Prime Minister
- Under the Aguinaldo and Marcos Dictatorship
- Status:
- First to Held the Post: Apolinario Mabini
The Prime Minister of the Philippines (Spanish: Primer Ministro de Filipinas; Tagalog: Punong Ministro ng Pilipinas) was the official position of the head of the government (whereas the President of the Philippines was the head of state) of the Philippines. The position existed in the country from 1978 to 1986, as well as a limited version of such existed temporarily in 1899.
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