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Government
- English(1) The Federal Chancellor shall be elected by the Bundestag without debate on the proposal of the Federal President.
(2) The person who receives the votes of a majority of the Members of the Bundestag shall be elected. The person elected shall be appointed by the Federal President.
(3) If the person proposed by the Federal President is not elected, the Bundestag may elect a Federal Chancellor within fourteen days after the ballot by the votes of more than one half of its Members.
… (Art. 63) - German(1) Der Bundeskanzler wird auf Vorschlag des Bundespräsidenten vom Bundestage ohne Aussprache gewählt.
(2) Gewählt ist, wer die Stimmen der Mehrheit der Mitglieder des Bundestages auf sich vereinigt. Der Gewählte ist vom Bundespräsidenten zu ernennen.
(3) Wird der Vorgeschlagene nicht gewählt, so kann der Bundestag binnen vierzehn Tagen nach dem Wahlgange mit mehr als der Hälfte seiner Mitglieder einen Bundeskanzler wählen.
… (Art. 63)
Government
- EnglishThe Council of Ministers shall be composed of the heads of the several Ministries or the persons acting in their place, and it shall have exclusive competence over all acts of government and administration submitted to it by the President of the Republic or his Ministers on topics relating to their respective departments. ... (Art. 160)
- SpanishEl Consejo de Ministros se integrará con los titulares de los respectivos Ministerios o quienes hagan sus veces, y tendrá competencia privativa en todos los actos de gobierno y administración que planteen en su seno el Presidente de la República o sus Ministros en temas de sus respectivas carteras. ... (Art. 160)
Government
- English1. There shall be a Cabinet of Ministers, consisting of the Prime Minister and the other Ministers.
2. The functions of the Cabinet shall be to advise the King in the government of Lesotho, and the Cabinet shall be collectively responsible to the two Houses of Parliament for any advice given to the King by or under the general authority of the Cabinet and for all things done by or under the authority of any Minister in the execution of his office.
... (Sec. 88)
Government
- EnglishA member of the National Assembly must:
a. be originally of Kuwaiti nationality in accordance with the Law;
b. fulfill the voter's qualifications in accordance with the Electoral Law;
c. have attained at least the age of thirty Gregorian calendar years on election day; and
d. have a sound reading and writing knowledge of Arabic. (Art. 82) - Arabicيشترط في عضو مجلس الأمة:
أ. أن يكون كويتي الجنسية صفة أصلية وفقا للقانون.
ب. أن تتوافر فيه شروط الناخب وفقا لقانون الانتخاب.
ج. ألا يقل سنه يوم الانتخاب عن ثلاثين سنة ميلادية.
د .أن يجيد قراءة اللغة العربية وكتابتها. (المادّة 82)
Government
- English1. There shall be in and for Jamaica a Cabinet which shall consist of the Prime Minister and such number of other Ministers (not being less than eleven) selected from among Ministers appointed in accordance with the provisions of section 70 of this Constitution, as the Prime Minister may from time to time consider appropriate.
2. The Cabinet shall be the principal instrument of policy and shall be charged with the general direction and control of the Government of Jamaica and shall be collectively responsible therefor to Parliament.
3. Not less than two nor more than four of the Ministers selected pursuant to subsection (1) shall be persons who are members of the Senate. (Sec. 69)
Government
- English
The Government of the Republic shall be made up by the President of the Council and the Ministers who together form the Council of Ministers.
The President of the Republic shall appoint a President of the Council of Ministers, on whose proposal the President of the Republic shall appoint Ministers. (Art. 92) - Italian
Il Governo della Repubblica è composto del Presidente del Consiglio e dei Ministri, che costituiscono insieme il Consiglio dei Ministri.
Il Presidente della Repubblica nomina il Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri e, su proposta di questo, i Ministri. (Art. 92)
Government
- English
The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan:
…
4. with the consent of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan appoints the Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan and removes from position the Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
5. appoints to and removes from position members of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
… (Art. 109) - Azerbaijani
Azərbaycan Respublikasının Prezidenti:
…
4) Azərbaycan Respublikası Milli Məclisinin razılığı ilə Azərbaycan Respublikasının Baş nazirini vəzifəyə təyin edir; Azərbaycan Respublikasının Baş nazirini vəzifədən azad edir;
5) Azərbaycan Respublikası Nazirlər Kabinetinin üzvlərini vəzifəyə təyin və vəzifədən azad edir;
… (Maddə 109)
Government
- English…
b. … Executive authority is vested in the King together with the Council of Ministers and Ministers, … (Art. 32) - Arabic…
ب - … ويتولى الملك السلطـة التـنفيذية مع مجلس الوزراء والوزراء، … (المادّة 32)
Government
- English1. Within the domain of the Government, the President of the Republic is competent:
a. to convoke and to preside over the sessions of the Council of Ministers;
b. to appoint, to exonerate and to dismiss the Prime Minister;
c. to create ministries and commissions of inter-ministerial nature.
2. The President of the Republic is also competent, to appoint, to exonerate and to dismiss:
a. the Ministers and Vice Ministers;
… (Art. 159) - Portuguese1. No domínio do Governo, compete ao Presidente da República:
a) convocar e presidir as sessões do Conselho de Ministros;
b) nomear, exonerar e demitir o Primeiro-Ministro;
c) criar ministérios e comissões de natureza inter-ministerial.
2. Compete, ainda, ao Presidente de la República, nomear, exonerar e demitir:
a) os Ministros e Vice-Ministros;
… (Art. 159)
Government
- English
(a) The President shall appoint the Union Ministers who possess the following qualifications :
(i) person who has attained the age of 40 years;
(ii) person who has qualifications, with the exception of age limit, entitled to be elected as Pyithu Hluttaw representatives prescribed in Section 120;
(iii) person whose qualifications does not breach the provisions under Section 121 which disqualify the person from standing for election as the Pyithu Hluttaw representative;
(iv) person loyal to the Union and its citizens.
… (Sec. 232) - Burmese
(က) နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတသည် အောက်ဖော်ပြပါ အရည်အချင်းများနှင့် ပြည့်စုံသူများကို ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးများ အဖြစ် ခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပေးနိုင်သည် -
(၁) အသက် ၄၀ နှစ် ပြည့်ပြီးသူ၊
(၂) အသက်ကန့်သတ်ချက်မှအပ ပုဒ်မ ၁၂၀ တွင် ဖော်ပြထားသည့် ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော် ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များအတွက် သတ်မှတ်ထားသည့် အရည်အချင်းများနှင့် ပြည့်စုံသူ၊
(၃) ပုဒ်မ ၁၂၁ တွင် ဖော်ပြထားသည့် ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များအဖြစ် ရွေးကောက်တင်မြှောက်ခံပိုင်ခွင့် မရှိစေသော ပြဌာန်းချက်များနှင့်လည်း ငြိစွန်းခြင်းမရှိသူ၊
(၄) နိုင်ငံတော်နှင့် နိုင်ငံသားများအပေါ် သစ္စာရှိသူ။
... (ပုဒ်မ-၂၃၂)