2002 in Europe

This is a list of 2002 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 – 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)
 * Bosniak Member – Beriz Belkić (2001–2002)
 * Croat Member – Jozo Križanović (2001–2002; Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2001–2002)
 * Prime Minister – 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 – 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 – Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark (2001–2009)
 * 🇪🇪 Estonia
 * President – 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 (1999–2004)
 * President of the Parliament:
 * Nicole Fontaine (until 16 January)
 * Pat Cox (starting 16 January)
 * President of the European Council:
 * Jose Maria Aznar (January–June)
 * Anders Fogh Rasmussen (July–December)
 * Presidency of the Council of the EU:
 * Spain (January–July)
 * Denmark (July–December)

January

 * Rolando Del Bello, Italian tennis player (b. 1925)
 * Astrid Sampe, Swedish textile designer (b. 1909)
 * Armi Aavikko, Finnish beauty queen and singer (b. 1958)
 * Ian Grist, British Conservative politician (b. 1938)

March

 * John Challens, British scientist and civil servant, helped develop Britain's first atomic bomb (b. 1915)