Prime Minister of the Philippines
Punong Ministro ng Pilipinas | |
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Style | Prime Minister (informal) The Honourable (formal) His Excellency (formal, diplomatic) |
Type | Head of government |
Status | Abolished |
Member of | |
Appointer | The President with members' advice and consent |
Precursor | Office established (pre-1899) President of the Philippines (1978) |
Formation | January 2, 1899 (first creation) June 12, 1978 (second creation) |
First holder | Apolinario Mabini y Maranan (first creation) Ferdinand Marcos (second creation) |
Final holder | Salvador H. Laurel |
Abolished | November 13, 1899 (first abolition)
March 25, 1986 (second abolition) |
Succession | President of the Philippines (1899–1978; 1986-present) |
The prime minister of the Philippines (Filipino: Punong Ministro ng Pilipinas) was the official job of the head of the government (whereas the President of the Philippines was the head of state) of the Philippines from 1978, until the People Power Revolution in 1986.
A limited version of this office existed for a short time in 1899, during the First Philippine Republic.