

                County (Mayor).

11/16/20      updates to Czech reg.: Středočeský, Ústecký (Gov.)

11/15/20      update to Peru (Pres.)

11/14/20      update to Kyrgyzstan (Pres.)

11/13/20      updates to Kosovo (KFOR Cmdr.), Ethiopia reg.: Tigray (Pres.)

11/12/20      updates to Belize (PM), Czech Rep. reg.: Plzeňský (Gov.)

11/11/20      updates to Bahrain (PM), Peru (PM), Czech Rep. reg.: Jihomoravský (Gov.)

11/10/20      updates to Peru (Pres.), Czech Rep. reg.: Zlínský (Gov.)

11/09/20      updates to Japan pref.: Toyama (Gov.), Russia admin.: Uralskiy (Plenp.), Ukraine

                prov.: Ivano-Frankivs'k, Odesa (Gov.), U.S. govt.: Defense Dept. (Secy.)

11/08/20      updates to Bolivia (Pres.), Order of Malta (SMOM) (Grand Master).

11/05/20      updates to Kosovo (Pres.), Ukraine prov.: Kharkiv (Gov.)

11/04/20      update to Congo (DRC) prov.: Kasaï Central (Gov.), IPU (Pres.)

11/03/20      updates to Congo (DRC) prov.: Kwango, Maï-Ndombe (Gov.), Czech Rep reg.: Jihočeský

                (Gov.); United States election results - in the Presidential election former

                Vice President Joseph "Joe" R. Biden (Dem.) wins 306 Electoral votes from 25

                states (including 1 from Nebraska) and District of Columbia with 51.3% of the

                vote from 81.3 million votes, defeating incumbent President Donald J. Trump

                (Rep.) who wins 232 Electoral votes from 25 states (including 1 from Maine) with

                46.9% from 74.2 million votes, and Jo Jorgensen (f)(Libt.) wins about 1.2%,

                Howie Hawkins (Grn./Socialist) 0.25%, Write-in votes 0.11%, Rocky De La Fuente

                (Alliance Party/Reform) 0.06%, Gloria LaRiva (f)(Socialism and Liberation)

                0.05%, Kanye West (Birthday Party) 0.04%, Don Blankenship (Const.) 0.04%, Brock

                Pierce (Independence) 0.03%, and Brian T. Carroll (American Solidarity) 0.02%;
              U.S. Congress: In elections to all 435 seats in the House of Representatives,
                and to 35 of 100 seats in the Senate, the Democrats retain a smaller majority in
                the House and the Senate balance tied 50-50. In House of Representatives the

                Democrats retain control with 222 seats and the Republicans will have 213 seats

                (the previous balance was 235 Dem. vs. 198 Rep.)(in Georgia 1 seat went to a

                1 Dec 2020 runoff won by Dem. and 1 Louisiana House seat went to a 5 Dec 2020

                runoff won by Rep.); while in the U.S. Senate will be composed of 50 Republicans

                and 50 Democrats (including 2 independents who caucus with them)(the previous

                balance was 50 Dem. [incl. 2 independents who caucus with them] and 50 Rep.);
              Party abbreviations: Dem = Democrat, Rep. = Republican, Grn. = Green Party,
                Const. = Constitution, Ind. = Independent, Libt. = Libertarian, NPL =

                Nonpartisan League, Prog. = Progressive;
              Governor elections:
              - Delaware: incumbent Gov. John Carney (Dem.) is re-elected over Julianne E.

                  Murray (f)(Rep.), Kathy DeMatteis (f)(Independent Party of Delaware) and John

                  Machurek (Libt.), 59.5%-38.6%-1.2%-0.66%;
              - Indiana: incumbent Gov. Eric Holcomb (Rep.) is re-elected over Woodrow "Woody"

                  Myers, Jr. (Dem.) and Donald G. Rainwater II (Libt.), 56.6%-32%-11.4%;
              - Missouri: incumbent Gov. Michael "Mike" Parson (Rep.) is re-elected over Auditor

                  Nicole Galloway (f)(Dem.), Rik Combs (Libt.) and Jerome Bauer (Grn.), 57.2%-

                  40.6%-1.6%-0.6%;
              - Montana: Congressman Greg Gianforte (Rep.) defeats Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney (Dem.)

                  and Lyman Bishop (Libt.), 54.1%-42.1%-3.8%;
              - New Hampshire: incumbent Gov. Chris Sununu (Rep.) is re-elected over Dan Feltes

                  (Dem.) and Darryl W. Perry (Libt.), 65.2%-33.4%-1.4%;
              - North Carolina: incumbent Gov. Roy A. Cooper (Dem.) is re-elected over Lt. Gov.

