Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus 1960, as amended to 2019
Government
  • English
    The executive power is ensured by the President and the Vice-President of the Republic.
    The President and the Vice-President of the Republic in order to ensure the executive power shall have a Council of Ministers composed of seven Greek Ministers and three Turkish Ministers. The Ministers shall be designated respectively by the President and the Vice-President of the Republic who shall appoint them by an instrument signed by them both. The Ministers may be chosen from outside the House of Representatives.
    One of the following Ministries that is to say the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence or the Ministry of Finance, shall be entrusted to a Turkish Minister. If the President and the Vice-President of the Republic agree they may replace this system by a system of rotation.
    The Council of Ministers shall exercise executive power as in Article 54 provided.
    … (Art. 46)
  • Greek
    Η εκτελεστική εξουσία διασφαλίζεται υπό του Προέδρου και του Αντιπροέδρου της Δημοκρατίας.
    Ο Πρόεδρος και ο Αντιπρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας προς τον σκοπόν της διασφαλίσεως της εκτελεστικής εξουσίας έχουσιν Υπουργικόν Συμβούλιον αποτελούμενον εξ επτά ελλήνων υπουργών και εκ τριών τούρκων υπουργών. Οι υπουργοί υποδεικνύονται αντιστοίχως υπό του Προέδρου και του Αντιπροέδρου της Δημοκρατίας, οίτινες διορίζουσι τούτους διά πράξεως υπογραφομένης υπό αμφοτέρων. Οι υπουργοί δύνανται να επιλέγωνται και εκτός της Βουλής των Αντιπροσώπων.
    Εν εκ των κάτωθι υπουργείων, ήτοι το υπουργείον των εξωτερικών, το υπουργείον αμύνης ή το υπουργείον των οικονομικών ανατίθεται εις τούρκον υπουργόν. Εάν ο Πρόεδρος και ο Αντιπρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας συμφωνώσι, δύνανται ν’ αντικαταστήσωσι το σύστημα τούτο διά συστήματος εναλλαγής εκ περιτροπής.
    Το Υπουργικόν Συμβούλιον ασκεί εκτελεστικήν εξουσίαν κατά τα εν άρθρω 54 οριζόμενα.
    … (Αρθρον 46)
  • Turkish
    Yürütme yetkisi, Cumhurbaşkanı ve Cumhurbaşkanı Yardımcısı tarafından kullanılır.
    Yürütme yetkisini kullanmak için Cumhurbaşkanı ve Cumhurbaşkanı Yardımcısının yedi Rum Bakan ve üç Türk Bakandan müteşekkil bir Bakanlar Kurulu vardır. Bakanlar, durumuna göre, Cumhurbaşkanı ve Cumhurbaşkanı Yardımcısı tarafından inha edilir ve her ikisi tarafından imzalanacak bir kararname ile tayin olunur. Bakanlar Temsilciler Meclisi dışından seçilebilir.
    Müteakip bakanlıklardan, yani Dış İşleri, Milli Savunma veya Maliye Bakanlıklarından biri, bir Türk Bakana verilir. Cumhurbaşkanı ve Cumhurbaşkanı Yardımcısı anlaştıkları takdirde bu sistemin yerine bir rotasyon sistemi koyabilir.
    Bakanlar Konseyi, 54. maddede belirtildiği şekilde yürütme yetkisini kullanır.
    ... (Madde 46)
Government
  • English
    1. No person shall be appointed as a Minister unless he is a citizen of the Republic and has the qualifications required for a candidate for election as a member of the House of Representatives.
    … (Art. 59)
  • Greek
    Ουδείς διορίζεται ως υπουργός, ειμή όταν είναι πολίτης της Δημοκρατίας και έχει τα προσόντα εκλογιμότητας τα απαιτούμενα δι’ υποψήφιον βουλευτήν.
    … (Αρθρον 59)
  • Turkish
    1. Cumhuriyet vatandaşı olmayan ve Temsilciler Meclisi üyesi seçiminde aday olabilmek için gerekli vasıflara sahip bulunmayan bir şahıs Bakan tayin edilemez.
    ... (Madde 59)
Government
  • English
    A person shall be qualified to be a candidate for election as a Representative if at the time of the election that person
    a. is a citizen of the Republic;
    b. has attained the age of twenty-five years;
    c. has not been, on or after the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution, convicted of an offence involving dishonesty or moral turpitude or is not under any disqualification imposed by a competent court for any electoral offence;
    d. is not suffering from a mental disease incapacitating such person from acting as a Representative. (Art. 64)
  • Greek
    Πας τις δικαούται να υποβάλει υποψηφιότητα βουλευτού, εφόσον κατά τον χρόνον της εκλογής:
    (α) είναι πολίτης της Δημοκρατίας,
    (β) έχει συμπληρώσει το εικοστόν πέμπτον έτος της ηλικίας αυτού,
    (γ) δεν έχει καταδικασθεί κατά την ημέραν της ενάρξεως ισχύος του Συντάγματος ή μετ΄ αυτήν δι’ αδίκημα ατιμωτικόν ή ηθικής αισχρότητος ή δεν έχει στερηθεί της εκλογιμότητος κατόπιν αποφάσεως αρμοδίου δικαστηρίου λόγω οιουδήποτε εκλογικού αδικήματος, και
    (δ) δεν πάσχει εκ διανοητικής νόσου καθιστώσης αυτό ανίκανον να ασκήσει τα καθήκοντά του ως βουλευτού. (Αρθρον 64)
  • Turkish
    Seçim zamanında aşağıdaki vasıflara sahip olan her şahıs Temsilci seçiminde aday olabilir;
    a. Cumhuriyet vatandaşı olmak;
    b. yirmi beş yaşını doldurmuş olmak;
    c. bu Anayasanın yürürlüğe girdiği tarihte veya ondan sonra, yüz kızartıcı veya ahlaka aykırı bir suçtan hüküm giymemiş veya herhangi bir seçim suçundan dolayı yetkili bir mahkemece ehliyetsiz kılınmamış olmak;
    d. Temsilci olarak görev görmesine engel bir akıl hastalığı bulunmamak. (Madde 64)
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Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus 1960, as amended to 2015 (English), available in HeinOnline World Constitutions Illustrated Library (2019). Consolidated version as amended to 2019 not publicly available. According to Art. 3(1): "The official languages of the Republic are Greek and Turkish.”

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Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus 1960, as amended to 2019 (Greek).

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Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus 1960, as amended to 2019 (Turkish). In-house translation by UN Women (2020).

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For all provisions on jurisdiction and access, refer to Articles 137-151.
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Part II on Fundamental Rights and Liberties.
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Part II on Fundamental Rights and Liberties.
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Part II on Fundamental Rights and Liberties.
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Part II on Fundamental Rights and Liberties.