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Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier.

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Instance of
position
Said to be same as
minister-president
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female form of label
premjerė
male form of label
premjeras
different from
Premier
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Contents
  • Relationship to the term "prime minister"
  • Etymology
  • Examples by country
  • By jurisdiction
  • See also
  • References

Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier.

A premier will normally be a head of government, but is not the head of state. In presidential systems, the two roles are often combined into one, whereas in parliamentary systems of government the two are usually kept separate.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “premier” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.