His responsibilities are defined in the constitution of 1848 (president of the council of ministers).

On 31 December 1866 Chlodwig was appointed minister of the royal house and of foreign affairs and president of the council of ministers.

Castro became president of the Council of State (President of Cuba) and president of the Council of ministers, elected by the National Assembly.

That topic was the importance of water to agriculture and development, and one of the pivots that students were given was a remark to that effect by "the president of the council of ministers."

It holds the remains of only a former president of the council of ministers, José Canalejas, however it also contains a number of interesting monuments from and just after the turn of the 19th century.

Three days after the coup, a Supreme Court of Bangladesh justice Abdul Fazal Muhammad Ahsanuddin Chowdhury was appointed president by Ershad, who also took the title of president of the council of ministers.

He was president of the council of ministers of Spain (equivalent to the present-day position of prime minister / president of the government) from 14 January 1851 to 14 December 1852 during the reign of Isabella II.

The presidential office in the Third and Fourth republic was largely ceremonial, with most executive power vested in the "president of the Council of ministers" (short: "president of the Council" or président du conseil), a more powerful analogue to the present-day Prime minister.

The Grand Serail became the headquarters of the Lebanese prime minister Riad as-Solh who was the first Prime Minister of Lebanon (1943-1945), after the country's independence and has been used as the Office of the president of the council of ministers headquarters ever since.