Ellison has not formally declared his candidacy for the DNC post, which would make him the formal head of the Democratic Party.
The formal head of state is the British monarch, who is represented by a governor-general.
The palace chose the more formal, head-on portrait for its collection.
The complex constitutional issue that thus arose required the adjudication of the governor-general, Sir John Kerr, the formal head of state under the crown.
A governor, appointed to a six-year term by the Dutch crown, is the formal head of government and representative of the reigning monarch of the Netherlands.
Solomon Islands is a constitutional monarchy, with the British monarch, represented by a governor-general, serving as the formal head of state.
"In the second six months, she was a different minister, a minister interested in surviving as the formal head of the armed forces".
He succeeds the actor and raconteur Sir Peter Ustinov as formal head of the university which is gearing up for its 175th anniversary in 2007.
Although Archduke Matthias of Habsburg, named governor-general by the States General in 1577 after the deposition of Don Juan, remained the formal head of state until 1581, the prince continued to exercise his leadership.
But in a front seat was Lobsang Sangay, formal head of the exiled Tibetan government-in-exile, which is based in India, is loyal to the Dalai Lama and reviled by China as splittist.
An acquiescent parliament approved the appointment of General Kriangsak and the king, as the formal head of state, wearily gave him his blessing.Until 1932 Thailand, then called Siam, had been ruled by a monarch with absolute powers.
