September 2025

1

Guyana: In parliamentary and presidential elections, the People's Progressive Party/Civic, led by President Irfaan Ali, wins 55.3% of the vote (36 of 65 seats), We Invest in Nationhood, led by Azruddin Mohamed, 24.9% (16), and A Partnership for National Unity, led by Aubrey Norton, 17.8% (12). Turnout is 58.4%. Ali is again sworn in as president on September 7. On September 8 he reappoints Bharrat Jagdeo as vice president and Mark Phillips as prime minister. On September 13 the cabinet is announced and sworn in with Oneidge Walrond as home affairs minister; Hugh Todd remains foreign minister and Ashni Singh finance minister.

2

Australia: Former governor of South Australia (1996-2001) Sir Eric Neal dies.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Savo Minic is confirmed by the parliament of Republika Srpska and sworn in as prime minister. On September 3 it is announced that the entity's Election Commission will refuse to hold the November 23 presidential election ordered by the Central Election Commission. However, on September 19 President Milorad Dodik transfers his powers to Vice President Davor Pranjic; on September 29 Dodik agrees to withdraw and have another candidate of his party run in the election.

3

Jamaica: In parliamentary elections, the Jamaica Labour Party wins about 51% of the vote (34 of 63 seats) and the People's National Party about 49% (29). Turnout is 39.5%. Andrew Holness is again sworn in as prime minister on September 16. On September 17 his cabinet is sworn in, with no change in key portfolios.
Saint Helena: In parliamentary elections (turnout 56%), 12 nonpartisan members are elected. (With 3 ex officio members, the total is 15.) On September 10 Rebecca Cairns-Wicks is elected chief minister (unanimously).
Thailand: The Privy Council rejects a request of the caretaker cabinet to dissolve parliament. It is announced that parliament will elect a new prime minister on September 5. On that date Anutin Charnvirakul is elected, winning 311 votes, against 152 for Chaikasem Nitisiri. On September 6 Anutin nominates Sihasak Phuangketkeow as foreign minister and Ekniti Nitithanprapas as finance minister. On September 7 Anutin is endorsed by the king and takes office. On September 16 he submits his cabinet list (with Anutin also as interior minister and Natthapon Nakpanich as defense minister) to the king, who endorses it on September 19; it is sworn in September 24.

5

Kosovo: The Constitutional Court orders parliament to suspend until September 30 its procedures to elect a new government after a complaint over the failure of the election of a deputy speaker from the Serb community.
The Netherlands: In a cabinet reshuffle, David van Weel is named foreign minister and Frank Rijkaart interior minister.
Papua New Guinea: Ishmael Toroama (Bougainville People's Alliance Party) is reelected as president of Bougainville with about 65% of the vote.
United Kingdom: In a cabinet reshuffle, Yvette Cooper is named foreign secretary and Shabana Mahmood home secretary (taking office September 10).

6

Senegal: In a cabinet reshuffle, Cheikh Niang is named foreign minister and Mouhamadou Bamba Cissé interior minister.

7

Japan: Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announces his resignation, effective after the election of a new leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party.
Japan: In gubernatorial elections in Ibaraki, incumbent Kazuhiko Oigawa wins 58.3% of the vote, defeating Shigehiro Tanaka (21.1%) and Masahiko Uchida (20.6%); turnout is 33.5%. In Mie, incumbent Katsuyuki Ichimi wins 65.5% of the vote, defeating Masashi Ito (29.4%); turnout is 39.8%.
Romania: The government of Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan survives four no-confidence motions, which receive 108, 121, 120, and 119 votes respectively (233 needed).
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Former governor-general (2013-15) Sir Edmund Lawrence dies.

8

France: The government of Prime Minister François Bayrou falls as a confidence motion is rejected (364-194). On September 9 Bayrou resigns and President Emmanuel Macron appoints Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister (taking office September 10).
Indonesia: In a cabinet reshuffle, Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa replaces Sri Mulyani Indrawati as finance minister.
Nepal: Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak resigns. On September 9 Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigns. On September 12 Sushila Karki is appointed and sworn in as interim prime minister, temporarily overseeing all cabinet portfolios. Parliament is dissolved, early elections to be held on March 5, 2026. On September 14 Karki nominates Om Prakash Aryal as home minister and Rameshore Khanal as finance minister; they are sworn in September 15.
Norway: In parliamentary elections, the Labour Party wins 28.0% of the vote (53 of 169 seats), the Progress Party 23.8% (47), the Conservative Party 14.6% (24), the Socialist Left Party 5.6% (9), the Centre Party 5.6% (9), the Red Party 5.3% (9), the Greens 4.7% (8), the Christian People's Party 4.2% (7), and the Liberal Party 3.7% (3). Turnout is 79.9%.

