prime minister

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When he met Sir Keir in Downing Street the day before he resigned from the cabinet, he told the prime minister directly he would be challenging him for the Labour leadership, Streeting told the BBC.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Sanae Takaichi was elected prime minister of Japan last year with a formidable majority but hasn’t used the resulting political capital to shrink Japan’s massive debt.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

He served as secretary general of the Elysee Palace for a year and was before that chief of staff to centrist Gabriel Attal during his brief stint as prime minister in 2024.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

At present, the prime minister said, it takes much too long for goods that land at the country’s ports to make their way to other parts of the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Bram Fischer, a part-time lecturer, was the scion of a distinguished Afrikaner family: his grandfather had been prime minister of the Orange River Colony and his father was judge-president of the Orange Free State.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela