"President of Government" in parliamentary systems Some
countries with parliamentary systems use the term 'president' in
connection with the head of parliamentary government, often as
'President of the Government', 'President of the Council of
Ministers' or 'President of the Executive Council'. However,
such an official is explicitly not the president of the country.
Rather, he or she is called a president in an older sense of the
word to denote the fact that he or she heads the cabinet. A
separate head of state generally exists in their country that
instead serves as the president of the country. Thus, such
leaders are really premiers, and to avoid confusion are often
described simply as 'prime minister' when being mentioned
internationally. There are several examples for this kind of
presidency: A third system is the semi-presidential system, also
known as the French system, in which like the Parliamentary
system there is both a President and a Prime Minister, but
unlike the Parliamentary system the Preside