9

India: C.P. Radhakrishnan (governor of Maharashtra) is elected vice president. He wins 452 of 752 votes and B. Sudershan Reddy 300. On September 11 the governor of Gujarat, Acharya Dev Vrat, is given additional charge of Maharashtra (sworn in September 15). Radhakrishnan is sworn in on September 12.
Lithuania: Prime minister-designate Inga Ruginiene submits to President Gitanas Nauseda her proposed cabinet including Kristupas Vaitiekunas as finance minister, while Kestutis Budrys is to remain foreign minister, Dovile Sakaliene defense minister, and Vladislav Kondratovic interior minister. The president approves the cabinet and on September 25 its program is endorsed by parliament (80-40) and it takes office.
United States: In the mayoral primary in Boston, incumbent Michelle Wu (Democrat) wins 71.8% of the vote and Josh Kraft (Dem.) 23.1%. The main election will be held on November 4.

10

The Gambia: In a cabinet reshuffle, Baboucar Ousmaila Joof is appointed defense minister (sworn in September 22).
The Sudan: Foreign Minister Omar Siddiq resigns. The same day, the rebel government appoints Amar Amon Daldoum as foreign minister and Suliman Sandal Haqar as interior minister. On September 12 Mohieddin Salem is sworn in as foreign minister to succeed Siddiq.

11

Albania: A new cabinet is announced with Elisa Spiropali as foreign minister and Albana Koçiu as interior minister; Pirro Vengu remains defense minister and Petrit Malaj finance minister. President Bajram Begaj submits the appointments to parliament on September 15. On September 18 the government is confirmed with 82 votes in the 140-seat parliament; it takes office September 19.
Ethiopia: Former foreign minister (1971-74) Minasse Haile dies.

12

India: Former chief minister of Meghalaya (1992-93, 2003-06, 2007-08, 2009-10) D.D. Lapang dies.

13

Papua New Guinea: The governor of Morobe, Luther Wenge, dies.

14

Algeria: President Abdelmadjid Tebboune appoints the acting prime minister, Sifi Ghrieb, as prime minister and asks him to form a new government. This is announced the same day, with Said Sayoud as interior minister, other key posts being unchanged.
China: In parliamentary elections in Macau, New Hope wins 26.7% of the vote (3 of 14 elected seats), the Macau United Citizens Association 18.2% (3), the Union for Development 16.9% (2), the Progress Promotion Union 13.4% (2), the Macau-Guangdong Union 13.2% (2), and the Alliance for a Happy Home 11.6% (2). Turnout is 53.4%. (With 12 indirectly elected members and 7 appointed by the chief executive, the total is 33.)
Mexico: Former governor of Quintana Roo (1975-81) Jesús Martínez Ross dies.
Russia: Irina Gekht is elected governor of Nenets autonomous okrug by the local assembly, receiving 16 votes, the other candidates being Mikhail Raina (3) and Tatyana Antipina (0). Results of popular elections of regional heads (CPRF=Communist Party of the Russian Federation; LDPR=Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia; RPPSJ=Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice; JR-FT=A Just Russia-For Truth; UR=United Russia), all winners being the (acting) incumbents:

