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| | Prime Minister Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | In parliamentary systems like the Westminster system, the prime minister is the head of the government while the position of head of state is largely ceremonial. |
 | | In some monarchies the prime minister exercises powers (known as the Royal Prerogative) which are constitutionally vested in the Crown and can be exercised without the approval of parliament. |
 | | The post of prime minister is one which may be encountered both in constitutional monarchies (such as Belgium, Denmark, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom), and in republics in which the head of state is an elected (such as France) or unelected official (such as Germany) with varying degrees of real power. |
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