理り事じ長ちょう

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Meanings

board chairman; managing director; chief director

The top executive of an organization's board, such as a school foundation, hospital, or non-profit. In some contexts, may be translated as 'president' or 'chairperson'.

彼かれは学がっ校こう法ほう人じんの理り事じ長ちょうに就しゅう任にんした。
He assumed the position of board chairman of the educational foundation.
理り事じ長ちょうが会かい議ぎを招しょう集しゅうした。
The managing director convened the meeting.

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Kanji

理logic, arrangement, reason
事matter, thing, fact
長long, leader, superior

Related words

会かい長ちょうN1
理事長 is the head of a foundation, corporation, or board of directors, a title used in nonprofit or institutional contexts, while 会長 is more general for societies and companies.
総そう裁さいN1
理事長 is the director general of a foundation, hospital, or nonprofit board, while 総裁 is used for higher-profile institutions like political parties or central banks.

Don't confuse with

院いん長ちょう
理事長 is the chairman of the governing board of an organization, while 院長 is the on-site operational head of the institution itself.
学がく長ちょうN1
理事長 is the chairperson of a school's board of trustees handling administration and finance, while 学長 is the academic head of the university.

Built from

理り事じ+長ちょう

Etymology

Compound of 理事 (director, board member) and 長 (head, chief).