Deputy prime minister

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Template:Short description A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president, as both positions are "number two" offices, but there are some differences.

The states of Australia and provinces of Canada each have the analogous office of deputy premier. In the devolved administrations of the United Kingdom, an analogous position is that of the deputy First Minister, albeit the position in Northern Ireland has equivalent powers to the First Minister differing only in the titles of the offices. In Canada, the position of deputy prime minister should not be confused with the Canadian deputy minister of the prime minister of Canada, a nonpolitical civil servant position.

In Austria and Germany, the officeholder is known as vice-chancellor.

A deputy prime minister traditionally serves as acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent or incapable of exercising power. The deputy prime minister is often asked to succeed to the prime minister's office following the prime minister's sudden death or unexpected resignation, but that is not necessarily mandated by the constitution. This government position is often a job that is held simultaneously with another ministry, and is usually given to one of the most senior or experienced ministers of the cabinet. The holder of this office may also be deputy leader of the governing party, or perhaps the leader of the junior party of a coalition government.

Little scholarly attention has focused on deputy prime ministers, as they are sometimes less involved in the political power plays of government and more focus on the work at hand. A 2009 study in Political Science identified nine 'qualities' of deputy prime ministership: temperament; relationships with their Cabinet and caucus; relationships with their party; popularity with the public; media skills; achievements as deputy prime minister; relationship with the prime minister; leadership ambition; and method of succession.[1]

By contrast, the structure of the Government of Russia[2] and Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine provides for several deputy prime ministers or vice prime ministers.[3] In the case of the Russian government, the prime minister is responsible for defining the scope of the duties for each of their deputies,[4] who also may head a specific ministry: e.g. the former Minister of Finance of Russia, Alexey Kudrin, also serves as one of the deputies of the prime ministers or vice-premiers. One or two of these deputy prime ministers may hold the title of a first deputy prime minister. Russian federal law indicates that in accordance with the order established in advance, one of the deputy prime ministers may temporarily substitute for the prime minister in their absence. Customarily, however, it is to one of the "first" Deputy prime ministers that the prime-ministerial duties may be delegated. At the same time, in the case of prime minister's resignation, the law allows the President of Russia to choose any of the current vice-premiers to serve as an acting prime minister until the confirmation of the new government.[5]

There is also the special case of Belgium: in the Federal Government of Belgium, a deputy prime minister not only replaces the prime minister in the case they are incapacitated, but also acts as the link between the government and their political party. In short, in Belgium, a Deputy prime minister is the voice of their political party in the federal government, and they are the voice of the government in their political party. The prime minister and the deputy prime ministers form what is called the "inner cabinet" (kernkabinet; conseil des ministres restreint or kern), an instance where the most important political decisions are discussed and taken.

