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The RSP campaigned alongside popular rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, presenting him as its prime-ministerial candidate.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

Trudeau, a young man generally thought to lack the great prime-ministerial gravitas of his late father, Pierre, emerged as a statesman and a leader.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 13, 2018

"Advani Modi-fies stand, agrees to contest from Gandhinagar in Modi's Gujarat," reads the headline in , referring to BJP's prime-ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2014

Heseltine always used to be coy about his prime-ministerial ambition, affecting implausible innocence; "My position is a very simple one," he once claimed, "I have never sought preferment in the Conservative party."

From The Guardian • Nov. 25, 2012

While brainless foreign movies get the prime-ministerial seal of approval, Thai filmmakers receive scant government attention — except from prudish censors.

From Time • Jun. 20, 2011