deputy prime minister
Premier's backup official
A deputy prime minister is a government official who ranks immediately below the prime minister, serving as second-in-command of the executive branch.
The role varies by country—some deputy prime ministers hold significant power and assume leadership when the prime minister is absent or incapacitated, while others occupy largely ceremonial positions.
The deputy prime minister chaired the cabinet meeting while the PM was abroad.
- vice presidentSecond-ranking executive officer
- number twoDeputy or runner-up
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- question timeLegislative inquiry period
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- ministerspremier, foreign secretary, cabinet secretary, secretary of state
- politicianspoliticians, Joe Biden, congressman, Nancy Pelosi, senator
- UK OfficialsMP, cabinet member, foreign secretary, cabinet secretary, secretary of state
- Iraqi Governmentministries, federal court, judiciary, electoral commission, Iraqi Army
- legislatorslegislator, lawmaker, member of parliament, state senator, assemblyman
deputy prime ministerprime minister
Leader of a parliamentary state
head of government · president · chancellor · chief executive · premier
deputy prime ministeropposition leader
Head of non-governing party
leader of the opposition · private citizen · chief justice · speaker of the house · ordinary citizen
deputy prime ministerordinary citizen
private citizen · civilian · voter · constituent · subject
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