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