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Head of government
[[File:CommonwealthPrimeMinisters1944.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The heads of government of five members of the Commonwealth of Nations at the 1944 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting|Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference.]]
Head of government is the chief officer of the executive (government)|executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet (government)|cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled Prime Minister, President of the Government, Premier, etc. In presidential systems|presidential republics or absolute monarchies, the head of government may be the same person as the head of state, who is often called respectively a president or a monarch.
In semi-presidential systems, the Head of Government may answer to both the Head of State and the legislative power (such as parliament). An example is the French Fifth Republic (1958-present), where the ''Président de la République'' appoints a Prime Minister but must choose someone who can get government business through, and has the support of, the National Assembly. When the opposition controls the National Assembly (and thus government funding and most legislation), the President is in effect forced to choose a Prime Minister from the opposition; in such cases, known as cohabitation (government)|cohabitation, the government controls internal state policy, with the President restricted largely to foreign affairs.
The current record of longest-serving head of government in a democratic nation is Tage Erlander, who was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969, a total of 23 consecutive years.
References
- Jean Blondel & Ferdinand Muller-Rommel ''Cabinets in Western Europe'' (ISBN 0-333-46209-2)
- WorldStatesmen (click on each country)
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