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部长 bù zhǎng head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
副部长 fù bù zhǎng assistant (government) minister
公使 gōng shǐ minister / diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations
郎 láng (arch.) minister / official / noun prefix denoting function or status / a youth
总理 zǒng lǐ premier / prime minister / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
大臣 dà chén chancellor (of a monarchy) / cabinet minister
司马 Sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
首相 shǒu xiàng prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
司徒 Sī tú minister of education (history) / two-character surname Situ
小泉 Xiǎo quán Koizumi (name) / KOIZUMI Jun'ichirō, Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2001-2006
诸葛亮 Zhū gě Liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 / during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / mastermind
尚书 shàng shū high official / government minister
布朗 Bù lǎng Brown (name) / Gordon Brown (1951-), UK politician, prime minister 2007-2010
丞相 chéng xiàng the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister
宰相 zǎi xiàng prime minister (in feudal China)
外长 wài zhǎng foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs
功臣 gōng chén minister who has given outstanding service
副总理 fù zǒng lǐ vice-premier / vice prime minister / deputy prime minister
国防部长 guó fáng bù zhǎng Defense secretary / Defense Minister
接任 jiē rèn to take over (as minister, manager etc)
侍郎 shì láng ancient official title / assistant minister
财长 cái zhǎng treasurer / head of finances / minister of finance
李肇星 Lǐ Zhào xīng Li Zhaoxing (1940-), former PRC foreign minister
外交部长 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs
苏格拉底 Sū gé lā dǐ Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher / José / Sócrates (1957-), prime minister of Portugal (2005-2011)
路德 Lù dé Luther (name) / Martin Luther (1483-1546), reformation protestant minister
陈毅 Chén Yì Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972
奸臣 jiān chén a treacherous court official / a minister who conspires against the state
重臣 zhòng chén important minister / major figure in government
财政部长 cái zhèng bù zhǎng minister of finance
太常 tài cháng Minister of Ceremonies in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
卡斯特罗 Kǎ sī tè luó Castro (name) / Fidel Castro or Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (1926-2016), Cuban revolutionary leader, prime minister 1959-1976, president 1976-2008
李斯 Lǐ Sī Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC
相国 xiàng guó prime minister (in ancient China)
前总理 qián zǒng lǐ former prime minister
内政部长 nèi zhèng bù zhǎng Minister of the Interior
范仲淹 Fàn Zhòng yān Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song who led the failed reform of 1043, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记
外相 wài xiàng Foreign Minister
防长 fáng zhǎng abbr. for 國防部長|国防部长[guo2 fang2 bu4 zhang3], Minister of Defense
相 xiàng appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
撒切尔 Sā qiē ěr Thatcher (name) / Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990
前首相 qián shǒu xiàng former prime minister
李光耀 Lǐ Guāng yào Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015), founding father of modern Singapore, prime minister 1959-1990
脱脱 Tuō tuō Toktoghan (1314-1355), Mongol politician during the Yuan dynasty, prime minister until 1345, compiled three dynastic histories of Song 宋史, Liao 遼史|辽史 / and Jin 金史 / also written Tuoketuo 托克托
狄仁杰 Dí Rén jié Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends / master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4]
安倍晋三 An1 bèi Jìn sān Abe Shinzo (1954-2022), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2006-2007 and from 2012-2020
李显龙 Lǐ Xiǎn lóng Lee Hsien Loong (1952-), Singapore PAP politician, eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀[Li3 Guang1 yao4], prime minister from 2004
邱吉尔 Qiū jí ěr Winston Churchill (1874-1965), UK politican and prime minister 1940-1945 and 1951-1955 / surname Churchill
司寇 sī kòu minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China)
胡志强 Hú Zhì qiáng Jason Hu (1948-), former Taiwan foreign minister
李克强 Lǐ Kè qiáng Li Keqiang (1955-), PRC politician, prime minister from 2013
迟浩田 Chí Hào tián Chi Haotian (1929-), Chinese Minister of National Defense 1993-2003
洪森 Hóng Sēn Hun Sen (1952-), prime minister of Cambodia since 1985
官逼民反 guān bī mín fǎn a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom) / a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people
容克 Róng kè Junker (German aristocracy) / Jean-Claude Juncker (1954-), Luxembourgish politician, prime minister of Luxembourg 1995-2013, president of the European Commission 2014-2019
外心 wài xīn (of a married person) interest in a third person / (old) (of a minister etc) disloyal disposition / (math.) circumcenter (of a polygon)
田中角荣 Tián zhōng Jiǎo róng Tanaka Kakuei (1918-1993), Japanese politician, prime minister 1972-1974
