2001 in Europe

This is a list of 2001 events that occurred in Europe.

Incumbents

• President – Rexhep Meidani, President of Albania (1997–2002)
• Prime Minister – Ilir Meta, Prime Minister of Albania (1999–2002)
• Monarchs –
• French Co-Prince – Jacques Chirac, French Co-prince of Andorra (1995–2007)
• Co-Prince's Representative – Frédéric de Saint-Sernin (1999–2002)
• Episcopal Co-Prince – Archbishop Joan Martí i Alanis, Episcopal Co-prince of Andorra (1971–2003)
• Co-Prince's Representative – Nemesi Marquès i Oste (1993–2012)
• Prime Minister – Marc Forné Molné, Head of Government of Andorra (1994–2005)
• President – Robert Kocharyan, President of Armenia (1998–2008)
• Prime Minister – Andranik Margaryan, Prime Minister of Armenia (2000–2007)
• President – Thomas Klestil, Federal President of Austria (1992–2004)
• Chancellor – Wolfgang Schüssel, Federal Chancellor of Austria (2000–2007)
• President – Heydar Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan (1993–2003)
• Prime Minister – Artur Rasizade, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan (1996–2003)
• (unrecognised, secessionist state)
• President – Arkadi Ghukasyan, President of Nagorno-Karabakh (1997–2007)
• Prime Minister – Anushavan Danielyan, Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh (1999–2007)
• President – Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus (1994–present)
• Prime Minister –
• #Vladimir Yermoshin, Prime Minister of Belarus (2000–2001)
• #Gennady Novitsky, Prime Minister of Belarus (2001–2003)
• Monarch – Albert II, King of the Belgians (1993–2013)
• Prime Minister – Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium (1999–2008)
• Head of State – Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Serb Member – Živko RadiÅ¡ić (1998–2002; Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2000–2001)
• Bosniak Member –
• #Halid Genjac (2000–2001)
• #Beriz Belkić (2001–2002)
• Croat Member –
• #Ante Jelavić (1998–2001)
• #Jozo Križanović (2001–2002; Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2001–2002)
• Prime Minister –
• #Martin Raguž, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2000–2001)
• #Božidar Matić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001)
• #Zlatko Lagumdžija, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001–2002)
• High Representative – Wolfgang Petritsch, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (1999–2002)
• President – Petar Stoyanov, President of Bulgaria (1997–2002)
• Prime Minister –
• #Ivan Kostov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1997–2001)
• #Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2001–2005)
• President – Stjepan Mesić, President of Croatia (2000–2010)
• Prime Minister – Ivica Račan, Prime Minister of Croatia (2000–2003)
• President – Glafcos Clerides, President of Cyprus (1993–2003)
• (unrecognised, secessionist state)
• President – Rauf Denktaş, President of Northern Cyprus (1976–2005)
• Prime Minister – Derviş Eroğlu, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (1996–2004)
• President – Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic (1993–2003)
• Prime Minister – MiloÅ¡ Zeman, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (1998–2002)
• Monarch – Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972–2024)
• Prime Minister –
• #Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1993–2001)
• #Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark (2001–2009)
• President –
• #Lennart Meri, President of Estonia (1992–2001)
• #Arnold Rüütel, President of Estonia (2001–2006)
• Prime Minister – Mart Laar, Prime Minister of Estonia (1999–2002)
• President of the European Commission – Romano Prodi
• President of the Parliament – Nicole Fontaine
• President of the European Council –
• #Göran Persson (January–June)
• #Guy Verhofstadt (July–December)
• Presidency of the Council of the EU –
• #Sweden (January–July)
• #Belgium (July–December)
• President – Tarja Halonen, President of Finland (2000–2012)
• Prime Minister – Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister of Finland (1995–2003)
• President – Jacques Chirac, President of France (1995–2007)
• Prime Minister – Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France (1997–2002)
• President – Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia (1995–2003)
• Prime Minister –
• #Giorgi Arsenishvili, Minister of State of Georgia (2000–2001)
• #Avtandil Jorbenadze, Minister of State of Georgia (2001–2003)
• (unrecognised, secessionist state)
• President – Vladislav Ardzinba, President of Abkhazia (1990–2005)
• Prime Minister –
• #Viacheslav Tsugba, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (1999–2001)
• #Anri Jergenia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (2001–2002)
• (unrecognised, secessionist state)
• President –
• #Lyudvig Chibirov, President of South Ossetia (1993–2001)
• #Eduard Kokoity, President of South Ossetia (2001–2011)
• Prime Minister –
• #Merab Chigoev, Prime Minister of South Ossetia (1998–2001)
• #Dmitry Sanakoyev, Prime Minister of South Ossetia (2001)
• #Gerasim Khugayev, Prime Minister of South Ossetia (2001–2003)
• President – Johannes Rau, Federal President of Germany (1999–2004)
• Chancellor – Gerhard Schröder, Federal Chancellor of Germany (1998–2005)
• President – Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, President of Greece (1995–2005)
• Prime Minister – Costas Simitis, Prime Minister of Greece (1996–2004)
• President – Ferenc Mádl, President of Hungary (2000–2005)
• Prime Minister – Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002)
• President – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland (1996–2016)
• Prime Minister – Davíð Oddsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (1991–2004)
• President – Mary McAleese, President of Ireland (1997–2011)
• Prime Minister – Bertie Ahern, Taoiseach of Ireland (1997–2008)
• President – Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of Italy (1999–2006)
• Prime Minister –
• #Giuliano Amato, President of the Council of Ministers of Italy (2000–2001)
• #Silvio Berlusconi, President of the Council of Ministers of Italy (2001–2006)
• President Ã¢Â€Â“ Vaira VÄ«Ä·e-Freiberga, President of Latvia (1999–2007)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“ Andris Bērziņš, Prime Minister of Latvia (2000–2002)
• Monarch Ã¢Â€Â“ Hans-Adam II, Prince Regnant of Liechtenstein (1989–present)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“
• #Mario Frick, Head of Government of Liechtenstein (1993–2001)
• #Otmar Hasler, Head of Government of Liechtenstein (2001–2009)
• President Ã¢Â€Â“ Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania (1998–2003)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“
• #Rolandas Paksas, Prime Minister of Lithuania (2000–2001)
