Editing 2003 in politics (section)

===December===
*December 1: [[Abdul Aziz al-Hakim]] takes up the rotating presidency of the Governing Council of [[Iraq]].
*December 3: [[Bernard Bot]] takes office as foreign minister of the [[Netherlands]].
*December 3: [[Robert Cramer (Swiss politician)|Robert Cramer]] becomes president of the Council of State of [[Genève]].
*December 8: [[South Dakota]] Congressman [[Bill Janklow]] is convicted of [[manslaughter]].
*December 9: Former Vice President [[Al Gore]] endorses Democratic Presidential candidate [[Howard Dean]] for President.
*December 9: [[Ernie Fletcher]] is sworn-in as [[Governor of Kentucky]] and resigns his seat in Congress.
*December 9: [[Ivo Sanader]] designated new [[Prime Minister of Croatia]].
*December 10: [[Gavin Newsom]] defeats [[Matt Gonzalez]] in a runoff election to become San Francisco mayor.
*December 10: [[Christoph Blocher]] and [[Hans-Rudolf Merz]] are elected to the [[Swiss Federal Council]], [[Ruth Metzler-Arnold]] is not re-elected.
*December 12: [[Célestin Gaombalet]] new Prime Minister of [[Central African Republic]]
*December 12: [[Paul Martin, Jr.]] new [[Prime Minister of Canada]].