Tuesday, March 15, 2011

What is a Prime Minister?

According to Merriem-Webster Dictionary, a Prime Minister is:  1.  The chief minister of a ruler or state. 2.The official head of a cabinet or ministry; especially, the chief executive of a parliamentary government.

In Greece, today, they have a parliamentary government with a Prime Minister; his name is George Papandreou. The Prime Minister serves a different role from that of the President of Greece, whose name is Karolos Papoulias.  While the President is the head of state, the Prime Minister is the head of government.

One thing that I think is interesting about Greece is that although it is a democracy it can function like a dictatorship

For more information, check out the following link which has a ton of information!


http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3395.htm

4 comments:

MacK 6 said...

Because of pssas, are we supposed to have the vocab sheets done by friday???

hubba bubba GUM said...

i hope not cause i still need time also i think their due next week

Mr. Winand said...

@Everyone - My plan was to go over the sheets on Friday of THIS WEEK. However, if there is a problem with getting them done, I suppose we could push it off until Monday and you could work on them in class on Friday. Remember to bring your 2nd Europe Map to class because we will be discussing it very shortly (maybe even Friday if time permits!).

MacK 6 said...

I don't have any of the vocab done!