dual leadership
Two heads ruling
Dual leadership is a governance arrangement in which two people share authority at the top of an organization or political system.
The structure may divide responsibilities—one handling internal operations while the other manages external relations—or the two may hold genuinely equal power and make decisions jointly.
The party adopted dual leadership to balance ideological factions.
Such arrangements can provide checks on power but may also create tension or paralysis when the leaders disagree.
- power coupleInfluential romantic duo
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- tandemSequential two-person arrangement
- dyadTwo forming one
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
collaboration · equals · balance · counterpart · yin-yang · checks · complementary · power-sharing · joint custody · consuls · duo · twinned · parity · division · tension · rivalry · harmony · tag-team
- shared leadershipco-chair, co-chairs, co-director, diarchy, co-captain
- shared powerpower sharing, joint sovereignty, co-management, co-administration, coalition government
dual leadershipautocracy
Rule by one
monarchy · one-man rule · dictatorship · oligarchy · triumvirate
dual leadershipabsolute rule
Unrestricted governmental power
despotism · autocracy · centralized authority · totalitarianism · tyranny
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