expected to appoint PS leader Elio Di Rupo as formateur. However, on 9 July the king appointed Di Rupo "pre-formateur" instead, a new position stopping short...

government. After much hesitation, King Baudouin of Belgium appointed Lumumba formateur, tasking him with creating a government. On 23 June Lumumba announced...

ground for the formateur and to look into the possibility of a state reform. The King then appointed Yves Leterme of the CD&V as formateur (giving him the...

with Bart De Wever) the role of ‘pré-formateur’ to pave the way for a new government, and finally, ‘co-formateur’ (with Alexander Decroo) and thereby...

confidence: Example: Italy, Romania, Thailand The head of state appoints a formateur from among the members of Parliament, who then has a set timescale within...

the selection of a formateur. On 8 June 1960, Ganshof flew to Brussels to meet with Baudouin. He made three suggestions for formateur: Lumumba, as the winner...

this phase, the monarch can appoint another "informateur" or appoint a "Formateur", who will have the charge of forming a new government, of which he or...

the government formation periods, the king nominates the governmental formateurs and informateurs and therefore acts as a mediator between the different...

appoint a formateur (former) who would then create a government "likely to obtain the confidence of [P]arliament". On the advice of the formateur, the King...

met on 28 September to invest a new government with Rwagasore acting as formateur. In a secret ballot, most deputies expressed their desire for Rwagasore...

judicial offices subject to limits imposed by laws. He could also select a formateur. He also had the power to veto parliamentary legislation and dissolve...

58 of 64 seats in the Legislative Assembly, and Rwagasore was declared formateur. Two days later he delivered a speech over national radio aimed at reconciliation...