party leadership
Political group chiefs
Party leadership refers to the people who hold authority within a political party—typically the elected officials, committee chairs, and strategists who set direction and enforce discipline.
In legislatures, party leadership includes positions like majority leader, minority leader, and whips: The party leadership blocked the amendment from reaching the floor.
The term can also describe the style or quality of leading a party: Her party leadership was marked by compromise.
- executive committeeOrganization's top decision-makers
- chairpersonOne who leads meetings
- electoral strategyPlan to win votes
- secretary-generalHead administrative officer
- spokespersonAuthorized representative communicator
central committee · old guard · backroom deal · smoke-filled room · agenda-setting · whip · consensus-building · caucus · factionalism · power struggle · succession planning · treasurer · grassroots mobilization · rising star · policy advisor · conflict resolution · nomination · power broker
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
- German PoliticsBundesrat, CSU, Greens, federal republic, chancellor
- Nazi GermanyAdolf Hitler, Hitler, Nazi, Nazis, Nazi Germany
- UK PoliticsHouse of Commons, House of Lords, MP, Tory, Downing Street
- party politicsparties, partisan, partisanship, bipartisan, nonpartisan
- BC PoliticsMLAs, MLA, NDP, ridings, cabinet ministers
party leadershiprank-and-file
Ordinary organization members
party base · backbenchers · grassroots · party membership · foot soldiers