chairperson

leading or presiding officer of an organized group
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Summary

chairperson is a type of position[1]. chairperson draws 4,308 Wikipedia views per month (type of position category, ranking #4 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: position[3]
  • Subclass of: leader of organization[4], academic administrator[5], officer[6]
  • Commons category: Chairpersons[7]
  • Said to be the same as: president[8], leader[9], director[10], chair[11]
  • Has part(s): founding chairperson[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Chairpersons of organizations[13]
  • Described by source: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe[14]
  • Main Wikidata property: P488[15]
  • Different from: président d'université[16], president[17], president of the steering committee[18], Chairman[19]
  • Organization directed by the office or position: assembly[20], jury[21], committee[22], collective leadership[23], non-governmental organization[24], club[25]
  • Female form of label: předsedkyně[26], председательница[27], presidenta[28], voorzitster[29], Vorsitzende[30], présidente[31], prezidistino[32], יושבת ראש[33], chairwoman[34], رئيسة مجلس الإدارة[35], голова[36], predsednica[37], pirmininkė[38], төрайым[39]
  • Permanent duplicated item: chairperson[40]
  • Male form of label: chairman[41], رئيس مجلس الإدارة[42], prezidistulo[43], Vorsitzender[44], presidente[45], predsednik[46], président[47], pirmininkas[48], төраға[49], formand[50], kaderyer[51]
  • Next lower rank: deputy chairperson[52]

Why It Matters

chairperson has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] chairperson is known by 154 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · Infovarius · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → président d'université, president, president of the steering committee +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: Chairman"
  2. 6w ago · Saper · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Male form of label → chairman, رئيس مجلس الإدارة, prezidistulo +9
    Organization directed by the office or position → assembly, jury, committee +3
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Organization directed by the office or position: German-Russian Friendship Group of the German Bundesrat (Federal Council)"
  3. 18w ago · WikiBunny2K1 · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female form of label → předsedkyně, председательница, presidenta +16
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Female form of label: kaderyores"
  4. 24w ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → president, leader, director +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Said to be the same as: chair"
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