English-Dutch translations for head of state

• staatshoofd
  De nieuwe president van de EU wordt staatshoofd. The new President of the EU will be the Head of State.
  De heer Fatuzzo was geen eenvoudig lid van het Europees Parlement maar een groot staatshoofd. Mr Fatuzzo was not just an MEP but a great Head of State.
  Uw voorganger is momenteel staatshoofd van Litouwen. Your predecessor is, today, the Head of State in Lithuania.

Definition of head 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

Related words

• ahead of one's time
• laugh one's head off
• laugh one’s head off
• talk one's head off
• rip one's head off
• off the top of one's head
• roof over one's head
• have eyes in the back of one's head
• get something out of one's head