Editing 2003 in politics (section)

===January 8-January 14===
*January 8: [[Sudarshan Agarwal]] is sworn in as governor of Uttaranchal, now known as [[Uttarakhand]].
*January 8: [[Jim Douglas]] takes office as [[Governor of Vermont]] and [[John Baldacci]] as [[Governor of Maine]].
*January 8: A new government is approved in [[Montenegro]]; [[Milo Djukanovic]] becomes [[prime minister]], [[Dragisa Burzan]] becomes foreign minister.
*January 9: [[Craig Benson]] takes office as [[Governor of New Hampshire]].
*January 10: In elections in Djibouti, the [[Union for a Presidential Majority]] wins 62.2% of the vote against 36.9% for the [[Union for a Democratic Alternative]].
*January 10: [[Luis Ernesto Derbez]] becomes foreign minister of [[Mexico]]; [[Fernando Elizondo Barragán]] is sworn in as interim governor of [[Nuevo León]].
*January 13: [[Brad Henry]] takes office as [[Governor of Oklahoma]], [[Kathleen Sebelius]] as [[Governor of Kansas]], [[Rod Blagojevich]] as [[Governor of Illinois]], [[Sonny Perdue]] as [[Governor of Georgia]], [[Ted Kulongoski]] as [[Governor of Oregon]].