• #Eugenijus Gentvilas, Acting Prime Minister of Lithuania (2001)
• #Algirdas Brazauskas, Prime Minister of Lithuania (2001–2006)
• Monarch Ã¢Â€Â“ Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (2000–present)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“ Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1995–2013)
• President Ã¢Â€Â“ Boris Trajkovski, President of Macedonia (1999–2004)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“ Ljubčo Georgievski, President of the Government of Macedonia (1998–2002)
• President Ã¢Â€Â“ Guido de Marco, President of Malta (1999–2004)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“ Eddie Fenech Adami, Prime Minister of Malta (1998–2004)
• President Ã¢Â€Â“
• #Petru Lucinschi, President of Moldova (1997–2001)
• #Vladimir Voronin, President of Moldova (2001–2009)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“
• #Dumitru Braghiș, Prime Minister of Moldova (1999–2001)
• #Vasile Tarlev, Prime Minister of Moldova (2001–2008)
• (unrecognised, secessionist state)
• President Ã¢Â€Â“ Igor Smirnov, President of Transnistria (1990–2011)
• Monarch Ã¢Â€Â“ Rainier III, Sovereign Prince of Monaco (1949–2005)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“ Patrick Leclercq, Minister of State of Monaco (2000–2005)
• Monarch Ã¢Â€Â“ Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands (1980–2013)
• (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“ Wim Kok, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1994–2002)
• (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
• see
• (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
• see
• Monarch Ã¢Â€Â“ Harald V, King of Norway (1991–present)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“
• #Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway (2000–2001)
• #Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister of Norway (2001–2005)
• President Ã¢Â€Â“ Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland (1995–2005)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“
• #Jerzy Buzek, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Poland (1997–2001)
• #Leszek Miller, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Poland (2001–2004)
• President Ã¢Â€Â“ Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal (1996–2006)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“ António Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal (1995–2002)
• President Ã¢Â€Â“ Ion Iliescu, President of Romania (2000–2004)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“ Adrian Năstase, Prime Minister of Romania (2000–2004)
• President Ã¢Â€Â“ Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (1999–2008)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“ Mikhail Kasyanov, Chairman of the Government of Russia (2000–2004)
• Captains-Regent Ã¢Â€Â“
• #Gianfranco Terenzi and Enzo Colombini, Captains Regent of San Marino (2000–2001)
• #Luigi Lonfernini and Fabio Berardi, Captains Regent of San Marino (2001)
• #Alberto Cecchetti and Gino Giovagnoli, Captains Regent of San Marino (2001–2002)
• President Ã¢Â€Â“ Rudolf Schuster, President of Slovakia (1999–2004)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“ Mikuláš Dzurinda, Prime Minister of Slovakia (1998–2006)
• President Ã¢Â€Â“ Milan Kučan, President of Slovenia (1990–2002)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“ Janez DrnovÅ¡ek, Prime Minister of Slovenia (2000–2002)
• Monarch Ã¢Â€Â“ Juan Carlos I, King of Spain (1975–2014)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“ José María Aznar, President of the Government of Spain (1996–2004)
• Monarch Ã¢Â€Â“ Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (1973–present)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“ Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden (1996–2006)
• Council Ã¢Â€Â“ Federal Council of Switzerland
• Members Ã¢Â€Â“ Kaspar Villiger (1989–2003), Ruth Dreifuss (1993–2002), Moritz Leuenberger (1995–2010; President of Switzerland, 2001), Pascal Couchepin (1998–2009), Ruth Metzler (1999–2003), Joseph Deiss (1999–2006), and Samuel Schmid (2000–2008)
• President Ã¢Â€Â“ Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of Turkey (2000–2007)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“ Bülent Ecevit, Prime Minister of Turkey (1999–2002)
• President Ã¢Â€Â“ Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine (1994–2005)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“
• #Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine (1999–2001)
• #Anatoliy Kinakh, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2001–2002)
• Monarch Ã¢Â€Â“ Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952–2022)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“ Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007)
• (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom)
• Lieutenant-Governor Ã¢Â€Â“ Ian Macfadyen, Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man (2000–2005)
• Chief Minister Ã¢Â€Â“
• #Donald Gelling, Chief Minister of the Isle of Man (1996–2001)
• #Richard Corkill, Chief Minister of the Isle of Man (2001–2004)
• (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom)
• Lieutenant-Governor Ã¢Â€Â“ Sir John Foley, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (2000–2005)
• Bailiff Ã¢Â€Â“ de Vic Carey, Bailiff of Guernsey (1999–2005)
• (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom)
• Lieutenant-Governor Ã¢Â€Â“
• #Sir Michael Wilkes, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (1995–2001)
• #Sir John Cheshire, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (2001–2006)
• Bailiff Ã¢Â€Â“ Sir Philip Bailhache, Bailiff of Jersey (1995–2009)
• (Dependent Territory of the United Kingdom)
• Governor Ã¢Â€Â“ David Durie, Governor of Gibraltar (2000–2003)
• Chief Minister Ã¢Â€Â“ Peter Caruana, Chief Minister of Gibraltar (1996–2011)
• Monarch Ã¢Â€Â“ Pope John Paul II, Sovereign of Vatican City (1978–2005)
• Head of Government Ã¢Â€Â“ Cardinal Edmund Szoka, President of the Governorate of Vatican City (1997–2006)
• Holy See (sui generis subject of public international law)
• Secretary of State Ã¢Â€Â“ Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Cardinal Secretary of State (1990–2006)
• President Ã¢Â€Â“ Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica, President of Yugoslavia (2000–2003)
• Prime Minister Ã¢Â€Â“
• #Zoran Žižić, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (2000–2001)
• #DragiÅ¡a PeÅ¡ić, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (2001–2003)
• Kosovo (Self-Governing Entity under UN administration)
• UN Special Representative Ã¢Â€Â“
• #Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Kosovo (1999–2001)
• #Hans Hækkerup, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Kosovo (2001)

