The Head of Government under the new constitution is the Premier ( prior to the new constitution the office was referred to as Chief Minister ), who is elected in a general election along with the other members of the ruling government as well as the members of the opposition.

The parliament Riigikogu ( State Assembly ) elected a Riigivanem who acted both as Head of Government and Head of State.

* Sir Mark Evelyn Heath-Diplomat, British Ambassador to Chad ( 1975 – 1978 ), the first British Ambassador to Holy See ( 1982 – 1985 ) and Head of Protocol for the Hong Kong Government ( 1985 – 1988 ).

On 14 October 1983, a power struggle within the government resulted in the house arrest of Bishop at the order of his Deputy Prime Minister, Bernard Coard who became Head of Government.

** Prime Minister and Head of Government of Cameroon

The politics of the Maldives take place in the framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President is the Head of Government.

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* 1930 – Getúlio Dornelles Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.

In states with a presidential system of government, the president exercises the functions of Head of State and Head of Government, i. e. he or she directs the executive branch of government.

As the " Head of Her Majesty's Government " the modern Prime Minister leads the Cabinet ( the Executive ).

Walpole demonstrated for the first time how a chief minister – a Prime Minister – could be the actual Head of the Government under the new constitutional framework.

Under this form of government, called the Westminster System, the Sovereign is Head of State and titular head of Her Majesty's Government.

As the actual Head of Government, the Prime Minister selects his Cabinet, choosing its members from among those in Parliament who agree or generally agree with his intended policies.

Head of the Government, Hebrew acronym: ;, Rais al-Hukuma ) is the head of the Israeli government and the most powerful political figure in Israel ( the position of President of Israel is largely honorary ).

Officially, the politics of Sudan takes place in the framework of a presidential representative democratic consociationalist republic, where the President of Sudan is Head of State, Head of Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces in a multi-party system.

Franco becomes Head of State of Spain, President of Government and de facto dictator.

Within a year, Torrijos ousts Martinez and takes charge as de facto Head of Government in Panama.

In semi-presidential systems, the Head of Government may answer to both the Head of State and the legislative power ( such as parliament ).

Formally the " head of state " can also personally be the " head of government " ( ex officio or by ad hoc cumulation such as an absolute monarch nominating himself ) but otherwise has formal precedence over the Head of Government and other ministers, whether he is their actual political superior ( absolute monarch, executive president ) or rather theoretical or ceremonial in character.

Even the formal representative of the Head of State, such as a Governor-General, may well be housed in a grander palace-type residence, often with such names as Government House.

For example, the 1972 Constitution designates the Prime Minister as constitutional successor of the Head of State in case of incapacity, death, resignation or unaccountable absence of the incumbent.

Bowing somewhat to international criticism, Azali appointed a civilian Prime Minister, Bainrifi Tarmidi, in December 1999 ; however, Azali retained the mantle of Head of State and army Commander.

Prime Minister also invited Koba Subeliani, former Head of Municipal Accomplishment Service to succeed Giorgi Kheviashvili, former Minister for Refugees and Accommodation.

Thus in March 1979 Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who kept absolute power ( until his overthrow in 2011 referred to as " Guide of the Revolution "), after ten years as combined Head of State and Head of government of the Libyan Jamahiriya (" state of the masses "), styled Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, formally transferred both qualities to the General secretaries of the General People's Congress ( comparable to a Speaker ) respectively to a Prime Minister, in political reality both were his creatures.

On 3 December 1941, Shefqet Bej Verlaci was replaced as Prime Minister and Head of State by Mustafa Merlika Kruja.

For example, many of the Prime Minister's executive and legislative powers are actually “ royal prerogatives ” and still formally vested in the Head of State, the Sovereign.

like most parliamentary democracies the Head of State's duties are mostly ceremonial, the Prime Minister of India is the head of government and has the responsibility for executive power.

** Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Mongolian Communist leader, former Party General Secretary, Prime Minister and Head of State ( b. 1916 )

In addition to Prime Minister, titles used for the democratic model, where there is an elected legislative body checking the Head of government, include the following.

* Dismissal — some constitutions allow a Head of state ( or their designated representative, as is the case in Commonwealth countries ) to dismiss a Head of government, though its use can be controversial, as occurred in 1975 when then Australian Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in the Australian Constitutional Crisis.

The Monarch was represented in South Africa by a Governor-General, while effective power was exercised by the Prime Minister ( who was Head of Government ).

King Victor Emmanuel and Shefqet Bej Verlaci, Albanian Prime Minister and Head of State, controlled the Italian protectorate.

Shefqet Bej Verlaci was replaced as Prime Minister and Head of State by Mustafa Merlika Kruja on 3 December 1941.

Politics of Belgium takes place in a framework of a federal, parliamentary, representative democratic, constitutional monarchy, whereby the King of the Belgians is the Head of State and the Prime Minister of Belgium is the head of government in a multi-party system.

; Head of government: Prime Minister Freundel Stuart ( since 23 October 2010 ).

Prime Minister Alcide de Gasperi assumed office as Italy's interim Head of State.

Negotiations for the settlement of the Roman Question began in 1926 between the government of Italy and the Holy See, and culminated in the agreements of the Lateran Pacts, signed — the Treaty says — for King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy by Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister and Head of Government, and for Pope Pius XI by Pietro Gasparri, Cardinal Secretary of State, on February 11, 1929.

The Queen of New Zealand, represented in the Cook Islands by the Queen's Representative, is the Head of State ; the Chief Minister is the head of government and of a multi-party system.

Gurgenidze implemented only two changes in the Cabinet of Georgia so far, replacing Alexandre Lomaia, the former Minister for Education and Science and new Secretary of National Security Council with Maia Miminoshvili, former Head of the National Assessment and Examination Centre ( NAEC ).

In the aftermath of the incident, President Karimov dismissed several senior military figures: Defense Minister Kadyr Gulyamov, Head of the Joint Headquarters of the Armed Forces Ismail

" This is used as a formal title in many states, but also informally a generic term to describe whichever office is formally the first amongst the executive " ministers " of an otherwise styled Head of State, as Minister — Latin for servants or subordinates — is a common title for members of a government ( but many other titles are in use, e. g. secretary ( of state )).