[Animats]

> Here in Israel with proportional representation, every small party has outsized power since every one of them has enough power to vote down the current government by joining hands with the opposition.

Now Benjamin Netanyahu is soon to be back in power. He's generally acknowledged to be a crook, but nobody else seems to be able to assemble a governing coalition. He's already been Prime Minister for 15 years.

[aswanson]

Yeah, that guy has been around since forever. The only one I can think of that's been in power longer is putin.

[ValentineC]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_state_leaders_...