Chief minister The Supplementary Protectorate Agreement in 1906 was repealed and the
Residential system was abolished as part of the 1959 Agreement between Brunei and the United Kingdom. As a result, the position of
high commissioner took the role of the resident post, which was eliminated. The position of (
chief minister) was established in replacement of a resident and is headed by the sultan. Its duties include exercising
executive authority inside the state. The Sultan of Brunei was given ultimate executive control over the state, according to one of the key clauses of the
1959 Constitution. The Chief Minister, and the
State Secretary, who were required by law to be
Malay people who practiced Shafeite Islam, were the two most important officials the monarch could choose to assist him in running the state. and
Legislative Council, and the sultan had ultimate administrative authority in the state under the terms of the new constitution, which was proclaimed on 29 September 1959. The
Chief Minister, the State Secretary, the
Attorney General, and the State Finance Officer were the four most significant officers in the state's administration. On 20 December 1962, with the establishment of the Emergency Council (), the Executive Council () was temporarily replaced by the Emergency Executive Committee (). This committee was established in response to the
Brunei People's Party-led
uprising in 1962 and given the authority to support the nation's administration, which had been disrupted by the uprising. In the process, the committee also set aside money for the
British Army, who had been called in to put down the uprising, to have accommodation and other amenities.
Marsal Maun, the then-Chief Minister, presided over the committee. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah became the first prime minister of Brunei. It seems customary for
government ministers to ask for, or receive a request for, a private meeting with the Sultan instead than assembling at a table overseen by him. "
Primus inter pares" refers to him in the audience as their
sovereign rather than as a prime minister. The ultimate executive power is not with a "Prime Minister," but with "His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan". Although it is tangential to the connection and engagement with a specific minister, the sultan's role as prime minister serves as an example of his authority. ==List of leaders==