The titular head of a nation as distinct from the head of the government.
<em>The main objective of governments and other public sector entities is to deliver goods and services rather than to generate profits</em><em>.</em>
A. Trans-Saharan trade network
He was a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1963 to 2012. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and he was President pro tempore of the United States Senate (third in line in the Presidential Line of Succession) from 2010 until his death in 2012, making him the highest-ranking Asian American politician in U.S. history. Inouye also served as chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations.