I think I´ve said this before (I don´t know) but the chairman of the Commission did not have more formal authority or a higher rank than the other members, but he could influence the outcome of a vote. His main purpose was to act as the contact man for any boss who requested a Commission meeting. Then it was up to him to organize the meeting and call in the other members. He was NOT a boss of bosses. And also, like Bonanno explained in the pax Bonanno, the chairman´s job was to bring different views into agreement. He was also the one who opened the meetings and closed them.

The first chairman was Vincent Mangano. The second one was Joe Bonanno with Magaddino filling in for him. Later in the 1960s, Gambino filled the role of the chairman, possibly Lucchese in between before he died in 1967. So Lucky Luciano was never the chairman of the Commission.