The founders of the country wished to have a leader who elected by all the citizens of the nation, and thus enshrined such a position in their constitution, calling the position a president instead of a prime minister.
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To explain the term in the UK, the Prime Minister is elected as a constituency MP, and remains such, but is elevated to PM by the party.
There has never been a Prime Minister in (the United States of) America. We only have presidents and our first was George Washington.America does not have Prime Ministers. However, the first President of the United States was George Washington.George Washington.
A prime minister is an elected member of a parliament, just like all the others. In each election the prime minister must stand for election in their constituency. If they lose, then they will no longer be a member of the parliament and cannot become a prime minister again.
The Prime Minister is the leader of the English Parliament.
The prime minister.
Please note that in Britain the reigning monarch does not elect the prime minister. When Elizabeth II succeeded her father on 6 February 1952 Winston Churchill was the prime minister.
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The US does not have a Prime Minister, so there was no US Prime Minister in 1900.
No, the US does not have a Prime Minister. He was a Prime Minister of Canada.
The US does not have a Prime Minister and never has had one.
The US has never had a Prime Minister.
There was never a prime minister of the US...
The US does not have a Prime Minister, it has a President.
The US does not have a prime minister. We have a president. Kevin Rudd is a former Prime Minister of Australia.
The US is not goverened by a Prime Minister.
Indiana is a US state and it does not have a prime minister.
The US does not have a Prime Minister, there is an elected US President that is a similar office to a Prime Minister. The President of the US is Barack Obama at present (2011).
0. The US does not have a prime minister.