Party President

The party president (also known as the party leader or party chair) is the presiding officer and most powerful official of a political or parliamentary party.
The major difference of a party president and a party leader/ party chairman, is that the president often is both chairman of the partys executive board and at the same time the party leader who's representing the party outwards.
Having av party president, and not both a organizational chairman and a party leader is more common in the nordic parties where the partys prime minister candidate, is the partys board chairman. Therefor, the title party president is more common. That could be compared with the american, and southern european systems where the partys chairman often has a more organizational role, while the party is nominating their candidate for president/prime minister separately. In other countries, it's the majority leader who's the partys candidate for head of government.
In the nordic countries, it's the party secretary/chief secretary general who's responsible for the organization and economy, instead of the chairman.
The partys president have a different amount of power dependent on the partys structure and organization. In the most green partys, the party soughts a flat organization and instead, the leadership consist of two or more spokespersons and a organizational convenor. In other partys, like the Danish People's Party, the structures explicit soughts to be hierarchic and therefor the party president got a lot of personal power.
Often the party also got a president and secretary-general at regional and local level.
Example of international party presidents
Anders Samuelsen, of the Danish Liberal Alliance, Denmarks Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
Anna Kinberg Batra, of the Swedish Moderate Party, Swedens Leader of the Opposition, former House Leader of the Moderates in the Riksdag.
Anna-Maja Henriksson, of the Finnish Swedish People's Party of Finland,
Annie Lööf, of the Swedish Centre Party, former Swedens Secretary of Business and Enterprise.
Antti Rinne, of the Finnish Social Democratic Party of Finland, Finlands Leader of the Opposition, former Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of Finances and Treasury.
Audun Lysbakken, of the Norwegian Socialist Left Party, former Norways Secretary of Children and Equality.
Ebba Busch Thor, of the Swedish Christian Democrats.
Erna Solberg, of the Norwegian Conservative Party, Prime Minister of Norway.
Jan Björklund, of the Swedish Liberal Party of Sweden, former Swedens Secretary of Education.
Jimmie Åkesson, of the Sweden Democrats.
Juha Sipilä, of the Finnish Centre Party, Finlands Prime Minister.
Jonas Gahr Støre, of the Norwegian Labour Party, Norways Leader of the Opposition, former Norways Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
Jonas Sjöstedt, of the Swedish Left Party.
Knut Arild Hareide, of the Norwegian , former Norways Secretary of Environment and Climate.
Kristian Thulesen Dahl, of the Danish People's Party.
Lars Løkke Rasmussen, of the Danish Venstre Party, Prime Minister of Denmark.
Li Andersson, of the Finnish Left Alliance.
Mette Frederiksen, of the Danish Social Democrats, Danish Leader of the Opposition, former Secretary of Justice and Attorney.
Morten Østergaard, of the Danish Social Liberal Party, former Denmarks Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of Economy and Interior.
Pia Olsen Dyhr, of the Danish , former Danish Secretary of Transportation.
Petteri Orpo, of the Finnish National Coalition Party, Finlands Secretary of Finances and Treasury.
Sari Essayah, of the Finnish Christian Democrats.
Siv Jensen, of the Norwegian Progress Party, Norways Secretary of Finances and Treasury.
Stefan Löfven, of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Prime Minister of Sweden.
Søren Pape Poulsen, of the Danish , Denmarks Secretary of Justice and Attorney.
Trine Skei Grande, of the Norwegian Liberal Party, former House Leader for the Liberal Party in the Storting.
Timo Soini, of the Finnish Finns Party, Finlands Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
Tryggve Slagsvold Vedum, of the Norwegian Centre Party, former Norways Secretary of Agriculture and Food.
Uffe Elbæk, of the Danish Alternative.
Ville Niinistö, of the Finnish Green League, former Finlands Secretary of Environment.

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