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Head of State
- English
The following qualifications [calidades] are required to be the President or Vice President of the Republic:
1) To be a national of Nicaragua. Those who have acquired other nationality must have renounced it at least four years prior to the election being verified.
2) To be in full enjoyment of one's civil and political rights.
3) To have completed twenty-five years of age.
4) To have resided in continuous form in the country [for] the four years preceding the election, save [when] during this time [periodo] fulfilling a diplomatic mission, working in international organs [organismos] or realizing study abroad.
... (Art. 147) - Spanish
Para ser Presidente o Vicepresidente de la República se requiere de las siguientes calidades:
1) Ser nacional de Nicaragua. Quien hubiese adquirido otra nacionalidad deberá haber renunciado a ella al menos cuatro años antes de verificarse la elección.
2) Estar en pleno goce de sus derechos civiles y políticos.
3) Haber cumplido veinticinco años de edad.
4) Haber residido de forma continua en el país los cuatro años anteriores a la elección, salvo que durante dicho período cumpliere misión diplomática, trabajare en organismos internacionales o realizare estudios en el extranjero.
... (Art. 147)
Head of State
- EnglishThe executive power of the national government is vested in the President of the Federated States of Micronesia. He is elected by Congress for a term of four years by a majority vote of all the members.
… (Art. X, Sec. 1)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President of the Republic is the Head of the State. He represents the Nation and is the symbol of the national unity.
He sees to the respect for the Constitution.
… He is the guarantor … of respect for the international treaties and agreements. (Art. 69) - FrenchLe Président de la République est le Chef de l’Etat. Il représente la nation et il est le symbole de l’unité nationale.
Il veille au respect de la Constitution.
… Il est le garant … du respect des traités et accords internationaux. (Art. 69)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President shall be elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of—
(a) the elected members of both Houses of Parliament; and
(b) the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States. (Art. 54) - Hindiराष्ट्रपति का निर्वाचन ऐसे निर्वाचकगण के सदस्य करेंगे जिसमें—
(क) संसद के दोनों सदनों के निर्वाचित सदस्य; और
(ख) राज्यों की विधान सभाओं के निर्वाचित सदस्य होंगे। (अनुच्छेद 54)
Head of State
- English(1) The President of the Republic shall be elected for five years by the National Assembly.
(2) Any Hungarian citizen who has reached the age of thirty-five years may be elected President of the Republic.
… (The State, Art. 10) - Hungarian(1) A köztársasági elnököt az Országgyűlés öt évre választja.
(2) Köztársasági elnökké megválasztható bármely magyar állampolgár, aki a harmincötödik életévét betöltötte.
... (Az Állam, 10. cikk)
Head of State
- EnglishThe Executive Power is exercised in the name of the people by the male or female President of the Republic, in his or her condition as head of State and of government in accordance with that provided by this Constitution and the law. (Art. 122)
- SpanishEl Poder Ejecutivo es ejercido en nombre del pueblo por la Presidenta o el Presidente de la República, en su condición de jefe de Estado y de gobierno de conformidad con lo dispuesto por esta Constitución y las leyes. (Art. 122)
Head of State
- EnglishThe religion of the President of the Republic is Islam; … (Art. 3)
- Arabicدين رئيس الجمهورية الإسلام؛ ... (المادّة 3)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President of the Republic of Belarus shall be the Head of State, the guarantor of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, the rights and liberties of man and citizen.
… (Art. 79) - BelarusianПрэзідэнт Рэспублікі Беларусь з’яўляецца Кіраўніком дзяржавы, гарантам Канстытуцыі Рэспублікі Беларусь, правоў і свабод чалавека і грамадзяніна.
… (Артыкул 79) - RussianПрезидент Республики Беларусь является Главой государства, гарантом Конституции Республики Беларусь, прав и свобод человека и гражданина.
… (Статья 79)
Head of State
- English(1) The executive authority of Belize is vested in Her Majesty.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the executive authority of Belize may be exercised on behalf of Her Majesty by the Governor-General either directly or through officers subordinate to him.
... (Sec. 36)
Head of State
- English1 There shall be a President of Ireland (Uachtarán na hÉireann), hereinafter called the President, who shall take precedence over all other persons in the State and who shall exercise and perform the powers and functions conferred on the President by this Constitution and by law.
2 1° The President shall be elected by direct vote of the people.
2° Every citizen who has the right to vote at an election for members of Dáil Éireann shall have the right to vote at an election for President.
3° The voting shall be by secret ballot and on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
…
4 1° Every citizen who has reached his thirty-fifth year of age is eligible for election to the office of President.
2° Every candidate for election, not a former or retiring President, must be nominated either by
i not less than twenty persons, each of whom is at the time a member of one of the Houses of the Oireachtas, or
ii by the Councils of not less than four administrative Counties (including County Boroughs) as defined by law.
… (Art. 12) - Irish Gaelic1 Beidh Uachtarán ar Éirinn (.i. Uachtarán na hÉireann), ar a dtugtar an tUachtarán sa Bhunreacht seo feasta; beidh tosach aige ar gach uile dhuine sa Stát, agus ní foláir dó na cumhachtaí agus na feidhmeanna a bheirtear don Uachtarán leis an mBunreacht seo agus le dlí a oibriú agus a chomhlíonadh.
2 1° Le vóta lomdíreach an phobail a thoghfar an tUachtarán.
2° Gach saoránach ag a bhfuil ceart vótála i dtoghchán do chomhaltaí de Dháil Éireann, beidh ceart vótála aige i dtoghchán don Uachtarán.
3° Is le rúnbhallóid agus de réir na hionadaíochta cionúire agus ar mhodh an aonghutha inaistrithe a dhéanfar an vótáil.
…
4 1° Gach saoránach ag a bhfuil cúig bliana tríochad slán, is intofa chun oifig an Uachtaráin é.
2° Gach iarrthóir d’oifig an Uachtaráin, seachas duine atá nó a bhí ina Uachtarán cheana, is uathu seo a leanas nach foláir a ainmniú a theacht
i fiche duine ar a laghad agus gach duine faoi leith díobh sin ina chomhalta, in alt na huaire, de Theach de Thithe an Oireachtais, nó
ii Comhairlí ceithre Chontae riaracháin ar a laghad (agus Contae-Bhuirgí a áireamh) mar a mhínítear le dlí.
… (Airteagal 12)