[Freak_NL]

Not really. The 'leader' of the Netherlands for all political purposes is the Prime Minister, not the king.

You are mixing up leader with head of state. The latter can be a completely meaningless role fulfilled by a paid actor such as in our case, whereas the nominal leader may look like a paid actor, but tends to have actual power and some form of accountability.

[martopix]

I think it was a political remark on Boris Johnson.

[vadiml]

Valid for Ukraine too

[heavenlyblue]

> leader with head of state

I am not a native speaker - what is the difference between these two words?

[frederikvs]

In e.g. a monarchy, the head of state is the king or queen. In many monarchies these days, this person tends to have very little actual power.

The leader of a country is the person leading it, e.g. a president, prime minister, or similar.

Sometimes the term head of government is also used, which I think is usually the same as the leader of the country.

[joshuaissac]

In parliamentary republics, the president is the head of state (and has little actual power), while the prime minister is the head of government.