A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent.

The Prime Minister (, literally translated as Head Minister, Swedish statsminister , literally translated as Minister of State) is the Head of Government of Finland.

A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister who does not head a particular ministry.

Prime Minister was the Head of Government of Iran.

Hailemariam Desalegn, Meles s foreign minister, will take over Ethiopia s government.

Served as minister in Kerala government between 1996 and 1998.

In March 1959, he became Prime Minister again, succeeding Amintore Fanfani, in whose government he had been Minister of Defense.

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Ikeda, former minister of MITI, the Japanese government undertook an ambitious income doubling plan.

As head of government, the prime minister presides over the cabinet.

The Minister of Press also serves as the primary government spokesperson.

On 28 February, the Government of Prime Minister Omar Karami resigned.

After the elections in 2003 there was initially one female minister (Foreign Minister) in the Government (making up 7.1 of the members), a year later there were two (Foreign Minister and Agriculture Minister) (14.2 ).

On the left, Royal, the Socialist president of the region of Poitou Charentes, has scant government experience, serving brief stints as environment minister, family minister, and education minister.

The Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan heads the Kurdistan Regional Government, the government of Iraq's Kurdistan Autonomous Region.

Is Italy ready for an African born government minister?, Donata Columbro asks

A new government was formed with Endelkachew Makonnen serving as Prime Minister.

Her Government included a minister whose sole responsibility was for Senegalese emigrants.

The Prime Minister of Norway (, literally state minister ) is the political leader of Norway and the Head of the Government of Norway.

Indeed, Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki s government is becoming increasingly allied with Iran.

Despite this bleak picture, Prime Minister George Papandreou s Socialist government still enjoys support.

As a reward, he was later made a minister in the Communist government.

On June 11, Bahrain government spokeswoman and Minister of Information Sameera Rajab tweeted

But Information Minister Khieu Kanharith denied that the government is harassing independent media.

Meeting with the Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government, Ali Mohamed Gedi

On 3 May 2005 he was sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs by the Iraqi Transitional Government, under Prime Minister Ibrahim al Jaafari.

That includes personal appeals by the Prime Minister to potential returnees and visits to Podgorica and to Skopje by the Minister of Returns himself a Serb and the Minister of Local Government Administration.

That reflected the substantial progress Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti s government had already made.

In the modern era, the head of government has the title prime minister ( statsminister ).

His Excellency Mr. Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Royal Government of Cambodia

He also met with the Royal Thai Government Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kantathi Suphamongkhon.

A couple of well known opposition politicians, a chief minister and a federal cabinet minister of the previous pro Musharraf government, were publicly thrashed, raising doubts about government control over law and order in the country.

We also thank Mr. Kassymzhomart Tokaev, Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, and Mr. Kazhmurat Nagmanov, Minister for Transport and Communication, for their statements representing the host Government.

For the Israeli coalition government headed by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, matters are relatively simple.

The Turkish public has demanded action, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan s government has responded.

The Prime Minister of Turkey (Turkish Başbakan ) is the head of government in Turkish politics.

In 1887, Francesco Crispi became Prime Minister and began focusing government efforts on foreign policy.

Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia and her Government have an unflinching commitment to those goals.

Whilst in Government, Hilda Lini served as the Minister for Health during her two terms.

The courage and the commitment of Prime Minister Sharon and his Government have been commendable.

The military recently blocked a government move to place Pakistan s infamous intelligence service, the ISI, under the control of the interior minister rather than the prime minister.

It was replaced after the 1980 elections by a government led by the Dominica Freedom Party under Prime Minister Eugenia Charles, the Caribbean's first female prime minister.

During the conference, Łuckievič had meetings with the exiled Foreign Minister of admiral Kolchak's Russian government Sergey Sazonov and the Prime Minister of Poland Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

We even had one government minister once told us to brush our teeth in the dark.

Defence Minister Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (in dark glasses) with President Sata (left) and other government officials.

The prime minister is the head of government and proposes other ministers and secretaries of state.