副ふく総そう理り

noun

deputy prime minister; vice prime minister

Official title for the second-highest executive in a parliamentary cabinet system. In Japan, this is a cabinet post that may be held concurrently with another ministerial portfolio.

• 副ふく総そう理りは外がい務む大だい臣じんを兼けん任にんしている。

  The Deputy Prime Minister concurrently serves as Minister for Foreign Affairs.

• 副ふく総そう理りが首しゅ相しょうの代だい理りで会かい議ぎに出しゅっ席せきした。

  The Deputy Prime Minister attended the meeting on behalf of the Prime Minister.