2015 Event Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the ruling Likud party have retained victory in this week's election; Netanyahu will now focus on forming a coalition government 2015 Event Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party, is elected as Prime Minister of Greece on an anti-austerity platform 2014 Event The U.S. government will recognize and provide finances to the new Palestinian government, formed by a coalition of Islamist groups Fatah and Hamas; the U.S. considers Hamas a terrorist group, but officials plan to monitor the new government's actions to ensure neutrality and commitment to achieving peace with Israel 2012 Event While Greece struggles to overcome its economic crisis, Antonis Samaras, leader of Greece's New Democratic party, negotiates with political rivals to form a coalition government 2011 Event In Poland, the Polish People's Party coalition becomes the first government to be reelected since Poland transitioned to democracy in 1989 2011 Event Helle Thorning-Schmidt introduces the new coalition government, officially becoming Denmark's 41st and first female Prime Minister 2011 Event The coalition government announces plans to privatize Northern Rock, a British public-owned bank 2010 Event In a BBC interview, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said it was 'impossible' for coalition forces to secure victory in Afghanistan 2010 Event German Chancellor Angela Merkel agrees to spread $80 million pounds in savings across four years with her coalition cabinet 1995 Event Estonia Centrumlinkse Coalition party wins parliamentary election 1994 Event Leftist coalition wins Marcedonia parliamentary election 1962 Event Laos prince Souvanna Phouma forms coalition government 1938 Event Paul-Henri Spak forms red coalition of Belgium 1934 Birthday Norman Schwarzkopf, born in Trenton, New Jersey, nicknamed, Stormin' Norman, The Bear, Commander, Coalition Forces in the Gulf War, 1991, retired U.S. Army General 1923 Event Saxony gets Social Democratic and Communist coalition government 1923 Event Germany: Gustav Stresemann becomes premier of coalition government 1915 Event H H Asquith forms a coalition government in England 1799 Event Russia leaves second anti-French Coalition 1798 Event Russia and England sign Second anti-French Coalition
