Vladimir Putin, for all practical purposes "runs" the Russian Federation. Opposition to him is not seen. Putin has a heavy hand in controlling government.
Sir William Fox was Prime Minister of New Zealand three times
he served two separate terms as the country's prime minister
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87 times, probably not
Prime Ministers can normally be elected any number of times.
6 times
Harold Wilson was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1976.
onec
Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister of Australia three times, was a member of the Labour political party.
William Gladstone was a British Prime minister and politician. He is most known for having served as the prime minister of Britain 4 separate times.
Stephen Harper became the Prime Minister once in 2006. He has continued to be re-elected in 2008, with an election pending in 2011. So far he has not had to resign as Prime Minister.
twice