Events

January

February

• February 19 – The 2001 UK foot-and-mouth crisis begins.
• February 28 – The Great Heck rail crash occurs.

March

• March 4 – A bomb explodes at BBC Television Centre in London, UK.

April

• April 1 - Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on charges of war crimes.

May

• May 13 – Silvio Berlusconi wins the general election and becomes Prime Minister of Italy for the second time.

June

July

• July 7 – 2001 Bradford riots: Race riots erupt in Bradford in the north of England
• July 19 – UK politician and novelist Jeffrey Archer is sentenced to 4 years in prison for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
• July 20–22 – The 27th G8 summit takes place in Genoa, Italy. Massive demonstrations are held against the meeting by members of the anti-globalization movement. One demonstrator, Carlo Giuliani, is killed by a policeman.
• July 24 – Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, deposed as the last Tsar of Bulgaria when a child, is sworn in as the democratically elected 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria.

August

September

• September 21
• Teenager Ross Parker murdered in racially motivated attack by Muslim Asian gang in Peterborough.
• In Toulouse, France, the AZote Fertilisant chemical factory explodes, killing 29 and seriously wounding over 2,500.
• September 27 – Zug massacre: In Zug, Switzerland, a gunman shoots 32 members of parliament, killing 14 of them and then himself.

October

November

December

Deaths

January

• Madeleine Barbulée, French actress (b. 1910)
• Michael Hanley, British intelligence officer, Director-General of MI5 (b. 1918)
• Fabijan Å ovagović, Croatian actor and writer (b. 1932)

February

March

April

May

See also

• 2001 in the European Union
• List of state leaders in Europe in 2001

Notes

References