The governor-general typically appoints the leader of the political party holding at least a plurality of seats in the elected legislature to be prime minister, whose relationship with the other ministers of the Crown is officially that of a primus inter pares, or "first among equals". { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_btmslot' }}]}]; googletag.cmd.push(function() { { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_Billboard' }}, }, For other uses, see, For the cognitive bias sometimes known as the ", Latin honorary phrase meaning "first among equals", chair of the United States Federal Reserve System, lieutenant governors of the Canadian provinces, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople § Prerogatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, "Xi is no longer 'the first among equals' in China; just the first", "Chinese Communist Party expands Xi Jinping's political power, anointing him 'core' leader", Ecclesiological and Canonical Consequences of the Sacramental Nature of the Church: Ecclesial Communion, Conciliarity and Authority (The Ravenna Document), "Antiochean Council (341) - The Canons of the Eastern Orthodox Church", "Canons of the seven ecumenical councils: text - IntraText CT", Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter XXV, article vi, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Primus_inter_pares&oldid=975348260, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2019, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2016, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2012, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 28 August 2020, at 00:52. He was so inspired by the speech that he decided to do everything he could to become Prime Minister. "authorizationTimeout": 10000 Seymour was also damaged by the donation of a famous and expensive family portrait of the First Earl of Bridgewater to the British Museum. Various episcopal sees were granted or claim the title of primate (usually of a past or present political entity), which grants such a primas (usually a metropolitan archbishopric, often in a former/present capital) precedence over all other sees in its circumscription, outranking (other) metropolitan sees, but the incumbent primates can be trumped by personal ranks, as they rank below cardinals. 'min': 8.50, The Moderator of the General Assembly in a Presbyterian church is similarly designated as a primus inter pares. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654156' }}, ga('set', 'dimension2', "entry"); { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195467', size: [300, 250] }}, First Among Equals is an epic saga which follows the lives (including scandals, wives and lies) of four British MP's. { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a9690ab01717182962182bb50ce0007', pos: 'cdo_topslot_mobile_flex' }}, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a9690ab01717182962182bb50ce0007', pos: 'cdo_btmslot_mobile_flex' }}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '387233' }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776130', position: 'btf' }}, The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has frequently been described as "first among equals". bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776160', position: 'atf' }}, addPrebidAdUnits(pbAdUnits); 9€21 Simon is a devoted family man married to Elizabeth (née Drummond), a gynaecologist, with two children, Peter and Michael (in the American edition, Peter and Lucy). { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971066', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '446381' }}, First Among Equals is a 1984 novel by British author Jeffrey Archer, which follows the careers and personal lives of four fictional British politicians (Simon Kerslake, MP for Coventry Central and later Pucklebridge; Charles Seymour, MP for Sussex Downs; Raymond Gould, MP for Leeds North; and Andrew Fraser, MP for Edinburgh Carlton) from 1964 to 1991, with each vying to become Prime Minister. 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