elected leader
Chosen by ballots
An elected leader is someone chosen for a position of authority through voting rather than appointment, inheritance, or force.
The term encompasses presidents, governors, mayors, and other officials who hold office by popular mandate: The elected leader promised to address unemployment.
It often appears in contexts distinguishing democratic governance from autocracy or monarchy.
- presidentElected leader of nation
- prime ministerLeader of a parliamentary state
- mayorElected head of municipality
- governorState's chief executive
- senatorUpper chamber member
congressman · chancellor · sworn in · representative · running mate · ballot · popular vote · vote · campaign · incumbent · lame duck · term limits · candidate · campaign trail · landslide · inauguration · term · constituency
- governorsstate governor, viceroy, governor's office, lieutenant governor, proconsul
- rulersmonarch, Caesar, ruler, sovereign, emperor
elected leadermonarch
Hereditary supreme ruler
dictator · autocrat · absolute monarch · king · queen
elected leaderabsolute ruler
Leader with unlimited power
theocrat · coup leader · illegitimate ruler · pope · caliph
elected leaderdictator
Ruler with total control
tyrant · despot · authoritarian · oppressor · puppet ruler
elected, leader, elect, elects, electing, election, elections, elective, electorate