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  • Madagascar political rivals reach government deal

    Nov 3rd, 2009 - Boston.com

    ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—Madagascar's political rivals have agreed on posts within a transitional government that will hold power until next year's elections. The deal announced late Friday allows Andry Rajoelina to remain head of state...

  • Honduras Forms Unity Government Shunned by Zelaya, AFP Says

    Nov 3rd, 2009 - Bloomberg

    Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Honduras’s acting president RobertoMicheletti formed a national unity government without the backingof Manuel Zelaya, the ousted head of state...

  • With Musharraf gone, what's next for Pakistan?

    Nov 3rd, 2009 - BusinessWeek

    Call it a pre-emptive defensive strike. Faced with imminent impeachment proceedings against him, President Pervez Musharraf resigned today. I can’t say we didn’t see it coming...

  • France's Chirac says prepared to stand trial

    Nov 3rd, 2009 - Washington Post

    PARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Jacques Chirac said he was ready to appear in court over accusations of embezzlement during his time as mayor of Paris and was determined to clear his name. Chirac...

  • EU Lisbon Treaty: court clears way for Czech President to sign

    Nov 3rd, 2009 - Telegraph

    EU Lisbon Treaty: court clears way for Czech President to signMr Klaus is the last head of state not to sign the Treaty and remains the final barrier to it entering into legal force across the European Union's 27 countries. He has...

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Head Of State from WikiPedia:

Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes personifying the continuity and legitimacy of the state and exercising the political powers, functions and duties granted to the head of state in the country's constitution and laws. In nation states the head of state is often thought of as the official "leader" of the nation.

Charles de Gaulle described the role he envisaged for the French president when he wrote the modern French constitution, stating the head of state should embody "the spirit of the nation" for the nation itself and the world: une certaine idée de la France (a certain idea about France). Today many countries expect their head of state to embody national values in a similar fashion.

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