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President had Amharic translated by Ethiopian in the end (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chairman

'president' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'amharic translated by ethiopian in the end' is the wordplay.
'translated' indicates anagramming the letters.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'in the end' says to take the final letters.
The last letter of 'ethiopian' is 'n'.
'amharic' anagrammed gives 'chairma'.
'chairma'+'n'='CHAIRMAN'

'had' is the link.

(Other definitions for chairman that I've seen before include "official in authority" , "Meeting leader" , "Officer who presides at meetings" , "Person presiding over a board" , "Committee, club, head" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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