nominal head

The monarch is the nominal head of the government and armed forces, and is highly regarded as the protector of Islam and Malay tradition.

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.

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

Nevertheless, Vice President Mike Pence, the nominal head of the Trump administration’s very nominal coronavirus-response effort, says concern about the mounting infections and deaths is “overblown.”

The Xinjiang chairman, the nominal head of the region, was always a Uighur, but the real power rested with the regional party secretary, who for decades was always Han.