A chairman, also known as a chairperson, was an individual who presided over an assembly. San Hill was the chairman of the InterGalactic Banking Clan during the Clone Wars. The Pantoran Assembly, the council of elected officials that ruled over Pantora, was headed by a Supreme Chairman. In the last decades of the Galactic Republic, the role of Supreme Chairman of the Pantoran Assembly was filled by Chi Cho, until he died and was replaced by Baron Notluwiski Papanoida.
In the closing stages of the Clone Wars, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine informed Jedi General Anakin Skywalker that Separatist Alliance leader General Grievous was on the planet Utapau, citing a partial message in a diplomatic package from the Chairman of Utapau, which Skywalker relayed to the Jedi High Council. Pitina Voor served as Chair of the Galactic Empire's Coalition for Progress during the Galactic Civil War.