head of state

noun phrase

: the leader of a country
a meeting of heads of state

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The leader is the head of state, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and has authority over the national police and morality police. Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026 Rexhep Meidani of Albania visits Kosovo, the first visit ever by an Albanian head of state to the neighboring Yugoslav province; Kosovo is heavily populated by ethnic Albanians. Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026 In Iran's theocratic system, Khamenei was not only head of state and leader of a revolutionary movement, but the representative on Earth ‌for Shi'ite Islam's ⁠12th imam, who disappeared in the ninth century. Parisa Hafezi, USA Today, 3 July 2026 Those requirements were carefully crafted to prioritize mission over aesthetics, leaving much of the previous head of state interior layout minimally changed. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for head of state

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“Head of state.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20of%20state. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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