nominal head

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As for the nominal head of the dictatorship, Gabrielle Weiniger and David Charter report for The Times of London:

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

The new law extends that ban to a party’s nominal head as well as its “true leadership,” reflecting fears that Mr. Kasidiaris might control legislators from behind the scenes.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2023

“He is the nominal head of the court, but has little authority to act on his own.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022

When it’s time to give the children their allowance, Andais secretly hands Charlie the coins so that he, as nominal head of the household, can dole them out.

From The New Yorker • May 17, 2017

The victories of 1829 over Lavalle placed him in supreme power at Buenos Aires and made him the nominal head of the whole Argentine.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.