                  Dan Forest (Rep.), Steven DiFiore II (Libt.) and Al Pisano (Const.), 51.5%-

                  47.1%-1.1%-0.4%;
              - North Dakota: incumbent Gov. Doug Burgum (Rep.) is re-elected over Shelley

                  Lenz (f)(Dem./NPL) and DuWayne Hendrickson (Libt.), 69.2%-26.7%-4.1%;
              - Utah: Lt. Gov. Spencer J. Cox (Rep.) defeats Chris Peterson (Dem.), Daniel Rhead

                  Cottam (Libt.), Gregory Duerden (Ind. American), about 64.6%-30.5%-3.2%-1.7%;
              - Vermont: incumbent Gov. Phil Scott (Rep.) is re-elected over David E. Zuckerman

                  (Dem./Prog.), Kevin Hoyt (Ind.), Em Peyton (f)(Truth Matters), Erynn Hazlett

                  Whitney (f)(Ind.), Wayne Billado III (Ind.), Michael A. DeVost (Ind.) and

                  Charly Dickerson (Ind.), 68.8%-27.5%-1.3%-1%-0.5%-0.4%-0.3%-0.3%;
              - Washington: incumbent Gov. Jay R. Inslee (Dem.) is re-elected over Loren Culp

                  (Rep.), 56.9%-43.1%;
              - West Virginia: incumbent Gov. Jim Justice (Rep.) is re-elected over Ben Salango

                  (Dem.), Erika Kolenich (f)(Libt.), and Daniel Lutz, Jr. (Mountain Pty.),

                       64.9%-30.8%-2.9%-1.5%;

              - American Samoa: Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga (Dem.) defeats Gaoteote

                  Palaie Tofau (Ind.), I’aulualo Fa’afetai Talia (Ind.) and Nua Mailo Saoluaga

                  (Rep.), 60.3%-21.9%-12.3%-5.5%;
              - Puerto Rico: Secy. of State Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia (New Progressive [PNP])

                  defeats Carlos Delgado Altieri (Popular Democratic [PDP]), Alexandra Lúgaro

                  Aponte (f)(Citizens' Victory Movement [MVC]), Juan Manuel Dalmau Ramírez

                  (Puerto Rican Independence [PIP]), César Augusto Vázquez Muñiz (Project

                  Dignity) and Eliezer Molina Pérez (Ind.), 32.9%-31.6%-14.2%-13.7%-6.9%-0.7%;

                  and a Statehood referendum votes for U.S. statehood 52.3% Yes to 47.7% No;
              Mayor elections:
                - Baltimore, MD: Brandon M. Scott (Dem.) defeats Bob Wallace (Ind.), Shannon

                    Wright (f)(Rep.) and David Harding (Working Class), 70.5%-20.2%-7.1%-1.7%;
                - Cheyenne, WY: Patrick Collins (Ind.) defeats Rick Coppinger (Rep.), 65%-33%;

                - El Paso, TX: ex-Mayor Oscar Leeser (Dem.) leads incumbent Mayor Donald "Dee"

                    Margo (Rep.), Verónica "Vero" Carbajal (f)(Dem.), Carlos Gallinar (Dem.),

                    Dean "Dino" Martinez (Rep.) and Calvin Zielsdorf (Ind.), 42.5%-24.7%-

                    21.9%-7.3%-1.9%-1.6% (Leeser faces Margo in a 12 Dec 2020 runoff);
                - Honolulu, HI (runoff): Rick Blangiardi (Ind.) defeats Keith Amemiya (Dem.),

                    58.2%-38.8%;                

                - Miami-Dade County, FL (runoff): Daniella Levine Cava (f)(Dem.) defeats Esteban

                    "Steve" Bovo (Rep.), 53.9%-46.03%;
                - New York City, NY: Queens Borough (President special): Donovan J. Richards Jr.