Chuvashia: Oleg Nikolayev (independent) 68.2% of the vote, Konstantin Stepanov (LDPR) 14.5%, Maksim Morozov (New People) 8.5%, Vladimir Ilyin (RPPSJ) 5.7%; turnout 58.4%
Komi: Rostislav Goldshteyn (UR) 72.0%, Tatyana Saladina (JR-FT) 11.3%, Aleksandr Kasyanenko (Communists of Russia) 8.8%, Sergey Karginov (LDPR) 5.5%; turnout 37.7%
Tatarstan: Rustam Minnikhanov (UR) 88.8%, Khafiz Mirgalimov (CPRF) 5.0%; turnout 75.8%
Kamchatka kray: Vladimir Solodov (UR) 66.1%, Vasilina Kuliyeva (LDPR) 14.5%, Roman Litvinov (CPRF) 14.0%, Dmitry Tyurin (Communists of Russia) 5.4%; turnout 46.5%
Krasnodar kray: Veniamin Kondratyev (UR) 83.8%, Aleksandr Safronov (CPRF) 8.6%, Ivan Tutushkin (LDPR) 4.5%; turnout 68.6%
Perm kray: Dmitry Makhonin (UR) 72.2%, Ksenia Aytakova (CPRF) 10.5%, Oleg Postnikov (LDPR) 8.0%, Denis Shitov (New People) 6.0%; turnout 49.0%
Arkhangelsk oblast: Aleksandr Tsybulsky (UR) 68.3%, Mariya Kharchenko (LDPR) 10.7%, Oleg Chemenko (JR-FT) 8.2%, Roman Lyabikhov (CPRF) 4.8%; turnout 36.3%
Bryansk oblast: Aleksandr Bogomaz (UR) 79.9%, Andrey Arkhitsky (CPRF) 10.9%, Aleksey Timoshkov (JR-FT) 5.6%; turnout 58.2%
Irkutsk oblast: Igor Kobzev (UR) 62.5%, Sergey Levchenko (CPRF) 23.3%, Larisa Yegorova (JR-FT) 8.3%, Viktor Galitskov (LDPR) 6.0%; turnout 33.1%
Kaluga oblast: Vladislav Shapsha (UR) 74.6%, Nadezhda Yefremova (JR-FT) 9.3%, Nikolay Yashkin (CPRF) 6.7%, Stepan Oparyshev (LDPR) 4.9%; turnout 44.8%
Kostroma oblast: Sergey Sitnikov (UR) 69.2%, Sergey Shpotin (CPRF) 11.3%, Nikolay Tsvil (JR-FT) 6.7%, Yury Kudryavtsev (RPPSJ) 6.5%, Yury Mindolin (LDPR) 6.3%; turnout 39.8%
Kursk oblast: Aleksandr Khinshtein (UR) 88.1%, Aleksey Bobovnikov (CPRF) 5.2%; turnout 54.0%
Leningrad oblast: Aleksandr Drozdenko (UR) 85.3%, Andrey Lebedev (LDPR) 6.8%; turnout 62.8%
Novgorod oblast: Aleksandr Dronov (UR) 63.8%, Olga Yefimova (CPRF) 14.8%, Aleksey Chursinov (LDPR) 9.8%, Nikolay Shvabovich (JR-FT) 6.2%, Nikolay Zakharov (RPPSJ) 5.4%; turnout 37.7%
Orenburg oblast: Yevgeny Solntsev (UR) 85.2%, Denis Baturin (CPRF) 6.0%; turnout 49.2%
Rostov oblast: Yury Slyusar (UR) 81.8%, Yevgeny Bessonov (CPRF) 9.2%; turnout 60.9%
Sverdlovsk oblast: Denis Pasler (UR) 62.5%, Aleksandr Ivachyov (CPRF) 15.6%, Andrey Kuznetsov (JR-FT) 12.9%, Aleksandr Kaptyug (LDPR) 6.2%; turnout 39.9%
Tambov oblast: Yevgeny Pervyshov (UR) 74.8%, Andrey Zhidkov (CPRF) 10.1%, Pavel Plotnikov (JR-FT) 5.5%, Oleg Morozov (LDPR) 5.5%; turnout 53.9%
Yevreyskaya autonomous oblast: Mariya Kostyuk (UR) 84.5%, Vasily Gladkikh (LDPR) 7.5%, Aleksandr Shcherbina (CPRF) 5.0%; turnout 74.2%
Sevastopol: Mikhail Razvozhayev (UR) 81.7%, Ilya Zhuravlyov (LDPR) 5.8%; turnout 67.0%

Previously acting incumbents take office as follows: Pasler (Sverdlovsk) on September 16, Solntsev (Orenburg) on September 17, Slyusar (Rostov) on September 19, Khinshtein (Kursk) on September 21, Pervyshov (Tambov) and Kostyuk (Yevreyskaya) on September 23, Goldshteyn (Komi) on September 30.
United States: Former governor of Illinois (1991-99) Jim Edgar dies.

