nominal head

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As for the nominal head of the dictatorship, Gabrielle Weiniger and David Charter report for The Times of London:

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

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

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022

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.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2020

If so, he could also lose his position as president of the Presidium of North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament, which makes him the country’s nominal head of state.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2016

"What are your suggestions?" inquired the nominal head from his chair, anxious to avoid a clash between the newcomer and the truculent master of them all.

From The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan by MacGrath, Harold