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]