Deve Gowda, following a general election that gave no party a clear mandate.
The swearing in began after Israel's parliament voted to approve the new government, after national elections in January gave no party a clear majority.
But the really worrying point of comparison for Mr Hastert is that he may be falling short in much the same way Mr Major did by failing to give his party a clear sense of direction.
Since neither party has a clear ideology, Paraguayan elections hinge on partisan enthusiasm and get-out-the-vote efforts.
No party has a clear majority in parliament, and none was elected on a platform of change.
While the Democratic Party was the clear winner, I don't believe for even a moment that the Democrats' ideals prevailed over Republican ideals.
If no party wins a clear victory, and is forced to ally with other parties to form a ruling coalition, the group could, in theory, ask Mr. Monti to return as prime minister.
Ignoring voices in their own party and the clear message sent by American women in the last election, they instead decided to side with the far right wing of their party by allowing the bill to expire.
Even though it is pretty clear that the shooter was not a Tea Party fanatic, it is becoming clear that some commentators are using the shooting as a pretext to further marginalize ideas with which they disagree.
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The Labour Party has made it clear that she should never stand again as an MP.
Recent opinion polls all predict that no single party will get a clear majority.
But for the time being, perhaps wisely, they are steering clear of party politics.
Labour's submission to the commission made clear the party preferred a wholly appointed chamber to an elected or part-elected one.
Some observers saw, at least initially, "an irresistible symmetry" between Occupy Wall Street and the tea party, despite some clear differences.
Mr Davis's confident interpretation of the Tories' disastrous campaign was that a lack of boldness had prevented the party from communicating a clear direction.
The public were worried about the cost of "paying their bills and filling up their car" and the party had to make clear they were on "the side of every working family".
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Although unions have gained some recognition rights and a minimum wage, Tony Blair's Labour party has made it clear that there will be no return to the legal immunities that they enjoyed before 1980.
"Bill's back in business, big time, " said one strategist, who adds that the former President has made it clear to party insiders that he wants to be very active politically in both the 2001 and 2002 elections.
If the issue is the biggest to face Britain, then why did the newspaper urge people to vote Labour at the last election when it was clear the party was far more positive towards the euro than were the Tories?
Above all, Mr Hague has made the mistake this week of pinning his own stature as party leader on his ability to impose a single clear Euro-policy on the Conservative Party.
But it was clear that his party and his own career risked being rubbed in the mud.
Mr Herzog's unprecedented back-salon soundings of the party bosses are meant to clear the way for solutions.
Mr Hosie said he had made clear that his party "would not stand in the way of this bill".
Mr Lidington told the BBC's Newsnight that his party would make its position clear before the next general election.
Some 10, 000 Swedes, of varying political hues, rallied in Stockholm to protest against the party when its success became clear.
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But when it became clear that the party was about to elect its first black boss, Michael Steele, it rediscovered its inner Abe.
In an interview for BBC Northern Ireland's The View, Sinn Fein's Caitriona Ruane said it was clear how her party felt about the amendment.
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Likud must be perceived as the party of commonsense ideas and clear-minded policies that inspire, attract and convince the Israeli public to support it.
However, Mr Salmond would not say what his own choice would be and instead said his party's position was clear in an SNP policy document.
Exchangers rarely involve lawyers in contracts, but the clubs do provide forms for each party to sign to make clear what the rights and responsibilities should be on both sides.
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