元首相

もとしゅしょう

Meanings

1. Noun former prime minister; former premier; former chancellor

Kanji

• 元 source. Read as もと.
• 首 chief. Read as シュ.
• 相 minister. Read as ショウ.

Example sentences

• ２００６年９月の軍事クーデターで失脚、事実上亡命中だったタイのタクシン元首相が２８日、約１年半ぶりに帰国した。
  Deposed in a military coup in September 2006 and having effectively been in exile, the Former premier of Thailand Thaksin has returned after about a year and a half.
• 自爆テロ犯はベナジル・ブット元首相に向けて発砲したが、弾はそれた。
  The suicide bomber fired towards former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, but missed.

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