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title of 17C head of state: the title given to the head of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland during the period without a monarch that lasted from 1653 to 1659. The title was held by Oliver Cromwell from 1653 to 1658 and by Richard Cromwell from 1658 to 1659.
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