Talk:Chief of state

Some points
Richard Pinch 21:54, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * You seem to be using constitutional monarch as a subspecies of ceremonial heads of state. I don't think that's correct.  For example, Charles II was a constitutional monarch but scarcely a ceremonial one.  It's reasonable to regard the President of the United States as a consitutional monarch (elected rather than hereditary).  Other more traditonal examples that spring to mind are the constitutional but politically powerful kings of Bhutan and Swaziland.
 * I think it's clear that in France the President is the pre-eminent authority. South Africa and Zimbabwe  are other examples that spring to mind.
 * Is "Chief of state" really more common than "head of state"?