October 2024

1

Canada: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau survives another no-confidence vote (rejected 207-121).
Czech Republic: The ministers of the Pirate Party, including Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, resign. Lipavský is retained in the government as a non-party member.
India: In elections in Jammu and Kashmir held September 18 and 25 and October 1, the Bharatiya Janata Party wins 25.6% of the vote (29 of 90 seats), the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference 23.4% (42), the Indian National Congress 12.0% (6), and the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party 8.9% (3). Omar Abdullah is to be sworn in as chief minister on October 16.
Japan: Parliament elects Shigeru Ishiba as prime minister (291 of 461 votes in the lower house and 143 of 242 in the upper house). Takeshi Iwaya becomes foreign minister, Gen Nakatani defense minister, Seiichiro Murakami internal affairs minister, and Katsunobu Kato finance minister.

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Mexico: Claudia Sheinbaum takes office as president, with most of her government (see June 2, July 4, September 6). Margarita González Saravia Calderón takes office as governor of Morelos, Javier May Rodríguez as governor of Tabasco, and Joaquín Jesús Díaz Mena as governor of Yucatán. On October 9 Juan Ramón de la Fuente is ratified by the Senate (118-7) and sworn in as foreign minister.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Mark Rutte takes office as secretary-general.

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San Marino: Francesca Civerchia (Christian Democrat) and Dalibor Riccardi (Libera) take office as captains-regent.
United States: In mayoral elections in Juneau, incumbent Beth Weldon wins 59.2% of the vote and Angela Rodell 40.8%.

2

Austria: The government of Chancellor Karl Nehammer resigns and is asked to continue in a caretaker capacity.
Grenada: Former governor-general (1996-2008) Sir Daniel Williams dies.
Russia: Artyom Zhoga is appointed plenipotentiary of the president in Uralsky federal district.

3

Russia: Andrey Turchak takes office as head of the republic, chairman of the government of Altay.
Russia: The parliament of Kabardino-Balkariya reelects (69-0) Kazbek Kokov as head of the republic (the other candidates were Aleksey Voytov and Ilyas Shavayev).

4

Haiti: The rotation order of the Transitional Presidential Council is changed, with Leslie Voltaire rather than Smith Augustin to take the presidency on October 7. On that date, the incumbent president Edgard Leblanc Fils refuses to ratify the resolution, but Voltaire is sworn in.

5

Bangladesh: Former foreign minister (2001) and president (2001-02) A.Q.M. Badruddoza Chowdhury dies.
India: In state elections in Haryana, the Bharatiya Janata Party wins 39.9% of the vote (48 of 90 seats), the Indian National Congress 39.1% (37), and the Indian National Lok Dal 4.1% (2). Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini is to be sworn in again on October 17.
Mexico: Clara Brugada Molina takes office as chief of government of Ciudad de México.

6

Tunisia: In presidential elections, incumbent Kaïs Saïed wins 90.7% of the vote and Ayachi Zammel 7.3%. Turnout is 28.8%.

7

Ethiopia: Taye Atske Selassie is elected by parliament and sworn in as president.
Slovenia: Parliament elects Borut Sajovic as defense minister (46-26).

8

Congo (Kinshasa): Parliament approves an 82nd extension of the state of siege in Ituri and Nord-Kivu.
France: The government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier survives a no-confidence motion, which receives 197 votes (289 needed).
Kenya: The National Assembly votes 281-44 to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.

9

North Korea: No Kwang Chol is appointed defense minister.

12

Chad: Gen. Ali Ahmat Akhabache is named public security minister.
United Kingdom: Former first minister of Scotland (2007-14) Alex Salmond dies.

13

Canada: Mike Savage is appointed as lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia.
China: Sam Hou Fai is elected chief executive of Macau (394 of 398 votes), to take office December 20.
Iceland: Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson announces the end of the governing coalition and calls for elections to be held on November 30.
Lithuania: In the first round of parliamentary elections (turnout 52.1%), the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party wins 19.7% of the vote (18 of 70 seats), the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats 18.3% (17), The Dawn of Nemunas 15.3% (14), the Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" 9.4% (8), the Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania 7.8% (7), and the Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union 7.2% (6). The remaining 71 of the 141 seats will be elected in the second round on October 27.

15

Zimbabwe: Amon Murwira is appointed foreign minister.