STATESMAN

male (plural -men), female stateswoman (plural -women) [noun] [C] - an experienced politician, esp. one who is respected for making good judgmentsThere are still plenty of candidates eager to fill the President's post and some among them may yet turn out to be great statesmen.An elder statesman is a respected leader, often one who no longer has an active job, who is thought of as having good advice to give.A well-known European elder statesman, a former Foreign Minister, was asked to chair the environmental commission.Unlike many of the medical profession's elder statesmen, the members of this group prefer not to give interviews on TV.