head of state

noun

1. the person who holds the highest position in a national government.

   a meeting of heads of state.

Example Sentences

In a statement he said he was unharmed, adding he "strongly condemns this terrorist act directed against Ecuador's head of state".

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"I've been to state banquets, they're lovely, but you never get to speak to the visiting head of state," he said, adding it was better to prompt a debate by not attending.

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However, there are 15 other candidates, including another former president, and the country's only female head of state, Joyce Banda.

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"It is my considered view that the convicts were not only the enemy of the head of state but were also enemies of all Zambians," magistrate Fine Mayambu said in his ruling.

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The president of Ireland is the country's head of state.

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