A cabinet department or prime minister's department is a

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or other

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that directly supports the work of the government's central executive office, usually the

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and/or prime minister, rather than specific ministerial portfolios. Such a department is present in many parliamentary democracies. The department is roughly equivalent in function to a president's office in a

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of government or an office of the council of ministers in a

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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 The Cabinet Office is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for supporting the prime minister and Cabinet. It is composed of various units that support Cabinet committees and which co-ordinate the delivery of government objecti ...

; in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

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 Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...

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:

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** Queensland: Department of the Premier and Cabinet (Queensland) ** South Australia: Department of the Premier and Cabinet ** Victoria:

* Bangladesh: ** Prime Minister's Office ** Cabinet Division * Brunei: Prime Minister's Office * Canada: ** Office of the Prime Minister * 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 **

* Malaysia:

Prime Minister's Department A cabinet department or prime minister's department is a department or other government agency that directly supports the work of the government's central executive office, usually the cabinet and/or prime minister, rather than specific ministe ...

* Mongolia: Cabinet Office * Netherlands:

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* New Zealand: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet * Norway: Office of the Prime Minister *Philippines: **

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** Cabinet Secretariat * Poland: Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland * Portugal: Presidency of the Council of Ministers * Singapore: Prime Minister's Office * Sri Lanka: **

** Prime Minister's Office * Thailand: Office of the Prime Minister * United Kingdom: **

** Prime Minister's Office * United States:

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* Northern Ireland: Department of the Prime Minister

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List of cabinet or prime minister's departments

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