"Leadership ambitions" refers to someone's desire or goal to become a leader or hold a position of authority and influence in an organization or a group of people. Full definition
Has come under fire from his colleague Jonathan Morgan in the Welsh Assembly who has harboured leadership ambitions of his own. (telegraph.co.uk)
The shadow education secretary may also discuss his own leadership ambitions as speculation over Ed Miliband's potential successor continues. (itv.com)
But before supporters of either Boris Johnson or Amber Rudd get too carried away with leadership ambitions, they ought to reflect on how Theresa May has made something of a political comeback since the Mansion House speech that Boris said he was disappointed to miss. (totalpolitics.com)