head of state

"I've been to state banquets, they're lovely, but you never get to speak to the visiting head of state," he said, adding it was better to prompt a debate by not attending.

However, there are 15 other candidates, including another former president, and the country's only female head of state, Joyce Banda.

"It is my considered view that the convicts were not only the enemy of the head of state but were also enemies of all Zambians," magistrate Fine Mayambu said in his ruling.

The president of Ireland is the country's head of state.

And it's also not just the two heads of state who have crossed paths, but their families.