                   (Dem.) defeats Joann Ariola (f)(Rep./Con.), Dao Yin (Ind.) 69.8%-27.7%-2.3%;

                - Phoenix, AZ: incumbent Mayor Kate Gallego (f)(Dem.) defeats Merissa Hamilton

                    (f)(Rep.), and Tim Seay (Dem.), 60.7%-26.4%-12.5%;

                - Portland, OR (runoff): incumbent Mayor Ted Wheeler (Dem.) is re-elected over

                    Sarah Iannarone (f)(Dem.) and Write-in votes, 46.1%-40.8%-13.2%;

                - Richmond, VA: incumbent Mayor Levar Stoney (Dem.) is re-elected over Alexsis

                    Rodgers (f)(Dem.), Kimberly Gray (f)(Dem.), Justin Griffin (Ind.), Michael

                    Gilbert (Ind.) and Tracey McLean (f)(Dem.), 38.1%-26.4%-25.9%-7.1%-1.3%-1%;

                - San Diego, CA (runoff): Todd Gloria (Dem.) defeats Barbara Bry (f)(Dem.),

                    55.95%-44.05%;

                - Wilmington, DE: incumbent Mayor Mike Purzycki (Dem.) is re-elected unopposed;

                - Hagåtña, GU: incumbent Mayor John Aguon Cruz (Rep.) is re-elected unopposed
                    with 93.7%;
                - San Juan, PR: Miguel Romero (PNP) defeats Manuel Natal Albelo (MVC), Rossana

                    López León (f)(PDP), Adrian González Costa (PIP) and Nelson Rosario

                    Rodríguez (Project Dignity), 36.05%-34.6%-23.01%-3.29%-3.08%;

11/02/20      updates to Tanzania: Zanzibar (Pres.), Czech reg.: Královéhradecký (Gov.), Somalia

                state: HirShabelle (Pres.), EBRD (Pres.)

11/01/20      update to ACS (Secy.-gen.)

10/31/20      update to Saint Helena: Tristan da Cunha (Admin.)

10/30/20      updates to Czech Rep reg.: Olomoucký (Gov.), Montenegrin Orthodox Church

                (Metrpol.)

10/29/20      updates to Spain reg.: Val d'Aran (Synd.), Parlacen (Pres.)

10/26/20      updates to Seychelles (Pres.), Venezuela state: Lara (Gov.)

10/23/20      updates to Cyprus: Northern Cyprus (Pres., PM), U.S. city: Anchorage, AK (Mayor).

10/22/20      update to WZO (Chair.)

10/21/20      update to Italy reg.: Valle d'Aosta (Pres.)

10/19/20      updates to IPU (Pres.), China reg.: Guangxi Zhuang (Gov.)

10/17/20      update to Swiss canton: Geneva

10/16/20      update to Guernsey (PM).

10/15/20      updates to Kyrgyzstan (Pres.), Italy reg.: Calabria (Pres.)

10/14/20      update to Kyrgyzstan (PM).

10/13/20      updates to Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Terr. Pres.), Ukraine prov.: Chernihiv (Gov.)

10/12/20      updates to Jordan (PM), French Southern & Antarctic Lands (Admin-Sup.)

10/09/20      update to Kyrgyzstan (PM).

10/08/20      update to Italy reg.: Toscana (Pres.)

10/06/20      updates to Puerto Rico (Oversight Board Chair.), Pakistan: Islamabad FCT (Mayor).

10/05/20      update to Russia rep.: Dagestan (Pres.)

10/02/20      updates to Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya (Mayor), Uzbekistan reg.:

                Karakalpakstan (Chair.)

10/01/20      updates to Belgium (PM), San Marino (Capt. Reg.), British Antarctic Ter. (Admin.)

                IADB (Pres.), WIPO (Dir.-gen.), Netherlands prov.: Noord-Brabant (Gov.)

09/30/20      updates to Cook Islands (PM), Italy reg.: Marche (Pres.), Spain reg.: Catalonia

                (Pres.)

09/29/20      updates to Kuwait (Emir), Malaysia state: Sabah (PM).

09/28/20      updates to Togo (PM), Mali (PM).

09/27/20      update to Somalia (PM).

09/25/20      updates to Mali (Pres.), Papua New Guinea reg.: Bougainville (Pres.)

09/23/20      update to Switzerland canton: Glarus.

09/22/20      update to Russia admin.: Belgorod (Gov.)

09/21/20      updates to Chile: Magallanes y Antártica Chilena (Inten.), Sweden county: Kalmar

                (Gov.)

