minister-president

noun

plural ministers-president or minister-presidents

: the principal governmental minister usually chosen by the legislature in a number of German länder and resembling a prime minister in power and status

the minister-president … appoints and heads a cabinet responsible to the legislature

—R. H. Wells

Word History

Etymology

translation of German ministerpräsident

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