Leader suggests every individual should follow Chinese philosophy, in short (9)

I believe the answer is:

taoiseach

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'leader' is the definition.
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'every individual should follow chinese philosophy in short' is the wordplay.
'every individual' becomes 'each' (I've seen this before).
'should follow' means one lot of letters go next to another (some letters go after others).
'chinese philosophy' becomes 'Taoism' (Taoism is a Chinese philosophy).
'in short' means to remove the last letter.
'taoism' with its last letter taken off is 'taois'.
'each' after 'taois' is 'TAOISEACH'.

'suggests' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for taoiseach that I've seen before include "Irish premier" , "Irish PM" , "PM in Dublin" , "I 'ate chaos (anag) - Irish Republic's prime minister" , "Irish head of government" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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