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Vice-President

Guatemala
  • English
    The President and [the] Vice-President of the Republic will be elected by the people through universal and secret suffrage and for a single term of four years.
    … (Art. 184)
  • Spanish
    El Presidente y Vicepresidente de la República serán electos por el pueblo para un período improrrogable de cuatro años, mediante sufragio universal y secreto.
    … (Art. 184)

Vice-President

Peru
  • 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

Colombia
  • English
    The citizens elect in direct form the President and Vice President of the Republic, Senators, Representatives, Governors, Deputies, Mayors, municipal and district Councilors, members of the local administrative boards [juntas] and, when opportune, the members of the Constituent Assembly and the other authorities or functionaries that the Constitution specifies. (Art. 260)
  • Spanish
    Los ciudadanos eligen en forma directa Presidente y Vicepresidente de la República, Senadores, Representantes, Gobernadores, Diputados, Alcaldes, Concejales municipales y distritales, miembros de las juntas administradoras locales, y en su oportunidad, los miembros de la Asamblea Constituyente y las demás autoridades o funcionarios que la Constitución señale. (Art. 260)

Vice-President

Honduras
  • English
    The holding of title [titularidad] of the Executive Power is exercised[,] in representation of and for the benefit of the people[,] by the President and[,] in his default, by the Vice President of the Republic. (Art. 235)
  • Spanish
    La titularidad del Poder Ejecutivo la ejerce en representación y para beneficio del pueblo el Presidente, y en su defecto, los Designados a la Presidencia de la República. (Art. 235)

Vice-President

United States of America
  • English
    The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, …
    No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. … (Art. II, Sec. 1)

Vice-President

Argentina
  • English
    To be elected President or Vice-President of the Nation it is necessary to have been born in the Argentine territory, or to be the son of a native born citizen if born in a foreign country; and to have the other qualifications required to be elected senator. (Sec. 89)
  • Spanish
    Para ser elegido presidente o vicepresidente de la Nación, se requiere haber nacido en el territorio argentino, o ser hijo de ciudadano nativo, habiendo nacido en país extranjero; y las demás calidades exigidas para ser elegido senador. (Art. 89)

Vice-President

Cuba
  • English
    To be Vice President of the Republic, one must have reached the age of thirty-five, be in full enjoyment of their civil and political rights, be a Cuban citizen through birth and not possess any other citizenship.
    The Vice President is elected in the same form and for the same period and mandate limit as the President of the Republic. (Art. 129)
  • Spanish
    Para ser Vicepresidente de la República se requiere haber cumplido treinta y cinco años de edad, hallarse en pleno goce de los derechos civiles y políticos, ser ciudadano cubano por nacimiento y no tener otra ciudadanía.
    Es elegido de la misma forma, por igual período y limitación de mandato que el Presidente de la República. (Art. 129)

Vice-President

Nicaragua
  • English

    The following qualifications [calidades] are required to be the President or Vice President of the Republic:
    1) To be a national of Nicaragua. Those who have acquired other nationality must have renounced it at least four years prior to the election being verified.
    2) To be in full enjoyment of one's civil and political rights.
    3) To have completed twenty-five years of age.
    4) To have resided in continuous form in the country [for] the four years preceding the election, save [when] during this time [periodo] fulfilling a diplomatic mission, working in international organs [organismos] or realizing study abroad.
    ... (Art. 147)

  • Spanish

    Para ser Presidente o Vicepresidente de la República se requiere de las siguientes calidades:
    1) Ser nacional de Nicaragua. Quien hubiese adquirido otra nacionalidad deberá haber renunciado a ella al menos cuatro años antes de verificarse la elección.
    2) Estar en pleno goce de sus derechos civiles y políticos.
    3) Haber cumplido veinticinco años de edad.
    4) Haber residido de forma continua en el país los cuatro años anteriores a la elección, salvo que durante dicho período cumpliere misión diplomática, trabajare en organismos internacionales o realizare estudios en el extranjero.
    ... (Art. 147)

Vice-President

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
  • English
    In order to be elected President of the Republic, it is necessary to be Venezuelan by birth, with no other nationality, to be more than 30 years of age, not a member of the clergy and not subject to any conviction by final judgment, as well as meeting fulfill other requirements prescribed in this Constitution. (Art. 227)
  • Spanish
    Para ser elegido Presidente o Presidenta de la República se requiere ser venezolano o venezolana por nacimiento, no poseer otra nacionalidad, ser mayor de treinta años, de estado seglar y no estar sometido o sometida a condena mediante sentencia definitivamente firme y cumplir con los demás requisitos establecidos en esta Constitución. (Art. 227)

Vice-President

Brazil
  • English

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    Paragraph 3. The conditions for eligibility, according to the law, are:
    I – the Brazilian nationality;
    II – the full exercise of the political rights;
    III – the electoral enrollment;
    IV – the electoral domicile in the electoral district;
    V – the membership in a political party;
    VI – the minimum age of:
    a) thirty-five years for President and Vice-President of the Republic and Senator;
    ...
    Paragraph 4. The illiterate and those that cannot be registered as voters are not eligible.
    ... (Art. 14)

  • Portuguese

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    § 3º São condições de elegibilidade, na forma da lei:
    I - a nacionalidade brasileira;
    II - o pleno exercício dos direitos políticos;
    III - o alistamento eleitoral;
    IV - o domicílio eleitoral na circunscrição;
    V - a filiação partidária;
    VI - a idade mínima de:
    a) trinta e cinco anos para Presidente e Vice-Presidente da República e Senador;
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    § 4º - São inelegíveis os inalistáveis e os analfabetos.
    … (Art. 14)