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| image2 = Droupadi Murmu June 2022.jpg
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| image3 = Joe Biden presidential portrait (cropped).jpg
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| footer = Heads of state of various countries:
* [[Emmanuel Macron]], [[President of France]]
* [[Droupadi Murmu]], [[President of India]]
* [[Joe Biden]], [[President of the United States]]
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* [[Yoon Suk-yeol]], [[President of South Korea]]
* [[Charles III]], [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|King of the United Kingdom]]
* [[Jair Bolsonaro]], [[President of Brazil]]
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* [[Muhammadu Buhari]], [[President of Nigeria]]
* [[Halimah Yacob]], [[President of Singapore]]
* [[Vladimir Putin]], [[President of Russia]]
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* [[Salman of Saudi Arabia|Salman]], [[King of Saudi Arabia]]
* [[Naruhito]], [[Emperor of Japan]]
* [[Bongbong Marcos]], [[President of the Philippines]]
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The '''head of state''' is the figurehead of a state, who represents the unity of the state. However, the head of state may not have very much real power.

In a modern [[republic]], the head of state is a [[president]], usually [[election|elected]] by the people or by a [[parliament]]. In a [[monarchy]], the head of state is the [[king]] or [[queen]]. Some countries have different systems - for example [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] of [[Turkey]] is both the Head of State and Head of Government which is known as an executive system.

In a modern [[monarchy]], the head of state usually has little real power. Instead, the most powerful person is the [[head of government]]. This is usually the leader of the [[political party]] that wins the most seats in an [[election]]. In these cases, the king is considered to be the leader of the country, but must always take the decisions that the head of government advises them to make. The king or queen carries out national ceremonies. The [[United Kingdom]] works like this, with the [[Prime minister|Prime Minister]] heading the government.

A president may be the most powerful person in the country. This is true in the [[United States]]. However, sometimes there is a head of government, as well as a president. The president then acts very much like a king or queen, leaving the real decisions to the head of government. The [[Republic of Ireland]] works like this.

In older times, and in some modern countries, the head of state has absolute power, this called an [[absolute monarchy#Absolute monarchy|absolute monarchy]] which the [[Pope]] in the [[Vatican]] has.
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