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What (who) is head of state - definition

OFFICIAL WHO HOLDS THE HIGHEST-RANKED EXECUTIVE POSITION IN A SOVEREIGN STATE
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(heads of state)
A head of state is the leader of a country, for example a president, king, or queen.
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¦ noun the chief public representative of a country, who may also be the head of government.
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A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a stateFoakes, pp. 110–11 "[The head of state] being an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona.

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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").

Examples of use of head of state
1. When Saddam declared: "I am head of state," the judge retorted: "You used to be a head of state.
2. This will be the first time in the country‘s history that a popularly elected head of state hands over power to another popularly elected head of state.
3. Nevertheless, in a constitutional regime in which the prime minister is not the head of state, there is no alternative but to have a representative head of state.
4. "The head of state determines the date of the inauguration.
5. "The head of state congratulates the city of London.