Lists of deputy prime ministers

State Office Officeholder Assumed office
File:Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan Deputy prime minister Abdul Ghani Baradar (acting, first) 7 September 2021
Abdul Salam Hanafi (acting, second)
Abdul Kabir (acting, third) 4 October 2021
File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania Deputy prime minister Arben Ahmetaj 18 September 2021
File:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda Deputy prime minister Robin Yearwood
File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia Deputy prime minister Tigran Avinyan 11 May 2018
Mher Grigoryan
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Deputy prime minister Richard Marles 23 May 2022
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Vice-chancellor Vacant
File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan Deputy prime minister Yagub Eyyubov and Shahin Mustafayev 13 February 2003 and 22 October 2019
File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas Deputy prime minister Chester Cooper 17 September 2021
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain Deputy prime minister Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa 2 November 2010
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh Vacant
File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados Deputy prime minister Santia Bradshaw 26 January 2022
File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Deputy prime minister Mikalay Snapkow, Yuri Shuleiko, Anatol Sivak, Vladimir Karanik
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Deputy prime minister Pierre-Yves Dermagne 1 October 2020
Georges Gilkinet
Vincent Van Peteghem
Frank Vandenbroucke
Petra De Sutter
David Clarinval 22 April 2022
Paul Van Tigchelt 22 October 2023
File:Flag of Belize.svg Belize Deputy prime minister Cordel Hyde 16 November 2020
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Deputy prime minister Lyudmila Petkova
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia Deputy prime minister Aun Pornmoniroth 6 September 2018
Vongsey Vissoth 22 August 2023
Sar Sokha
Tea Seiha
Hangchuon Naron
Sok Chenda Sophea
Keut Rith
Say Sam Al
Sun Chanthol
Neth Savoeun
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Deputy prime minister Vacant (since 2024) N/A
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China First vice premier Ding Xuexiang 12 March 2023
Second vice premier He Lifeng
Third vice premier Zhang Guoqing
Fourth vice premier Liu Guozhong
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Deputy prime minister Davor Božinović 19 July 2019
Tomo Medved 23 July 2020
Oleg Butković 15 July 2022
Branko Bačić 17 January 2023
Marko Primorac 17 May 2024
Josip Dabro
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic First deputy prime minister Karel Havlíček 15 December 2025
Deputy prime minister Alena Schillerová 15 December 2025
Petr Macinka 15 December 2025
Jaromír Zůna 15 December 2025
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Deputy Prime Minister Troels Lund Poulsen 23 October 2022
File:Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica Deputy Prime Minister Irving McIntyre 13 December 2022
Template:Country data East Timor Deputy prime minister Armanda Berta dos Santos 29 May 2020
José Maria dos Reis 24 June 2020
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Deputy prime minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar and Kamel al-Wazir
File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea Deputy prime minister Clemente Engonga Nguema Onguene, Ángel Mesie Mibuy and Alfonso Nsue Mokuy
File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini Deputy prime minister Themba N. Masuku[6] 4 November 2018
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia Deputy Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh February 2024
File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji Deputy prime minister Biman Prasad 24 Dec 2022
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Deputy prime minister Annika Saarikko 10 September 2020
Template:Country data Georgia Vice Prime Minister Thea Tsulukiani 31 March 2021
Levan Davitashvili 12 July 2021
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Vice-Chancellor Lars Klingbeil 6 May 2025
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Deputy prime minister Vacant (since 2023) N/A
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Deputy prime minister Zsolt Semjén 1 June 2010
File:Flag of India.svg India Deputy prime minister Vacant (since 2004) N/A
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Deputy prime minister Fuad Hussein and Ali Tamim
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Tánaiste Simon Harris 23 January 2025
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel Deputy prime minister Yariv Levin 29 December 2022
Vice prime minister Vacant (since 2023) N/A
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini 22 October 2022
Antonio Tajani 22 October 2022
File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Deputy prime minister Horace Chang 7 September 2020
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Deputy prime minister Vacant (since 2021) N/A
File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Deputy prime minister Ayman Safadi
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan First deputy prime minister Alihan Smaiylov 25 February 2019
Deputy prime minister Roman Sklyar 18 September 2019
Eraly Togjanov 11 February 2020
File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo Deputy prime minister Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz and Emilija Redžepi 22 March 2021
File:Flag of Kurdistan.svg Kurdistan Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani June 2014
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Deputy prime minister Fahad Yusuf Al-Sabah, Sharida Abdallah Saad Al Maousherji, Imad Mohammad Alatiqi
File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan First deputy chairman of the cabinet of ministers Adylbek Kasymaliev 20 June 2022
Deputy chairman of the cabinet of ministers variable, currently three deputies by cabinet
File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos Deputy prime minister Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune 2021
Chansamone Chanyalath
Saleumxay Kommasith 20 June 2022
Vilay Lakhamfong
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Deputy prime minister Tarek Mitri 8 February 2025
File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho Deputy prime minister Mathibeli Mokhothu 21 May 2020
File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein Deputy prime minister Sabine Monauni 25 March 2021
File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Deputy prime ministers Xavier Bettel 17 November 2023
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Deputy Prime Ministers Ahmad Zahid Hamidi 3 December 2022
Fadillah Yusof
