A "separatist leader" refers to someone who leads or represents a group of people who want to separate or break away from a larger organization, country, or government to form their own independent entity. Full definition
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito sidestepped questions on Wednesday as to whether she would house Oscar Lopez Rivera, the controversial Puerto Rican separatist leader who is being honored at the Puerto Rican Day Parade. (nystateofpolitics.com)
This raises a legal conundrum, namely, what is the legal status of a boastful Twitter confession by separatist leaders of a state - sponsored rebel group containing first - hand accounts and admissions of responsibility for shooting down a plane in the midst of a conflict? (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
Amazingly, Bloc Quebecois separatist leader Gilles Duceppe actually has a lower disapproval rating at 55 per cent than Ignatieff's 57 per cent. (thetyee.ca)