coalition leader
Partnership's top figure
A coalition leader heads a government or political alliance formed by multiple parties joining forces.
In parliamentary systems where no single party wins a majority, the coalition leader—typically from the largest party—negotiates agreements and manages competing interests: The coalition leader struggled to hold together parties with conflicting agendas.
The term also applies outside politics to anyone directing a formal alliance of groups toward shared goals.
- political allianceCooperative pact between factions
- allianceFormal union of parties
- factionGroup within group
- prime ministerLeader of a parliamentary state
- party chiefHead of political organization
opposition · parliament · hung parliament · unity government · unity · bloc · negotiation · backroom deal · mandate · spokesman · figurehead · power sharing · compromise · summit · caucus · majority · junior partner · party whip
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- legislatorslegislator, lawmaker, member of parliament, state senator, assemblyman
- party leadersparty chair, party boss, party chief, party secretary, general secretary
- politicianspoliticians, Joe Biden, congressman, Nancy Pelosi, senator
- military leadersGeorge Washington, Napoleon, generals, general, commander
- Supreme CommandersEisenhower, MacArthur, generalissimo, five-star general
coalition leaderautocrat
Sole wielder of power
dictator · absolute monarch · strongman · supreme leader · majority leader
coalition leaderopposition leader
Head of non-governing party
backbencher · resistance leader · dissident · minority leader
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