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LETTER N° 10

From 5 to 11 March

5

Australia

Former South Australia governor (1991-96) Dame Roma Mitchell dies.

6

Saint Kitts and Nevis

In parliamentary elections, the Labour Party of Prime Minister Denzil Douglas wins 8 of the 11 seats, the Concerned Citizens Movement 2, and the Nevis Reformation Party 1. Turnout is slightly above 50%.

7

Syria

Prime Minister Mahmoud Zuabi resigns. President Hafez al-Assad asks Muhammad Mustafa Mero to form a new government. Mero takes office March 13. The foreign, defense, interior, and finance ministers retain their posts.

8

Rwanda

Bernard Makuza is named prime minister. The new cabinet named on March 20 includes André Bumaya as foreign minister.

10

Côte d'Ivoire

Military ruler Robert Guéi sacks Foreign Minister Christophe Mboua and replaces him with Charles Gomis.

10

Norway

Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik resigns. On March 17 Jens Stoltenberg of the Labour Party becomes prime minister. Thorbjørn Jagland becomes foreign minister and Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen finance minister.

11

Chile

Ricardo Lagos takes office as president. Soledad Alvear Valenzuela becomes foreign minister.

10

Spain

Former foreign minister (1973-74) Laureano López Rodó dies.