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First Minister

British  

noun

  1. the chief minister of the Northern Ireland Assembly

  2. the chief minister of the Scottish Government

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First Minister Eluned Morgan said consistently during the campaign that Sir Keir was "not on the ballot paper".

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Following the conviction, First Minister John Swinney said he was "very sorry" to anyone who suffered because of Linden.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

The price of "essential" supermarket groceries is to be legally capped to help consumers with the cost of living, First Minister John Swinney has pledged.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan said north Wales' health board is "not a pretty sight" while defending Labour's handling of the NHS in a live Q&A with voters.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

That the First Minister and favourite allowed his intimate friend to fall is a proof of the weakness of the highest authority, which moreover ought itself to have attacked abuses of this kind.

From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Ranke, Leopold von

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