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
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 company was anxious that their vessels should fly the Spanish flag, so they made one Don Miguel Styles the nominal head of the firm.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by John Augustus O'Shea
