prime minister

prime minister

n. Abbr. PM

1. A chief minister appointed by a ruler.

2. The head of the cabinet and often also the chief executive of a parliamentary democracy.

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prime ministerial adj.

prime ministership, prime ministry n.

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prime minister

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the head of a parliamentary government

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the chief minister of a sovereign or a state

prime ministership , prime ministry n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Prime Minister - the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom premier, PM British Cabinet - the senior ministers of the British government chief of state, head of state - the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
	2.	prime minister - the person who is head of state (in several countries) chancellor, premier chief of state, head of state - the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government taoiseach - the prime minister of the Irish Republic

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prime minister

noun

Prime Ministers

British Prime Ministers 

Prime Minister	Party	Term of office
Robert Walpole	Whig	1721-42
Earl of Wilmington	Whig	1742-43
Henry Pelham	Whig	1743-54
Duke of Newcastle	Whig	1754-56
Duke of Devonshire	Whig	1756-57
Duke of Newcastle	Whig	1757-62
Earl of Bute	Tory	1762-63
George Grenville	Whig	1763-65
Marquess of Rockingham	Whig	1765-66
Duke of Grafton	Whig	1766-70
Lord North	Tory	1770-82
Marquess of Rockingham	Whig	1782
Earl of Sherbourne	Whig	1782-83
Duke of Portland	Coalition	1783
William Pitt	Tory	1783-1801
Henry Addington	Tory	1801-04
William Pitt	Tory	1804-06
Lord Grenville	Whig	1806-1807
Duke of Portland	Tory	1807-09
Spencer Perceval	Tory	1809-12
Earl of Liverpool	Tory	1812-27
George Canning	Tory	1827
Viscount Goderich	Tory	1827-28
Duke of Wellington	Tory	1828-30
Earl Grey	Whig	1830-34
Viscount Melbourne	Whig	1834
Robert Peel	Conservative	1834-35
Viscount Melbourne	Whig	1835-41
Robert Peel	Conservative	1841-46
Lord John Russell	Liberal	1846-52
Earl of Derby	Conservative	1852
Lord Aberdeen	Peelite	1852-55
Viscount Palmerston	Liberal	1855-58
Earl of Derby	Conservative	1858-59
Viscount Palmerston	Liberal	1859-65
Lord John Russell	Liberal	1865-66
Earl of Derby	Conservative	1866-68
Benjamin Disraeli	Conservative	1868
William Gladstone	Liberal	1868-74
Benjamin Disraeli	Conservative	1874-80
William Gladstone	Liberal	1880-85
Marquess of Salisbury	Conservative	1885-86
William Gladstone	Liberal	1886
Marquess of Salisbury	Conservative	1886-92
William Gladstone	Liberal	1892-94
Earl of Roseberry	Liberal	1894-95
Marquess of Salisbury	Conservative	1895-1902
Arthur James Balfour	Conservative	1902-05
Henry Campbell-Bannerman	Liberal	1905-08
Herbert Henry Asquith	Liberal	1908-15
Herbert Henry Asquith	Coalition	1915-16
David Lloyd George	Coalition	1916-22
Andrew Bonar Law	Conservative	1922-23
Stanley Baldwin	Conservative	1923-24
James Ramsay McDonald	Labour	1924
Stanley Baldwin	Conservative	1924-29
James Ramsay McDonald	Labour	1929-31
James Ramsay McDonald	Nationalist	1931-35
Stanley Baldwin	Nationalist	1935-37
Arthur Neville Chamberlain	Nationalist	1937-40
Winston Churchill	Coalition	1940-45
Clement Atlee	Labour	1945-51
Winston Churchill	Conservative	1951-55
Anthony Eden	Conservative	1955-57
Harold Macmillan	Conservative	1957-63
Alec Douglas-Home	Conservative	1963-64
Harold Wilson	Labour	1964-70
Edward Heath	Conservative	1970-74
Harold Wilson	Labour	1974-76
James Callaghan	Labour	1976-79
Margaret Thatcher	Conservative	1979-90
John Major	Conservative	1990-97
Tony Blair	Labour	1997-

