President of the Council of Ministers

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The president of the Council of Ministers (sometimes titled chairman of the Council of Ministers) is the most senior member of the cabinet in the executive branch of government in some countries. Some presidents of the Council of Ministers are the heads of government, and thus are informally referred to as a prime minister or premier.

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Countries currently using the title
In supranational organisation
Countries that previously used the title
See also
References
Notes

Countries currently using the title

In supranational organisation

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union State of Russia and Belarus

Countries that previously used the title

President of the Council of Ministers (Empire of Brazil) (1847–1889)
President of the Council of Ministers (United States of Brazil) (1961–1963)
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (Bulgaria) (1879–1991)
President of the Council of Ministers of Cambodia (1947–1970)^[1]
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)
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)
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Netherlands) (1848-1945^[a]
President of the Council of Ministers (Kingdom of Portugal) (1834–1910)
President of the Council of Ministers (Portuguese Republic) (1932–1974)
President of the Council of Ministers (Romania) (1862-1989)
President of the Council of Ministers (Spain) (1834–1939)
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1922–1991)
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Vietnam) (1980–1992)
President of the Council of Ministers (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) (1918–1941)
President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba (1976–2019)

See also

Council of Ministers

References

↑ Munson, Frederick P. [et al.] Area Handbook for Cambodia (1963), p. 173

Notes

↑ The title of Prime Minister has been used more after 1945.

Titles used for heads of government

Current	Chancellor Chief executive Chief minister Federal Council (collective head of government) First minister Minister-president Premier President President of the Council of Ministers President of the Executive Yuan President of the government Prime minister Taoiseach
Former	Chairman President of the Executive Council State Elder

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