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Government
- English
The President of the Republic appoints the Prime Minister, presented by the majority party or group of parties in the National Assembly.
… (Art. 54) - French
Le Président de la République nomme le Premier ministre, présenté par le parti ou le groupe de partis majoritaire à l’Assemblée Nationale.
… (Art. 54)
Government
- English
The following are attributions of the President of the Republic:
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6) To appoint and to remove the Ministers and Vice Ministers of State, Procurator and Sub-Procurator General of the Republic, Directors of Autonomous and Governmental Entities, Heads of Diplomatic Missions, and Heads of Special Missions, duly bringing the appointment to the cognizance of the National Assembly, within the time [termino] of three days for its ratification, which will be considered final [firme] when the National Assembly ratifies it, as well as to remove the functionaries from their offices [cargos] in the cases in which the National Assembly has so decided in use of its attributions.
... (Art. 150) - Spanish
Son atribuciones del Presidente de la República, las siguientes:
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6) Nombrar y remover a los Ministros y Viceministros de Estado, Procurador y Subprocurador General de la República, Directores de entes autónomos y gubernamentales, Jefes de Misiones Diplomáticas, y Jefes de Misiones Especiales, debiendo poner en conocimiento de la Asamblea Nacional, dentro del término de tres días, el nombramiento para su ratificación, el cual se considerará firme hasta que la Asamblea Nacional lo ratifique, así como destituir de sus cargos a los funcionarios en los casos que la Asamblea Nacional lo haya decidido en uso de sus atribuciones.
... (Art. 150)
Government
- English1. The faction which has more than one half of deputies’ mandates, or a coalition of factions with its participation within 25 days since the date of the first sitting of the Jogorku Kenesh of new convocation shall nominate a candidate for the office of the Prime minister.
The candidate for the office of the Prime minister shall submit to the Jogorku Kenesh the program, structure and composition of the Government.
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5. The President within 3 days period shall issue a decree on the appointment of the Prime minister and other members of the Government.
In the event that the President fails to issue the decree on appointment of the Prime minister and members of the Government within the above time period, they shall be deemed appointed.
… (Art. 84) - Russian1. Фракция, имеющая более половины депутатских мандатов, или коалиция фракций с ее участием в течение 25 рабочих дней со дня первого заседания Жогорку Кенеша нового созыва выдвигает кандидата на должность Премьер-министра.
Кандидат на должность Премьер-министра вносит в Жогорку Кенеш программу, структуру и состав Правительства.
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5. Президент в трехдневный срок издает указ о назначении Премьер-министра и остальных членов Правительства.
В случае если Президент в вышеуказанный срок не издает указ о назначении Премьер-министра и членов Правительства, они считаются назначенными.
... (Статья 84) - Kyrgyz1. Депутаттык мандаттардын теңинен көбүнө ээ болгон фракция же анын катышуусу менен фракциялардын коалициясы жаңы чакырылыштагы Жогорку Кеңештин биринчи жыйналышы өткөн күндөн тартып 25 жумушчу күндүн ичинде Премьер-министрдин кызматына талапкерди көрсөтөт.
Премьер-министрдин кызмат ордуна талапкер Өкмөттүн программасын, түзүмүн жана курамын Жогорку Кеңешке киргизет.
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5. Президент үч күндүк мөөнөттө Премьер-министрди жана Өкмөттүн башка мүчөлөрүн дайындоо тууралуу жарлык чыгарат.
Эгерде Президент жогоруда көрсөтүлгөн мөөнөттө Премьер-министрди жана Өкмөттүн мүчөлөрүн дайындоо жөнүндө жарлык чыгарбаса, алар дайындалды деп эсептелет.
… (84-берене)
Government
- EnglishThe administrative institutions of the State shall be under the authority of the Cabinet. (Art. 58)
- LatvianMinistru kabinetam ir padotas valsts pārvaldes iestādes. (Art. 58)
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(1) There shall be a Prime Minister of Saint Lucia who shall be appointed by the Governor General.
(2) Whenever the Governor General has occasion to appoint a Prime Minister he or she shall appoint a member of the House who appears to him or her likely to command the support of the majority of the members of the House.
(3) There shall be, in addition to the office of Prime Minister, such other offices of Minister of the Government as may be established by Parliament or, subject to the provisions of any law enacted by Parliament, by the Governor General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister.
(4) Appointments to the office of Minister, other than the office of Prime Minister, shall be made by the Governor General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, from among the Senators and the members of the House.
… (Sec. 60)
Government
- English
The President, with the approval of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, may :
(a) designate the Ministries of the Union Government as necessary, and may make changes and additions to the ministries;
… (Sec. 202) - Burmese
နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတသည် ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော်၏ သဘောတူညီချက်ဖြင့် -
(က) ပြည်ထောင်စုအစိုးရ ဝန်ကြီးဌာနများကို လိုအပ်သလို သတ်မှတ်နိုင်သည်။ ထို့ပြင် ဝန်ကြီးဌာနများကို ပြင်ဆင်သတ်မှတ်ခြင်း၊ ဖြည့်စွတ်ခြင်း ပြုနိုင်သည်၊
... (ပုဒ်မ-၂၀၂)
Government
- EnglishThe Parliament shall:
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12) Elect and dismiss from duty the Prime Minister and members of the Government
… (Art. 82) - MontenegrinSkupština:
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12) bira i razrješava predsjednika i članove Vlade;
... (Član 82)
Government
- EnglishThe Cabinet implements national policies agreed upon by the President of the Republic and the Cabinet meeting.
… (Art. 117) - KinyarwandaGuverinoma ishyira mu bikorwa politiki y’Igihugu Perezida wa Repubulika yumvikanyeho n’Inama y’Abaminisitiri.
… (Ingingo ya 117) - FrenchLe Gouvernement exécute la politique nationale arrêtée de commun accord par le Président de la République et le Conseil des Ministres.
… (Art. 117)
Government
- EnglishThe Emir shall appoint the Prime Minister, accept his resignation and remove him from office by an Emiri order; … (Art. 72)
- Arabicيعيّن الأمير رئيس مجلس الوزراء ويقبل استقالته ويعفيه من منصبه بأمر أميري، ... (المادّة 72)