nominal head
Example Sentences
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The monarch is the nominal head of the government and armed forces, and is highly regarded as the protector of Islam and Malay tradition.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
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
Last month, the North sent a delegation to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, led by Mr. Kim’s sister, Kim Yo-jong, and the North’s nominal head of state, Kim Yong-nam.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2018
Neither the I.O.R.’s president, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, nor De Pasquale, the nominal head of the regulatory agency, had any idea what these accounts contained.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 14, 2015
"We are absolutely certain that this is the case," said the nominal head, who was known as the president.
From The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan by Harold MacGrath