"Premier" is often the title of the heads of government in sub-national entities, such as the provinces and territories of Canada, states of the Commonwealth of Australia, provinces of South Africa, the island of Nevis within the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
In some of these cases, the formal title remains "Prime Minister" but "Premier" is used to avoid confusion with the national leader.
The term "chief minister" is the title of the head of government in Australia's two self-governing territories, and is effectively equivalent to a premier.
Taiwan – the head of government is officially the President of the Executive Yuan, but it can also be abbreviated to Premier.
However, although his post is commonly translated in English as “Prime Minister”, the official title as per articles 67 and 68 of the Constitution is “Předseda vlády”, literally “President of the Government”.
Poland – the head of government is officially called "President of the Council of Ministers" (Polish: Prezes Rady Ministrów, lit.