1995 in politics

Events

January

• January 1- André Degroeve becomes Governor of Brussels-Capital.
• January 1- Fernando Henrique Cardoso becomes President of Brazil.
• January 1- Orleir Messias Cameli becomes Governor of Acre.
• January 1- Divaldo Suruagy becomes Governor of Alagoas.
• January 1- João Alberto Rodrigues Capiberibe becomes Governor of Amapá.
• January 1- Amazonino Armando Mendes becomes Governor of Amazonas.
• January 1- Paulo Ganem Souto becomes Governor of Bahia.
• January 1- Tasso Ribeiro Jereissati becomes Governor of Ceará.
• January 1- Cristovam Buarque becomes Governor of Distrito Federal.
• January 1- Victor Buaiz becomes Governor of Espírito Santo
• January 1- Luiz Alberto Maguito Vilela becomes Governor of Goiás.
• January 1- Roseana Macieira Sarney Murad becomes Governor of Maranhão.
• January 1- Dante Martins de Oliveira becomes Governor of Mato Grosso.
• January 1- Wilson Barbosa Martins becomes Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul.
• January 1- Eduardo Brandão de Azeredo becomes Governor of Minas Gerais.
• January 1- Almir José de Oliveira Gabriel becomes Governor of Pará.
• January 1- Antonio Marques da Silva Mariz becomes Governor of Paraíba.
• January 1- Jaime Lerner becomes Governor of Paraná.
• January 1- Miguel Arraes de Alencar becomes Governor of Pernambuco.
• January 1- Francisco de Assis de Moraes Souza becomes Governor of Piauí.
• January 1- Marcello Nunes de Alencar becomes Governor of Rio de Janeiro
• January 1- Garibaldi Alves Filho becomes Governor of Rio Grande do Norte.
• January 1- Antônio Britto Filho becomes Governor of Rio Grande do Sul.
• January 1- Valdir Raupp de Mattos becomes Governor of Rondônia.
• January 1- Neudo Ribeiro Campos becomes Governor of Roraima.
• January 1- Paulo Afonso Evangelista Vieira becomes Governor of Santa Catarina.
• January 1- Mário Covas Júnior becomes Governor of São Paulo.
• January 1- Albano do Prado Pimentel Franco becomes Governor Sergipe.
• January 1- José Wilson Siqueira Campos becomes Governor of Tocantins.
• January 1- Dianne L. Haskett becomes Mayor of London, Ontario.
• January 3- Sir Orville Alton Turnquest becomes Governor General of the Bahamas.
• January 6- Pierre Dartout becomes Prefect of French Guiana.
• January 16- Helen Maksagak becomes Commissioner of the Northwest Territories.
• January 25- Zhan Videnov becomes Premier of Bulgaria.

February

• February 1- Martin Mowbray becomes Governor of the Cocos Islands.
• February 8- Roméo LeBlanc becomes Governor General of Canada.
• February 22- Antoine Nduwayo becomes Prime Minister of Burundi.

March

• March 2- Josef Pühringer becomes Premier of Oberösterreich.
• March 9- Kate Carnell becomes Chief Administrator of Australian Capital Territory.

April

• April 4- Bob Carr becomes Premier of New South Wales.
• April 12- Gabriel Koyambounou becomes Governor of the Central African Republic.
• April 8- Koibla Djimasta becomes Prime Minister of Chad.
• April 13- Paavo Lipponen becomes Prime Minister of Finland.
• April 17- Tiit Vähi becomes Prime Minister of Estonia.
• April 21- Garde Gardom becomes Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.
• April 29- Caabi El-Yachroutu Mohamed becomes Prime Minister of Comoros.

May

• May 1- Jacques Chirac becomes President of France.
• May 15- Ralph O'Neal becomes Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands.
• May 18- Alain Juppé becomes Prime Minister of France.
• May 26- Shane Stone becomes Chief Minister of Northern Territory.

June

• June 12- Judy Gingell becomes Commissioner of the Yukon Territory.
• June 14- Edison James becomes Prime Minister of Dominica.
• June 15-June 17 - 21st G7 summit takes place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• June 18- Wang Yunkun becomes acting Governor of Jilin.
• June 26- Mike Harris becomes Premier of Ontario.

July

• July 6- Carlos Juárez becomes Governor of Santiago del Estero.
• July 8- Eduardo Bauzá becomes Cabinet Chief of Argentina.
• July 12- Ramón Mestre becomes Governor of Córdoba.
• July 27- Milan Babić becomes Prime Minister of Krajina.

August

• August 22- Negasso Gidada becomes President of Ethiopia.
• August 23- Meles Zenawi becomes Prime Minister of Ethiopia.
• August 30- Gilbert Clements becomes Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island.

September

• September 18- José Targino Maranhão becomes Governor of Paraíba.
• September 29- Ayoubo Combo becomes Coordinator of the Transitional Military Committee of Comoros.

October

• October 2- Sir Guy Green becomes Governor of Tasmania.
• October 2- Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim becomes President of Comoros, and Said Ali Kemal becomes acting President of Comoros.
• October 5- Caamby El-Yachourtu becomes interim President of Comoros.
• October 16- Rajko Kasagic becomes Prime Minister of Republika Srpska.
• October 16- John Wynne Owen becomes Governor of the Cayman Islands.
• October 29- Antonio Domingo Bussi becomes Governor of Tucumán.

November

• November 3- Alan Hoole becomes Governor of Anguilla.
• November 4- Zlatko Matesa becomes Prime Minister of Croatia.
• November 22- Don Morin becomes Premier of the Northwest Territories.
• November 24- Roger Jansson becomes Chief Minister of the Åland Islands.

December

• December 9- Ángel Maza becomes Governor of La Rioja.
• December 9- Pablo Verani becomes Governor of Río Negro
• December 10- Ángel Rozas becomes Governor of Chaco.
• December 10- Jorge Busti becomes Governor of Entre Ríos.
• December 10- Guillermo Snopek becomes Governor of the Jujuy Province.
• December 10- Felipe Sapag becomes Governor of Neuquén.
• December 10- Juan Carlos Romero becomes Governor of Salta.
• December 11- Gildo Insfrán becomes Governor of Formosa.
• December 11- Arturo Lafalla becomes Governor of Mendoza.
• December 11- Jorge Obeid becomes Governor of Santa Fe Province.
• December 14- Carl Bildt of Sweden becomes the International High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• December 19- Sir Denys Williams becomes acting Governor General of Barbados.
• December 31- Ahmed Ouyahia becomes Prime Minister of Algeria.