The elders of the tribes and families are the unelected leaders.

Yet we have two unelected leaders now in place in Italy and Greece.

One problem with being an unelected leader, it turns out, is that stepping down can be tricky.

China's unelected leaders do not generally view politics as entertainment.

Eduardo agreed with his unelected leader and was happy to leave the politics to the President if he allowed him to get on with the commerce.

Obama has said there are unelected leaders in Iran who could change the countries' position of hostility.

Dave doesn't, fair enough - he'd prefer to be the biggest unelected leader in the country.

Opposition parties, which performed better in the election than had been expected, threatened public unrest if an unelected military leader became Prime Minister.

Brown would have to go, but then there would be even more outrage if some new, unelected leader attempted to claim the premiership.

The unelected leader also claimed that negotiations with Greece's creditors are going well: