key figure

So what key figures does the report bring into focus?

Wall has been a key figure in Vancouver's art scene for years.

I'm not exactly a key figure in your plans, you know.

He is one of the key figures in the approach known as conversation analysis.

Wall has been a key figure in Vancouver's art scene since the early-1970s.

He was one of the key figures behind Soviet space program.

But every key figure in the government knows that Iraq is coming.

He is seen as a key figure in the French electronic music scene.

The key figure in each district, he said, is the superintendent.

This key figure must be the voice of Europe in the world.