January 1998 Rulers

January 1998

Tarar

Cotti

1

Albania: Former chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly (1953-82) Haxhi Lleshi dies.
Pakistan: Mohammad Rafiq Tarar is sworn in as president.
Russia: The president of Chechnya, Aslan Maskhadov, names Shamil Basayev as prime minister. Previously Maskhadov headed the government himself.
Switzerland: Flavio Cotti takes office as president for 1998.

3

Green

Congo (Kinshasa): In a cabinet reshuffle, Gaetan Kakudji becomes interior minister and Fernand Tala Nga� finance minister.
Mexico: Interior Minister Emilio Chuayffet Chemor is replaced by Francisco Labastida Ochoa. On January 5 Foreign Minister Jos� �ngel Gurr�a Trevi�o is named to replace Guillermo Ortiz as finance minister. On January 7 Rosario Green is named as new foreign minister.

4

Israel: Foreign Minister David Levy resigns (effective January 6). Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes over the post.
Lithuania: Valdas Adamkus wins the presidential runoff election, with 50.4% of the vote, against Arturas Paulauskas with 49.6%. Turnout is 73.7%.

5

Severino

Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Rodolfo C. Severino of the Philippines takes over as secretary-general.

7

Australia: Former administrator of the Northern Territory (1964-70) Roger Levinge Dean dies.
Pakistan: Former governor of North-West Frontier Province (1985-86) Nawabzada Abdul Ghafoor Khan Hoti dies.
Switzerland: Former president of the Council of State of Gen�ve (1967-68) Fran�ois Peyrot dies.

8

Kenya: President Daniel arap Moi names a new cabinet, including Bonaya Godana as foreign minister and Simeon Nyachae as finance minister.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Allan Cruickshank becomes foreign minister.

9

Colombia: Alfonso L�pez Caballero is appointed interior minister, following the resignation of Carlos Holmes Trujillo the previous day. L�pez is sworn in on January 28.

Jovanovic

Yugoslavia: Zivadin Jovanovic is appointed foreign minister.

11

Cuba: Parliamentary election. All 601 candidates, running unopposed, are elected to the National Assembly. Turnout is 98.35%; 3.4% of the votes are invalid.

12

Canada: Former foreign minister (1980-82) Mark MacGuigan dies.
Northern Mariana Islands: Pedro P. Tenorio is sworn in as governor.

14

Brazil: Former acting governor of Goi�s (1986-87) Onofre Quinan dies.
Slovakia: President Michal Kov�c appoints Miroslav Maxon to replace Sergej Kozlik as finance minister.

15

French Polynesia: Former governor (1958-61) Pierre Sicaud (also governor of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 1955-58) dies.
India: Former prime minister (1964, 1966) Gulzarilal Nanda dies.
Yugoslavia: Milo Djukanovic is sworn in as president of Montenegro.

16

Chile: Defense Minister Edmundo P�rez Yoma resigns. Ra�l Troncoso is sworn in as his replacement.
India: Tumkur Ramaiya Satish Chandran is sworn in as governor of Goa.

17

Senegal: Lamine Ciss� becomes interior minister.

Gilmore

United States: Jim Gilmore is sworn in as governor of Virginia.

18

Russia: Aleksandr Dzasokhov wins presidential elections in North Ossetia with 73% of the vote, while incumbent Akhsarbek Galazov wins 9.7%. Turnout is about 70%.

19

The Gambia: President Yahya Jammeh names Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe as foreign minister.

20

Czech Republic: V�clav Havel is reelected as president by a joint session of parliament.

21

Equatorial Guinea: In a cabinet reshuffle Demetrio Elo Ndong replaces Julio Ndong as interior minister.
Western Sahara: The Polisario Front names Mohamed Salem Ould Salek as foreign minister of their self-proclaimed Saharan Arab Democratic Republic.

22

United States: Former Kansas governor (1951-55) Edward F. Arn and former Minnesota governor (1951-55) C. Elmer Anderson die.

23

Afghanistan: Former prime minister (1963-65) Mohammad Yusuf dies.
Ghana: Former president (1979-81) Hilla Limann dies.
Pakistan: Former governor of Punjab (1985-88) Makhdoom Qureshi dies.
Venezuela: Freddy Rojas Parra becomes finance minister.

24

Cameroon: Former foreign minister (1966-68) Beno�t Bindzi dies.

25

Philippines: Salvador Enriquez is appointed finance secretary, replacing Roberto de Ocampo.

26

Uruguay: A cabinet reshuffle is announced, with Interior Minister Didier Opertti to become foreign minister and Luis Hierro L�pez to replace him as interior minister.

27

Flores

Honduras: Carlos Roberto Flores Facuss� takes office as president. Fernando Mart�nez Jim�nez becomes foreign minister; Col. Crist�bal Corrales Calix, defense minister; Delmer Urbizo Panting, interior minister; Gabriela N��ez, finance minister.

28

Burundi: Defense Minister Firmin Sinzoyiheba dies in a helicopter crash.
Czech Republic: The government of Prime Minister Josef Tosovsk� wins a parliamentary confidence vote.
Estonia: President Lennart Meri dismisses Interior Minister Robert Lepikson. The following day Olari Taal takes office as interior minister.
Japan: Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka resigns. On January 30 Hikaru Matsunaga is appointed to replace him.

29

Romania: Defense Minister Victor Babiuc resigns.

30

Netherlands Antilles: Prime Minister Miguel Pourier's Antillean Restructuring Party wins 4 of 22 seats in parliamentary elections, while the People's National Party and the Labour Party People's Crusade win 3 each. Two other Cura�ao-based parties win 2 seats each; the remaining 8 seats go to parties from the other islands.

31

Bosnia and Hercegovina: Milorad Dodik is sworn in as prime minister of the Republika Srpska.