chief of party

Noun

 * 1) One who provides leadership in the overall management of large projects or initiatives.
 * 2) * 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 Wankel, Global Sustainability Initiatives: New Models and New Approaches, Information Age Publishing, page 46:
 * 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.

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 * chef de partie