09/17/20      update to Russia rep.: Bashkortostan (PM).

09/16/20      updates to Japan (PM), China city: Tianjin (Mayor).

09/15/20      updates to Venezuela terr.: Francisco de Miranda (Gov.), United Nations

                (Asmb. Pres.)

09/14/20      update to Russia rep.: Adygeya (PM).

09/10/20      update to U.S. govt.: U.S. ACE (Cmdr.)

09/07/20      update to ECOWAS (Chair.)

09/04/20      updates to China prov.: Zhejiang (Gov.), Myanmar reg.: Kayah (PM).

09/03/20      update to Belarus reg.: Minsk city (Mayor).

09/02/20      update to Tunisia (PM).

09/01/20      updates to Monaco (PM), Belgium prov.: Limburg, Oost-Vlaaderen, Vlaams-Brabant

                (Gov.), China prov.: Liaoning, Zhejiang (Pty. Sec.); Palau state: Nigwal (Gov.);

                ECCAS (Pres. Com.), WTO (Dir.-gen.), U.S. govt.: ICE (Dir.)

08/31/20      updates to Sri Lanka prov.: North Western, Uva (Gov.)

08/30/20      update to North Macedonia (PM).

08/29/20      update to Georgia reg.: South Ossetia (PM).

08/28/20      updates to Brazil state: Rio de Janeiro (acting Gov.), Ukraine prov.: Cherkasy

                (Gov.)

08/27/20      update to Ukraine prov.: Kirovohrad (Gov.)

08/26/20      update to Canada prov.: Alberta (Lt. gov.)

08/25/20      update to U.S. Mayor election: Tulsa, OK: incumbent Mayor G.T. Bynum (Rep.) wins

                     re-election with 51.9% over Greg Robinson II (Dem.) 28.8%, Ken Reddick (Rep.)

                     13.8%, Ty Walker (Rep.) 2.8%, and Craig Immel (Ind.) 1.9%.

08/24/20      update to Taiwan (ROC) city: Kaohsiung (Mayor).

08/22/20      update to Belarus reg.: Grodno (Gov.)

08/19/20      updates to Canada prov.: Newfoundland (PM), Mali (Pres.), France reg.: Corse

                (Pref.), India states: Goa, Meghalaya (Gov.)

08/18/20      updates to Mali (Pres., PM), Ethiopia reg.: Addis Ababa (Mayor), São Tomé e

                Príncipe reg.: Príncipe (Reg. Pres.); U.S. Mayor election: Key West, FL: Mayor

                Terri Johnson (f)(Ind.) defeats Mark Rossi (Rep.), Rick Haskins (Ind.), 59.5%-

                19.5%-21%; Miami-Dade, FL: Esteban "Steve" Bovo (Rep.), Daniella Levine Cava (f)

                (Dem.), ex-mayor Alex Penelas (Dem.), former Miami mayor Xavier Suarez (Ind.),

                Monique Nicole Barley (f)(Dem.), and Ludmilla Domond (f)(Rep.), win 29.4%-28.8%

                -24.5%-10.5%-5.5%-1.3% (a runoff between Bovo and Cava is held on 3 Nov 2020).

08/17/20      update to Venezuela: Distrito Federal (Chief).

08/16/20      update to Dominican Republic (Pres.)

08/13/20      updates to North Korea (PM), Venezuela: Distrito Capital (Chief).

08/12/20      update to BIOT (US Cmdr.)

08/10/20      update to Guadeloupe (Pref.)

08/08/20      update to U.S. Mayor election: Honolulu, HI: Rick Blangiardi (Ind.), Keith

                Amemiya (Dem.), Colleen Hanabusa (f)(Dem.), Kym Pine (f)(Dem.), ex-Mayor Mufi

                Hannemann (Ind.) and William "Bud" Stonebraker (Rep.) win 25.3%-20%-18.2%-14.5%

                -9.8%-6.4% (a runoff between Blangiardi and Amemiya is held on 3 Nov 2020).

08/07/20      updates to India terr.: Jammu and Kashmir (Lt. gov.), U.S. govt. NPS (Dir.)

08/06/20      updates to Mauritania (PM), Peru (PM).

08/04/20      update to Russia rep.: Adygeya (PM).

08/03/20      updates to U.S. govt.: NGB (Chf.), TVA (Chair.)

