The policy was announced by the prime minister-elect, Vojislav Kostunica, in an address to Parliament yesterday.

Spain's prime minister-elect Mariano Rajoy of the Partido Popular.

"And the prime minister-elect expressed his appreciation for the call."

November 30 - Australian prime minister-elect Kevin Rudd declares that the country's 550 combat troops will withdraw from Iraq by Summer 2008.

Normally, the prime minister-elect is the leader of the party receiving the most votes in parliamentary elections.

That is what angered Mr. Barak, who suggested in his letter to Mr. Sharon that the prime minister-elect had undermined him.

It was a late chance to catch the prime minister-elect up close.

General Powell also moved nimbly through his meetings with Israel's prime minister-elect, Ariel Sharon, and the Palestinian leader, Yasir Arafat.

Aung San Suu Kyi, prime minister-elect of Burma and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize; awarded in 2007.

Notice, by the way, that Spain's prime minister-elect insists that he intends to fight terrorism.