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Head of State
- English
A royal order shall be issued to appoint the person to whom the title to the throne belongs to in accordance with the text of article 5 of this statute as crown prince. This royal order shall specify the competences and the responsibilities assigned to him.
... (Art. 7) - Arabic
يصدر أمر سلطاني بتعيين من تكون له ولاية الحكم وفقا لنص المادة (٥) من هذا النظام وليا للعهد، ويحدد الأمر السلطاني اختصاصاته، والمهام التي تسند إليه.
... (المادّة ٧)
Head of State
- English(1) The President of Romania shall be elected by universal, equal, direct, secret and free suffrage.
… (Art. 81) - Romanian(1) Preşedintele României este ales prin vot universal, egal, direct, secret şi liber exprimat.
... (Art. 81)
Head of State
- EnglishA candidate for the office of the President of the Republic must:
1° be of Rwandan nationality by origin;
2° not hold any other nationality;
3° be irreproachable in his or her conduct and social relations;
4° not have been definitively sentenced to an imprisonment of six (6) months or more;
5° not have been deprived of civil and political rights by a Court decision;
6° be at least thirty five (35) years old at the time of his or her candidacy;
7° reside in Rwanda at the time of submitting his or her candidacy. (Art. 99) - KinyarwandaUmukandida ku mwanya wa Perezida wa Repubulika agomba kuba:
1° afite ubwenegihugu nyarwanda bw’inkomoko;
2° nta bundi bwenegihugu afite;
3° indakemwa mu myifatire no mu mibanire ye n’abandi;
4° atarigeze akatirwa burundu igihano cy'igifungo kingana cyangwa kirenze amezi atandatu (6);
5° atarambuwe n’inkiko uburenganzira mbonezamubano n’ubwa politiki;
6° afite nibura imyaka mirongo itatu n’itanu (35) y’amavuko mu gihe cyo kwiyamamariza uwo mwanya;
7° aba mu Rwanda igihe asaba kwiyamamariza uwo mwanya. (Ingingo ya 99) - FrenchPour être candidat à la Présidence de la République, il faut remplir les conditions suivantes:
1° être de nationalité rwandaise d’origine;
2° ne détenir aucune autre nationalité;
3° être irréprochable dans sa conduite et ses relations sociales;
4° n’avoir pas été condamné définitivement à une peine d'emprisonnement égale ou supérieure à six (6) mois;
5° n’avoir pas été déchu par décision judiciaire des droits civiques et politiques;
6° être âgé de trente-cinq (35) ans au moins au moment de sa candidature;
7° résider sur le territoire du Rwanda au moment du dépôt de candidature. (Art. 99)
Head of State
- EnglishThe 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)
Head of State
- English(1) There shall be a President of Singapore who shall be the Head of State.
… (Art. 17)
Head of State
- EnglishThe provisions of this Act of Succession relating to The King shall relate to The Queen if The Queen is Head of State. (Act of Succession, Art. 2)
- SwedishVad i denna successionsordning är stadgat om Konungen skall, om Drottning är statschef, gälla henne. (Successionsordning (1810:0926) §2)
Head of State
- English(1) The Houses of the Federal Parliament shall elect the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia in a joint session, presided over by the Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament.
… (Art. 89) - Somali(1) Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka waa in ay doortaan labada Gole ee Baarlamaanka oo wada fadhiya, waxaana guddoominaya fadhigaa Guddoomiyaha Golaha Shacabka ee Baarlamaanka Federaalka ah.
... (Qodobka 89aad.)
Head of State
- EnglishThailand adopts a democratic regime of government with the King as Head of State. (Sec. 2)
- Thaiประเทศไทยมีการปกครองระบอบประชาธิปไตยอันมีพระมหากษัตริย์ทรงเป็นประมุข (มาตรา ๒)
Head of State
- English(1) A person shall not be qualified to be nominated for the office of the President unless he or she—
(a) has had a distinguished career in any aspect of national or international life, whether in the public or private sector;
(b) holds only a Fijian citizenship;
(c) is not a member of, or holds any office in, any political party;
(d) is not a candidate for election to any other office in the State; and
(e) has not, at any time during the 6 years immediately before being nominated, been convicted of any offence under any law.
… (Sec. 83) - iTaukei(1) O ira era tawana na itutu ni Peresitedi e dodonu me—
(a) dua e kilai vinaka na nona veiqaravi e Viti se veiyasai vuravura, ena tabana vakamatanitu se tabana tuvakaikoya;
(b) lewenivanua ga e Viti;
(c) sega ni lewena, se vakaitutu ena dua na isoqosoqo vakapolitiki;
(d) sega ni mata vakaturi ni veidigidigi ena dua tale na valenivolavola ena Matanitu; ka
(e) sega ni se totogitaki ena cala vakalawa ena dua na gauna, ena loma ni 6 na yabaki ni se bera ni digitaki kina.
… (Sec. 83)
Head of State
- English(1) Whenever Parliament is dissolved an election shall be held to the office of President in such manner as is prescribed by this section and, subject thereto, by or under an Act of Parliament.
… (Sec. 32)