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Vice-President

India
  • English
    (1) The Vice-President shall be elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of the members of both Houses of Parliament in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote and the voting at such election shall be by secret ballot.
    (2) The Vice-President shall not be a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State, and if a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State be elected Vice-President, he shall be deemed to have vacated his seat in that House on the date on which he enters upon his office as Vice-President.
    (3) No person shall be eligible for election as Vice-President unless he—
    (a) is a citizen of India;
    (b) has completed the age of thirty-five years; and
    (c) is qualified for election as a member of the Council of States.
    … (Art. 66)
  • Hindi
    (1) उपराष्ट्रपति का निर्वाचन संसद के दोनों सदनों के सदस्यों से मिलकर बनने वाले निर्वाचकगण के सदस्यों द्वारा आनुपातिक प्रतिनिधित्व पद्धति के अनुसार एकल संक्रमणीय मत द्वारा होगा और ऐसे निर्वाचन मंल मतदान गुप्त होगा।
    (2) उपराष्ट्रपति संसद के किसी सदन का या किसी राज्य के विधान-मंडल के किसी सदन का सदस्य नहीं होगा और यदि संसद के किसी सदन का या किसी राज्य के विधान-मंडल के किसी सदन का कोई सदस्य उपराष्ट्रपति निर्वाचित हो जाता है तो यह समझा जाएगा कि उसने उस सदन में अपना स्थान उपराष्ट्रपति के रूप में अपने पदग्रहण की तारीख से रिक्त कर दिया है।
    (3) कोई व्यक्ति उपराष्ट्रपति निर्वाचित होने का पात्र तभी होगा जब वह—
    (क) भारत का नागरिक है;
    (ख) पैंतीस वर्ष की आयु पूरी कर चुका है; और
    (ग) राज्य सभा का सदस्य निर्वाचित होने के लिए अर्हित है।
    … (अनुच्छेद 66)

Vice-President

Suriname
  • English
    1. To be eligible for appointment as President or Vice-President a candidate must:
    - possess the Suriname nationality;
    - have reached the age of thirty;
    - not be excluded from the right of active and passive suffrage;
    - not have acted in violation of the Constitution.
    2. Before submitting his candidacy, he must have had his domicile and main and real residence in Suriname for at least six years. (Art. 92)
  • Dutch
    1. Om tot President of Vice-President te kunnen worden gekozen moet een kandidaat:
    - de Surinaamse nationaliteit bezitten;
    - de leeftijd van dertig jaren hebben bereikt;
    - niet uitgesloten zijn van het passief en het actief kiesrecht;
    - geen handelingen hebben verricht strijdig met de Grondwet;
    2. Voorafgaand aan zijn kandidatuur moet hij tenminste zes jaren woonplaats en hoofd- of werkelijk verblijf in Suriname hebben gehad. (Art. 92)

Vice-President

Syrian Arab Republic
  • English
    No person carrying another nationality, in addition to the nationality of the Syrian Arab Republic, might occupy the office of President of the Republic, Vice-president, Prime Minister, deputy prime ministers, ministers, members of the People’s Assembly or members of the Supreme Constitutional Court. (Art. 152)
  • Arabic
    لا يجوز لمن يحمل جنسية أخرى، إضافة للجنسية العربية السورية، أن يتولى مناصب رئيس الجمهورية أو نائبه أو رئيس مجلس الوزراء أو نوابه أو الوزراء أوعضوية مجلس الشعب أو عضوية المحكمة الدستورية العليا. (المادّة 152)

Vice-President

Palau
  • English
    The Vice President shall serve as a member of the cabinet and have such other responsibilities as may be assigned by the President. (Art. VIII, Sec. 2)

Vice-President

Côte d’Ivoire
  • English

    The Executive is composed of the President of the Republic, of the Vice President of the Republic and of the Government. (Art. 53)

  • French

    L’Exécutif est composé du Président de la République, du vice-Président de la République et du Gouvernement. (Art. 53)

Vice-President

Malawi
  • English
    There shall be a First Vice-President and, subject to section 80 (5), a Second Vice-President both of whom shall assist the President and who shall exercise the powers and functions conferred on the First Vice-President or the Second Vice-President, as the case may be, by this Constitution or by any Act of Parliament and by the President. (Sec. 79)

Vice-President

South Africa
  • English
    …
    (2) The President appoints the Deputy President and Ministers, assigns their powers and functions, and may dismiss them.
    (3) The President –
    (a) must select the Deputy President from among the members of the National Assembly;
    … (Sec. 91)

Vice-President

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
  • English
    I. The President and Vice President of the State shall be elected by universal, obligatory, direct, free and secret vote.
    … (Art. 166)
  • Spanish
    I. La Presidenta o el Presidente y la Vicepresidenta o el Vicepresidente del Estado serán elegidas o elegidos por sufragio universal, obligatorio, directo, libre y secreto.
    … (Art. 166)

Vice-President

Dominican Republic
  • English
    There shall be a male or female Vice President of the Republic, elected jointly with the President in the same form and for an equal period. In order to be Vice President of the Republic the same conditions are required as to be President. (Art. 125)
  • Spanish
    Habrá un o una Vicepresidente de la República, elegido conjuntamente con el Presidente, en la misma forma y por igual período. Para ser Vicepresidente de la República se requieren las mismas condiciones que para ser Presidente. (Art. 125)

Vice-President

Nicaragua
  • English

    The Vice President of the Republic fulfills the functions that this Political Constitution specifies, and those that the President of the Republic delegates to him[,] directly or by the law.
    Similarly he will substitute for the President, in cases of temporary or definitive inability [falta]. (Art. 145)

  • Spanish

    El Vicepresidente de la República desempeña las funciones que le señale la presente Constitución Política, y las que le delegue el Presidente de la República directamente o a través de la ley.
    Asimismo sustituirá en el cargo al Presidente, en casos de falta temporal o definitiva. (Art. 145)