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Premier of the Soviet Union
Premier of the Soviet Union (Глава Правительства СССР): the USSR's head of government, formally Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, then Council of Ministers (1946), then Prime Minister (1991); first held by Lenin, longest by Kosygin.
Premier of Victoria
Premier of Victoria: head of government of Victoria, Australia, leading the majority party or coalition in the 88-member Legislative Assembly and appointed by the Governor. 50th premier Ben Carroll, sworn in 28 July 2026; chairs Cabinet, first held by William Haines in 1855.
Premier of Western Australia
Premier of Western Australia: head of government of WA, created with responsible government in 1890 under John Forrest and formally titled in 1947; the 31st Premier, Labor's Roger Cook, has held office since 8 June 2023 and chairs a 17-minister Cabinet.
Premier Padmini
The Premier Padmini was a four-door saloon made in Mumbai by Premier Automobiles from 1964 to 2000, beginning as a licensed Fiat 1100 D and famous as Mumbai's black-and-yellow taxi.
Premier Soccer League
Premier Soccer League (PSL), trading name of South Africa's National Soccer League, founded 1996, SAFA affiliate administering professional football; runs the 16-club Betway Premiership top flight, Nedbank Cup, MTN8, and Motsepe Foundation Championship, chaired by Dr Irvin Khoza.
Premier Transmission
Premier Transmission Limited is a Northern Ireland gas transmission company that owns the Scotland to Northern Ireland Pipeline, a 135-kilometer link from Twynholm, Scotland, to Ballylumford.
Premier Volleyball League
Premier Volleyball League (PVL), Philippine top-level professional women's volleyball league run by Sports Vision; founded 2004 as Shakey's V-League, renamed 2017, professional since 2021, 12 teams, three conferences.
Premier's Testament (Sun Yat-sen's will)
The Premier's Testament (总理遗嘱) is the political testament of Sun Yat-sen, signed the day before his death in March 1925 and treated by the Kuomintang as binding party doctrine.
Premiere
Premiere: the first public performance or showing of a play, opera, film, or other entertainment; from French première "first". Covers theater, opera, film festival, and streaming premieres, and the premier/premiere distinction.
Premieres of the Ballets Russes
The premieres of the Ballets Russes were the first performances of ballets staged by Sergei Diaghilev's company, which debuted in Paris in 1909 and dissolved after his death in 1929.
Premières poésies
Premières poésies, French for "first poems," is a conventional catalog title for a French poet's earliest poetry collection, best known from Alfred de Musset's 1852 volume.
Premiership
Premiership: name for top-division football leagues. Covers the English Premier League (20 teams, 380 matches, 3-1-0 points) and the Egyptian Premier League (founded 1948, two-phase 20-team format since 2024-25, Al Ahly and Zamalek dominance).
Premiership of Andy Burnham
Premiership of Andy Burnham: the Labour leader's term as UK prime minister beginning 20 July 2026, after Keir Starmer's resignation, marked by devolution of income tax shares to mayors, a Brexit reset, and early tests over North Sea drilling and Iran.
Premiership of Boris Johnson
Premiership of Boris Johnson, UK Conservative government 24 July 2019 to 6 September 2022; won an 80-seat majority in December 2019, delivered Brexit on 31 January 2020, led the Covid-19 response, and resigned July 2022 after Partygate and mass ministerial resignations.
Premiership of Keir Starmer
Premiership of Keir Starmer, UK Labour government 5 July 2024 to 20 July 2026, won 411 of 650 seats, passed Employment Rights and Renters' Rights Acts, resigned 22 June 2026 after poll collapse and local election losses, succeeded by Andy Burnham.
Premiership of Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher's premiership (4 May 1979 to 28 November 1990): three Conservative election wins, first female UK Prime Minister, monetarism, privatisation, Falklands War, poll tax, resignation after Heseltine's leadership challenge.
Premiership of Mark Carney
Premiership of Mark Carney: Carney became Canada's prime minister March 14, 2025, won the Liberal leadership with 86%, and led the Liberals to the April 28, 2025 election, pursuing US-diversification, the One Canadian Economy Act, and EU ties.
Premiership of Sheikh Hasina
Premiership of Sheikh Hasina: Awami League leader's terms as Bangladesh PM, 1996–2001 and 2009–2024, marked by development gains, repressive speech laws, and her 5 August 2024 ouster in the student-led July uprising.
Premiership Rugby
Premiership Rugby (Gallagher Prem) is England's top men's rugby union league, run by Premier Rugby Limited with ten clubs, a £6.4m salary cap, and promotion and relegation scrapped from 2026-27.
Premillennialism
Premillennialism, also called chiliasm, is the Christian belief that Jesus will return to Earth before a literal 1,000-year reign of the saints, preceding the Last Judgment.
Prêmio APCA de Literatura
Prêmio APCA de Literatura is the literature section of the annual Brazilian award given by the São Paulo Association of Art Critics, a category since 1972.
Premio Aquileo J. Echeverría
The Premio Aquileo J. Echeverría is Costa Rica's national literary award, given annually by the state since 1962 and named for the Costa Rican poet Aquileo J. Echeverría.
Premio Bellas Artes de Narrativa Colima
The Premio Bellas Artes de Narrativa Colima is an annual Mexican literary prize for narrative fiction, awarded since 1980 by INBAL and the Universidad de Colima.
Premio Biblioteca Breve
The Premio Biblioteca Breve is an annual Spanish literary prize for an unpublished novel, awarded by Seix Barral, founded in 1958, and relaunched in 1999.
Premio Clarín de Novela
The Premio Clarín de Novela is an annual prize for unpublished novels in Spanish, run by the Argentine newspaper Clarín since 1998 and described as the country's most important private literary award.
Premio Copé
Premio Copé is a Peruvian literary prize organized by the oil company PETROPERÚ since 1979, held biennially in short story, poetry, novel, and essay categories.
Prêmio da Música Brasileira
The Prêmio da Música Brasileira, today titled Prêmio BTG Pactual da Música Brasileira, is a Brazilian music award created in 1987 and based in Rio de Janeiro.
Premio de Poesía Aguascalientes
The Premio de Poesía Aguascalientes, founded in 1968 and renamed in 1980, is a prestigious annual Mexican prize for an unpublished poetry book, awarding 500,000 pesos and publication.
Premio Eugenio Espejo
The Premio Eugenio Espejo (Premio Nacional Eugenio Espejo) is Ecuador's highest state honor, awarded by the President since 1975 for lifetime achievement in culture, the arts, literature, or science.
Premio Internacional de Poesía Jaime Sabines
The Premio Internacional de Poesía Jaime Sabines is a Mexican literary prize for an unpublished book of poems in Spanish, awarded annually in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, and named for the poet Jaime Sabines.