Abstract
In the mountainous regions of Papua, there is a system of warty leadership (big people) or influential people in a group. This leadership style certainly impacts policy making, which is sometimes not done in the appropriate planning mechanism. The Assolokobal community is one of the many local communities in the Jayawijaya Regency that adheres to the typology of influential community leaders of this kind of leadership style so that it has an impact on their lives, especially access to development programs. This research examined how the role/type of traditional leadership of these influential people affects community participation in development in the Jayawijaya Regency, especially in the Assolokobal community.