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Government
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the executive powers of the Federation:
(a) shall be vested in the President and may, subject as aforesaid and to the provisions of any law made by the National Assembly, be exercised by him either directly or through the Vice-President and Ministers of the Government of the Federation or officers in the public service of the Federation;
… (Sec. 5)
Government
- EnglishThe Law, by absolute majority of members of each Chamber and at the initiative of the Executive Power, shall determine the number of Ministries, their own denomination and their attributions and competences as matters so determine, without prejudice to that provided in Article 181.
The President of the Republic, acting in the Council of Ministers, may redistribute attributions and competences.
The President of the Republic shall allot the Ministries to citizens who, by virtue of their parliamentary support, are assured of permanency in office. … (Art. 174) - SpanishLa ley, por mayoría absoluta de componentes de cada Cámara y a iniciativa del Poder Ejecutivo, determinará el número de Ministerios, su denominación propia y sus atribuciones y competencias en razón de materia, sin perjuicio de lo dispuesto por el artículo 181.
El Presidente de la República actuando en Consejo de Ministros, podrá redistribuir dichas atribuciones y competencias.
El Presidente de la República adjudicará los Ministerios entre ciudadanos que, por contar con apoyo parlamentario, aseguren su permanencia en el cargo. … (Art. 174)
Government
- English
(1) The President shall, in consultation with the Prime Minister, where he considers such consultation to be necessary, determine the number of Ministers of the Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministries and the assignment of subjects and functions to such Ministers.
(2) The President shall, in consultation with the Prime Minister, appoint from among Members of Parliament, Ministers, to be in charge of the Ministries so determined.
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(4) The President may at any time change the assignment of subjects and functions and the composition of the Cabinet of Ministers. ... (Art. 44) - Sinhala
(1) අග්රාමාත්යවරයාගේ අදහස් විමසීම අවශ්යයැයි ජනාධිපතිවරයා සලකන අවස්ථාවන්හි අග්රාමාත්යවරයාගේ අදහස් ද විමසා, ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් අමාත්ය මණ්ඩලයේ අමාත්යවරයන්ගේ සංඛ්යාව ද අමාත්යාංශ සංඛ්යාව ද ඒ අමාත්යවරයන්ට පවරන විෂය සහ කාර්ය ද නිශ්චය කළ යුත්තේ ය.
(2) ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් එසේ නිශ්චය කරනු ලබන අමාත්යාංශ භාරව කටයුතු කිරිම සඳහා අග්රාමාත්යවරයාගේ අදහස් විමසා, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රිවරුන් අතුරෙන් අමාත්යවරයන් පත් කළ යුත්තේ ය.
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(4) ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් කවර අවස්ථාවක දී වුව ද, අමාත්ය මණ්ඩලය වෙත පවරන ලද විෂය සහ කාර්ය වෙනස් කිරීම සහ අමාත්ය මණ්ඩලයේ සංයුතිය වෙනස් කිරීම ද කරනු ලැබිය හැක්කේ ය. ... (44 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Government
- English
The Government of the Slovak Republic shall be the supreme highest executive body. (Art. 108)
- Slovak
Vláda Slovenskej republiky je vrcholným orgánom výkonnej moci. (Čl. 108)
Government
- English(1) There shall be a Cabinet whose functions shall be to advise the President in the government of Sierra Leone and which shall consist of the President, the Vice-President and such Ministers as the President may from time to time appoint.
… (Sec. 59)