regional leaders

Provincial government heads

Regional leaders are people who govern or hold authority over a geographic area smaller than a nation—governors, premiers, tribal chiefs, or heads of provinces and states.

The term appears frequently in political news when national governments coordinate with local authorities: Regional leaders met to discuss the drought response.

It can also describe dominant figures in business or culture within a particular area.

Opposites
geographic scope of authority

regional leadersnational leaders

Those who govern countries

heads of state · heads of government · central government · presidents · prime ministers

centralization vs. localization

regional leadersautocrats

Rulers with unchecked power

centralization of power

regional leaderscentral authority

Single governing power source

supreme leader · absolute ruler · autocrat · dictator · sovereign

Family

leader, region

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