期首

きしゅ

beginning of a term

首相

しゅしょう

Prime Minister, Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.), Premier

次期

じき

next term, next period

元首相

もとしゅしょう

former Prime Minister, former Chancellor

副首相

ふくしゅしょう

deputy prime minister, vice prime minister

前首相

ぜんしゅしょう

previous prime minister (immediately preceding the incumbent); former prime minister; ex-premier

新首相

しんしゅしょう

new prime minister

首相兼外相

しゅしょうけんがいしょう しゅしょうけんがいそう

Prime Minister also serving as Foreign Minister

相次ぐ

あいつぐ

to follow in succession, to happen one after another

首相官邸

しゅしょうかんてい

prime minister's official residence

首相指名

しゅしょうしめい

nomination to become prime minister

アイルランドの首相

アイルランドのしゅしょう

taoiseach; prime minister of Ireland

連邦首相

れんぽうしゅしょう

federal chancellor

位相次元

いそうじげん

topological dimension

相次いで

あいついで

one after the other, successively

相手次第

あいてしだい

determining an attitude or response according to the opponent

首相公選制

しゅしょうこうせんせい

system allowing for election of the prime minister by popular vote

次期大統領

じきだいとうりょう

next president, president-elect

首相指名選挙

しゅしょうしめいせんきょ

vote by the Diet to appoint the prime minister