Head of state
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A head of state is the public persona of a sovereign state. The name given to the office of head of state depends on the country's form of government and any separation of powers; the powers of the of
Grassalkovich Palace in Bratislava is the seat of the president of Slovakia.
King Harald V of Norway
Charles de Gaulle, President and head of state of the French Fifth Republic (1959–1969)
George Washington, the first president of the United States, set the precedent for an executive head of state in republican systems of government.
Impeachment
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Impeachment is a process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct. Impeachment tends to be confined to ministerial o
The process of the first impeachment of Donald Trump where the House of Representatives voted to adopt the articles of impeachment against him in 2019.
Lithuanian President Rolandas Paksas was the first European head of state to have been impeached.
Boris Yeltsin, as president of Russia, survived several impeachment attempts.
The Constitutional Court of Korea holding a hearing in the impeachment trial for President Yoon Suk Yeol, with Yoon in attendance (on the right) as the defendant, 21 January 2025