A Dev leader should be chosen from the Dev team to make all final decisions - this position can also rotate amongst the Dev team memmbers.
The main task of the Dev leader is to coordinate tasks (irc chat), make final decisions, and communicate it (LiteDoge / Bitcoin forum).
I don't see it as a "must", anyone could be eligible, but you may be right and a leading Dev would be more suitable for the job
* In the case of LiteDoge and many other crypto coins the term "Community Takeover" actually means "Community Managed/Driven". It is inevitable that dev's will eventually leave their coin for some reason or other, which results in a "community takeover". This is where communities have direct control over key project decisions as well as the management thereof. Thus the potential gains of a "community takeover" are undoubtedly large, reversing existing power relations that creates a voice for all. It is expected that this will result in the undertaking of self-initiated development activities, that is more responsive to the needs of the community and gaining synergy through shared initiatives. All are a now responsible, not just one individual - less risk and more fun.
Frankly, when I started this thread as a "community takeover thread", it didn't really reflect what had happened, this is why we changed its name in the process. This is not really a "takeover" if you think about it, this coin had a dev that abandoned it and - later on - wanted to kill it. It was actually a movement to save Litedoge. So, it is really a community driven coin, not a takeover. Anyone that is interested to see it grow, must have a voice and opinion.
So..... great, we saved it just to let it hang on its own, without giving it the prospect to grow. I think we lost focus somewhere in the middle, we have a wallet that works and stakes great, we have a really fast blockchain that doesn't fork, everything is running smoothly for the past five months or so and the coin has great potential. The real problem was that some of us started fighting like roosters in a henhouse, preventing decisions and making most of us feel awkward even for being here and trying to support it.
Since the tech part is doing great - and I am pretty sure it will continue the same way, because the team works great - we have to move focus over to growth. Litedoge has the potential to be used for many other reasons besides staking/exchanging, it is very fast, very stable and can support payments easily. So, it needs promotion, public acceptance and merchants willing to get paid in LDOGE.