沈国放 Shěn Guó fàng Shen Guofang (1952-), PRC assistant minister of foreign affairs (2003-2005)
蜀相 Shǔ xiàng the Prime Minister of Shu (i.e. Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4])
稷 jì millet / God of cereals worshiped by ancient rulers / minister of agriculture
郢书燕说 Yǐng shū Yān shuō lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it / fig. to misinterpret the original meaning / to pile up errors / refers to the letter from capital 郢[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise"
开国功臣 kāi guó gōng chén outstanding founding minister (title given to reward loyal general or vassal of new dynasty or state)
骨鲠之臣 gǔ gěng zhī chén lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom) / fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism
吉拉尼 Jí lā ní Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani (1952-), Pakistan People's Party politician, prime minister 2008-2012
安瓦尔 An1 wǎ ěr Anwar (name) / Anwar bin Ibrahim (1947-), Malaysian politician, deputy prime minister 1993-1998, imprisoned 1999-2004 on charges including alleged homosexual acts, subsequently overturned
莫迪 Mò dí Modi (name) / Narendra Modi (1950-), Indian BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party or Indian People's Party) politician, Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001, PM from 2014
安重根 An1 Zhòng gēn An Jung-geun or Ahn Joong-keun (1879-1910), Korean independence activist, famous as assassin of Japanese prime minister ITŌ / Hirobumi 伊藤博文[Yi1 teng2 Bo2 wen2] in 1909
新闻部长  Minister of Information
阿拉塔斯 A1 lā tǎ sī surname Alatas / Ali Alatas (1932-2008), Indonesian foreign minister (1988-1999)
古杰拉尔 Gǔ jié lā ěr Gujral (name) / Inder Kumar Gujral (1919-2012), Indian Janata politician, prime minister 1997-1998
金永南 Jīn Yǒng nán Kim Yong-nam (1928-), North Korean politician, foreign minister 1983-1998, president of the Supreme People's Assembly 1998-2019 (nominal head of state and described as deputy leader)
拉法兰 Lā fǎ lán Raffarin, prime minister of France under Jacques Chirac
李鹏 Lǐ Péng Li Peng (1928-2019), leading PRC politician, prime minister 1987-1998, reportedly leader of the conservative faction advocating the June 1989 Tiananmen clampdown
尼赫鲁 Ní hè lǔ Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), Indian politician, first prime minister 1947-1964
桥本龙太郎 Qiáo běn Lóng tài láng HASHIMOTO Ryūtarō / (1937-2006), Japanese politician, prime minister 1996-1998
吴作栋 Wú Zuò dòng Goh Chok Tong (1941-), Singapore businessman and politician, prime minister 1990-2004
小泉纯一郎 Xiǎo quán Chún yī láng KOIZUMI Jun'ichirō / (1942-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2001-2006
周恩来 Zhōu En1 lái Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976
村山富市 Cūn shān Fù shì Tomiichi Murayama (1924-), former prime minister of Japan
德乌帕 Dé wū pà Sher Bahadur Deuba (1946-), former prime minister of Nepal
宫泽喜一 Gōng zé Xǐ yī Kiichi Miyazawa (1919-2007), former Japanese prime minister
海部俊树 Hǎi bù Jùn shù KAIFU Toshiki (1931-), Japanese politician, prime minister 1989-1991
陆克文 Lù Kè wén Kevin Rudd (1957-), Australian politician, proficient in Mandarin, prime minister 2007-2010 and 2013
马哈迪 Mǎ hā dí Mahathir bin Mohamad (1925-), Malaysian politician, prime minister 1981-2003 and 2018-2020
森喜朗 Sēn Xǐ lǎng MORI Yoshirō / (1937-), Japanese rugby player and politician, prime minister 2000-2001, famous for numerous gaffes
王猛 Wáng Měng Wang Meng (325-375), prime minister to Fu Jian 苻堅|苻坚[Fu2 Jian1] of Former Qin 前秦[Qian2 Qin2]
杨洁篪 Yáng Jié chí Yang Jiechi (1950-), Chinese politician and diplomat, foreign minister of PRC 2007-2013
中山成彬 Zhōng shān Chéng bīn NAKAYAMA Nariaki (1943-), right-wing Japanese cabinet minister and prominent denier of Japanese war crimes
他信 Tā xìn Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006
伊藤·博文  ITŌ / Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japanese Meiji restoration politician, prime minister on four occasions, influential in Japanese expansionism in Korea, assassinated in Harbin
伍奢 Wǔ shē Wu She (-522 BC), powerful minister of Chu and father of Wu Zixu 伍子胥
傅说 Fù Shuō Fu Shuo (c. 14th century BC), legendary sage and principal minister of Shang ruler Wu Ding
克林德 Kè lín dé Klemens Freiherr von Ketteler, German minister killed during the Boxer uprising
内塔尼亚胡 Nèi tǎ ní yà hú Netanyahu (name) / Benjamin Netanyahu (1949-), Israeli Likud politician, prime minister 1996-1999 and from 2009
内阁总理大臣 Nèi gé Zǒng lǐ Dà chén formal title of the Japanese prime minister
冏卿 jiǒng qīng Minister of imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding / same as 太僕寺卿|太仆寺卿[Tai4 pu2 si4 qing1]
冏牧 jiǒng mù Minister of imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding / same as 太僕寺卿|太仆寺卿[Tai4 pu2 si4 qing1]
副相 fù xiàng deputy prime minister
厚生相 hòu shēng xiàng minister of health (of Japan, UK etc)
名相 míng xiàng famous prime minister (in ancient China) / names and appearances (Buddhism)
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