Editing 2003 in politics (section)

===November 1-November 7===
*November 1: [[Jalal Talabani]] takes up the rotating presidency of the Governing Council of [[Iraq]].
*November 1: [[Ilya Klebanov]] is appointed plenipotentiary of the president of [[Russia]] in [[Northwestern Federal District]].
*November 4: Republican [[Haley Barbour]] defeats Democrat incumbent [[Ronnie Musgrove]] to become [[Governor of Mississippi]]. Republican [[Ernie Fletcher]] defeats Democrat [[Ben Chandler]] to become [[Governor of Kentucky]]. In [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], mayoral candidates [[Gavin Newsom]] and [[Matt Gonzalez]] advance to a runoff.
*November 5: Canadian province of [[Saskatchewan]] holds a [[2003 Saskatchewan general election|general election]] which is won by the ruling [[Saskatchewan New Democrats]].
*November 5: [[Olene S. Walker]] is sworn in as governor of [[Utah]] after the resignation of [[Mike Leavitt]].
*November 6: [[Danny Williams (Canadian politician)|Danny Williams]] is sworn in as premier of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]].
*November 6: [[Sabas Pretelt de la Vega]] is named Interior Minister of [[Colombia]] after the resignation of [[Fernando Londoño Hoyos]].
*November 6: [[Michael Howard]] replaces [[Iain Duncan Smith]] as leader of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] in the [[United Kingdom|U.K.]]
*November 7: [[Mohamed Vall Ould Bellal]] becomes foreign minister of [[Mauritania]].