2006 In Europe

This is a list of 2006 events that occurred in Europe.

Incumbents

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**President – Alfred Moisiu, President of Albania (2002–2007)
**Prime Minister – Sali Berisha, Prime Minister of Albania (2005–2013)
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**Monarchs –
***French Co-Prince – Jacques Chirac, French Co-prince of Andorra (1995–2007)
****Co-Prince's Representative – Philippe Massoni (2002–2007)
***Episcopal Co-Prince – Joan Enric Vives Sicília, Episcopal Co-prince of Andorra (2003–present)
****Co-Prince's Representative – Nemesi Marqués Oste (1993–2012)
**Prime Minister – Albert Pintat, Head of Government of Andorra (2005–2009)
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**President – Robert Kocharyan, President of Armenia (1998–2008)
**Prime Minister – Andranik Margaryan, Prime Minister of Armenia (2000–2007)
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**President – Heinz Fischer, Federal President of Austria (2004–2016)
**Chancellor – Wolfgang Schüssel, Federal Chancellor of Austria (2000–2007)
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**President – Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan (2003–present)
**Prime Minister – Artur Rasizade, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan (2003–2018)
** ( unrecognised, secessionist state)
***President – Arkadi Ghukasyan, President of Nagorno-Karabakh (1997–2007)
***Prime Minister – Anushavan Danielyan, Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh (1999–2007)
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**President – Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus (1994–present)
**Prime Minister – Sergei Sidorsky, Prime Minister of Belarus (2003–2010)
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**Monarch – Albert II, King of the Belgians (1993–2013)
**Prime Minister – Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium (1999–2008)
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**Head of State – Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
***Serb Member – Borislav Paravac (2003–2006; Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2004–2005)
***Bosniak Member –
***#Sulejman Tihić (2002–2006)
***# Nebojša Radmanović (2006–2014; Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2006–2007)
***Croat Member –
***#Dragan Čović (2002–2005)
***# Ivo Miro Jović (2005–2006; Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2005–2006)
**Prime Minister – Adnan Terzić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002–2007)
**High Representative – Lord (Paddy) Ashdown, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002–2006)
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**President – Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria (2002–2012)
**Prime Minister –
**#Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2001–2005)
**#Sergei Stanishev, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2005–2009)
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**President – Stjepan Mesić, President of Croatia (2000–2010)
**Prime Minister – Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister of Croatia (2003–2009)
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**President – Tassos Papadopoulos, President of Cyprus (2003–2008)
** ( unrecognised, secessionist state)
***President –
***#Rauf Denktaş, President of Northern Cyprus (1976–2005)
***#Mehmet Ali Talat, President of Northern Cyprus (2005–2010)
***Prime Minister –
***#Mehmet Ali Talat, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (2004–2005)
***#Ferdi Sabit Soyer, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (2005–2009)
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**President – Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic (2003–2013)
**Prime Minister –
**#Jiří Paroubek, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (2005–2006)
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**Monarch – Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972–2024)
**Prime Minister – Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark (2001–2009)
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**President –
**# Arnold Rüütel, President of Estonia (2001–2006)
**Prime Minister – Andrus Ansip, Prime Minister of Estonia (2005–2014)
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**President of the European Commission – José Manuel Barroso
** President of the Parliament – Josep Borrell
**President of the European Council –
**#Jean-Claude Juncker (January–June)
**#Tony Blair (July–December)
**Presidency of the Council of the EU –
**#Luxembourg (January–July)
**#United Kingdom (July–December)
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**President – Tarja Halonen, President of Finland (2000–2012)
**Prime Minister – Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland (2003–2010)
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**President – Jacques Chirac, President of France (1995–2007)
**Prime Minister –
**#Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister of France (2002–2005)
**#Dominique de Villepin, Prime Minister of France (2005–2007)
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**President – Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia (2004–2007)
