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chief of party

chief of party noun: one who provides leadership in the overall management of large projects or initiatives.

Noun

chief of party (plural chiefs of party)

  1. One who provides leadership in the overall management of large projects or initiatives.
    • However, according to the Mirant Foundation, USAID cannot deal, with such intricacies as perception of an unfair Chief of Party, a corrupt employee, or internal disputes.a. 2008, Mari Kondo, Hitting Four Birds with One Stone: The Rural Electrification Project for Peace in the Island of the al-Qaeda Front in East Asia in 2008, James Arthur Finch Stoner, Charles...
    • As Francesco Giotta, former Chief of Party of the Johns Hopkins University Rwanda Communications Project, told the Gacaca Symposium in 2000, […]2010, Phil Clark, The Gacaca Courts, Post-Genocide Justice and Reconciliation in Rwanda: Justice without Lawyers, Cambridge University Press, page 181

Forms of chief of party

pluralchiefs of party
alternative formChief of Party

Questions about chief of party

What does chief of party mean?
Chief of party means one who provides leadership in the overall management of large projects or initiatives.
What part of speech is chief of party?
Chief of party is a noun.
What is the plural of chief of party?
The plural of chief of party is chiefs of party.

Words near chief of party in the dictionary

  1. chief medical advisors
  2. chief medical officer
  3. chief medical officers
  4. chief minister
  5. chief ministers
  6. chief of party
  7. chief of police
  8. chief of staff
  9. chief of state
  10. chief operating officer
  11. chief operating officers

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