Political Constitution of the Republic of Panama 1972, as amended to 2004
Government
  • English
    The President of the Republic may exercise the following functions by himself/herself:
    1. To appoint and remove freely the Ministers of State;
    … (Art. 183)
  • Spanish
    Son atribuciones que ejerce por si solo el Presidente de la República:
    1. Nombrar y separar libremente a los Ministros de Estado.
    … (Art. 183)
Government
  • English
    The Ministers of State are Chiefs of their respective branches and cooperate with the President of the Republic in the exercise of their functions in accordance with this Constitution and the law. (Art. 194)
  • Spanish
    Los Ministros de Estado son los jefes de sus respectivos ramos y participan con el Presidente de la República en el ejercicio de sus funciones, de acuerdo con esta Constitución y la Ley. (Art. 194)
Government
  • English
    Ministers of State must be Panamanian by birth, must have reached twenty-five years of age and must not have been sentenced to a prison term of five or more years for a premeditated offense by enforceable decision of a court of law. (Art. 196)
  • Spanish
    Los Ministros de Estado deben ser panameños por nacimiento, haber cumplido veinticinco años de edad y no haber sido condenados por delito doloso con pena privativa de la libertad de cinco años o más, mediante sentencia ejecutoriada, proferida por un tribunal de justicia. (Art. 196)
Government
  • English
    No person may be appointed Minister of State who is a relative of the President of the Republic within the fourth degree of consanguinity or the second degree of marital relations, or by person of those relationships be members of the same Cabinet Council. (Art. 197)
  • Spanish
    No podrán ser nombrados Ministros de Estado los parientes del Presidente de la República dentro del cuarto grado de consanguinidad o segundo de afinidad, ni ser miembros de un mismo Gabinete personas unidas entre si por los expresados grados de parentesco. (Art. 197)
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Chapter 8 on Agrarian System.
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Chapter 8 on Agrarian System.