Prime minister Bahrain's prime minister, Sheikh Khalifah bin Sulman Al Khalifah has been in the post since 1970, making him the longest serving non-elected prime minister. The post of prime minister may be encountered both in constitutional monarchies (such as Belgium, Denmark, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Malaysia, Morocco, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom), and in parliamentary republics in which the head of state is an elected official (such as Finland, the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia (1945-1959), Ireland, Pakistan, Portugal, Montenegro, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Turkey (1923-2018)). See also "First Minister", "Premier",
Prime Minister of Slovenia is of no effect unless a prospective successor has the support of a majority. The Prime Minister is also President of the National Security Council. Conservatives: Christian democrats: Liberals: Conservatives: Social democrats: Prime Minister of Slovenia There have been eight Prime Ministers of Slovenia, officially President of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia (), since the country gained parliamentary democracy in 1989 and independence in 1991. The Prime Minister is nominated by the President after consultation with the parties represented in the National Assembly. He is then formally elected by a simple majority of the National Assembly. If no