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    A prime minister is the senior minister in the executive branch of a parliamentary government. They select other cabinet members and allocate roles within the government. In most systems, the prime minister leads cabinet meetings and manages the civil service under the president's directives. In systems based on the Westminster model, the prime minister is the head of government and executive branch. They are often but not always a legislator and work to pass bills. In some monarchies, the monarch also has executive powers that can be exercised without parliamentary approval. The Prime Minister of Malaysia is indirectly elected and appointed by the King. They head the cabinet and have historically come from UMNO, the largest party in the ruling coalition.

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    A prime minister is the senior minister in the executive branch of a parliamentary government. They select other cabinet members and allocate roles within the government. In most systems, the prime minister leads cabinet meetings and manages the civil service under the president's directives. In systems based on the Westminster model, the prime minister is the head of government and executive branch. They are often but not always a legislator and work to pass bills. In some monarchies, the monarch also has executive powers that can be exercised without parliamentary approval. The Prime Minister of Malaysia is indirectly elected and appointed by the King. They head the cabinet and have historically come from UMNO, the largest party in the ruling coalition.

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    A prime minister is the senior minister in the executive branch of a parliamentary government. They select other cabinet members and allocate roles within the government. In most systems, the prime minister leads cabinet meetings and manages the civil service under the president's directives. In systems based on the Westminster model, the prime minister is the head of government and executive branch. They are often but not always a legislator and work to pass bills. In some monarchies, the monarch also has executive powers that can be exercised without parliamentary approval. The Prime Minister of Malaysia is indirectly elected and appointed by the King. They head the cabinet and have historically come from UMNO, the largest party in the ruling coalition.

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    A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system.

    The position is usually held by, but need not always be held by, a politician. In many systems, the prime minister selects and can dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the Government. In most systems, the prime minister is the presiding member andchairman of the cabinet. In a minority of systems, notably in semi-presidential systems of government, a prime minister is the official who is appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives of the president. In parliamentary systems fashioned after the Westminster system, the prime minister is the presiding and actual head of the government and head of the executive branch. The prime minister is often, but not always, a member of parliament and is expected with other ministers to ensure the passage of bills through the legislature. In some monarchiesthe monarch may also exercise executive powers !nown as the royal prerogative" which are constitutionally vested in the crown and can be exercised without the approval of parliament. The Prime Minister of Malaysia is the indirectly elected head of government of #alaysia. $e is formally appointed by the %ang di-&ertuan Agong, thehead of state, and is invariably the leader of the largest party in the 'ewan (a!yat, the elected lower house of &arliament. $e heads the )abinet, whose members are appointed by the %ang di-&ertuan Agong on the prime minister*s advice. The prime minister has been from the +nited #alays ,ational -rganisation +#,-" since independence. It is the largest component party of the .arisan ,asional.

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