head of government

English

Noun

head of government (plural heads of government or (rare) heads of governments)

1. The chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet; usually called Prime Minister (in a parliamentary system) or President (in a presidential system).

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:head of government

Translations

chief officer of the executive branch of a government

• Albanian: krye i qeverisë m (indefinite), kreu i qeverisë m (definite)
• Arabic: رَئِيس الحُكُومَة m (raʔīs al-ḥukūma)
• Belarusian: кіраўні́к ура́да m (kiraŭník uráda)
• Bulgarian: глава́ на прави́телството m or f (glavá na pravítelstvoto)
• Catalan: cap de govern m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 政府首腦／政府首脑 (zh) (zhèngfǔ shǒunǎo)

• Czech: hlava vlády m or f
• Danish: regeringschef c
• Dutch: regeringsleider (nl) m
• Estonian: valitsusjuht
• Finnish: hallituksen päämies
• French: chef du gouvernement (fr) m
• Georgian: მთავრობის მეთაური (mtavrobis metauri), მთავრობის ხელმძღვანელი (mtavrobis xelmʒɣvaneli), ხელისუფლების მეთაური (xelisuplebis metauri)
• German: Regierungschef (de) m
• Hindi: शासनप्रमुख m (śāsnapramukh)
• Hungarian: kormányfő (hu)
• Indonesian: kepala pemerintahan
• Italian: capo del governo m
• Japanese: 政府の長 (せいふ の ちょう, seifu no chō)
• Khmer: ប្រមុខរដ្ឋាភិបាល (prɑmuk rŏətthaaphibaal)
• Korean: 행정부 수반(行政府隨伴) (haengjeongbu suban)
• Macedonian: шеф на владата m (šef na vladata)
• Malay: ketua kerajaan (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: regjeringssjef m

  Nynorsk: regjeringsleiar m, regjeringssjef m

• Persian: رئیس دولت (ra'is-e dowlat)
• Polish: szef rządu m
• Portuguese: chefe de governo m
• Romanian: șef de guvern m
• Russian: глава́ прави́тельства m or f (glavá pravítelʹstva)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шеф владе m

  Roman: šef vlade m

• Slovak: hlava vlády m or f
• Slovene: vodja vlade m
• Spanish: jefe de gobierno m
• Swedish: regeringschef (sv) c
• Tagalog: pinuno ng pamahalaan
• Tajik: сардори хукумат (sardor-i xukumat)
• Turkish: hükûmet başkanı
• Ukrainian: голова́ у́ряду m or f (holová úrjadu)

See also

• head of state