Chief Minister, noun phrase

Origin:
Probably translation of Afrikaans hoofminister.
historical
1. The executive head of a self-governing state; also used as a form of address.
1968 J. Lelyveld in Cole & Flaherty House of Bondage 10Kaiser Matanzima, chief minister of the Transkei, the first of the ‘Bantu homelands’, or states within the state, which the Government is establishing.
1973 M. Horrell Afr. Homelands 45The Chief Minister, (who is also Minister of Finance), is elected by secret ballot by the members of the assembly.
1980 E. Prov. Herald 8 Aug. 1The Chief Ministers of South Africa’s partially self-governing homelands meet the Prime Minister, Mr P W Botha, today for talks.
1985 C. Saunders on TV1, 3 Mar. (News Focus)Chief Minister, how do you view the consequences of disinvestment?
1986 P. Maylam Hist. of Afr. People 169At the first session of the Legislative Assembly Mangope was elected as chief minister by an overwhelming majority. And it was he who was to become president of Bophuthatswana when it too received its quasi-independence in 1977.
1990 New African 16 July 6Chiefs have been told by the KwaZulu Chief Minister Gatsha Buthelezi that Contralesa wanted to take away their chieftainship.
2. rare. The chairman of one of the three houses of the tricameral parliament.
1986 E. Prov. Herald 26 Aug. 1The Chief Minister in the House of Delegates, Mr Amichand R—, will receive a ‘golden handshake’ of twice his annual salary.
The executive head of a self-governing state; also used as a form of address.
The chairman of one of the three houses of the tricameral parliament.
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