minister-president
Noun
Meaning
minister-president (plural ministers-president)
The head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments, in which a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government prevails, who presides over the council of ministers.
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But by the end of the year, Roon resigned due to ill health, and Bismarck again became Minister-President.
Moreover, Hindenburg's favorite politician, Papen, was Vice Chancellor of the Reich and Minister-President of Prussia, and Hindenburg agreed not to hold any meetings with Hitler unless Papen was present as well.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the election of Thomas Kemmerich as Thuringia's new Minister-President "unforgivable".
The election to determine the Minister-President is held no later than four weeks after the newly elected Landtag is convened.
The minister-president does not count against the language quota, but in practice every minister-president has been a bilingual francophone.
In his capacity as Minister-President, Stoiber served as President of the Bundesrat in 1995/96.