regional leader
Area's top official
A regional leader is someone who holds authority or influence over a geographic area smaller than a nation—a governor, provincial premier, or tribal chief.
The term appears in political contexts regional leaders met to discuss water rights and in business the regional leader for sales in the Southwest.
It can also describe someone prominent in a field within a particular area: She became a regional leader in renewable energy advocacy.
- governorState's chief executive
- premierFirst in importance
- state capitolSeat of state government
- chieftainLeader of a tribe
- warlordMilitary ruler by force
satrap · prefect · viceroy · mayor · strongman · patriarch · baron · boss · power broker · political machine · kingpin · party boss · fiefdom · territory · province · district · jurisdiction · home rule
regional leadernational leader
Sovereign state's chief executive
president · prime minister · head of state · supreme leader · monarch
regional leaderconstituent
Member of electoral district
subject · ordinary citizen · follower · governed · civilian
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