premier• But Mitterand accepted the situation, appointing the conservatives' leader, Jacques Chirac, as premier.• He was named leader of the Parti Quebecois last week and is expected to become premier before the end of the month.• the ChinesePremier Li Peng• The new premier, Yu Kuo-hwa, was a Harvard man.• In actual fact, the premier was growing more and more disenchanted with the private power lobby.
From Longman Business Dictionary
premierprem·i·er /ˈpremiəprɪˈmɪr/adjectiveadj [only before a noun]
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PREMIER | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤acting, deputy代總理;副總理▸➤former前總理▸➤British, Chinese, etc.英國首相、中國總理等▸➤Conservative, Labour, etc.保守黨、工黨等首相▸➤state國家總理VERB + PREMIER➤appoint (sb), appoint sb as, elect (sb), elect sb as, swear sb in as任命(某人為)首相;選舉(某人為)首相;使某人宣誓就任首相◇She was sworn in as premier last week.她上週宣誓就任首相。➤succeed sb as, take over as接替某人任首相PREPOSITION➤as premier任首相◇during his 25 years as Liberal premier在他任自由黨首相的 25 年中