Deputy Prime Minister

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The Deputy Prime Minister is a senior UK government minister who supports and can stand in for the Prime Minister, often coordinating major policy and cross-departmental work.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government office ⓘ
advisedBy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Prime Minister
appointedBy Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British monarch

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWith Cabinet Office ⓘ
canActAs Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Prime Minister
canChair Cabinet meetings in the absence of the Prime Minister ⓘ
canRepresent Prime Minister at official functions ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
firstHolder Clement Attlee ⓘ
formationContext Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
hasAlsoBeenTitled First Secretary of State ⓘ
hasNo independent constitutional powers ⓘ
inception 1942 ⓘ
insignia Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom ⓘ
insigniaType coat of arms ⓘ
isOften de facto second-in-command of the government ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
language English ⓘ
mayHoldConcurrently other senior ministerial portfolio ⓘ
memberOf Cabinet of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Cabinet

Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
nativeLabel Deputy Prime Minister ⓘ
officeHeldBy Oliver Dowden ⓘ
officeHolderMustBe Member of Parliament ⓘ
member of the Privy Council ⓘ
officeIs not always filled ⓘ
officeType deputy head of government ⓘ
partOf Cabinet of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Cabinet

Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: UK government
positionHeld Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
precedence ranks immediately after the Prime Minister in the Cabinet ⓘ
rank senior ministerial office ⓘ
reportsTo Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Prime Minister
residence No. 10 Downing Street ⓘ
linked to: 10 Downing Street

No. 11 Downing Street ⓘ
responsibility coordinating cross-departmental policy ⓘ
overseeing major government initiatives ⓘ
standing in for the Prime Minister when required ⓘ
supporting the Prime Minister ⓘ
seat London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
status not a statutory office ⓘ
title used at the discretion of the Prime Minister ⓘ
style The Right Honourable ⓘ
termLength at His Majesty’s pleasure ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Vietnam → hasDeputyLeaderTitle → Deputy Prime Minister ⓘ
Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary → isComparableTo → Deputy Prime Minister (general) ⓘ
linked to: Deputy Prime Minister
Damian Green → positionHeld → Deputy Prime Minister (de facto, as First Secretary of State) ⓘ
linked to: Deputy Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg → nativeLabel → Vizepremierminister (German) ⓘ
linked to: Deputy Prime Minister
Madam Deputy Prime Minister → relatedOffice → Deputy Prime Minister ⓘ
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom → nativeLabel → Deputy Prime Minister ⓘ
subject linked to: Deputy Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand → nativeLabel → รองนายกรัฐมนตรี ⓘ
linked to: Deputy Prime Minister
ODPM → officeholderTitle → Deputy Prime Minister ⓘ
Maud Olofsson → hasHonorificTitle → Deputy Prime Minister ⓘ