Premier of the Northwest Territories

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head of government role political office

The Premier of the Northwest Territories is the head of the territorial government, responsible for leading the executive council and overseeing public policy and administration in Canada's Northwest Territories.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of government role ⓘ political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Northwest Territories ⓘ
appointedBy	Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
belongsToCategory	Heads of government of subnational entities in Canada ⓘ Premiers of the Canadian territories ⓘ
chairs	meetings of the Executive Council of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	territorial office under federal statute ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Commissioner of the Northwest Territories ⓘ Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
governmentHeadTitle	Premier of the Northwest Territories self-link ⓘ
governmentSystem	consensus government system ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	Northwest Territories ⓘ
hasPower	to assign ministerial portfolios within the territorial cabinet ⓘ to set overall priorities for the territorial government ⓘ
hasResponsibility	budgetary priorities of the Government of the Northwest Territories ⓘ strategic policy direction of the Government of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
hasSeatIn	Yellowknife ⓘ
hasTitle	Premier ⓘ
headOfGovernmentFor	Northwest Territories ⓘ
isDifferentFrom	Premier of Alberta ⓘ Premier of Nunavut ⓘ Premier of Yukon ⓘ
leads	Government of the Northwest Territories ⓘ surface form: Executive Council of the Northwest Territories
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Canada ⓘ Northwest Territories ⓘ
officeCreatedIn	Northwest Territories Act ⓘ
officeHolderMustBe	member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
officeHoldersAre	territorial politicians ⓘ
officeScope	territorial ⓘ
officeType	territorial premier ⓘ
oversees	implementation of territorial legislation ⓘ territorial departments of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
partOf	Government of the Northwest Territories ⓘ executive branch of the Government of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
positionHeldIn	Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
represents	Government of the Northwest Territories in intergovernmental relations ⓘ Northwest Territories ⓘ surface form: Northwest Territories in meetings with the federal government of Canada
responsibleFor	leadership of the Executive Council of the Northwest Territories ⓘ public policy in the Northwest Territories ⓘ territorial administration in the Northwest Territories ⓘ
selectionMethod	consensus government ⓘ elected by members of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
subordinateTo	constitutional framework of Canada ⓘ
worksWith	territorial ministers ⓘ
worksWithin	Canadian federal system ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Premier of Nunavut → equivalentOffice → Premier of the Northwest Territories ⓘ

Premier of Quebec → equivalentOffice → Premier of the Northwest Territories ⓘ

Premier of the Northwest Territories → governmentHeadTitle → Premier of the Northwest Territories self-link ⓘ

Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories → headOfGovernmentTitle → Premier of the Northwest Territories ⓘ

Northwest Territories → headOfGovernmentTitle → Premier of the Northwest Territories ⓘ

Commissioner of the Northwest Territories → worksWith → Premier of the Northwest Territories ⓘ