15

Canada: Former commissioner of Yukon Territory (1978-79) Ione Christensen dies.

16

Barbados: Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne jointly nominate Jeffrey Bostic as president, to be ratified by parliament on October 7.
Malawi: In presidential elections, former president Peter Mutharika wins 56.8% of the vote and incumbent Lazarus Chakwera 33.0%. Turnout is 76.4%.
Federated States of Micronesia: Former president (2003-07) Joseph J. Urusemal dies.
Samoa: La'auli Leuatea Schmidt is sworn in as prime minister. He names a cabinet with himself as foreign minister and Mulipola Anarosa Molio'o as finance minister.
Taiwan: Former foreign minister (1987-88) Ding Mou-shih dies.

17

Greenland: Former prime minister (2002-09) Hans Enoksen dies.
Nigeria: The suspension of the governor of Rivers, Siminalayi Fubara, is removed.

18

Bulgaria: The government of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov survives a no-confidence vote (rejected 133-101).
Mauritania: In a cabinet reshuffle, Codioro Moussa N'Guenore is named finance minister.

19

United States: The Senate confirms Michael Waltz as UN ambassador (47-43). He is sworn in on September 20.

20

Congo (Kinshasa): Interior Minister Jacquemain Shabani Lukoo authorizes the former governor of Kasaï Oriental, Jean-Paul Mbwebwa Kapo, to resume the office (following the August 28 decision of the Constitutional Court), which he does on September 25.

23

New Zealand: The paramount chief of Ngati Tuwharetoa, Tumu Te Heuheu Tukino VIII, dies. On September 29 Te Rangimaheu Te Heuheu Tukino IX is named as his successor.
Nicaragua: Valdrack Jaentschke and Denis Moncada are named as co-ministers of foreign affairs.
Russia: Former prime minister of Adygeya (1995-97) Nikolay Pedan dies.

26

Congo (Kinshasa): The government adopts a 106th extension of the state of siege in Ituri and Nord-Kivu.
Kazakhstan: Yermek Kosherbayev is appointed foreign minister.
Taiwan: Former foreign minister (1999-2000) Chen Chien-jen dies.

27

Gabon: In the first round of parliamentary elections, the Democratic Union of Builders wins 55 of 145 seats. A second round will be held October 11 in 77 constituencies.
Seychelles: In presidential elections, Patrick Herminie (United Seychelles) wins 48.8% of the vote and incumbent Wavel Ramkalawan (Linyon Demokratik Seselwa) 46.4%. Turnout is 84.1%. A runoff will be held October 11. In parliamentary elections, United Seychelles wins 49.5% of the vote (19 of 35 seats) and LDS 45.1% (15).
Taiwan: Former premier (2000-02, 2007-08) Chang Chun-hsiung dies.

28

Italy: In parliamentary elections in Valle d'Aosta, the Union Valdôtaine wins 32.0% of the vote (12 of 35 seats), the Autonomists of the Centre 14.0% (6), Brothers of Italy 11.0% (4), Forza Italia-Renaissance Valdôtaine 10.0% (4), Lega Vallée d'Aoste 8.4% (3), the Democratic Party 8.0% (3), and the Green and Left Alliance 6.3% (3). Turnout is 63.0%.
Moldova: In parliamentary elections, the Party of Action and Solidarity wins 50.2% of the vote (55 of 101 seats), the Patriotic Bloc 24.2% (26), the Alternative Bloc 8.0% (8), Our Party 6.2% (6), and the Democracy at Home Party 5.6% (6). Turnout is 52.2%.

29

Italy: In presidential elections in Marche held September 28-29, incumbent Francesco Acquaroli (centre-right) wins 52.4% of the vote and Matteo Ricci (centre-left) 44.4%. Turnout is 50.0%.
Madagascar: President Andry Rajoelina dismisses the government of Prime Minister Christian Ntsay.
Russia: Igor Rudenya resigns as governor of Tver oblast and is appointed plenipotentiary of the president in Severo-Zapadny federal district.

30

Argentina: Former governor of San Juan (1982-83) Eduardo Alfredo Posleman dies.
Mongolia: Battumur Enkhbayar is appointed as interior minister.
Tuvalu: Sir Tofiga Falani is sworn in again as governor-general as his term is extended for a year.