chairperson

English - Turkish

Definition of chairperson in English Turkish dictionary

{i} başkan

Bay Jordan başkandır. - Mr. Jordan is the chairperson.

Biz onu başkan seçtik. - We elected her chairperson.

English - English

Definition of chairperson in English English dictionary: a chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc
She was the chairperson of the board and she presided over the meeting.; {i} person who presides over something; person who presides over a meeting; person who presides a committee; chief officer of a company; a person who presides over a meeting, a board, etc; This person coordinates and supervises curriculum planning and arranges staff assignments within a particular academic department A chairperson may help you with planning your program, signing forms, and discussing academic problelms in that department; designates the Chairperson of a Department or Division, duly appointed, within a Faculty; the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson"; The chairperson of a meeting, committee, or organization is the person in charge of it. She's the chairperson of the safety committee. chairpersons someone who is in charge of a meeting or directs the work of a committee or organization; A presiding officer; in the Committee of the whole House the Chairperson performs the role played by the Speaker in the House and is the sole judge of all matters arising in committee; a presiding officer in a select committee; - the person who keeps order and is in charge of what happens during a debate They are the most important person in the House; Member of the majority party who presides over the work of a committee or subcommittee; the administrative head of an academic department; chair
Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.