**Prime Minister –
**#Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of Georgia (2004–2005)
**#Zurab Noghaideli, Prime Minister of Georgia (2005–2007)
** ( unrecognised, secessionist state)
***President –
***#Vladislav Ardzinba, President of Abkhazia (1990–2005)
***#Sergei Bagapsh, President of Abkhazia (2005–2011)
***Prime Minister –
***#Nodar Khashba, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (2004–2005)
***#Alexander Ankvab, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (2005–2010)
** ( unrecognised, secessionist state)
***President – Eduard Kokoity, President of South Ossetia (2001–2011)
***Prime Minister –
***# Igor Sanakoyev, Prime Minister of South Ossetia (2003–2005)
***# Zurab Kokoyev, Acting Prime Minister of South Ossetia (2005)
***# Yury Morozov, Prime Minister of South Ossetia (2005–2008)
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**President – Horst Köhler, Federal President of Germany (2004–2010)
**Chancellor –
**#Gerhard Schröder, Federal Chancellor of Germany (1998–2005)
**#Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany (2005–2021)
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**President –
**#Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, President of Greece (1995–2005)
**#Karolos Papoulias, President of Greece (2005–2015)
**Prime Minister – Kostas Karamanlis, Prime Minister of Greece (2004–2009)
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**President –
**#Ferenc Mádl, President of Hungary (2000–2005)
**#László Sólyom, President of Hungary (2005–2010)
**Prime Minister – Ferenc Gyurcsány, Prime Minister of Hungary (2004–2009)
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**President – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland (1996–2016)
**Prime Minister – Halldór Ásgrímsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (2004–2006)
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**President – Mary McAleese, President of Ireland (1997–2011)
**Prime Minister – Bertie Ahern, Taoiseach of Ireland (1997–2008)
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**President – Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of Italy (1999–2006)
**Prime Minister – Silvio Berlusconi, President of the Council of Ministers of Italy (2001–2006)
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**President – Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, President of Latvia (1999–2007)
**Prime Minister – Aigars Kalvītis, Prime Minister of Latvia (2004–2007)
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**Monarch – Hans-Adam II, Prince Regnant of Liechtenstein (1989–present)
**Regent – Hereditary Prince Alois, Regent of Liechtenstein (2004–present)
**Prime Minister – Otmar Hasler, Head of Government of Liechtenstein (2001–2009)
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**President – Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania (2004–2009)
**Prime Minister – Algirdas Brazauskas, Prime Minister of Lithuania (2001–2006)
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**Monarch – Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (2000–present)
**Prime Minister – Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1995–2013)
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**President – Branko Crvenkovski, President of Macedonia (2004–2009)
**Prime Minister – Vlado Bučkovski, President of the Government of Macedonia (2004–2006)
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**President – Eddie Fenech Adami, President of Malta (2004–2009)
**Prime Minister – Lawrence Gonzi, Prime Minister of Malta (2004–2013)
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**President – Vladimir Voronin, President of Moldova (2001–2009)
**Prime Minister – Vasile Tarlev, Prime Minister of Moldova (2001–2008)
** ( unrecognised, secessionist state)
***President – Igor Smirnov, President of Transnistria (1990–2011)
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**Monarch –
**#Rainier III, Sovereign Prince of Monaco (1949–2005)
**# Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco (2005–present)
**Regent – Hereditary Prince Albert, Regent of Monaco (2005)
**Prime Minister –
**# Patrick Leclercq, Minister of State of Monaco (2000–2005)
**# Jean-Paul Proust, Minister of State of Monaco (2005–2010)
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**Monarch – Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands (1980–2013)
** ( constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
***Prime Minister – Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2002–2010)
** ( constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
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** ( constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
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**Monarch – Harald V, King of Norway (1991–present)
**Regent – Crown Prince Haakon, Regent of Norway (2005)
**Prime Minister –
**#Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister of Norway (2001–2005)
**#Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway (2005–2013)
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**President –
**#Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland (1995–2005)
**#Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland (2005–2010)
**Prime Minister –
**#Marek Belka, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Poland (2004–2005)
**#Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Poland (2005–2006)
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**President – Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal (1996–2006)
**Prime Minister –
**#Pedro Santana Lopes, Prime Minister of Portugal (2004–2005)
**#José Sócrates, Prime Minister of Portugal (2005–2011)
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**President – Traian Băsescu, President of Romania (2004–2014)