08/02/20      updates to Guyana (Pres., PM)

08/01/20      updates to China prov.: Qinghai, Shaanxi (Gov.)

07/31/20      updates to Saint Helena: Tristan da Cunha (Admin.), Russia rep.: Sakha (PM),

                China prov.: Shaanxi (Pty. Sec.), Uzbekistan rep.: Karakalpakstan (Chair.)

07/30/20      update to Armenia prov.: Kotayk (Gov.)

07/28/20      update to Japan pref.: Kagoshima (Gov.)

07/26/20      update to Syria: UNDOF (Cmdr.)

07/25/20      update to Somalia (PM).

07/24/20      update to IOC: Games of XXXII Olympiad rescheduled to 2021 (23 Jul-8 Aug).

07/22/20      update to Gabon (PM).

07/21/20      update to India state: Madhya Pradesh (Gov.)

07/20/20      update to Russia admin.: Khabarovsk (Gov.)

07/18/20      update to OSCE (Secy.-gen.)

07/16/20      updates to Suriname (Pres., VP), Venezuela terr.: Francisco de Miranda (Gov.),

                COI (Sec.-gen.)

07/15/20      update to Peru (PM).

07/14/20      update to Ruthenian Catholic Church (Bshp.)

07/12/20      update to Syria (SNC Pres.)

07/10/20      update to Palau state: Kayangel (Gov.)

07/08/20      update to Côte d'Ivoire (PM)

07/07/20      update to Guadeloupe (Pref.)

07/04/20      update to Ethiopia reg.: Sidama (Pres.)

07/03/20      updates to France (PM), Congo (DRC): prov.: Mai-Ndombe (Gov.), EBRD (Pres.),

                U.S. govt.: Solicitor-gen.

07/02/20      update to Congo (DRC) prov.: Kasaï Central (Gov.)

07/01/20      updates to China prov.: Liaoning (Gov.), Congo DRC prov.: Kwango (Gov.),

                Switzerland cantons: Basel-Land, Luzern, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schwyz.

06/30/20      update to Anguilla (PM).

06/29/20      update to The Sudan: Abyei Area (Chf. Admin.)

06/28/20      update to Malawi (Pres.)

06/27/20      updates to Ireland (PM), Ukraine prov.: Kirovohrad (Gov.)

06/24/20      updates to Burundi (PM), Pakistan prov.: Gilgit-Baltistan (PM).

06/23/20      update to U.S. govt.: NSF (Dir.)

06/22/20      update to Canada terr.: Nunavut (Com.)

06/18/20      updates to Burundi (Pres.), Ethiopia state: Sidama (Gov.), Ukraine prov.:

                Vinnytsya (Gov.)

06/16/20      update to Kyrgyzstan (PM).

06/15/20      update to U.S. govt.: Postal Service (Postmaster gen.)

06/14/20      update to Greece reg.: Athos (Chair.)

06/13/20      update to Taiwan (ROC) city: Kaohsiung (Mayor).

06/11/20      updates to Syria (PM), Gibraltar (Gov.), Ukraine prov.: Zaporizhzhya (Gov.)

06/10/20      update to Niue (PM).

06/09/20      update to Burundi (Pres.)

06/08/20      update to Czech reg.: Plzeňský (Gov.)

06/05/20      update to Malaysia state: Malacca (Gov.)

06/04/20      update to Belarus (PM).

06/03/20      update to Kosovo (PM).

06/02/20      update to Swiss Canton: Bern.

06/01/20      updates to WCO (Chair.), Sweden county: Halland (Gov.), Swiss Cantons: Neuchâtel,

                Sankt Gallen, Thurgau, Uri.

05/29/20      updates to U.S. govt.: Navy (Sec.), OCC (Comptroller).

05/26/20      update to U.S. govt.: ODNI (Dir.)

05/23/20      update to Azerbaijan reg.: Nakhichevan (PM).

05/21/20      update to Azerbaijan: Artsakh (Pres.)

05/20/20      updates to Lesotho (PM).

05/19/20      updates to U.S. govt.: DEA (Admin.); U.S. elections Norfolk, VA: incumbent

                Mayor Kenny Alexander (Dem.) is re-elected unopposed with 94.3% of the

                vote; Portland OR: incumbent Mayor Ted Wheeler (Dem.) leads Sarah Iannarone (f)

                     (Dem.), Teressa Raiford (f)(Dem.), Ozzie González (Ind.) and Bruce Broussard

                     (Ind.), 49.4%-23.8%-8.4%-5.8%-5.2% (Wheeler and Iannarone head to a runoff 

                     on 3 Nov 2020).