Australian Prime Ministers 

Prime minister	Party	Term of office
Edmund Barton	Protectionist	1901-03
Alfred Deakin	Protectionist	1903-04
John Christian Watson	Labor	1904
George Houston Reid	Free Trade	1904-05
Alfred Deakin	Protectionist	1905-08
Andrew Fisher	Labor	1908-09
Alfred Deakin	Fusion	1909-10
Andrew Fisher	Labor	1910-13
Joseph Cook	Liberal	1913-14
Andrew Fisher	Labor	1914-15
William Morris Hughes	National Labor	1915-17
William Morris Hughes	Nationalist	1917-23
Stanley Melbourne Bruce	Nationalist	1923-29
James Henry Scullin	Labor	1929-31
Joseph Aloysius Lyons	United	1931-39
Earle Christmas Page	Country	1939
Robert Gordon Menzies	United	1939-41
Arthur William Fadden	Country	1941
John Joseph Curtin	Labor	1941-45
Joseph Benedict Chiffley	Labor	1945-49
Robert Gordon Menzies	Liberal	1949-66
Harold Edward Holt	Liberal	1966-67
John McEwen	Country	1967-68
John Grey Gorton	Liberal	1968-71
William McMahon	Liberal	1972-72
Edward Gough Whitlam	Labor	1972-75
John Malcolm Fraser	Liberal	1975-83
Robert James Lee Hawke	Labor	1983-91
Paul Keating	Labor	1991-96
John Howard	Liberal	1996-

Canadian Prime Ministers 

Prime Minister	Party	Term of office
John A. MacDonald	Conservative	1867-73
Alexander Mackenzie	Liberal	1873-78
John A. MacDonald	Conservative	1878-91
John J.C. Abbot	Conservative	1891-92
John S.D. Thompson	Conservative	1892-94
Mackenzie Bowell	Conservative	1894-96
Charles Tupper	Conservative	1896
Wilfred Laurier	Liberal	1896-1911
Robert Borden	Conservative	1911-20
Arthur Meighen	Conservative	1920-21
William Lyon McKenzie King	Liberal	1921-26
Arthur Meighen	Conservative	1926
William Lyon McKenzie King	Liberal	1926-30
Richard Bedford Bennet	Conservative	1930-35
William Lyon McKenzie King	Liberal	1935-48
Louis St. Laurent	Liberal	1948-57
John George Diefenbaker	Conservative	1957-63
Lester Bowles Pearson	Liberal	1963-68
Pierre Elliott Trudeau	Liberal	1968-79
Joseph Clark	Conservative	1979-80
Pierre Elliott Trudeau	Liberal	1980-84
John Turner	Liberal	1984
Brian Mulroney	Conservative	1984-93
Kim Campbell	Conservative	1993
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien	Liberal	1993-

New Zealand Prime Ministers 

Prime Minister	Party	Term of office
Henry Sewell	-	1856
William Fox	-	1856
Edward William Stafford	-	1856-61
William Fox	-	1861-62
Alfred Domett	-	1862-63
Frederick Whitaker	-	1863-64
Frederick Aloysius Weld	-	1864-65
Edward William Stafford	-	1865-69
William Fox	-	1869-72
Edward William Stafford	-	1872
William Fox	-	1873
Julius Vogel	-	1873-75
Daniel Pollen	-	1875-76
Julius Vogel	-	1876
Harry Albert Atkinson	-	1876-77
George Grey	-	1877-79
John Hall	-	1879-82
Frederick Whitaker	-	1882-83
Harry Albert Atkinson	-	1883-84
Robert Stout	-	1884
Harry Albert Atkinson	-	1884
Robert Stout	-	1884-87
Harry Albert Atkinson	-	1887-91
John Ballance	-	1891-93
Richard John Sneddon	Liberal	1893-1906
William Hall-Jones	Liberal	1906
Joseph George Ward	Liberal/National	1906-12
Thomas Mackenzie	National	1912
William Ferguson Massey	Reform	1912-25
Francis Henry Dillon Bell	Reform	1925
Joseph Gordon Coates	Reform	1925-28
Joseph George Ward	Liberal/National	1928-30
George William Forbes	United	1930-35
Michael Joseph Savage	Labour	1935-40
Peter Fraser	Labour	1940-49
Sidney George Holland	National	1949-47
Keith Jacka Holyoake	National	1957
Walter Nash	Labour	1957-60
Keith Jacka Holyoake	National	1960-72
John Ross Marshall	National	1972
Norman Eric Kirk	Labour	1972-74
Wallace Edward Rowling	Labour	1974-75
Robert David Muldoon	National	1975-84
David Russell Lange	Labour	1984-89
Geoffrey Palmer	Labour	1989-90
Mike Moore	Labour	1990
Jim Bolger	National	1990-97
Jenny Shipley	National	1997-99
Helen Clark	Labour	1999-

Translations

prime minister n → primo ministro

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prime minister n → primo ministro

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