He will also become the 159th Constable of the Tower of London, a ceremonial role.
Former Tory MP Virginia Bottomley has been chosen for the rejuvenated ceremonial role, the Sheriff of Hull.
That may lead to a lot of CEOs performing more of a ceremonial role, a head-of-state role.
In Zambia any suggestion of Lozi separatism is strictly banned, though the king is allowed a ceremonial role.
The Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan, Byron Lewis, took over the ceremonial role.
While the Italian presidency is largely a ceremonial role, it can become a critical one in times of political crisis.
America's game-plan, according to Israeli intelligence sources, is to engineer Mr Arafat's elevation to a ceremonial role while power shifts to younger people.
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' Gradually, their level of responsibility has to keep getting reduced so the person is either let go or kept on in a largely ceremonial role.
He has admitted he acted as a matchmaker - a ceremonial role - at a gangster's wedding and attended a party thrown by a "yakuza" crime group boss.
Durham County Council said in a statement that the allowance paid to their chairman was not a "clothing allowance" but was "to cover expenses associated with this important ceremonial role".
Lord Prescott, who as a Labour MP represented Hull East from 1970 to 2010, said he was surprised when he heard Lord Mandelson had been selected for the ceremonial role.
Politicians and pundits from left and right are questioning Mr Wulff's ability to survive in his largely ceremonial role, in which he is meant to embody the conscience of the nation.
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Now, with demonstrators throughout the territories defying Israeli curfews in order to reaffirm their allegiance to Mr Arafat, any efforts to elevate Mr Arafat to a largely ceremonial role will be shelved.
The deal that the president-elect struck with Kim Jong Pil, the leader of the United Liberal Democrats, was to promise him the prime minister's job and endow the office with more clout than its current largely ceremonial role.
The Queen plays a central ceremonial role in the state opening of Parliament, when she travels by ornate horse-drawn coach to the House of Lords to read out a speech prepared by ministers unveiling details of their legislative plans.
Under Dutch law, the monarch has few powers and the role is considered ceremonial.
Diamonds acquired by previous monarchs continue to play an important role on State and ceremonial occasions.
That probe has dropped out of the headlines in Pakistan in recent weeks as the Supreme Court turned its focus to allegations of corruption against President Zardari, whose position is largely ceremonial but who retains power through his role as co-chairman of the governing Pakistan People's Party, or PPP.
The Czech presidency is a largely ceremonial post, though the president plays an important role in foreign policy and government formation, according to Sean Hanley, an analyst at University College London.
The garments even play the central role in certain rituals, such as the ceremonial casting of royal batik into a volcano.
On Sunday ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam praised Kim Jong-il's role in the rocket launch at the giant rally in a Pyongyang sports stadium.
It is a prestigious role, chosen by the council to be their non-political representative on ceremonial and other occasions and to run council meetings.
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