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See also: head-of-state

head of state ‎(plural heads of state)

The chief public representative of a nation having duties, privileges and responsibilities varying greatly depending on the constitutional rules; a monarch in a monarchy, and often styled president in a republic, but variations such as collegiality exist.

the chief public representative of a nation

Catalan: cap d'estat m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 國家元首 (zh), 国家元首 (zh) ‎(guójiā yuánshǒu), 元首 (zh) ‎(yuánshǒu), 政府首腦 (zh), 政府首脑 (zh) ‎(zhèngfǔ shǒunǎo)
Danish: statsoverhoved (da) n
Dutch: staatshoofd (nl) n
Esperanto: ŝtatestro
Estonian: riigipea
Finnish: valtionpäämies (fi)
French: chef d'État (fr) m
German: Staatsoberhaupt (de) n, Staatschef (de) m
Hungarian: államfő (hu)
Indonesian: kepala negara (id)
Italian: capo di stato
Japanese: 国家元首 ‎(こっかげんしゅ, kokkagenshu), 元首 (ja) ‎(げんしゅ, genshu)