page_title: 2008 in politics
section_title: February
hierarchical_section_title: 2008 in politics / Deaths / February
caption_attribution_description: DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 22JAN04 - Janez Drnovsek, President of Slovenia, makes a point during the session 'What Europe Should CEOs Prepare For?' at the Annual Meeting 2004 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2004. Copyright by World Economic Forum swiss-image.ch/Photo by Jean-Bernard Sieber
context_page_description: These are some of the notable events relating to politics in 2008:
context_section_description: February 2 - Ahmad Bourghani, Iranian politician (b. c. 1959)
  February 2 - Earl Butz, American government official (born 1909)
  February 7 - Hoang Minh Chinh, Vietnamese politician and dissident (born 1922)
  February 11 - Tom Lantos, American politician (born 1928)
  February 16 - Hans Leussink, German politician (born 1912)
  February 19 - Jean-Michel Bertrand, French politician (born 1943)
  February 21 - Sufi Abu Taleb, Acting President of Egypt (born 1925)
  February 23 - Joaquim Pinto de Andrade, Angolan politician (born 1926)
  February 23 - Janez Drnovšek, 2nd President and 2nd Prime Minister of Slovenia (born 1950)
  February 26 - Tyronne Fernando, Sri Lankan politician (born 1941)
  February 27 - William F. Buckley, Jr., American author and conservative commentator (born 1925)
caption: Janez Drnovšek
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