Deliberative leaders are actors who are frequently able to transform a discussion from a low to a high level of deliberation and to keep it at a high level. At the same time, they are rarely responsible that the discussion drops to a low deliberative level, and they rarely keep the discussion at a low level of deliberation. In all groups, we could identify such deliberative leaders. One example comes from a Colombian group of four ex-guerillas and three ex-paramilitaries. Ex-guerrilla Ana and ex-paramilitary Diana emerged as deliberative leaders. Seven times the discussion was transformed from a low to a high level of deliberation, three times by Diana, two times by Ana. There were 57 speech acts at a high level of deliberation, 23 by Diana, 12 by Ana. Seven times the discussion was transformed from a high to a low deliberative level, never by Ana and only once by Diana. There were 71 speech acts at a low level of deliberation, only six by Diana and two by Ana. Thus, the two women greatly helped with deliberation. Although it is often postulated that all actors should equally contribute to deliberation, our data show that spontaneously some actors emerge as deliberative leaders.