prime minister
Let an agent handle prime ministers by country, office holder, powers, appointment and accountability, strictly neutrally.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle prime ministers by country, office holder, powers, appointment and accountability, strictly neutrally.
The head of government in many parliamentary systems, leading the cabinet and government policy, usually accountable to the legislature; equivalent offices include chancellor and premier.
What it is for: Leading the government in parliamentary and semi-presidential systems.
It can be identify the current officeholder from official sources; explain powers and appointment; follow accountability to parliament; research past officeholders.
Distinguishing features
Head of government
Leads cabinet
Accountable to legislature
Distinct from head of state in many systems
What it looks like
An office; the holder leads cabinet meetings and speaks for the government.
How it is recognised
Titles: prime minister, chancellor, premier
Official residence and office
Acting and deputy prime ministers
Related models
is a kind of - office
leads - body
is accountable to - oversight
is contrasted with - office
In practice
Families and kinds
prime ministers in parliamentary systems
chancellors
premiers in subnational systems
acting and caretaker prime ministers
deputy prime ministers
Identifiers
Wikidata item per office instances
Standards and regulation
National constitutions and conventions
Ministerial codes
Failure modes and hazards
Stale officeholder data
Partisan framing
Confusing head of state and head of government
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Office Which prime minister.
Country defines the office.
Country
Office.
Country
Office.
- Of which country or subnational government? provenance
- What is the official title? definition
Holder
Current and past.
Holder
Officeholder.
- Who holds the office now, according to official sources? provenance
- Since when? provenance
Powers Role.
Powers vary.
Constitutional
Legal powers.
Constitutional
Powers.
- What powers does the office hold? provenance
- Which are conventions rather than law? definition
Appointment
How chosen.
Appointment
Appointment.
- How is the prime minister appointed? provenance
- Who appoints them formally? provenance
Accountability Parliament.
Accountability sustains democracy.
Confidence
Votes.
Confidence
Confidence.
- How can the legislature remove the prime minister? provenance
- Has it happened? provenance
Scrutiny
Questions.
Scrutiny
Scrutiny.
- How is the prime minister questioned in parliament? definition
- Where are records published? provenance
Neutrality Balance.
Description must be neutral.
Balance
Views.
Balance
Balanced account.
- Is the description neutral and sourced? boundary
- Are criticisms and support attributed? boundary
Distinction
Head of state.
Distinction
Head of state distinction.
- Is the head of state a different person? definition
- How do their roles differ? definition
What the second pass must settle
- Should offices per country be separate entries?
- How should holders be linked?
- How should acting roles be recorded?