government leaders
Those in power
Government leaders are the people who hold positions of authority in a state or political system—presidents, prime ministers, governors, mayors, and similar officials.
The phrase often appears in news contexts: Government leaders met to discuss the crisis.
It can refer to elected officials, appointed administrators, or both, depending on context.
- chief justicePresiding judge, highest court
- generalissimoAbsolute military commander
- military juntaRuling council of officers
- presidentElected leader of nation
- vice presidentSecond-ranking executive officer
speaker · autocrat · prime minister · mayor · city council · ombudsman · pharaoh · secretary-general · party chairman · senator · tribal chief · revolutionary hero · founding father · parliamentarian · cabinet minister · chancellor · representative · elected official
government leaderssubjects
Areas of study
the people · ordinary citizens · the masses · common people · constituents
government leaderscivilians
Non-military population
outsiders · the public · laypeople · grassroots activists · anarchists
government leaderssubordinates
Those ranked below
followers · underlings · foot soldiers · government workers · civil servants
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