She would not have taken him for the brilliant military leader he was supposed to be.
A brilliant leader came along who knows that the system, of which he is an important part, has to be changed drastically.
In the war he proved himself a brilliant military leader and a fearless soldier.
Yet Adams was in many ways a brilliant leader, he said.
His country has lost a brilliant and charismatic leader.
The fashionable world had no doubt but that she was destined to become one of its most brilliant leaders.
Once again our brilliant leaders have dropped the ball.
He had chosen his own successor, a woman regarded as a brilliant leader.
He is a wonderful man and a brilliant leader.
And our own brilliant leaders haven't done a thing to seriously dissuade him.