How do you think he would have got on, if elected prime minister?
Well, it's not ideal, but on the other hand, no one who did play a part in the election campaign was elected prime minister.
The Assembly then in turn elects a president and prime minister.
The Prime Minister is elected from the results of a general election which takes place every five years.
Since then, each 5 years elections takes place and a new Prime Minister is elected.
He became the first freely elected Bavarian prime minister since 1933.
Both Prime Minister and president would be elected by the parliament.
British Prime Ministers have never been elected directly by the public.
Laar returned to the political arena in 1999, when he was elected prime minister a second time.
In 2003, he was elected leader of the Liberal party and was appointed one month later prime minister.
