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unusual facts about Head of government



Communism in Vietnam

The Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung is the head of government, presiding over a council of ministers composed of three deputy prime ministers and the heads of 26 ministries and commissions.

Constitution of Somalia

Somalia's Constitution provides for a parliamentarian system of government, with the President of Somalia as head of state and a selected Prime Minister as head of government.

Convention on the Future of Europe

Its members were drawn from the national parliaments of member states and candidate countries, the European Parliament, the European Commission, and representatives of heads of state and government.

Government of Nova Scotia

The political party that wins the largest number of seats in the legislature normally forms the government, and the party's leader becomes premier of the province, i.e., the head of the government.

Politics of Kenya

The Politics of Kenya take place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Kenya is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system in accordance with a new constitution passed in 2010.

Politics of Poland

The politics of Poland take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government of a multi-party system and the President is the head of state.

Politics of Uruguay

The president, who is both the head of state and the head of government, is elected by popular vote for a five-year term, with the vice president elected on the same ticket.

The Politics of Uruguay abide by a presidential representative democratic republic, under which the President of Uruguay is both the head of state and the head of government, as well as a multiform party system.

United States federal executive departments

Federal executive departments are analogous to ministries common in parliamentary or semi-presidential systems but, with the United States being a presidential system, their heads otherwise equivalent to ministers, do not form a government (in a parliamentary sense) nor are they led by a head of government separate from the head of state.


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Alex Alben

Prior to running for Congress in 2004, Alben served as General Counsel and V.P. Business Affairs for Starwave Corporation and head of government affairs for RealNetworks.

Antoine Pinay

Having died at age of 102, he is the third longest lived national head of government or head of state in history, behind only Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum and Celâl Bayar.

Constitution of Somalia

As head of government, the president selected the members of the Council of Ministers, which he chaired.

Esko Aho

At the time of his rise to Prime Minister, he was the youngest head-of-government in Europe.

Grafton, Virginia

By renaming their town, the citizens unknowingly named their community after the 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister Lord Augustus FitzRoy, who served as the head of government for the United Kingdom 1768–1770.

Grossglockner High Alpine Road

Four years later, the moving force of the road building, the Salzburg provincial head of government Franz Rehrl, and the technician Franz Wallack climbed into their Steyr 100 car, and achieved the first alpine crossing in an automobile on a graded road.

Macri

Mauricio Macri (born 1959), Head of Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentine businessman and politician

Politics of East Germany

Lothar de Maizière, first (and only) non-socialist head of government

Politics of Gibraltar

The head of Government is the Chief Minister, currently the Hon. Fabian Picardo, of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP), who have been in office since 9 December 2011 in alliance with the Gibraltar Liberal Party (Liberals) following a general election.

Politics of Solomon Islands

Prime Minister Peter Kenilorea was head of government until September 1981, when he was succeeded by Solomon Mamaloni as the result of a realignment within the parliamentary coalitions.

Post-presidency of Ulysses S. Grant

He declined to request an interview with the Guangxu Emperor, a child of seven, but did speak with the head of government, Prince Gong, and Li Hongzhang, a leading general.

President of the Executive Council

The President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, Head of government of the Irish Free State (1922–37), in fact the president of the Irish Free State

Prime Minister of Zimbabwe

This position was abolished when the constitution was amended in 1987 and Mugabe became President of Zimbabwe, both the head of state and the head of government.

Warsaw Conference of 1850

In 1850, Frederick William summoned the reactionary Hans Daniel Hassenpflug to be his head of government.

Workers' Front of Catalonia

Pasqual Maragall i Mira, ancient head of government of Catalonia, was a leading member of FOC.

Yuan Cha

Yuan Cha made Emperor Xiaoming's granduncle Yuan Yong the Prince of Gaoyang the titular head of government, but in effect, Yuan Cha, in association with Liu, was the actual regent.