This page relates to the year 2002 of the Gregorian Calendrier.

World

the United Nations

Africa and Indian Ocean

Americas

  • the year 2002 in Canada
  • January 2nd  : In Argentinian, in a context of economic crisis, Eduardo Duhalde is elected president by the Argentinian congress.
  • January 6th  : Argentinian, devaluation of the peso of 28% compared to the dollar.
  • February 23rd  : Removal by the FARC, in Colombia, of Ingrid Betancourt, candidate with the presidential election.
  • 11 - April 14th  : Coup d'etat unfruitful of Pedro Carmona against the president Venezuelan Hugo Chavez.
  • July 18th: The French of Moroccan origin Zacarias Moussaoui, only person continued within the framework of the attacks of the September 11th, tries to plead guilty, but the judge imposes one week of additional reflection to him.

Asia

  • February 22nd: A cease-fire negotiated by Norwegian mediators between into force with the Sri Lanka.
  • February 26th  : Chen Liangyu (56 years) becomes mayor of Shanghai (China).
  • February 27th  : Beginning of a series of riots antimusulmanes with Gujarat, in India, caused by the fire of a train of pilgrim Hindus. They show several hundreds of killed and tens of thousands of people moved.
  • May 20th: The Eastern Timor becomes a country independent of the Indonesia.
  • July 18th: The Indian members of Parliament elect as Head of State A.P.J Abdul Kalam, father of the Indian nuclear deterrence and third president resulting from the Moslem minority.
  • August 5th: The new mayor of Shanghai (China), Chen Liangyu wants to make his city, in the three years to come, the center of the domestic financial market, and one of the international financial centers most important for one duration from ten to twenty years.
  • August 14th: Lyonpo Kinzang Dorji becomes Prime Minister for the Bhutan.
  • 8 with the November 14th: XVIe Congress of the Chinese Communist party with Beijing (China).
  • November 14th: With Beijing (China), 2  132 deputy present of XVIe Congrès of the Chinese Communist party elect, with the secret vote and in two turns of vote, 198 regular members, 158 temporary members of the Central committee, like 121 Members of the central Commission of control of the discipline, and new the general secretary of the Central committee of the PCC: Hu Jintao.
  • December 3rd: The great dream of Shanghai, the “ Pearl of the East ”, became reality, since the Chinese metropolis has been indicated to organize the World Fair 2010 , which will thus be held, for the first time for 151 years, in a developing country.

Europe

  • January 1st  : Official launch of the Euro in parts and tickets in twelve countries out of the fifteen of the European Union; disappearance of the 12 national currencies to the profit of the euro.
  • April 29th: Diane Pretty is seen refusing its right to die by the European Cour of the human rights.
  • November 19th: Shipwreck of the Prestige to broad of the Portugal and the Spain.

Belgium

  • October 22nd: Explosion in a coking plant, making three died and about thirty wounded

France

Netherlands

  • April 1st: The Netherlands are the first country of the world to legalize the euthanasia.

Czech Republic

  • May 29th: Resignation of the mayor of Prague, Jan Kasl, replaced by Petr Svec.

Swiss

  • the year 2002 in Switzerland
  • December 13rd: Adoption of a new law on the federal Parliament abrogeant the Federal law March 23rd 1962 on the procedure of the federal Parliament, like on the form, publication and the coming into effect of the legislative acts.

Ex- Yugoslavia

The Middle East and country arabo-Moslems

Chronologies sets of themes

Arts & culture

See also: 2002 with the cinema, 2002 in music, 2002 in literature, 2002 with the theater, 2002 as a cartoon, 2002 on television, 2002 structures

of it

Bullfighting

Economy and Trade

  • unknown Date: Joseph Stiglitz, former economist with the the World Bank publishes the Great Disillusion , in which it is shown very critical with regard to the the IMF.

Sport

Transport

Aeronautical

See also: 2002 in aeronautics

Railroads

See also: 2002 in the railroads

Sport

See also: 2002 in sport

See also: 2002 in football

Nobel Prize

Births in 2002

Death in 2002

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August

September

October

November

December

Beats-smg: 2002 Be-X-old: 2002 Cbk-zam: 2002 Nds-nl: 2002 Simple: 2002 Zh-classical: 二〇〇二年 Zh-min-nan: 2002 nor Zh-yue: 2002 年

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