How to Use head of state in a Sentence

head of state

noun phrase

• Neither of them was a head of state.
  — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 5 Jan. 2026
• The king remains head of state in many former British colonies.
  — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 21 Mar. 2026
• This would mark his first visit as Australia's head of state.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
• All of these realms count his father, King Charles, as their head of state.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
• In the United Kingdom, the head of state is a monarch.
  — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
• Canada is a sovereign state and the Monarch serves as head of state.
  — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 23 May 2025
• And here this young queen came, her first visit to Washington as head of state.
  — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
• In Iran, the supreme leader, not the president, is the head of state.
  — Joy Burton, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2024
• And an audience with a head of state alone is a sign of great importance and respect.
  — David Pierson, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023
• While the supreme leader is the head of state, the president is the head of the government.
  — Eric Lob, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
• Her approval ratings — which hover around 80% — are among the highest in the world for a head of state.
  — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
• The host nation's head of state frequently attends the opening match of their home countries.
  — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
• The president would therefore assume the powers of both the head of government and the head of state.
  — Kaya Genç, The Dial, 3 Feb. 2026
• The environment is perhaps Charles’ chief concern as head of state.
  — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 28 Apr. 2026
• President Emmanuel Macron isn't just France's head of state.
  — Simon Constable, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
• Charles’ visit to Australia will be a key test of his popularity as head of state.
  — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 14 July 2024
• Charles also holds the role of head of state in Australia due to its position as a commonwealth realm.
  — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 16 Aug. 2023
• Read about his unlikely path from Al Qaeda commander to head of state.
  — Lauren Jackson, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
• Yet Maduro is hardly the only head of state with this political pedigree.
  — Tom Philp, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
• As Israeli head of state, Herzog has the sole mandate to issue pardons.
  — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 30 Nov. 2025
• The king is the head of state in Canada, a member of the Commonwealth of former colonies.
  — ABC News, 8 June 2026
• Paul Biya, 92, the world's oldest head of state, has won an eighth term as president of Cameroon.
  — NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
• Nkrumah became not only a head of state but a global symbol of freedom, and the continent followed his lead.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
• Duterte could become the first Asian former head of state to go on trial at the ICC.
  — Reuters, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
• Trump’s decision not to attend the first game is highly unusual for a head of state of a tournament co-host.
  — Ben Burrows, New York Times, 12 June 2026
• With less than a week until Cameroon’s election, the world’s oldest head of state appears to have a strong chance of victory.
  — semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
• The case marked the first time a former Brazilian head of state was prosecuted for attempting a coup.
  — Max Rego, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025
• The June 7 runoff will determine who becomes the country’s next head of state and government.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026
• Princess Leonor began three years of military training to prepare for her future as the country's head of state.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
• 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.
  — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025