Old Indian statesman losing right to install woman as head of state (9)
I believe the answer is:
netanyahu
'woman as head of state' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'old indian statesman losing right to install' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'tanya' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'indian statesman' becomes 'nehru' (I've seen this before).
'losing' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'to install' is an insertion indicator.
'nehru' with 'r' taken out is 'nehu'.
'tanya' going into 'nehu' is 'NETANYAHU'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for netanyahu that I've seen is " Israeli PM".)