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In many nations the term "premier" is used interchangeably with the title of " prime minister." For example, the "Italian Premier" or the "Japanese Premier." In the People's Republic of China it is used somewhat more commonly but still interchangeably with Prime Minister (See also: Premier of the People's Republic of China).
In certain British overseas territories, such as Bermuda, the elected head of government is called the "premier". In others he or she is called the chief minister.
It is also the name of the heads of government in the provinces and territories of Canada, provinces of South Africa, the states of Australia, and the (self-governing) New ZealandFor alternative meanings, see New Zealand (disambiguation). New Zealand is a country formed of two major islands and a number of smaller islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. A common Mori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa popularly translated as Land territory of NiueNiue is an island located in the South Pacific Ocean. It is commonly known as "Rock of Polynesia". Although it is self-governing, it is in free association with New Zealand, and most nations regard it as a territory of that nation. Niue is located 2,400 k (in some of these cases the formal title remains "Prime Minister" but "Premier" is used to avoid confusion with the national prime minister).
A second in command to the Premier is designated as a Vice-Premier or Deputy Premier.
In the Soviet UnionThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR ( Russian: ; tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik (SSSR) also called the Soviet Union ( ; tr. Sovetsky Soyuz , was a state in much of the northern region of Eurasia that existed from 1922 until 1 the title of Premier was applied to the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars or, after 1946Events January January 4 Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders the country is divided into four occupation zones Januar, to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR.
This term derives from the parliamentary form of government, and is quite different from a presidentPresident is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. Etymologically, a "president" is one who presides, who sits in leadership (from Latin prae "before" + sedere "to sit"). Originally, the term usually referr. A near-approximant of this term in the presidential system of government of the USA is the Speaker of the House of Representatives, which had more power in the nineteenth century, that is, before Theodore Roosevelt vastly increased the importance of the office of the president, but never so much as a premier.
As an example of how this term is used, the French Fifth Republic has both a "premier" and a "president"; the former has a level of power in between that of the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the U.S. and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, while the latter has, in ordinary times, almost as much power as a president in a presidential system of government, while in times of crisis, more power.
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