Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador 2008, as amended to 2021
Vice-President
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    The Executive Branch is comprised of the Office of the President and the Office of the Vice-President of the Republic, the Ministries of State and the other organizations and institutions needed to fulfill, in the framework of their competence, the attributions of Leadership, planning, implementation and evaluation of national public policies and plans that are created to implement them. (Art. 141)
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    La Función Ejecutiva está integrada por la Presidencia y Vicepresidencia de la República, los Ministerios de Estado y los demás organismos e instituciones necesarios para cumplir, en el ámbito de su competencia, las atribuciones de rectoría, planificación, ejecución y evaluación de las políticas públicas nacionales y planes que se creen para ejecutarlas. (Art. 141)
Vice-President
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    The President of the Republic shall be an Ecuadorian national by birth, at least thirty-five (35) years of age when registering his/her candidacy, in possession of his/her political rights, and not subject to any of the disqualifications or prohibitions provided for by the Constitution. (Art. 142)5
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    La Presidenta o Presidente de la República debe ser ecuatoriano por nacimiento, haber cumplido treinta y cinco años de edad a la fecha de inscripción de su candidatura, estar en goce de los derechos políticos y no encontrarse incurso en ninguna de las inhabilidades o prohibiciones establecidas en la Constitución. (Art. 142)
Vice-President
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    Candidates to the office of the President and Vice-President of the Republic shall appear on the same voting ballot. The President or Vice-President shall be elected by absolute majority of the valid ballots that were cast. … (Art. 143)
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    Las candidaturas a la Presidencia y a la Vicepresidencia de la República constarán en la misma papeleta. La Presidenta o Presidente y la Vicepresidenta o Vicepresidente serán elegidos por mayoría absoluta de votos válidos emitidos. … (Art. 143)
Vice-President
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    Whoever holds the office of Vice-President of the Republic shall meet the same requirements, shall be subject to the same disqualifications and prohibitions as those set for the President of the Republic, and shall perform his/her duties for the same term of office.
    The Vice-President of the Republic, when not replacing the President of the Republic, shall perform the duties that the latter assigns him/her. (Art. 149)
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    Quien ejerza la Vicepresidencia de la República cumplirá los mismos requisitos, estará sujeto a las mismas inhabilidades y prohibiciones establecidas para la Presidenta o Presidente de la República, y desempeñará sus funciones por igual período.
    La Vicepresidenta o Vicepresidente de la República, cuando no reemplace a la Presidenta o Presidente de la República, ejercerá las funciones que ésta o éste le asigne. (Art. 149)
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Art. 261 as reinstated after the 2018 Judgment of the Constitutional Court.

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Art. 142 as reinstated after the 2018 Judgment of the Constitutional Court.
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Art. 142 as reinstated after the 2018 Judgment of the Constitutional Court.
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Art. 261 as reinstated after the 2018 Judgment of the Constitutional Court.