Prime Ministers, ŌKU-ṢID
Prime minister, also called premier, the head of government in a country with a parliamentary or semipresidential political system. In such systems, the prime minister—literally the “first,” or most important, minister—must be able to command a continuous majority in the legislature (usually the lower house in a bicameral system) to remain in office.
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Ōkuma Shigenobu
Ōkuma Shigenobu was a politician who twice served as prime minister of Japan (1898; 1914–16). He organized the......
Živković, Petar
Petar Živković was the dictatorial premier of Yugoslavia from 1929 to 1932. In 1903, as a young soldier at the......
Živković, Zoran
Zoran Živković is a Serbian businessman and politician who served as prime minister (2003–04) of the republic of......
ʿAskarī, Jaʿfar al-
Jaʿfar al-ʿAskarī was an army officer and Iraqi political leader who played an important role in the Arab nationalist......
Ṣabāḥ, Sheikh Jābir al-Aḥmad al-Jābir al-
Sheikh Jābir al-Aḥmad al-Jābir al-Ṣabāḥ was a member of the ruling Ṣabāḥ family of Kuwait and emir (1977–2006).......
Ṣabāḥ, Sheikh Saʿd al-ʿAbd Allāh al-Sālim al-
Sheikh Saʿd al-ʿAbd Allāh al-Sālim al-Ṣabāḥ was a Kuwaiti royal and a member of the ruling Ṣabāḥ family who served......
Ṣidqī, Ismāʿīl
Ismāʿīl Ṣidqī was an Egyptian politician who was twice premier of his country (1930–33, 1946). Ṣidqī earned his......
Ṣidqī, ʿAzīz
ʿAzīz Ṣidqī was an Egyptian politician who was prime minister of Egypt from 1972 to 1973. An engineering graduate......