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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > American politics and society > United States Presidency > presidential duties and responsibilities > chiefs of state

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chiefs of state  

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  • The country's leader who symbolizes the nation and presides over ceremonial functions. In many countries this responsibility is fulfilled by a monarch or figurehead with little governmental authority, or an official whose post was created to shelter the chief executive from ceremonial drudgery. [Source: Student's Guide to the Presidency; Chief of State]

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