Hoping to win a new mandate, Heath called for a general election on February 28 , 1974
After three years of stability, he explained, his ruling coalition was facing turbulence, and he preferred to win a new mandate from the nation.
Analysts have long speculated that Netanyahu would call early elections to win a new mandate as allegations of corruption and the potential for indictments drew close.
South Africa, the most industrialised country in Africa, will also go to the polls next year with President Cyril Ramaphosa, 65, hoping to win a new mandate for the African National Congress, which has been in power since 1994.
Many retain a warm affection for King Hassan, and if the meeting had produced a proposal with his endorsement, Mr. Peres might have been able to win a new mandate of his own.
If, as many fear, NATO finds it necessary to extend its mission beyond the 30-day period it has set itself, he will have to return to the Bundestag to win a new mandate for a probably more dangerous mission not something he would normally relish in the run-up to a general election.
If the opinion polls are right, she will win a new mandate for a series of reforms she wants to introduce in Britain and also a vote of confidence in a vision for Brexit which sees the country outside the EU's single market.
Depending on which reform strategy wins, new changes may also be introduced that mandate the grading of teachers based on students' test scores instead of experience.
Without Mr Fayyad, President Mahmoud Abbas could yet implement a deal, long in abeyance, to form a unity government with Khaled Meshal, who recently won a new mandate as Hamas's boss.
Afghanistan's new interior minister took control of the nation's police force today, in the first test of strength for President Hamid Karzai since he won a new mandate from the country's grand council last week.
