Does a former prime minister rank lower then current ministers?
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That could be a point of view depending upon the situation. If the former Prime Minister is still a Member of Parliament and a new Prime Minister is elected, then the current Prime Minister would have more power than the former Prime Minister.\n\nA former Prime Minister who is no longer a Member of Parliament would of course no longer be able to be compared with a Prime Minister currently leading the government.  That would merely bring cause to compare the two leaders from a historical perspective.
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Technically, his role is the same as any other former PM. His party and cabinet have allowed him to operate more like a president out of self interest. The party have the power to get rid of a sitting PM. The PM shouldn't make unilateral decisions, that is why we have a cabinet. The PM is meant to provide leadership and represent the government abroad, but he doesn't hold unfettered right to do as he pleases.
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In the United Kingdom, a number of cabinet ministers hold offices containing the word Chancellor.\n\n    * The Lord Chancellor (Lord High Chancellor, King's Chancellor) is the occupant of one of the oldest offices of state, dating back to the Kingdom of England, and older than Parliament itself. Theoretically, the Lord Chancellor is the "Chancellor of Great Britain"; there was formerly an office of "Chancellor of Ireland" which was abolished in 1922, when all but Northern Ireland left the United Kingdom. The Lord Chancellor, the second highest non-Royal subject in precedence (after the Archbishop of Canterbury), fulfills a threefold role:\n          o He is the de facto speaker of the House of Lords. The House of Lords in theory has no speaker, but as its most senior member, the Lord Chancellor, in full court dress and full bottomed wig, sits on the Woolsack and "presides," but has little actual authority. In practice, deputies often preside instead.\n          o The Lord Chancellor is the head of the judiciary. Formerly, the Lord Chancellor was the sole judge in the Court of Chancery. Since that court has been combined with others to form the High Court, the Lord Chancellor has served as the head of the Chancery division, but that role has been delegated to the Vice-Chancellor. The Lord Chancellor is also permitted to participate in judicial sittings of the House of Lords; he also chooses the committees that hear appeals in the Lords. The latter role is in practice fulfilled by the Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. The current Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, has indicated that he does not desire to take part in the House's judicial business in the interests of separation of powers.\n          o Head of the Department for Constitutional Affairs (formerly the Lord Chancellor's Department), as the head of which he sits in the Cabinet.\n\n    * Chancellor of the Exchequer, the minister with overall responsibility for the Exchequer or Treasury. This, too, is an ancient title dating back to the Kingdom of England. It is roughly the equivalent of the Minister of Finance or Secretary of the Treasury in other governmental systems. In recent years, when the term "Chancellor" is used in British politics, it is taken as referring to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. As Second Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor has an official residence at Number 11, Downing Street, next door to the First Lord of the Treasury, the Prime Minister, at 10 Downing Street, in London.\n\n    * Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, another ancient office of state, the Chancellor being the Minister of the Crown responsible in theory for the running of the Duchy of Lancaster, a duchy in England belonging to the Crown but historically maintained separately from the rest of the kingdom, whose net revenues personally belong to the monarch. In reality, the post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, effectively like a chairman of trustees, carries minimal work and responsibilities, so it is used in effect as a Minister without Portfolio position, often given to the chairman of the party in power to give him or her a seat in cabinet.
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Ehud Olmert\n\nPrime Minister of Israel as of 14th April 2006, when the declaration that Ariel Sharon was permenantly incapacitated took effect.[1].\n\nThe premiership powers were actually transferred to Olmert on January 4, 2006, after Ariel Sharon suffered a severe hemorrhagic stroke.[1] His party, Kadima, won the most seats in the legislative elections held on March 28, 2006 and Olmert, as Prime Minister-designate, has the first opportunity to attempt to form a coalition government[2].\n\nPreviously, Olmert was the Vice Prime Minister of Israel, the Finance minister, and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, as well as the Minister responsible for the Israel Lands Administration. [2] He is the interim Chairman of Ariel Sharon's Kadima party.
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he was the former prime minister of India
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The Prime Minister (Taoiseach) of Ireland is Bertie Ahern. The President is Mary McAleese. Prime minister has the power, president is a nominal position.\n\nThe Prime Minister in France is Dominique de Villepin. (President is Jacques Chirac) - Prime Minister and President share power, but the President has the right of veto.\n\nThe Spanish Prime Minister is Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. (Spain has a king, Juan Carlos, who holds a nominal position as head of state).\n\nThe German prime minister is Angela Merkel. President is Horst Koehler. Prime Minister has the power, president is a nominal position.
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He could be called the "first gentleman". Alternatively, he could not have a title at all and just be referred to by name. That was the case for Denis Thatcher when Margaret Thatcher was elected Prime Minister in the UK - he was just "Mr Thatcher".
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In theory they are in charge of the various departments that make up the government.  Civil Servants do the work, Ministers make the decisions and then respond to the critisism in Parliament and through the media.\n\nIn practise most government ministers are not up to the job and end up wasting billions.  They 'hinder' rather than 'help' the government function.
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Why is this question in Politics. She is not an elected politatian as far as I know. Call her Mrs Blair
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Does anyone still believe anything that comes out of Number 10? The Prime Minixter doesn't own the questions, so the phrase they use makes a mockery of the democractic process and perhaps an indicataor of the trend to elevate the PM to Presidential status.\n\nI'm not sure which is correct - you might try Hansard - but I prefer Questions to the Prime Minister.
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There isn't one.  Tony Blair is the Prime Minister of Britain.  Jack McConnell is the First Minister of Scotland and under the present constitution there is no Prime Minister of England.
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Why would you want to raise a cabinet member up to that status? Cabinet members tend to have more loyalties to their departments than they do to the President. I don't know that there are any legal grounds for impeachment though.
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It would be the prime minister.  If I remember correctly Jamaica is a former British colony and still has the Queen of England as it's head of "state", while the PM is the head of "government."
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1. Monarchies cannot have a president, so a Prime Minister is the head of the Government in these countries (U.K., Belgium, Commonwealth countries like Canada, Australia).\n\n2. Practically all republics have a prime-minister (as a head of a government) and most have a post of a president. However, some republics are "parliamentary republics" others are "presidential republics". Constitution determines prime-minister's and president's powers. For example, in the U.S., France and Russia the president is the head of state (all three have prime-ministers, even the U.S., where it is a Vice President), while in Israel and Austria a president is doing mostly protocol things.
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Elie Doté, since 13 June 2005. Prime minister appointed by the political party with a parliamentary majority.
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Lee Kuan Yew (also spelt Lee Kwan-Yew) (born September 16, 1923) (Chinese: 李光耀; Hanyu Pinyin: Lǐ Guāngyào) was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from 1959 to 1990. He has remained the second most influential politician in Singapore (after the Prime Minister) since stepping down from office. Under the administration of Singapore's second prime minister, Goh Chok Tong, he served as Senior Minister. He currently holds the specially created post of Minister Mentor under his son Lee Hsien Loong, who became the nation's third prime minister and second from the same family on August 12, 2004. He is also known informally as "Harry" to his close friends and family and thus his name is sometimes cited as Harry Lee Kuan Yew, although this first name is never used in official settings.\n\nFor more information follow the source link:
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cute question but i don't think i still call any of them politicians and/or polotics\n\nThere all corupted anyways