File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta Deputy prime minister Vacant (since 2024) N/A
File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius Deputy prime minister Paul Bérenger 29 December 2024
Vice-prime minister Vacant (since 2024) N/A
File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova Deputy Prime Minister Mihai Popșoi 29 January 2024
Eugen Osmochescu 1 November 2025
Vladimir Bolea 16 February 2023
Cristina Gherasimov 5 February 2024
Valeriu Chiveri 1 November 2025
File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia Deputy prime minister Khassuuri Gankhuyag 12 November 2025
Togmidyn Dorjkhand 10 July 2024
File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro Deputy prime minister Vladimir Joković 28 April 2022
Raško Konjević
Jovana Marović
Ervin Ibrahimović
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar Deputy prime minister Soe Win 1 August 2021
Mya Tun Oo 1 February 2023[7]
Tin Aung San
Win Shein
Than Swe 3 August 2023[8]
File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia Deputy-prime minister John Mutorwa 9 February 2024
File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal Deputy prime minister Prakash Man Singh 15 July 2024
Bishnu Prasad Paudel
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Deputy prime minister Fleur Agema 2 July 2024
Sophie Hermans
Eddy van Hijum
Mona Keijzer
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Deputy prime minister David Seymour 31 May 2025[9]
File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea Vice premier Pak Jong-gun 2021
Yang Sung-ho 2020
Kim Song-ryong 2021
Ri Song-hak 2021
Pak Hun 2021
Ju Chol-gyu 2021
Jon Sung-guk 2022
Template:Country data North Macedonia Deputy prime minister Izet Mexhiti
Ljupco Dimovski
Ivan Stoilković
Orhan Murtenzai
Arben Fetaj
Aleksandar Nikolovski 		23 June 2024
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman Deputy prime minister
Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said 1972
Asa'ad bin Tariq Al Said 2017
Shihab bin Tariq Al Said 2020
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Deputy prime minister Ishaq Dar 29 March 2024
File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea Deputy prime minister Vacant 11 May 2022
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland Deputy prime minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz 13 December 2023
Krzysztof Gawkowski
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Deputy prime minister Vacant (since 2015) N/A
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Deputy prime minister Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah January 2016
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania Deputy prime minister Marian Neacșu 15 June 2023
Cătălin Predoiu
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia First Deputy Chairman of the Government Denis Manturov 14 May 2024
Deputy Chairmen of the Government variable, up to eight deputies by cabinet
File:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis Deputy prime minister Geoffrey Hanley 6 August 2022
File:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia Deputy prime minister Ernest Hilaire January 2022
File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Deputy prime minister Montgomery Daniel 7 November 2020
File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa Deputy prime minister Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio 24 May 2021
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Deputy prime minister Vacant (since 2022) N/A
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia First deputy prime minister Ivica Dačić 27 April 2014
Deputy prime minister Rasim Ljajić 27 July 2012
Zorana Mihajlović 27 April 2014
Nebojša Stefanović 11 August 2016
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Deputy prime minister Heng Swee Keat 1 May 2019
Gan Kim Yong 15 May 2024
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Deputy prime ministers Robert Kalinak, Denisa Sakova, Tomáš Taraba, Peter Kmec
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Deputy prime minister Zdravko Počivalšek 13 March 2020
Matej Tonin
Aleksandra Pivec
File:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands Deputy prime minister Manasseh Maelanga[10] 1 November 2019
File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia Deputy prime ministers Salah Ahmed Jama
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Deputy prime minister Koo Yun-cheol 17 July 2025
‘’Vacant’’
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain First Deputy prime minister María Jesús Montero 29 December 2023
Second Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz 12 July 2021
Third Deputy Prime Minister Sara Aagesen 25 November 2024
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Deputy prime minister Ebba Busch 18 October 2022
File:Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria Deputy prime minister Vacant (since 2023) N/A
File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan Vice premier Cheng Li-chun 20 May 2024
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Deputy prime minister Phipat Ratchakitprakarn 19 September 2025
Sophon Zaram
Borwornsak Uwanno
Ekniti Nitithanpraphat
Thamanat Prompow
Suchart Chomklin
File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga Deputy prime minister Vacant (since 10 August 2022) N/A
File:Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu Deputy prime minister Minute Alapati Taupo 20 September 2019
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Deputy prime minister Rebecca Kadaga
Moses Ali
Lukia Isanga Nakadama 		June 2021
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Deputy prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko November 2021
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Deputy prime minister Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Maktoum bin Mohammed Al Maktoum
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Deputy prime minister David Lammy 5 September 2025
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan Deputy prime ministers Zulayho Mahkamova, Jamshid Qochqorov, Ochilboy Ramatov, Jamshid Xojayev
File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu Deputy prime minister Ishmael Kalsakau[11] 21 April 2020
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam First Deputy prime minister Nguyễn Hòa Bình 26 August 2024
Deputy prime minister Trần Hồng Hà 5 January 2023
Lê Thành Long 6 June 2024
Hồ Đức Phớc 26 August 2024
Bùi Thanh Sơn
File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen Deputy prime minister Vacant (since 2022) N/A

Position abolished

References

  1. ↑ Steven Barnes, 'What About Me? Deputy Prime Ministership in New Zealand', Political Science, Vol. 61, No. 1, 2009, pp. 33-49
  2. ↑ Article 110.2 of the Constitution of Russian Federation
  3. ↑ Article 114 of the Constitution of Ukraine
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