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<p>In politics, a <b>figurehead</b> is a practice of who <a href="page.php?w=de_jure">de jure</a> (in name or by law) appears to hold an important and often supremely powerful title or office, yet <a href="page.php?w=de_facto">de facto</a> (in reality) exercises little to no actual power. The <a href="page.php?w=metaphor">metaphor</a> derives from the carved <a href="page.php?w=Figurehead_%28object%29">figurehead</a> at the prow of a sailing ship.</p>

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<p><a href="page.php?w=Head_of_state">Heads of state</a> in most <a href="page.php?w=Constitutional_monarchy">constitutional monarchies</a></p><p>
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