Editing First minister (section)

==United Kingdom==
In the United Kingdom, the term ''first minister'' was once used interchangeably with [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|prime minister]], such as when [[Winston Churchill]] stated: "I did not become His Majesty's First Minister so that I might oversee the liquidation of the British Empire!"

Nowadays, the term is used to describe the leaders of the [[Devolution in the United Kingdom|devolved]] governments of [[Scotland]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/People |title=About: People: Who runs the Scottish Government |publisher=[[Scottish Government]] |date=10 March 2014 |access-date=17 August 2014}}</ref> [[Wales]] and [[Northern Ireland]]. See

*[[List of current heads of government in the United Kingdom and dependencies#Government of the United Kingdom|List of first ministers]]
*[[First Minister of Scotland]]
*[[First Minister of Wales]]
*[[First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland]]