Voters in the Jewish state overwhelmingly supported conservative parties over more moderate groups, bringing into power Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this year.
Of course, for the majority of his time in power the prime minister presided over the greatest centralisation of power in our public services since the Attlee government.
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Presiding over a party at war with itself, she would struggle to assert power as prime minister.
It is uncertain how much power the prime minister will have in the coalition government, which is an alliance between two parties that oppose him.
By staying in power as prime minister, argues Boris Makarenko of the Centre for Political Technologies, Mr Putin at least has a chance to revise the legacy of his rule.
Furthermore, the costs would be shared by key suppliers, such as Thales (power conversion prime), GS Yuasa (battery supplier), and Securaplane (a Meggitt subsidiary in charge of the battery charger), as their recent market sell-off indicates.
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After the previous general election, in 1993, Prince Ranariddh was made first prime minister, with Mr Hun Sen sharing power as second prime minister.
He would also lower the voting age to 17, and lessen the personal power of the prime minister.
Mr Harper has been able to get things done partly because he centralised more power in the prime minister's office.
And it could be objected that Mr Casini's plan for a grand coalition to keep in power an unelected prime minister is democratically questionable.
It would have the power to sack prime ministers and parliaments.
But he will have to jostle for power with former prime ministers Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, who have just returned from exile and want to return to office.
It's a fragile peace because the underlying issue that sparked weeks of violence has not been settled - a Shiite power struggle between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
The Congolese government, which is holding talks with rebel leaders at Sun City, a South African resort, proposed that President Joseph Kabila should share power with a prime minister chosen from the rebel groups.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said Labour's plans would return the country "to the mess" it found itself in before the coalition took power while deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said Labour has "retreated into the comfort of opposition" and was promising more "reckless spending, borrowing and debt".
They are calling for an immediate moratorium on new appointments, a new cap so that the Lords never has more than 750 members, a new mechanism that would allow peers to retire, and fresh curbs on the power of a prime minister to appoint so many peers in the first place.
There just is not enough space for fifty companies each wanting to display ten or fifteen different offerings and Altria will flex its power to get the prime store locations.
Any political party that aspires to power as president or prime minister must take into account the will of the people, which means finding the means to provide excellent welfare benefits and shortened working hours.
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Nicolas Tiangaye, an opposition figure who became prime minister under power-sharing accords signed in January, was to remain in the post.
Power must pass to the prime minister while new elections are organised.
Mr Berlusconi's main ally, Umberto Bossi of the Northern League, whose votes keep the prime minister in power, was noticeably absent from the chamber during his speech.
The legislation limits the prime minister's power to call an early general election, setting the date of the next poll as 7 May 2015.
FUNCINPEC, finally signed an agreement last week to share power, with the former as prime minister and the latter as speaker of the National Assembly.
And it would open up a rival power base to that of the prime minister, something a Westminster system is not designed to cope with.
Mr Abdullah stepped down in 2009, handing power to Mr Najib who became prime minister and leader of the main coalition party, United Malays National Organisation (Umno).
It is a bold aim, given that the figure was over 250, 000 in the 12 months to June 2011, higher than when the prime minister came to power.
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And as an observer of Russia, I know you know that our policy towards Russia, our engagement with Russia, the reset policy, if you will, has obviously proceeded with President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin in power.
When Prime Minister Mario Monti took power, he put the issue at the centre of his programme.
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