Chairpersons often play important roles in strategies to recruit and retain members, in campaign fundraising, and in internal party governance, where they may serve as a member of, or even preside over, a governing board or council.
They often also have influence in candidate selections, and sometimes in the development and promulgation of party policy.
[1] Throughout the years Party Chairperson roles have changed as candidates create their own fundraising committees.
After the Prime Minister of Belgium the party chairmen are the most important figures in Belgian politics, sometimes characterized as a particracy.
The convenor of the ruling BJP led National Democratic Alliance is called the Chairperson.
The move was made as part of a larger effort to distance the country from Maoist politics.
In the Netherlands, in contrast to Belgium, the chairmen are relatively weak, due to a separation of powers.
In addition, each state and territory has their own Democratic and Republican Party which also have chairmen or chairwomen.