**Prime Minister – Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Prime Minister of Romania (2004–2008)
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**President – Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (1999–2008)
**Prime Minister – Mikhail Fradkov, Chairman of the Government of Russia (2004–2007)
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**Captains-Regent –
**# Giuseppe Arzilli and Roberto Raschi, Captains Regent of San Marino (2004–2005)
**# Fausta Morganti and Cesare Gasperoni, Captains Regent of San Marino (2005)
**# Claudio Muccioli and Antonello Bacciocchi, Captains Regent of San Marino (2005–2006)
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**President – Svetozar Marović, President of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006)
**Prime Minister – Svetozar Marović, Prime Minister of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006)
**Kosovo ( Self-Governing Entity under UN administration)
***President – Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo (2002–2006)
***Prime Minister –
***#Ramush Haradinaj, Prime Minister of Kosovo (2004–2005)
***# Adem Salihaj, Acting Prime Minister of Kosovo (2005–2005)
***#Bajram Kosumi, Prime Minister of Kosovo (2005–2006)
***UN Special Representative – Søren Jessen-Petersen, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Kosovo (2004–2006)
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**President – Ivan Gašparovič, President of Slovakia (2004–2014)
**Prime Minister – Mikuláš Dzurinda, Prime Minister of Slovakia (1998–2006)
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**President – Janez Drnovšek, President of Slovenia (2002–2007)
**Prime Minister – Janez Janša, Prime Minister of Slovenia (2004–2008)
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**Monarch – Juan Carlos I, King of Spain (1975–2014)
**Prime Minister – José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, President of the Government of Spain (2004–2011)
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**Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (1973–present)
**Prime Minister – Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden (1996–2006)
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**Council – Federal Council of Switzerland
***Members – Moritz Leuenberger (1995–2010), Pascal Couchepin (1998–2009), Joseph Deiss (1999–2006), Samuel Schmid (2000–2008; President of Switzerland, 2005), Micheline Calmy-Rey (2002–2011), Christoph Blocher (2003–2007), and Hans-Rudolf Merz (2003–2010)
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**President – Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of Turkey (2000–2007)
**Prime Minister – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey (2003–2014)
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**President –
**#Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine (1994–2005)
**#Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine (2005–2010)
**Prime Minister –
**#Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2002–2005)
**#Mykola Azarov, Acting Prime Minister of Ukraine (2005)
**#Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2005)
**#Yuriy Yekhanurov, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2005–2006)
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**Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952–present)
**Prime Minister – Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007)
** (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom)
***Lieutenant-Governor –
***# Ian Macfadyen, Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man (2000–2005)
***# Mike Kerruish, Acting Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man (2005)
***#Sir Paul Haddacks, Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man (2005–2011)
***Chief Minister – Donald Gelling, Chief Minister of the Isle of Man (2004–2006)
** (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom)
***Lieutenant-Governor –
***#Sir John Foley, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (2000–2005)
***#Sir Geoffrey Rowland, Acting Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (2005)
***#Sir Fabian Malbon, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (2005–2011)
***Chief Minister – Laurie Morgan, Chief Minister of Guernsey (2004–2007)
** (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom)
***Lieutenant-Governor – Sir John Cheshire, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (2001–2006)
***Chief Minister – Frank Walker, Chief Minister of Jersey (2005–2008)
** (Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom)
***Governor – Sir Francis Richards, Governor of Gibraltar (2003–2006)
***Chief Minister – Peter Caruana, Chief Minister of Gibraltar (1996–2011)
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**Monarch –
**#Pope John Paul II, Sovereign of Vatican City (1978–2005)
**#''Cardinal Eduardo Martínez Somalo and Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger;'' ''interim Government during'' sede vacante (2005)
**#Pope Benedict XVI, Sovereign of Vatican City (2005–2013)
**Head of Government – Cardinal Edmund Szoka, President of the Governorate of Vatican City (1997–2006)
**Holy See ( ''sui generis'' subject of public international law)
***Secretary of State – Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Cardinal Secretary of State (1990–2006)

Events

January

February

March

April

May

July

*July 1 – Finland assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Austria.

Deaths

See also

* 2006 in the European Union
* List of state leaders in Europe in 2006

References

Notes

{{Year in Europe, 2006

2000s in Europe
Years of the 21st century in Europe