July 9- The governor of Maharashtra resigns, he will eventually be replaced by C K Thakkar.
July 9- Members of the Peruvian cabinet resign, and are eventually replaced by Luis Solari as prime minister and Allan Wagner Tizón as foreign minister.
July 9- Ana Palacios is named foreign minister of Spain.
July 11- Chang Sang is named Prime Minister of South Korea.
July 11- The Foreign Minister of Turkey resigns. He is to be replaced by Şükrü Sina Gürel.
November 5- Einars Repše is nominated for Prime Minister of Latvia, and is named Prime Minister 2 days later, Sandra Kalniete becomes Foreign Minister.
November 5- The Republicans regain control of the Senate and expand their majority in the US House in midterm elections.