Deputy Prime Minister of Australia accepted the view put to him by McEwen that to commission a Liberal temporarily as Prime Minister would give that person an unfair advantage in the forthcoming party room ballot for the permanent leader. McEwen's appointment was in keeping with the previous occasion when the main non-Labor party was without a leader; Earle Page of the Country Party was interim Prime Minister between 7 and 26 April 1939—the period between Joseph Lyons' sudden death and the United Australia Party naming Robert Menzies his successor. Since 1968 only two Deputy Prime Ministers have gone on to become Prime Minister: Paul Keating
Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority caretaker or emergency basis do not need to obtain approval or confirmation of the PLC. Unlike the Prime Minister's office in many other nations, the Palestinian Prime Minister is not required to be a member of the legislature while in office. Instead, the nomination is made independently by the President, taking into account the political situation at the time. However, following the international sanctions against the government led by Hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by several key countries, between 2006 and 2007, President Abbas instead appointed experts as Prime Minister since 2007 who were considered rather independent from