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Political Constitution of Peru 1993, as amended to 2023
Head of State
- English
The President of the Republic is the head of the State and personifies the Nation.
To be elected President of the Republic it is required to be Peruvian by birth, to be thirty-five years of age at the moment of postulation and to enjoy the right of suffrage. (Art. 110) - Spanish
El Presidente de la República es el Jefe del Estado y personifica a la Nación.
Para ser elegido Presidente de la República se requiere ser peruano por nacimiento, tener más de treinta y cinco años de edad al momento de la postulación y gozar del derecho de sufragio. (Art. 110)
Head of State
- English
The President of the Republic is elected by direct suffrage. The candidate is elected who obtains more than half of the votes.
… (Art. 111) - Spanish
El Presidente de la República se elige por sufragio directo. Es elegido el candidato que obtiene mes de la mitad de los votos.
… (Art. 111)
Vice-President
- English
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To be elected President of the Republic it is required to be Peruvian by birth, to be thirty-five years of age at the moment of postulation and to enjoy the right of suffrage. (Art. 110) - Spanish
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Para ser elegido Presidente de la República se requiere ser peruano por nacimiento, tener más de treinta y cinco años de edad al momento de la postulación y gozar del derecho de sufragio. (Art. 110)
Vice-President
- English
The President of the Republic is elected by direct suffrage. The candidate is elected who obtains more than half of the votes.
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Two Vice Presidents are elected together with the President of the Republic, in the same manner, with the same requirements and for an equal term. (Art. 111) - Spanish
El Presidente de la República se elige por sufragio directo. Es elegido el candidato que obtiene más de la mitad de los votos.
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Junto con el Presidente de la República son elegidos, de la misma manera, con los mismos requisitos y por igual término, dos vicepresidentes. (Art. 111)
Government
- English
The administration and the management of the public services are entrusted to the Council of Ministers; and to each Minister in the matters that are of the competence of the portfolio of his responsibility [cargo]. (Art. 119)
- Spanish
La dirección y la gestión de los servicios públicos están confiadas al Consejo de Ministros; y a cada ministro en los asuntos que competen a la cartera a su cargo. (Art. 119)
Government
- English
The Ministers meeting, form the Council of Ministers. The law determines its organization and functions.
The Council of Ministers has its President. It corresponds to the President of the Republic to preside over the Council of Ministers when he convokes it or when he attends its sessions. (Art. 121) - Spanish
Los ministros, reunidos, forman el Consejo de Ministros. La ley determina su organización y funciones.
El Consejo de Ministros tiene su Presidente. Corresponde al Presidente de la República presidir el Consejo de Ministros cuando lo convoca o cuando asiste a sus sesiones. (Art. 121)
Government
- English
The President of the Republic appoints and removes the President of the Council. He appoints and removes the other Ministers, on proposal and with agreement, respectively, of the President of the Council. (Art. 122)
- Spanish
El Presidente de la República nombra y remueve al Presidente del Consejo. Nombra y remueve a los demás ministros, a propuesta y con acuerdo, respectivamente, del Presidente del Consejo. (Art. 122)
Government
- English
To be [a] Minister of State, it is required to be Peruvian by birth, a citizen in exercise [of the] rights and to have attained twenty-five years of age. The members of the Armed Forces and of the National Police may be Ministers. (Art. 124)
- Spanish
Para ser ministro de Estado, se requiere ser peruano por nacimiento, ciudadano en ejercicio y haber cumplido veinticinco años de edad. Los miembros de las Fuerzas Armadas y de la Policía Nacional pueden ser ministros. (Art. 124)
Legislature
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The Legislative Power resides in the Congress of the Republic, which consists of single chamber.
The number of Congressmen is eighty.5 The Congress of the Republic is elected for a period of five years through an electoral process organized according to law. ...
To be elected Congressman, it is required to be Peruvian by birth, to be twenty-five years old and enjoy the right of suffrage. (Art. 90) - Spanish
El Poder Legislativo reside en el Congreso de la República, el cual consta de cámara única.
El número de congresistas es de ciento treinta. El Congreso de la República se elige por un período de cinco años mediante un proceso electoral organizado conforme a ley. …
Para ser elegido congresista, se requiere ser peruano de nacimiento, haber cumplido veinticinco años y gozar del derecho de sufragio. (Art. 90)
Legislature
- English
Attributions of the Congress are:
1. To enact [dar] laws and legislative resolutions, as well as to interpret, modify or abrogate those extant;
… (Art. 102) - Spanish
Son atribuciones del Congreso:
1. Dar leyes y resoluciones legislativas, así como interpretar, modificar o derogar las existentes.
… (Art. 102)
1
Political Constitution of Peru 1993, as amended to 2023 (English), available in HeinOnline World Constitutions Illustrated Library (2023). According to Art. 48: “Official languages of the State are Castilian and, in the zones where predominant, Quechua, Aymara and the other aboriginal tongues are also, in accordance with the law.”
2
Political Constitution of Peru 1993, as amended to 2023 (Spanish), available in HeinOnline World Constitutions Illustrated Library (2023).
3
Chapter I on Fundamental Rights of the Person.
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Chapter I on Fundamental Rights of the Person.
5
The English translation of Article 9 is not correct. The number of Congressmen is one hundred thirty.