The three together would choose a prime minister, where much of the executive power would reside.

The assembly will choose a prime minister and organize parliamentary elections in 2013.

The Assembly will have to choose a speaker, a president, two vice presidents, a prime minister and a cabinet.

Those elections have added significance because Parliament's deputies will have the power to choose a prime minister and the government.

Since independence Latvia has been run by a coalition which chooses a prime minister.

If the presidency council fails to choose a prime minister within the two weeks, the assembly can appoint one by a two-thirds vote.

Iraqis are to elect members of a 275-seat national assembly that will choose a prime minister and other executives from its ranks.

Within nine months a new assembly would be elected, which would then elect a president, who would in turn choose a prime minister.

The new constitution would allow the parliament to choose a prime minister and also to play a key role in forming the new government.

On Friday, the Bush administration pressed the parties to "respond quickly by choosing a prime minister and a cabinet."