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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The prince was made first prime minister, with Hun Sen sharing power as second prime minister, after the previous general election in 1993.
Nicolas Tiangaye, an opposition figure who became prime minister under power-sharing accords signed in January, was to remain in the post.
Voters in the Jewish state overwhelmingly supported conservative parties over more moderate groups, bringing into power Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this year.
Though he is playing his cards close to his chest, his fans think he may be a radical who reshapes Whitehall to serve prime-ministerial power.
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.
After the previous general election, in 1993, Prince Ranariddh was made first prime minister, with Mr Hun Sen sharing power as second prime minister.
Presiding over a party at war with itself, she would struggle to assert power as prime minister.
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.
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.
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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Mr Ivanishvili claims that Georgia's constitutional change from a presidential to a parliamentary system is a strong hint that Mr Saakashvili wants to stay in power as prime minister.
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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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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.
Georgia's president, Mikheil Saakashvili, is toying with staying in power as prime minister once his term expires, dismaying some Western fans who saw in him a challenge to the eternal rule of ex-Soviet autocrats such as Russia's Vladimir Putin or Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Belarus.
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When Prime Minister Mario Monti took power, he put the issue at the centre of his programme.
He would also lower the voting age to 17, and lessen the personal power of the prime minister.
But, first, we head to Pakistan, where elections were just held and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif regained power.
It is that a conviction has gripped much of society that the prime minister will stay in power indefinitely.
Ranariddh shared power with Second Prime Minister Hun Sen as co-heads of a shaky coalition government formed after U.N.
Mr Harper has been able to get things done partly because he centralised more power in the prime minister's office.
On Tuesday, Northern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers met the prime minister over devolving the power to set the rate of the tax.
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.
The president was responding to suggestions that he may be serving as a ceremonial facade while all the power remains with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the former president.
With American approval, the prime minister has consolidated his power.
As Corsicans considered proposals made by Lionel Jospin, the French prime minister, to devolve power to the island, two moderate Corsican nationalists were shot dead in broad daylight.
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.
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