head of state
Americannoun
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Col Michael Randrianirina led the coup and was sworn in as head of state in October 2025.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
State visits are taken when a head of state is invited for a formal stay by another country, in this case the US.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
On Thursday she travelled to the Caribbean nation of Grenada, northeast of Venezuela, for her first international visit as head of state, state TV images showed.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
Iran’s supreme leader serves as the country’s head of state, commander in chief of the armed forces and the highest authority in its political and religious system.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Except for France and Switzerland, every nation in Europe was a monarchy, and almost every European head of state was related to every other.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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