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We just don't have elected officials or a nominal head of state.

He had the two or three nominal heads of the organization with him.

They would probably keep the same money, the queen would be nominal head of state.

"I think he has only been its nominal head for many years," said Anne.

The President, as nominal head of state, would be a symbolic role with little substantive power.

This man was held in very low regard, but he was the nominal head of state.

The Chancellor is the nominal head of the university.

The President is a ceremonial office and serves as the nominal head of state.

Of course, as the project's nominal head, Paris would be the first to board when the lost vessel finally returned home.

Ulbricht lost power in 1971, but was kept on as a nominal head of state.