2008_in_politics

2008 in politics

Events

February 3 - Boris Tadić is re-elected in the second round of the Serbian presidential elections.
February 5 - Super Tuesday, massive multi-state primary in U.S. presidential election, with primaries and caucuses in 24 states, is held.
January 5 - Mikheil Saakashvili is re-elected following early presidential elections in Georgia.
February 7 - General election called for Belize's 31 House seats; a referendum to be held simultaneously to determine whether the upper house should be elected.
February 19 - Presidential election in Armenia.
February 17 - Presidential election in Cyprus.
February 18 - General election is held in Pakistan, delayed from January 8 due to riots in the wake of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Opposition parties, including Bhutto's, take more than half of the seats, while President Pervez Musharraf's party suffers a huge defeat.^[1]
February 19 - After 49 years in office, Fidel Castro announces his resignation as President of Cuba.
February 22 – The Australian Parliament descends into chaos with opposition frontbenchers ejected, question time suspended and speakers unable to control the house. A cardboard cut-out of the Prime Minister is brought into the parliament by opposition members angry about sitting time on a Friday.^[2]
February 24 - Raúl Castro is unanimously elected as President of Cuba by the National Assembly.

April 6 - Presidential election in Montenegro.
April 13 - Elections in Italy. A new parliament is going to be elected after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. Administrative elections in Italy.

May 1 - Local elections, for 143 English councils and all Welsh councils, to take place in the United Kingdom.
May 1 - Elections for the London Mayor and London Assembly to take place.
May 16 - Presidential elections to take place in Dominican Republic.

November 4 - Presidential election slated in the United States to elect the 44th President of the United States, Congressional Elections for the House of Representatives, and one third of the Senators (second class).
November 4 - Gubernatorial election slated in Puerto Rico to elect the Governor of the island.
November 15 - New Zealand will hold a general election on or before this date.
November 25 - Greenland holds election for increased autonomy from Denmark.
November 28 - Legislative election in Romania.

February 2 - Earl Butz, American government official (b. 1909)
February 7 - Hoang Minh Chinh, Vietnamese politician and dissident (b. 1922)
February 11 - Tom Lantos, American politician (b. 1928)
February 23 - Janez Drnovšek, 2nd President and 2nd Prime Minister of Slovenia (b. 1950)
February 27 - William F. Buckley, Jr., American author and conservative commentator (b. 1925)