05/18/20      update to CE (Court Pres.)

05/17/20      updates to Afghanistan (opposition Pres.), Malaysia: Kedah (PM).

05/11/20      update to Guernsey (Bailiff).

05/07/20      update to Iraq (PM).

05/06/20      update to Swiss canton: Ticino.

05/05/20      update to Trinidad and Tobago: Tobago (Sec. THA).

05/01/20      updates to Palau state: Sonsorol (Gov.), Switzerland cantons: Valais, Zürich.

04/30/20      updates to Saint Helena: Tristan da Cunha (Admin.), Trinidad and Tobago: Tobago

                (Sec. THA).

04/29/20      update to Order of Malta (SMOM) (Grand master).

04/24/20      update to Georgia: Abkhazia (PM).

04/23/20      updates to Georgia: Abkhazia (Pres.), South Korea admin.: Busan (Mayor).

04/22/20      update to Ukraine prov.: Zakarpattya (Gov.)

04/20/20      update to Vanuatu (PM).

04/12/20      update to Somalia state: Galmudug (Pres.)

04/07/20      updates to U.S. govt.: U.S. Navy (Secy.); U.S. Mayor election: Milwaukee, WI

                Mayor Tom Barrett (Dem) is re-elected over Lena Taylor (f)(Dem.), 62.5%-36.5%.

04/05/20      update to the ACP renamed OACPS.

04/03/20      updates to Russia admin.: Kamchatka (Gov.), Sakha (PM).

04/02/20      updates to Russia admin.: Komi Rep. (Pres.), Arkhangelsk, Nenets (Gov.)

04/01/20      updates to San Marino (Capt.-Reg.), Sweden county: Halland (Gov.), WCC

                (Gen. Sec.), UNRWA (Dir.-gen.)

03/31/20      updates to U.S. govt.: White House (CoS), NSF (Dir.)

03/28/20      update to Kazakhstan prov.: Kyzylorda (Gov.)

03/24/20      update to Sri Lanka prov.: Western (Gov.)

03/23/20      updates to China prov.: Shanghai (Mayor), India state: Madhya Pradesh (PM),

                Sri Lanka prov.: North Central (Gov.)

03/21/20      update to Slovakia (PM).

03/20/20      updates to Bosnia-Hercegovnia (Pres.), Bosnia-Hercegovina canton: Sarajevo (PM),

                Peru reg.: Puno (Pres.)

03/19/20      update to Ukraine prov.: Ternopil' (Gov.)

03/15/20      update to St. Helena: Ascension (Admin.)

03/13/20      update to Greece (Pres.)

03/11/20      updates to Ukraine prov.: Kyyiv, Sumy (Gov.)

03/09/20      updates to Afghanistan (opposition Pres.), Tokelau (Head), Malaysia state:

                Malacca (PM), ECOWAS (Parl. Spkr.)

03/04/20      updates to Haiti (PM), Ukraine (PM), Germany state: Thüringen (PM).

03/03/20      updates to Slovenia (PM), Bosnia-Hercegovina canton: Sarajevo (PM); U.S. mayor

                     elections: Fresno, CA: Jerry Dyer (Rep.) defeats Andrew Janz (Dem.), 51.8%-

                     39.9%; Sacramento, CA: Mayor Darrell Steinberg (Dem.) wins re-election over

                Mac Arteaga (Ind.) and Jrmar Jefferson (Dem.), 75.4%-15%-9.5%; San Diego, CA:

                     Todd Gloria (Dem.), Barbara Bry (f)(Dem.), Scott Sherma (Rep.), Tasha Williams

                     (f)(Dem.), Gita Applebaum Singh (f)(Dem.) and Rich Riel (Ind.) win 41.5%-22.9%-

                     22.6%-7.2%-3.6%-2.3% (runoff between Gloria and Bry is held 3 Nov 2020).

03/02/20      update to Malaysia state: Malacca (PM).

03/01/20      updates to Malaysia (PM), Uruguay (Pres.), ACP (Secy.-gen.), DLU (Sec.-gen.),

                SAARC (Sec.-gen.),

02/29/20      update to Guinea-Bissau (PM).

