LETTER N° 23

From 4 to 10 of June

4 Romania		Local elections - 1st round. Peter Kovacs Eckstein of the Hungarian Democratic Federation of Romania, who placed second in the 4 June Cluj mayoral elections, has announced that he is withdrawing from the runoff against incumbent nationalist Mayor Gheorghe Funar. In the 4 June ballot, he received 21%. Funar received nearly 46 % backing and Democratic Convention of Romania candidate Serban Radulescu 11.5%.
4 Thailand		Senate election - 3rd round in for 12 seats in 9 provinces. The Election Commission decided late last night to order a fourth round of senate polling in four northeastern provinces on June 18. Advance voting for Maha Sarakham, Udon Thani, Ubon Ratchathani and Nong Khai will be held on June 10-11. The commission also agreed unanimously to ban three winners: Prawat Thongsomboon of Maha Sarakham, Chairat Soda of Udon Thani and Sirirat Chuklin of Nong Khai from the June 18 contest.
5 Ecuador		Luis Yturralde is named finance minister.
6 Bosnia and Hercegovina		Parliament approves Spasoje Tusevljak as prime minister.
6 Hungary		Ferenc Mádl is elected president in the third round of voting (243-96), after failing in two earlier rounds on June 5 and 6 to win the necessary two-thirds majority. He will take office August 4.
7 Guinea		In a cabinet reshuffle, Mahawa Bangoura becomes foreign minister and Ahmadou Camara interior minister.
7 Slovenia		Parliament approves the new cabinet of Prime Minister Andrej Bajuk.
7 Syria		President Hafez al-Assad dies.
8 Poland		Jaroslaw Bauc is appointed finance minister.