Meaning of head of state in English
(Definition of head of state from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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We now model in game-theoretic terms the process of cabinet appointment in parliamentary democracies with a presidential head of state.
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The president, who is elected directly for a maximum of two 6-year terms, is the head of state.
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Secondly, there is the date of appointment of a new government by the head of state.
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If no coalition forms after all parties have made their demands, the head of state chooses another formateur and the sequential demand game repeats.
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Power is therefore more than the gross power which the state, embodied in the head of state, exerts over its subjects.
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As under the monarchy, official ceremonies once again set out to foster a sense of personal loyalty to the head of state.
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At the top, there was the dualism between the ceremonial head of state, the emperor, and the military power-holder, the shogun.
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Popular election enables the head of state to emerge outside party politics, and proportional representation virtually forces him or her to build electoral coalitions across or above political parties.
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Moreover, the cloth appears in the context of the merchants paying taxes to a representative of the head of state, whose political power and economic primacy are thereby simultaneously reaffirmed.
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The head of state changes, but the citizens remain.
Unlike almost every other country, we have no vote over the head of state.
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The head of state is non-political and does not interfere in party politics.
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It is also the principal residence of our head of state and the site of our legislature.
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The head of state must be a man.
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Even in the case of those with a dual franchise, members of the legislature had sworn allegiance to the same head of state.
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