cochairmen

Paired committee heads

Cochairmen is the plural of cochairman—two or more people who share the duties of chairing a committee, organization, or event.

The term implies equal authority between the chairs: The cochairmen issued a joint statement.

The gender-neutral cochairs has largely replaced cochairmen in contemporary usage.

shared

coequal

Having identical rank

collaboration · parity · comanagement · tandem · bipartisan · cooperative · teamwork · paired · balanced · mutual

governance

committee

Appointed group for duties

panel · assembly · senate · parliament · oversight · deliberation · proceedings · quorum · agenda · bylaws

leadership

president

Elected leader of nation

presiding · convener · organizer · head · chief · captain · conductor · administrator · supervisor · overseer

Opposites
leadership structure

cochairmenchairman

Head of a board

chairperson · autocrat · dictator

organizational hierarchy

cochairmensubordinates

Those ranked below

rank and file · members · followers · delegates · underlings

Family

cochairman

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