national leader
Head of state
A national leader is a person who holds the highest position of authority in a country's government—a president, prime minister, monarch, or equivalent figure.
The term is deliberately broad, used when discussing leadership across different political systems without specifying the exact office: National leaders gathered for the summit.
It can also describe someone who leads a movement or cause at the national level rather than locally.
- prime ministerLeader of a parliamentary state
- presidentElected leader of nation
- chancellorSenior administrative official
- figureheadNominal leader, no authority
- founding fatherMale institutional originator
war hero · head of state · sworn in · sovereign · monarch · autocrat · reformer · head of government · cabinet meeting · statesman · visionary · diplomat · state visit · world stage · inaugural address · empress · executive authority · commander-in-chief
- presidencyOval Office, president, Washington, executive branch, veto
national leadermayor
Elected head of municipality
village chief · county commissioner · world leader · local leader · town mayor
national leaderordinary citizen
subject · private citizen · follower · commoner · subordinate
national leaderdissident
Opposer of established systems
revolutionary · insurgent · political prisoner · exile · enemy of the state
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