Rady Ministrów ('President of Council of Ministers', literally: 'Chairman of the Council of Ministers') For the term 'prime minister' in general: Premier (also, informally, to the head of government of Poland) Portuguese: For Brazil: Presidente/-a da República Federativa do Brasil (literally, 'President of the Federal Republic of Brazil') For Portugal and as the term 'prime minister' in general: Primeiro-ministro or Primeira-ministra (masculine and feminine forms, literally 'prime minister' or 'first minister') Romanian: Prim-ministru Russian: Prem'yer-ministr Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය Shri Lanka Agramathya (literally: 'Sri Lanka Prime Minister') Slovak: Predseda vlády (literally: 'Chairman of the Government') Slovene: Predsednik Vlade (literally: 'Chairman of the Government') Spanish: For the head of government of Spain: Presidente/-a del gobierno de España (literally: 'President of the Government') When referring to other prime ministers: Primer ministro or Primera Ministra (masculine and feminine forms; literally 'prime minister') The term 'head of government', generically: jefe del gobierno Swahili: Sultan Swedish: Statsminister ("prime minister", literally: "state minister") Thai: For the head of government (Prime Minister) of Thailand: Nayok rathamontri Turkish: Başbakan Under a dominant head of state In a broader sense, a head of government can be used loosely when referring to various comparable positions under a dominant head of state (especially is the case of ancient or feudal eras, so the term "head of government", in this case, could be considered a contradiction in terms). In this case, the prime minister serves at the pleasure of the monarch and holds no more power than the monarch allows. Some such titles are diwan, mahamantri, pradhan, wasir or vizier. However, just because the head of state is the de jure dominant position does not mean that he/she will not always be the de facto political leader. A skilled head of government like 19th-century German statesman Otto von Bismarck, Minister President of Prussia and later Chancellor of Germany under Emperor/King Wilhelm I, serves as an example showing that possession of formal powers does not equal political influence. Indirectly referred as the head of state In some cases, the head of state is a figurehead whilst the head of the government leads the ruling party. In some cases a head of government may even pass on the title in hereditary fashion. Such titles include the following: Mayor of the palace of the Merovingian kingdoms Nawab wasir of the Mughal Empire (also governor of Awadh) Peshwa of Satara and the Maratha empire Shōgun in