Prime Minister

A prime minister is a common title for someone who manages the politics of a country and is the head of government. With countries that have kings and queens (known as monarchs), they are very important because they are in charge of most of the politics (they are "head of the government"). In countries with a president, they might be in charge of most of the politics (as in the Republic of Ireland), or they may be in day-to day charge but taking orders from the president as in France.

Countries with a Prime Minister:

• Antigua and Barbuda (with Monarch)
• Australia (with Monarch)
• Azerbaijan (with President)
• Barbados (with President)
• Belgium (with Monarch)
• Canada (with Monarch)
• Denmark (with Monarch)
• Ethiopia (with President)
• France (with President)
• India (with President)
• Ireland (with President)
• Israel (with President)
• Italy (with President)
• Japan (with Emperor)
• Malaysia (with Monarch)
• Mauritius (with President)
• Netherlands (with Monarch)
• New Zealand (with Monarch)
• Pakistan (with President)
• Romania (with President
• Singapore (with President)
• Thailand (with Monarch)
• Trinidad and Tobago (with President)
• Ukraine (with President)
• United Arab Emirates (with Monarch and President)
• United Kingdom (with Monarch)

Prime Minister Media

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  Prime ministers of the Nordic and Baltic countries in 2014. From left: Erna Solberg, Norway; Algirdas Butkevičius, Lithuania; Laimdota Straujuma, Latvia; Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, Iceland; Alexander Stubb, Finland; Anne Sulling, Estonia (trade minister); Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Denmark; Stefan Löfven, Sweden.

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  The prime ministers of five members of the Commonwealth of Nations at the 1944 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference.

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  Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964), the first Prime minister of India

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  John A. Macdonald (1815–1891), first Canadian prime minister

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  Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916–2000), former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and the first female prime minister

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  British prime minister William Pitt (1759–1806), the youngest head of government at the age of 24.

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  Countries with prime ministers (blue), those that formerly had that position (dark red) and those that never had that position (gray).