Feb 23, 2018 · Deputy Prime Minister is someone who can play the role of a Prime Minister when he is momentarily absent for some reason. Deputy prime minister is mostly a non-constitutional position who is generally a holder of an important portfolio like Ministry of Home Affairs, etc. For instance, in India, there hasn't been any Deputy Prime Minister since ...

May 30, 2022 · Most modern countries' governments are explicitly set up so as to have people lead branches of the executive who are (a) experts in a certain topic and (b) have the same political leanings as does the leader of the country. In Russia, these people are called deputy prime ministers. In Great Britain, they're called cabinet ministers. In the US ...

Before 1992 the deputies would often question the Prime Minister or the Leader of the Opposition question the government representative. For example, Roy Hattersley, the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party between 1983-92, stood in for Neil Kinnock facing Margaret Thatcher on 38 occasions between February 1984 and July 1990.

May 25, 2019 · Matteo Salvini, deputy Prime Minister and powerful head of the populist League party, which rules Italy in coalition with the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S), has expressed his reservations about cozying up to China, although he’s shown no sign that he will kibosh the deal.

Sep 28, 2019 · In Australia "No prime minister has been sanctioned for disorderly behaviour but two deputy prime ministers and seven opposition leaders have, although not all have been ordered from the House." The implication is clearly that in …

Jun 28, 2016 · The Prime minister must, by convention, be a member of parliament, although historically several modern-ish Prime Ministers have been Peers and Peers can still have cabinet posts. Also the formal posts within the government are in the gift of the Prime Minister and so posts and ministries have shifted somewhat over time, for example the recent ...

A deputy leader (in Scottish English, sometimes depute leader) in the Westminster system is the second-in-command of a political party, behind the party leader. Deputy leaders often become deputy prime minister when their parties are elected to government.

Mar 27, 2020 · Your understanding is correct - there is no UK Prime Minister until one is appointed by the Queen. In the meantime, the Civil Contingencies Act (2004) gives the Monarch (in practice, government ministers) powers to make emergency regulations, and COBRA meetings can be chaired by any Cabinet minister - after 9/11, these were chaired by the …

Jan 17, 2019 · The government is composed of the Prime Minister and other ministers. All ministers are either members of Parliament or Members of the House of Lords. In the normal run of things, all members of the Government represent the same party as the Prime Minister, as she can choose her political allies for Government jobs.

Jun 9, 2022 · At approximately 9 years and 215 days in total, Nawaz Sharif of PML (N) has been the longest-serving prime minister for a non-consecutive term. Sharif was re-elected for a third non-consecutive term on 5 June 2013, which is a record in the history of Pakistan. No prime minister of Pakistan has yet served their full five year term."