2001 in Europe

This is a list of 2001 events that occurred in Europe.

Incumbents

 * 🇦🇱 Albania
 * President – Rexhep Meidani, President of Albania (1997–2002)
 * Prime Minister – Ilir Meta, Prime Minister of Albania (1999–2002)
 * 🇦🇩 Andorra
 * Monarchs –
 * French Co-Prince – Jacques Chirac, French Co-prince of Andorra (1995–2007)
 * Co-Prince's Representative – Frédéric de Saint-Sernin (1999–2002)
 * Episcopal Co-Prince – Archbishop Joan Martí i Alanis, Episcopal Co-prince of Andorra (1971–2003)
 * Co-Prince's Representative – Nemesi Marquès i Oste (1993–2012)
 * Prime Minister – Marc Forné Molné, Head of Government of Andorra (1994–2005)
 * 🇦🇲 Armenia
 * President – Robert Kocharyan, President of Armenia (1998–2008)
 * Prime Minister – Andranik Margaryan, Prime Minister of Armenia (2000–2007)
 * 🇦🇹 Austria
 * President – Thomas Klestil, Federal President of Austria (1992–2004)
 * Chancellor – Wolfgang Schüssel, Federal Chancellor of Austria (2000–2007)
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
 * President – Heydar Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan (1993–2003)
 * Prime Minister – Artur Rasizade, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan (1996–2003)
 * Nagorno-Karabakh (unrecognised, secessionist state)
 * President – Arkadi Ghukasyan, President of Nagorno-Karabakh (1997–2007)
 * Prime Minister – Anushavan Danielyan, Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh (1999–2007)
 * 🇧🇾 Belarus
 * President – Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus (1994–present)
 * Prime Minister –
 * Vladimir Yermoshin, Prime Minister of Belarus (2000–2001)
 * Gennady Novitsky, Prime Minister of Belarus (2001–2003)
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium
 * Monarch – Albert II, King of the Belgians (1993–2013)
 * Prime Minister – Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium (1999–2008)
 * 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Head of State – Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Serb Member – Živko Radišić (1998–2002; Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2000–2001)
 * Bosniak Member –
 * Halid Genjac (2000–2001)
 * Beriz Belkić (2001–2002)
 * Croat Member –
 * Ante Jelavić (1998–2001)
 * Jozo Križanović (2001–2002; Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2001–2002)
 * Prime Minister –
 * Martin Raguž, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2000–2001)
 * Božidar Matić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001)
 * Zlatko Lagumdžija, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001–2002)
 * High Representative – Wolfgang Petritsch, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (1999–2002)
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
 * President – Petar Stoyanov, President of Bulgaria (1997–2002)
 * Prime Minister –
 * Ivan Kostov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1997–2001)
 * Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2001–2005)
 * 🇭🇷 Croatia
 * President – Stjepan Mesić, President of Croatia (2000–2010)
 * Prime Minister – Ivica Račan, Prime Minister of Croatia (2000–2003)
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus
 * President – Glafcos Clerides, President of Cyprus (1993–2003)
 * Northern Cyprus (unrecognised, secessionist state)
 * President – Rauf Denktaş, President of Northern Cyprus (1976–2005)
 * Prime Minister – Derviş Eroğlu, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (1996–2004)
 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
 * President – Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic (1993–2003)
 * Prime Minister – Miloš Zeman, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (1998–2002)
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark
 * Monarch – Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972–2024)
 * Prime Minister –
 * Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1993–2001)
 * Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark (2001–2009)
 * 🇪🇪 Estonia
 * President –
 * Lennart Meri, President of Estonia (1992–2001)
 * Arnold Rüütel, President of Estonia (2001–2006)
 * Prime Minister – Mart Laar, Prime Minister of Estonia (1999–2002)
 * 🇪🇺 European Union
 * President of the European Commission – Romano Prodi
 * President of the Parliament – Nicole Fontaine
 * President of the European Council –
 * Göran Persson (January–June)
 * Guy Verhofstadt (July–December)
 * Presidency of the Council of the EU –
 * Sweden (January–July)
 * Belgium (July–December)
 * 🇫🇮 Finland
 * President – Tarja Halonen, President of Finland (2000–2012)
 * Prime Minister – Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister of Finland (1995–2003)
 * 🇫🇷 France
 * President – Jacques Chirac, President of France (1995–2007)
 * Prime Minister – Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France (1997–2002)
 *  Georgia
 * President – Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia (1995–2003)
 * Prime Minister –
 * Giorgi Arsenishvili, Minister of State of Georgia (2000–2001)
 * Avtandil Jorbenadze, Minister of State of Georgia (2001–2003)
 * Abkhazia (unrecognised, secessionist state)
 * President – Vladislav Ardzinba, President of Abkhazia (1990–2005)
 * Prime Minister –
 * Viacheslav Tsugba, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (1999–2001)
 * Anri Jergenia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (2001–2002)
 * South Ossetia (unrecognised, secessionist state)
 * President –
 * Lyudvig Chibirov, President of South Ossetia (1993–2001)
 * Eduard Kokoity, President of South Ossetia (2001–2011)
 * Prime Minister –
 * Merab Chigoev, Prime Minister of South Ossetia (1998–2001)
 * Dmitry Sanakoyev, Prime Minister of South Ossetia (2001)
 * Gerasim Khugayev, Prime Minister of South Ossetia (2001–2003)
 * 🇩🇪 Germany
 * President – Johannes Rau, Federal President of Germany (1999–2004)
 * Chancellor – Gerhard Schröder, Federal Chancellor of Germany (1998–2005)
 * 🇬🇷 Greece
 * President – Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, President of Greece (1995–2005)
 * Prime Minister – Costas Simitis, Prime Minister of Greece (1996–2004)
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary
 * President – Ferenc Mádl, President of Hungary (2000–2005)
 * Prime Minister – Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002)
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland
 * President – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland (1996–2016)
 * Prime Minister – Davíð Oddsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (1991–2004)
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland
 * President – Mary McAleese, President of Ireland (1997–2011)
 * Prime Minister – Bertie Ahern, Taoiseach of Ireland (1997–2008)
 * 🇮🇹 Italy
 * President – Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of Italy (1999–2006)
 * Prime Minister –
 * Giuliano Amato, President of the Council of Ministers of Italy (2000–2001)
 * Silvio Berlusconi, President of the Council of Ministers of Italy (2001–2006)
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia
 * President – Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, President of Latvia (1999–2007)
 * Prime Minister – Andris Bērziņš, Prime Minister of Latvia (2000–2002)
