start_of_group

start_of_group

select 
  chairperson
 ,grp          as period
 ,min(date_from) keep (dense_rank first order by date_from,date_to) as date_from
 ,max(date_to  ) keep (dense_rank last  order by date_from,date_to) as date_to
from (
      select
           chairperson 
         , date_from 
         , date_to 
         , sum(flag) over(partition by chairperson order by date_from,date_to) grp
      from (
            select 
                 chairperson 
               , date_from 
               , date_to 
               , decode( 1 + lag(date_to)over(partition by chairperson order by date_from,date_to), date_from, 0, 1) flag
            from chairmanships
           )
     )
group by chairperson, grp
order by chairperson, grp