nominal head

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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

The Fullerton has hosted North Korea’s nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam in the past, according to a person familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2018

If so, he could also lose his position as president of the Presidium of North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament, which makes him the country’s nominal head of state.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2016

The great bulk of the Christian population belongs to the Orthodox Church, of which the oecumenical patriarch at Constantinople is the nominal head, having precedence over all other ecclesiastical dignitaries.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various