head of state

noun phrase

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

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In most cases, calls between the president-elect and a foreign head of state usually involve just congratulatory remarks and pledges of cooperation with the incoming administration. Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024 President Biden spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron, warning him against trying to mediate a deal while simultaneously pledging to arrest the head of state of one of the involved parties, a U.S. official told Axios. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024 One participant – Alexei Likhachev, head of state nuclear corporation Rosatom – took detailed notes. Mark Trevelyan and Andrew Osborn, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024 The admission of Ukraine into NATO could lead to World War III, the former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said Medvedev was Russia's head of state between 2008 and 2012 and now serves as the deputy chairman of the country's Security Council. Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024 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 17 Dec. 2024.

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