What is Prime Minister of the Philippines?
{{Infobox official post | post = Prime Minister | body = the Philippines | native_name = {{small|Punong Ministro ng Pilipinas}} | insignia = Seal of Prime Minister Philippines 1981-1986.svg | insigniacaption = Seal of the Prime Minister (1981–1986) | image = File:Salvador Laurel.jpg | imagesize = 200px | imagecaption = '''[[Salvador Laurel]]'''<br />Last [[Prime Minister]] of the Philippines | style = [[Prime Minister]]<br />(informal)<br />[[The Honourable]]<br />(formal)<br />[[His Excellency]]<br />(formal, diplomatic) | residence = | incumbent = | department = {{plainlist| * [[Government of the Philippines|Executive branch of the government]] * Prime Minister's Office }} | status = Abolished | type = [[Head of government]] | member_of = {{plainlist| * [[Cabinet of the Philippines|Cabinet]] * [[National Security Council (Philippines)|National Security Council]] }} | nominator = | appointer = [[President of the Philippines|The President]] | appointer_qualified = with members' [[advice and consent]] | deputy = | precursor = ''Office established'' ([[Philippine Revolution#Declaration of Independence|pre-1899]])<br />[[President of the Philippines]] ([[Sb. 1973|1978]]) | formation = January 2, 1899 (first creation)<br />June 12, 1978 (second creation) | first = [[Apolinario Mabini|Apolinario Mabini y Maranan]] (first creation)<br />[[Ferdinand Marcos]] (second creation) | last = [[Salvador Laurel|Salvador H. Laurel]] | abolished = November 13, 1899 (first abolition) <br > March 25, 1986 (second abolition) | succession = [[President of the Philippines]] (1899–1978; 1986-present) | salary = | unofficial_names = }} The '''prime minister of the Philippines''' ({{lang-fil|Punong Ministro ng Pilipinas}}) was the official job of the [[head of the government]] (whereas the [[President of the Philippines]] was the [[head of state]]) of the [[Philippines]] from 1978, until the [[People Power Revolution]] in 1986. A limited version of this office existed for a short time in 1899, during the [[First Philippine Republ