The President of the Council of Ministers (sometimes titled Chairman of the Council of Ministers) is the most senior member of the
cabinet
Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to:
Furniture
* Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers
* Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets
* Filin ...
in the
executive
Executive ( exe., exec., execu.) may refer to:
Role or title
* Executive, a senior management role in an organization
** Chief executive officer (CEO), one of the highest-ranking corporate officers (executives) or administrators
** Executive di ...
branch of
government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government i ...
in some countries. Some Presidents of the Council of Ministers are the
heads of government
The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a ...
, and thus are informally referred to as a Prime Minister or Premier.
Countries currently using the title
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President of the Council of Ministers of Italy
The Prime Minister of Italy, officially the President of the Council of Ministers ( it, link=no, Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri), is the head of government of the Italian Republic. The office of president of the Council of Ministers is ...
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President of the Council of Ministers of Peru
The president of the Council of Ministers of Peru ( es, link=no, presidente del Consejo de Ministros del Perú), informally called Premier (form of address) or Prime Minister, is the head of the cabinet as the most senior member of the Council ...
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President of the Council of Ministers of Poland
In Supranational organisation
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Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union State of Russia and Belarus
Countries that previously used the title
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President of the Council of Ministers (Empire of Brazil) (1847–1889)
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President of the Council of Ministers (United States of Brazil) (1961–1963)
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Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (Bulgaria) (1879–1991)
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President of the Council of Ministers of Cambodia (1947–1970)
[Munson, Frederick P. ]t al.
T, or t, is the twentieth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''tee'' (pronounced ), plural ''tees''. It is der ...
''Area Handbook for Cambodia'' (1963), p. 173
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Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)
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President of the Council of Ministers (France) (Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Republic)
* Chairman of the
Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)
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President of the Council of Ministers (Kingdom of Portugal) (1834–1910)
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President of the Council of Ministers (Portuguese Republic) (1932–1974)
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President of the Council of Ministers (Romania) (1862-1989)
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President of the Council of Ministers (Spain) (1834–1939)
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Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union was the head of the government of the Soviet Union during the existence of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1991.
Powers
The appointment of the Chairman of the ...
(1922–1991)
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Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Vietnam)
The prime minister of Vietnam ( vi, Thủ tướng Việt Nam), officially styled as the Prime Minister of the Government of the Socialist Republic ( vi, Thủ tướng Chính phủ nước Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa), is the head of g ...
(1980–1992)
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President of the Council of Ministers (
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 191 ...
) (1918–1941)
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President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba (1976–2019)
See also
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Council of Ministers
A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/ shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or ...
References
Government occupations
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