A cabinet department or prime minister's department (often called a Prime Minister’s Office or Cabinet Office) is a government body that supports the head of government and facilitates the coordination and operation of the cabinet. Unlike line ministries, it typically does not administer a specific policy portfolio, instead focusing on executive coordination, policy analysis, and administrative support. These bodies are broadly analogous in function to executive offices in presidential and semi-presidential systems, though institutional roles differ.
Typology In many countries, such a department is called a Prime Minister's Office. In some other countries, there is a Cabinet Office. In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister's Office is a part of the Cabinet Office; in Australia and New Zealand, there is a single department called the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. In some countries, such as Germany and Poland, the department supporting the prime minister (the Chancellor in Germany) is called the chancellery.
Self-governing states and provinces within federations that are parliamentary democracies often have similar departments, such as a premier's department or, in Australia, Department of the Premier and Cabinet.
List of cabinet or prime minister's departments Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet New South Wales: Department of Premier and Cabinet Queensland: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet South Australia: Department of the Premier and Cabinet Victoria: Department of Premier and Cabinet Western Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Bangladesh: Prime Minister's Office Cabinet Division Brunei: Prime Minister's Office Canada: Office of the Prime Minister Privy Council Office China: General Office of the State Council Germany: German Chancellery Iceland: Prime Minister's Office India: Prime Minister's Office Ireland: Department of the Taoiseach Israel: Prime Minister's Office Italy: Council of Ministers Japan: Cabinet Secretariat Cabinet Office Malaysia: Prime Minister's Department Nepal: Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Netherlands: Ministry of General Affairs New Zealand: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Norway: Office of the Prime Minister Philippines: Office of the President Cabinet Secretariat Poland: Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland Portugal: Presidency of the Council of Ministers Singapore: Prime Minister's Office Sri Lanka: Cabinet Office Prime Minister's Office Switzerland: Federal Chancellery of Switzerland Thailand: Office of the Prime Minister United Kingdom: Cabinet Office Prime Minister's Office United States: Executive Office of the President of the United States
Former Northern Ireland: Department of the Prime Minister
See also Privy Council Office Federal Chancellery of Switzerland
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