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Twenty days behind bars, and not long before France may very well have a far-right head of state for the first time in nearly a century.
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
The State Department later offered a $50 million reward for Maduro — the largest bounty ever placed on a sitting head of state.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 13 Dec. 2025
He had been imprisoned in South Africa for 27 years for leading the anti-apartheid movement, but went on to become the country's first Black head of state.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
This makes Lebanon the only Arab country with a Christian head of state, a tradition that continued earlier this year when President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and a Cabinet were elected on reformist platforms and vowed to hold those behind the port explosion to account.
—Molly Hunter, NBC news, 2 Dec. 2025
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
The State Department later offered a $50 million reward for Maduro — the largest bounty ever placed on a sitting head of state.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 13 Dec. 2025
He had been imprisoned in South Africa for 27 years for leading the anti-apartheid movement, but went on to become the country's first Black head of state.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
This makes Lebanon the only Arab country with a Christian head of state, a tradition that continued earlier this year when President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and a Cabinet were elected on reformist platforms and vowed to hold those behind the port explosion to account.
—Molly Hunter, NBC news, 2 Dec. 2025
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“Head of state.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20of%20state. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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