Leader of the Opposition

{{Short description|Leader of the largest faction of a legislature that is not in government}}

The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically seen as an alternative prime minister, premier, first minister, or chief minister to the incumbent; in the Westminster system, they head a rival alternative government known as the shadow cabinet or opposition front bench.{{cite web |title=How the UK Parliament Works |website=UK Parliament |date=June 2022 |page=4 |url=https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/commons-information-office/leaflets/how_the_uk_parliament_works_june22.pdf |access-date=2 November 2024}}{{cite web |title=Leader of the Opposition |website=Parliamentary Education Office (Australia) |date=22 December 2023 |url=https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/parliament-and-its-people/people-in-parliament/leader-of-the-opposition |access-date=2 November 2024}} The same term is also used to refer to the leader of the largest political party that is not in government in subnational state, provincial, and other regional and local legislatures.{{Citation needed |date=November 2024}}

The full title for the Leader of the Opposition is the Leader of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition in the United Kingdom{{Cite book|url=https://fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/3t945q81n?locale=en#toc|title=His Majesty's Opposition, 1714-1830|last=Foord|first=Archibald S|publisher=Oxford: Clarendon Press|year=1964|pages=1|isbn=978-0-19-821311-6 }}{{Cite Hansard|title=Salary To The President Of The Board Of Trade|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1826-04-10/debates/dacf0765-a1d5-4850-8ad3-5d147eb2ab81/SalaryToThePresidentOfTheBoardOfTrade|house=House of Commons|date=10 April 1826|column=135|speaker=Hobhouse, John|volume=15}} and in many Commonwealth realms.

Current leaders of the opposition

=Parliamentary systems=

Leader of the Opposition (Albania) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Armenia) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Austria) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Azerbaijan) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Bahrain) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Belgium) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Brunei) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Bulgaria) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Burkina Faso) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Burundi) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Cambodia)
Leader of the Opposition (Cameroon) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Cape Verde) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Central African Republic) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Chad) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Comoros)
Leader of the Opposition (Croatia) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Cyprus) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Czechia) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Denmark) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Djibouti) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Egypt) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Eritrea) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Estonia) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Ethiopia) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Finland) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (France) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Gabon) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Georgia) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Germany) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Greece)
Leader of the Opposition (Guinea) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Guinea-Bissau) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Hungary) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (India)
Leader of the Opposition (Indonesia) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Italy) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Jordan) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Kuwait) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Laos) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Latvia) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Lebanon) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Lithuania) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Madagascar) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Mauritania) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Mongolia) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Montenegro) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Morocco) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Mozambique) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (the Netherlands) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Niger) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Nigeria) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (North Macedonia) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Norway) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Oman) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Philippines) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Poland) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Portugal) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Romania) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Rwanda) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Sao Tome and Principe) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Senegal) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Serbia) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Slovakia) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Slovenia) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (South Korea) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Spain) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Sudan) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Suriname) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Sweden) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Tanzania) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Togo) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Tunisia) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (United Arab Emirates) (unofficial position)
Leader of the Opposition (Zambia) (unofficial position)

Leader of the Opposition

Current leaders of the opposition

=Parliamentary systems=

==Westminster system==

=Semi-presidential systems=

=Presidential systems=

=Other=

Historical leader of the opposition positions

See also

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