A leader is the person who leads or commands a group, organization or a country. Political leadership is a multidimensional phenomenon. The decisions taken by the political leaders include social, economic, legal, cultural, regional, national and even international. Political leadership is different from other forms of leadership. The future of individuals as well as nations are both directly and indirectly influenced by the decisions of the political leaders. So need was felt to study different aspects of political leadership due to its importance. Secondary data were used mainly in this study. The study was desk based. The researcher has tried to analyze different aspects of political leadership both past and present and put forward the ways and means to cope with the possible challenges the future leaders will face in the days to come.