02/28/20      updates to Guinea-Bissau (rival Pres.), Malaysia state: Johor (PM).

02/27/20      updates to Guinea-Bissau (Pres.), Martinique (Pref.), Tunisia (PM).

02/25/20      update to U.S. govt.: FBP (Dir.)

02/21/20      updates to Kazakhstan prov.: Pavlodar (Gov.), PAM (Pres.)

02/20/20      update to U.S. govt.: ODNI (Dir.)

02/18/20      updates to Croatia (Pres.), Gibraltar (Gov.)

02/17/20      update to Italy reg.: Calabria (Pres.)

02/15/20      update to Sint Eustatius (Gov.)

02/14/20      updates to Nigeria state: Bayelsa (Gov.) and Russia admin.: Kaluga (Gov.)

02/13/20      updates to United Kingdom: Northern Ireland (Secy. of State), China prov.:

                     Hubei (Pty. Secy.)

02/10/20      updates to Ukraine prov.: Ivano-Frankivs'k (Gov.), CPLP (Dir.-gen.)

02/09/20      update to African Union (Chair.)

02/06/20      updates to Russia reg.: Perm (Gov.), Chuvashia (PM).

02/05/20      updates to Germany state: Thüringen (PM), Ukraine prov.: L'viv, Ivano-Frankivs'k

                (Gov.)

02/03/20      updates to Kosovo (PM), France reg.: Corse (Pref.)

02/01/20      updates to Sweden county: Kronoberg (Gov.), GCC (Secy.-gen.), IFRCS (Secy.-gen.),

                U.S. govt.: Border Patrol (Chf.)

01/31/20      update to European Union: United Kingdom withdraws.

01/29/20      updates to Russia rep.: Chuvashia (Gov.), Venezuela terr.: Distrito Capital (Chf.)

01/28/20      update to Qatar (PM).

01/27/20      updates to Russia rep.: Ingushetia (PM), CE (PACE Pres.)

01/26/20      update to India terr.: Diu and Daman (Admin.)

01/24/20      update to St. Helena: Tristan da Cunha (Admin.)

01/23/20      update to Pacific Community (Dir.-gen.)

01/22/20      update to Russia reg.: Severo-Kavkazskiy (Plenp.)

01/21/20      updates to Lebanon (PM), Malta: Gozo (Min.), Kazakhstan prov.: Shymkent (Akim),

                Canada reg.: Nunatsiavut (PM).

01/20/20      update to Australia state: Tasmania (PM).

01/17/20      update to ADB (Pres.)

01/16/20      update to Russia (PM).

01/15/20      update to Nigeria state: Imo (Gov.)

01/14/20      updates to Guatemala (Pres.), South Korea (PM); U.S. state: Mississippi (Gov.);

                U.S. govt.: Treasury Dept.: Treasurer; Parlacen (Pres.)

01/13/20      updates to Malta (PM), Marshall Islands (Pres.), Georgia: Abkhazia (Pres.),

                Western Sahara (SADR)(PM), and Micronesia state: Pohnepi (Gov.)

01/11/20      updates to Oman (Sultan, PM), United Kingdom: Northern Ireland (PM).

01/10/20      updates to Oman (Sultan, PM), Solomon Islands prov.: Makira and Ulawa (PM).

01/07/20      updates to Austria (PM), Antigua and Barbuda: Barbuda (Council Chair.), U.S.

                city: Boise (Mayor).

01/06/20      updates to U.S. city: Salt Lake City (Mayor), U.S. govt.: FWS (Dir.)

01/03/20      update to North Macedonia (PM).

01/01/20      updates to Pitcairn Islands (Mayor), Switzerland (Pres.); Swiss cantons: Aargau,

                Fribourg, Graubünden, Jura, Schaffhausen, Solothurn; Czech reg.: Karlovarský

                (Gov.); Norway counties: Adger, Innlandet, Troms og Finnmark and Vestfold og

                Telemark, Vestland, Viken (Gov.); Sweden county: Södermanland (Gov.); U.S. city:

                Savannah (Mayor), New York Queens Borough (Pres.); CSTO (Sec.-gen.), EAEU

                (Chair.), G-7 (Chair.), ICAO (Pres.), ISO (Pres.), Norden (Pres.), OSCE

                (Chair.), Parlasur (Pres.)