Prime Minister of New Zealand

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head of government office

The Prime Minister of New Zealand is the head of government and leading political figure in New Zealand, responsible for overseeing the executive branch and setting national policy.

Aliases (1)

Acting Prime Minister of New Zealand ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of government office →
appointedBy	Governor-General of New Zealand →
appointedOnAdviceOf	New Zealand House of Representatives →
associatedWith	New Zealand Parliament → New Zealand general elections →
category	Government of New Zealand → Heads of government → Prime ministers of New Zealand →
constitutionalBasis	Constitutional conventions of New Zealand → Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General of New Zealand →
country	New Zealand →
eligibleFrom	member of the New Zealand House of Representatives →
firstHolder	Henry Sewell →
formationDate	1856 →
hasJurisdiction	New Zealand →
languageOfNativeLabel	English → Māori →
leaderOf	Cabinet of New Zealand → Government of New Zealand →
locatedIn	New Zealand →
memberOf	Cabinet of New Zealand → Executive Council of New Zealand →
nativeLabel	Prime Minister of New Zealand → Te Pirimia o Aotearoa →
nominatedBy	Parliament of New Zealand →
officeCreatedIn	Colony of New Zealand →
officeHolderOf	Government of New Zealand →
officeType	executive office → political office →
partOf	Executive branch of the New Zealand Government →
precededBy	Colonial Secretary of New Zealand →
rank	most senior government minister in New Zealand →
reportsTo	Parliament of New Zealand →
residence	Premier House → Wellington →
residesIn	Wellington →
responsibleFor	chairing meetings of the Cabinet of New Zealand → coordinating the activities of New Zealand government ministries → overseeing the executive branch of New Zealand → representing New Zealand domestically → representing New Zealand internationally → setting national policy in New Zealand →
seat	Wellington →
style	The Right Honourable →
successorTitleIfVacant	Acting Prime Minister of New Zealand →
symbol	Coat of arms of New Zealand → Flag of New Zealand →
termLength	no fixed term → serves while commanding confidence of the House of Representatives →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bill Rowling → Christopher Luxon → Jacinda Ardern → Norman Kirk →	positionHeld
Chief Justice of New Zealand → Supreme Court of New Zealand →	appointmentOnAdviceOf
Crown in right of New Zealand →	actsOnAdviceOf
Governor-General of New Zealand →	appointedOnAdviceOf
New Zealand Legislative Council →	appointmentsMadeOnAdviceOf
Queen of New Zealand →	appointsOnAdviceOf
New Zealand Parliament →	hasLeaderTitle
Prime Minister of New Zealand →	nativeLabel
Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand) →	opposes
Attorney-General of New Zealand →	reportsTo
Prime Minister of New Zealand ("Acting Prime Minister of New Zealand") →	successorTitleIfVacant