patriarch

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Piya 'Chang' Pitutecha, the current patriarch, is the elected head of the Provincial Administration Organisation, a hugely influential position as the PAO manages most government spending in Rayong.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Family patriarch Joseph Guinnip joined the throngs of people who headed west to take hold of America’s Manifest Destiny, leaving Steuben County, N.Y., in the 1830s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Lindo played the frustrated patriarch, Walter Lee, and won some strong reviews.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

One man’s biographical note stands out: that of Sheikh Sarkar, the patriarch of a clan that provides the “hereditary muscle” for a family of Punjabi landowners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Another time, sleeping in different quarters in Cange—the patriarch of the place was, after all, a priest—Ophelia was determined to rise early in the morning, ahead of Paul.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French