2007-12-14 20:27:13 · 15 answers · asked by SONIA W 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
A president is a head of state with no one above him but a prime minister has a Queen or King above them .Basically you have presidents in countries with no royal family. Hope this helps.
2007-12-14 20:39:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Old government systems was mostly a monarchy in which the king will have all the power . that was not the case all the time . presidents came to power nearly since the French revolution . they are supposed to be elected by the people from the people to rule the people . but the people found that even presidents can be sometimes worse than dictators .so the legislators chose in many countries the role of a prime minister who will lead a partisan government while the president will have a cosmetic role and will be above all parties . all precautions didn't stop people like Stalin from gabbing power when he became president or Hitler from doing the same when he became chancellor of Germany which is equivalent to the post of a prime minister anywhere else .
2007-12-15 05:16:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The differences between a president and a prime minister largely depend upon the country to which one is referring. A president and prime minister may have relatively equal powers, but this again is dependent upon the type of government a country employs. There are many inaccurate definitions of differences, which throw more confusion on the matter.
2007-12-15 04:38:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A President screws the American people, a Prime Minister screws us Brits.
2007-12-15 04:30:50 · answer #4 · answered by Phantom66 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
President is the head of state of a presidential form of government while Prime Minister is the executive head of a parliamentary form of government.
2007-12-15 09:06:23 · answer #5 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a president of a country doesnt have to answer to a king or queen but a prime minister would have to so there is a difference
2007-12-15 05:33:22 · answer #6 · answered by jackie n 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The president of the USA at the moment is functionally illiterate and educationally subnornal.
The prime minister of the UK is a highly educated, academic and intelligent person.
There's no difference to the fact that they are both overly egotistical and meglomaniacs who seem to relish being able to screw the people who voted them in.
2007-12-15 04:40:46 · answer #7 · answered by Mr Tripod 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
short answer- President elected to office by voters in country. Prime minister- especially in Parliamentary system (England) is not elected to office by voters- instead is the political head of majority party or coalition of parties in Parliament- elected /selected by party members in the system- If the US had equivalent example- Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of House elected by less than 300 Democrat party politicians would be about same as prime minister- See Labor party in England as majority in Commons selected their head of party as prime minister.
2007-12-15 05:54:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is only one prime minister, only the brits use that phrase, everyone else uses president
2007-12-15 05:29:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
not alot both puppets for the new world order , but if you have no clue of this basicly there pretty much both the same each leads (rules) there country .
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2007-12-15 05:20:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