 * 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein
 * Monarch – Hans-Adam II, Prince Regnant of Liechtenstein (1989–present)
 * Prime Minister –
 * Mario Frick, Head of Government of Liechtenstein (1993–2001)
 * Otmar Hasler, Head of Government of Liechtenstein (2001–2009)
 * 🇱🇹 Lithuania
 * President – Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania (1998–2003)
 * Prime Minister –
 * Rolandas Paksas, Prime Minister of Lithuania (2000–2001)
 * Eugenijus Gentvilas, Acting Prime Minister of Lithuania (2001)
 * Algirdas Brazauskas, Prime Minister of Lithuania (2001–2006)
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
 * Monarch – Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (2000–present)
 * Prime Minister – Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1995–2013)
 * 🇲🇰 Macedonia
 * President – Boris Trajkovski, President of Macedonia (1999–2004)
 * Prime Minister – Ljubčo Georgievski, President of the Government of Macedonia (1998–2002)
 * 🇲🇹 Malta
 * President – Guido de Marco, President of Malta (1999–2004)
 * Prime Minister – Eddie Fenech Adami, Prime Minister of Malta (1998–2004)
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova
 * President –
 * Petru Lucinschi, President of Moldova (1997–2001)
 * Vladimir Voronin, President of Moldova (2001–2009)
 * Prime Minister –
 * Dumitru Braghiș, Prime Minister of Moldova (1999–2001)
 * Vasile Tarlev, Prime Minister of Moldova (2001–2008)
 * Transnistria (unrecognised, secessionist state)
 * President – Igor Smirnov, President of Transnistria (1990–2011)
 * 🇲🇨 Monaco
 * Monarch – Rainier III, Sovereign Prince of Monaco (1949–2005)
 * Prime Minister – Patrick Leclercq, Minister of State of Monaco (2000–2005)
 *  Kingdom of the Netherlands
 * Monarch – Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands (1980–2013)
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
 * Prime Minister – Wim Kok, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1994–2002)
 * Netherlands Antilles (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
 * see 
 * 🇦🇼 Aruba (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
 * see 
 * 🇳🇴 Norway
 * Monarch – Harald V, King of Norway (1991–present)
 * Prime Minister –
 * Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway (2000–2001)
 * Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister of Norway (2001–2005)
 * 🇵🇱 Poland
 * President – Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland (1995–2005)
 * Prime Minister –
 * Jerzy Buzek, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Poland (1997–2001)
 * Leszek Miller, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Poland (2001–2004)
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal
 * President – Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal (1996–2006)
 * Prime Minister – António Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal (1995–2002)
 * 🇷🇴 Romania
 * President – Ion Iliescu, President of Romania (2000–2004)
 * Prime Minister – Adrian Năstase, Prime Minister of Romania (2000–2004)
 * 🇷🇺 Russia
 * President – Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (1999–2008)
 * Prime Minister – Mikhail Kasyanov, Chairman of the Government of Russia (2000–2004)
 * 🇸🇲 San Marino
 * Captains-Regent –
 * Gianfranco Terenzi and Enzo Colombini, Captains Regent of San Marino (2000–2001)
 * Luigi Lonfernini and Fabio Berardi, Captains Regent of San Marino (2001)
 * Alberto Cecchetti and Gino Giovagnoli, Captains Regent of San Marino (2001–2002)
 * 🇸🇰 Slovakia
 * President – Rudolf Schuster, President of Slovakia (1999–2004)
 * Prime Minister – Mikuláš Dzurinda, Prime Minister of Slovakia (1998–2006)
 * 🇸🇮 Slovenia
 * President – Milan Kučan, President of Slovenia (1990–2002)
 * Prime Minister – Janez Drnovšek, Prime Minister of Slovenia (2000–2002)
 * 🇪🇸 Spain
 * Monarch – Juan Carlos I, King of Spain (1975–2014)
 * Prime Minister – José María Aznar, President of the Government of Spain (1996–2004)
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden
 * Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (1973–present)
 * Prime Minister – Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden (1996–2006)
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland
 * Council – Federal Council of Switzerland
 * Members – Kaspar Villiger (1989–2003), Ruth Dreifuss (1993–2002), Moritz Leuenberger (1995–2010; President of Switzerland, 2001), Pascal Couchepin (1998–2009), Ruth Metzler (1999–2003), Joseph Deiss (1999–2006), and Samuel Schmid (2000–2008)
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey
 * President – Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of Turkey (2000–2007)
 * Prime Minister – Bülent Ecevit, Prime Minister of Turkey (1999–2002)
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine
 * President – Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine (1994–2005)
 * Prime Minister –
 * Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine (1999–2001)
 * Anatoliy Kinakh, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2001–2002)
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
 * Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952–2022)
 * Prime Minister – Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007)
 * 🇮🇲 Isle of Man (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom)
 * Lieutenant-Governor – Ian Macfadyen, Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man (2000–2005)
 * Chief Minister –
 * Donald Gelling, Chief Minister of the Isle of Man (1996–2001)
 * Richard Corkill, Chief Minister of the Isle of Man (2001–2004)
 * 🇬🇬 Guernsey (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom)
 * Lieutenant-Governor – Sir John Foley, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (2000–2005)
 * Bailiff – de Vic Carey, Bailiff of Guernsey (1999–2005)
 * 🇯🇪 Jersey (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom)
 * Lieutenant-Governor –
 * Sir Michael Wilkes, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (1995–2001)
 * Sir John Cheshire, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (2001–2006)
 * Bailiff – Sir Philip Bailhache, Bailiff of Jersey (1995–2009)
 * 🇬🇮 Gibraltar (Dependent Territory of the United Kingdom)
 * Governor – David Durie, Governor of Gibraltar (2000–2003)
 * Chief Minister – Peter Caruana, Chief Minister of Gibraltar (1996–2011)
 * 🇻🇦 Vatican City
 * Monarch – Pope John Paul II, Sovereign of Vatican City (1978–2005)
 * Head of Government – Cardinal Edmund Szoka, President of the Governorate of Vatican City (1997–2006)
 * Holy See (sui generis subject of public international law)
 * Secretary of State – Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Cardinal Secretary of State (1990–2006)
 *  FR Yugoslavia
 * President – Vojislav Koštunica, President of Yugoslavia (2000–2003)
 * Prime Minister –
 * Zoran Žižić, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (2000–2001)
 * Dragiša Pešić, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (2001–2003)
 * Kosovo (Self-Governing Entity under UN administration)
 * UN Special Representative –
 * Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Kosovo (1999–2001)
 * Hans Hækkerup, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Kosovo (2001)

February

 * February 19 – The 2001 UK foot-and-mouth crisis begins.
 * February 28 – The Great Heck rail crash occurs.

March

 * March 4 – A bomb explodes at BBC Television Centre in London, UK.

April

 * April 1 - Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on charges of war crimes.

May

 * May 13 – Silvio Berlusconi wins the general election and becomes Prime Minister of Italy for the second time.

July

 * July 7 – 2001 Bradford riots: Race riots erupt in Bradford in the north of England
 * July 19 – UK politician and novelist Jeffrey Archer is sentenced to 4 years in prison for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
 * July 20–22 – The 27th G8 summit takes place in Genoa, Italy. Massive demonstrations are held against the meeting by members of the anti-globalization movement. One demonstrator, Carlo Giuliani, is killed by a policeman.
 * July 24 – Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, deposed as the last Tsar of Bulgaria when a child, is sworn in as the democratically elected 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria.

September

 * September 21
 * Teenager Ross Parker murdered in racially motivated attack by Muslim Asian gang in Peterborough.
 * In Toulouse, France, the AZote Fertilisant chemical factory explodes, killing 29 and seriously wounding over 2,500.
 * September 27 – Zug massacre: In Zug, Switzerland, Friedrich Leibacher shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.

January

 * Madeleine Barbulée, French actress (b. 1910)
 * Michael Hanley, British intelligence officer, Director-General of MI5 (b. 1918)
 * Fabijan Šovagović, Croatian actor and writer (b. 1932)