kingmaker

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈkɪŋmeɪkə/

Noun

broadly

(politics) Someone who has strong influence over the choice of a leader.

Japanese Meaning

（政治）指導者の選出に決定的な影響力を持つ人物。 / （比喩的に）実権を握る人物で、権力者の誕生や権力構造の変化に大きな影響を及ぼす者。

What is this buttons?

The kingmaker quietly negotiated with rival parties to secure the coalition's leader.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その影の実力者は連立政権の指導者を確実にするため、対立政党と密かに交渉した。

Details

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(politics) Someone who has strong influence over the choice of a leader.

Alain, who is proud of choosing the extreme right but still didn't want his real name printed, is one of the 6.4 million [Marine] Le Pen voters who are now the kingmakers in deciding who becomes the next president of France. If the Socialist François Hollande topped the poll, beating the rightwing president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and gaining momentum for returning the left to the presidency for the first time in a generation, it is Le Pen whose high showing and third place now holds the election in the balance.

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