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Encyclopedia > List of Commonwealth Prime Ministers

Prime Ministers of Commonwealth nations in order of appointment: A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... The Commonwealth of Nations (CN), usually known as the Commonwealth, is a voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states, the majority of which are former colonies of the United Kingdom. ...

  1. The Prime Minister of Barbados — Owen Arthur (1994)
  2. The Prime Minister of Grenada — Keith Mitchell (1995)
  3. The Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis — Denzil Douglas (1995)
  4. The Prime Minister of Australia — John Howard (1996)
  5. The Prime Minister of Saint Lucia — Kenny Anthony (1997)
  6. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom — Tony Blair (1997)
  7. The Prime Minister of Lesotho — Pakalitha Mosisili (1998)
  8. The Prime Minister of Belize — Said Musa (1998)
  9. The Prime Minister of Samoa — Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi (1998)
  10. The Prime Minister of Uganda — Apolo Nsibambi (1999)
  11. The Prime Minister of New Zealand — Helen Clark (1999)
  12. The Prime Minister of Tonga — Feleti Sevele (2006)
  13. The Prime Minister of Fiji — Laisenia Qarase (2001)
  14. The Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — Ralph Gonsalves (2001)
  15. The Prime Minister of Bangladesh — Iajuddin Ahmed (acting) (2006)
  16. The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago — Patrick Manning (2001)
  17. The Prime Minister of the Bahamas — Perry Christie (2002)
  18. The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea — Sir Michael Somare (2002)
  19. The Prime Minister of Malaysia — Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2003)
  20. The Prime Minister of Swaziland — Themba Dlamini (2003)
  21. The Prime Minister of Dominica — Roosevelt Skerrit (2004)
  22. The Prime Minister of Malta — Lawrence Gonzi (2004)
  23. The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda — Baldwin Spencer (2004)
  24. The Prime Minister of India — Manmohan Singh (2004)
  25. The Prime Minister of Singapore — Lee Hsien Loong (2004)
  26. The Prime Minister of Tuvalu — Apisai Ielemia (2006)
  27. The Prime Minister of Pakistan — Shaukat Aziz (2004)
  28. The Prime Minister of Vanuatu — Ham Lini (2004)
  29. The Prime Minister of Mauritius — Navin Ramgoolam (2005)
  30. The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka — Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (2005)
  31. The Prime Minister of Canada — Stephen Harper (2006)
  32. The Prime Minister of Jamaica — Portia Simpson-Miller (2006)
  33. The Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands — Manasseh Sogavare (2006)

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The Prime Minister is often, but not always, a member of parliament and is expected with other ministers to ensure the passage of bills through the legislature.
While the modern office of Prime Minister developed in the UK the first actual usage of the word Prime Minister or Premiere Minstre was used by Cardinal Richelieu, when, in 1624 he was named to head the royal council as prime minister of France.
The Prime Minister is formally the presiding minister of the Privy Council and the cabinet.
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