May 2026

1

Antigua and Barbuda: Gaston Browne is again sworn in as prime minister. His cabinet is sworn in on May 5, with E.P. Chet Greene remaining foreign minister and Browne finance minister.
Solomon Islands: The Appeal Court orders Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele to call parliament by May 7 to face a no-confidence motion.
Switzerland: Christophe Darbellay becomes president of the Council of State of Valais and Carmen Walker Späh president of the government of Zürich.

2

Niue: In parliamentary elections, 20 nonpartisan members are elected (including 4 already elected unopposed). Finance Minister Crossley Tatui loses his seat.
San Marino: Former captain-regent (1981-82, 1985-86) Ubaldo Biordi dies.

3

Switzerland: Markus Heer becomes Landammann of Glarus.

4

France: Gilles Giovannangeli is elected president of the Executive Council of Corse (34 of 62 votes).
India: The chief minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, resigns.
Mali: Transitional President Assimi Goita appoints himself as defense minister and Gen. Oumar Diarra as minister-delegate for defense.
Russia: President Vladimir Putin appoints Fyodor Shchukin acting head of the republic of Dagestan.
Spain: Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza, former president of the General Council (1979-80) and president of the government (1980-85) of País Vasco/Euskadi, dies.

5

Canada: Louise Arbour is announced as the next governor general.
Costa Rica: President-elect Laura Fernández (to take office May 8) announces her cabinet including Manuel Tovar Rivera as foreign minister, Gerald Campos Valverde as public security minister, and outgoing president Rodrigo Chaves as finance minister.
India: The chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin, resigns.
South Korea: Former prime minister (1994-95) Lee Hong Koo dies.
Romania: Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan's government loses a no-confidence vote (passed 281-4).