Definitions for head of state
head of state

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1. head of state, chief of statenoun

   the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government

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1. head of statenoun

   The chief public representative of a nation having duties, privileges and responsibilities varying greatly depending on the constitutional rules; a monarch in a monarchy, and often styled president in a republic, but variations such as collegiality exist.

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1. Head of state

   A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state in its unity and legitimacy. Depending on the country's form of government and separation of powers, the head of state may be a ceremonial figurehead or concurrently the head of government and more (such as the president of the United States, who is also commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces). In a parliamentary system, such as the United Kingdom or India, the head of state usually has mostly ceremonial powers, with a separate head of government. However, in some parliamentary systems, like South Africa, there is an executive president that is both head of state and head of government. Likewise, in some parliamentary systems the head of state is not the head of government, but still has significant powers, for example Morocco. In contrast, a semi-presidential system, such as France, has both heads of state and government as the de facto leaders of the nation (in practice they divide the leadership of the nation between themselves). Meanwhile, in presidential systems, the head of state is also the head of government. In one-party ruling communist states, the position of president has no tangible powers by itself, however, since such a head of state, as a matter of custom, simultaneously holds the post of General Secretary of the Communist Party, they are the executive leader with their powers deriving from their status of being the party leader, rather than the office of president. Former French president Charles de Gaulle, while developing the current Constitution of France (1958), said that the head of state should embody l'esprit de la nation ("the spirit of the nation").

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1. head of state

   A head of state is the public persona that officially represents a sovereign state or nation in its unity and legitimacy. This role typically includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, duties, and functions associated with the state's highest office. The head of state could be a monarch (king, queen etc.), a president or other title, depending on the country’s political system. They can either have a significant amount of real political power or simply serve a ceremonial role, depending on the country's constitution and political culture.

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1. Head of state

   Head of State, or Chief of State, is a term used in constitutional law, international law, political science, and diplomatic protocol when referring to the official who holds the highest ranked position in a sovereign state and has the vested or implied powers to act as the chief public representative of a state. Heads of state in most countries are natural persons holding an office; however, in four United Nations member states the head of state position is held by a body of persons: the Federal Council of Switzerland, the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Co-Princes of Andorra and the Captains Regent of San Marino. The term head of state is often used differentiating it from the term head of government, e.g. as in article 7 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, article 1 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents and the United Nations protocol list. For instance, in parliamentary systems like the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Federal Republic of Germany; the Monarch and the President are recognized as their respective heads of state, while the Prime Minister and the Chancellor are recognized as the heads of government. However in republics with a presidential system, as in the United States and the Federative Republic of Brazil, their presidents are recognized as being both heads of state and heads of government. The latter is also generally true in absolute monarchies and sometimes as well in other forms of authoritarian government.

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How to pronounce head of state?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of head of state in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of head of state in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of head of state in a Sentence

1. Will Geddes:

   It's incredibly unusual for there to be circumstances that would justify a head of state actually wearing body armor, and especially to a dignitary or a VIP meeting.

2. French President Francois Hollande:

   It takes time for those reforms to take effect, i am trying to do what the country should expect from a head of state... That means do reforms even if they are difficult... even if they are unpopular. I prefer people to have an image of a president who has conducted reforms, even though unpopular, rather than a president who has done nothing.

3. Nathaniel Powell:

   The swift announcement of the establishment of a military council and naming his son Mahamat as head of state, however, indicates regime continuity, this probably aims to counter any coup-making efforts from within the security establishment and to reassure Chad’s international partners.

4. Amy Berman Jackson:

   You called yourself and everyone else patriots, but that's not patriotism, patriotism is loyalty to country, loyalty to the Constitution, not loyalty to a head of state. That is the tyranny we rejected on July 4.

5. Joko Widodo:

   I as a head of state acknowledge that there were gross human rights violations that did happen in many events, and I strongly regret that those violations occurred.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=head of state
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Head_of_State
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_State
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=head of state