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.
14th Dalai Lama
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The 14th Dalai Lama is the current Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism. He served as the resident spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet before 1959, and subsequently
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…such as Padmanabha Dasa (servant of Vishnu) in the case of the Maharaja of Travancore. From the time of the 5th Dalai Lama until the retirement of the 14th Dalai Lama from political decision-making in 2011, Dalai Lamas were both political and spiritual leaders ("god-king") of Tibet. Outer Mongolia, the former homeland…
The Dalai Lama in 2012
The Dalai Lama as a child
House where the 14th Dalai Lama was born in Taktser, Amdo
Lhasa's Potala Palace, today a UNESCO World Heritage Site, 2019