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In Spain, Pedro Sánchez is the president of the government, we do not have a prime minister. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_(government_title) htt
by yiyus 7y ago
In Spain, Pedro Sánchez is the president of the government, we do not have a prime minister. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_(government_title) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_(government_title)
- gumby 7y agoThanks! I think it's an unorthodox enough usage in English that IMHO the article should have had a clarification. Actually I would have preferred that the article should have used the "English" term (as it does with, say, President of China) but such procedure is highly inconsistent. Merkel is referred to as "Chancellor", which is literally the English version of for Kanzler though in English "Chancellor" now means something quite different). Likewise the President of Iran is called President even though there is an executive agent above him/her (less powerful than the Spanish President).
- yiyus 7y agoIn your defense, I would bet that changing "president of Spain" to "president of the government of Spain" has been one of the most common corrections not only for foreign journalists, but also Spanish ones.