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Government
- EnglishThe Council of Ministers shall consist of the Prime Minister, as Head, and of a number of ministers pursuant to the need and public interest. (Art. 41)
- Arabicيؤلف مجلس الوزراء من رئيس الوزراء رئيساً ومن عدد من الوزراء حسب الحاجة والمصلحة العامة. (المادّة 41)
Government
- English(1) The Federal Chancellor shall be elected by the Bundestag without debate on the proposal of the Federal President.
(2) The person who receives the votes of a majority of the Members of the Bundestag shall be elected. The person elected shall be appointed by the Federal President.
(3) If the person proposed by the Federal President is not elected, the Bundestag may elect a Federal Chancellor within fourteen days after the ballot by the votes of more than one half of its Members.
… (Art. 63) - German(1) Der Bundeskanzler wird auf Vorschlag des Bundespräsidenten vom Bundestage ohne Aussprache gewählt.
(2) Gewählt ist, wer die Stimmen der Mehrheit der Mitglieder des Bundestages auf sich vereinigt. Der Gewählte ist vom Bundespräsidenten zu ernennen.
(3) Wird der Vorgeschlagene nicht gewählt, so kann der Bundestag binnen vierzehn Tagen nach dem Wahlgange mit mehr als der Hälfte seiner Mitglieder einen Bundeskanzler wählen.
… (Art. 63)
Government
- EnglishThe President of the Republic appoints the Prime Minister and terminates his functions.
On a proposal of the Prime Minister, he appoints the other members of the Government and terminates their functions.
… (Art. 56) - FrenchLe Président de la République nomme le Premier ministre et met fin à ses fonctions.
Sur proposition du Premier ministre, il nomme les autres membres du Gouvernement et met fin à leurs fonctions.
... (Art. 56)
Government
- English(1) Where there is occasion for the appointment of a Prime Minister, the President shall appoint as Prime Minister—
(a) a member of the House of Representatives who is the Leader in that House of the party which commands the support of the majority of members of that House; or
(b) where it appears to him that that party does not have an undisputed leader in that House or that no party commands the support of such a majority, the member of the House of Representatives who, in his judgment, is most likely to command the support of the majority of members of that House, and who is willing to accept the office of Prime Minister.
…
(3) The Ministers other than the Prime Minister shall be such persons as the President, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, shall appoint from among the members of the House of Representatives and the Senators.
… (Sec. 76)
Government
- EnglishA member of the National Assembly must:
a. be originally of Kuwaiti nationality in accordance with the Law;
b. fulfill the voter's qualifications in accordance with the Electoral Law;
c. have attained at least the age of thirty Gregorian calendar years on election day; and
d. have a sound reading and writing knowledge of Arabic. (Art. 82) - Arabicيشترط في عضو مجلس الأمة:
أ. أن يكون كويتي الجنسية صفة أصلية وفقا للقانون.
ب. أن تتوافر فيه شروط الناخب وفقا لقانون الانتخاب.
ج. ألا يقل سنه يوم الانتخاب عن ثلاثين سنة ميلادية.
د .أن يجيد قراءة اللغة العربية وكتابتها. (المادّة 82)
Government
- English(1) There shall be a Prime Minister who shall be elected as such by the members of Parliament from amongst their number in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 2 to this Constitution.
(2) There shall be, in addition to the office of Prime Minister, such other offices of Minister of the Government, not exceeding eleven or such greater number as Parliament may prescribe, as may be established by the Governor General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister. Provided that one of such offices of Minister of the Government shall be that of Deputy Prime Minister.
(3) The Ministers other than the Prime Minister shall be appointed by the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, from among the members of Parliament: Provided that if occasion arises for making an appointment while Parliament is dissolved a person who was a member of Parliament immediately before the dissolution may be appointed. (Sec. 33)
Government
- English
The Government of the Republic shall be made up by the President of the Council and the Ministers who together form the Council of Ministers.
The President of the Republic shall appoint a President of the Council of Ministers, on whose proposal the President of the Republic shall appoint Ministers. (Art. 92) - Italian
Il Governo della Repubblica è composto del Presidente del Consiglio e dei Ministri, che costituiscono insieme il Consiglio dei Ministri.
Il Presidente della Repubblica nomina il Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri e, su proposta di questo, i Ministri. (Art. 92)
Government
- EnglishThe Cabinet shall be responsible for advising the President with respect to the policy of the Government and with respect to such other matters as may be referred to it by President. (Art. 68)
Government
- English
(a) The President shall appoint the Union Ministers who possess the following qualifications :
(i) person who has attained the age of 40 years;
(ii) person who has qualifications, with the exception of age limit, entitled to be elected as Pyithu Hluttaw representatives prescribed in Section 120;
(iii) person whose qualifications does not breach the provisions under Section 121 which disqualify the person from standing for election as the Pyithu Hluttaw representative;
(iv) person loyal to the Union and its citizens.
… (Sec. 232) - Burmese
(က) နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတသည် အောက်ဖော်ပြပါ အရည်အချင်းများနှင့် ပြည့်စုံသူများကို ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးများ အဖြစ် ခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပေးနိုင်သည် -
(၁) အသက် ၄၀ နှစ် ပြည့်ပြီးသူ၊
(၂) အသက်ကန့်သတ်ချက်မှအပ ပုဒ်မ ၁၂၀ တွင် ဖော်ပြထားသည့် ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော် ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များအတွက် သတ်မှတ်ထားသည့် အရည်အချင်းများနှင့် ပြည့်စုံသူ၊
(၃) ပုဒ်မ ၁၂၁ တွင် ဖော်ပြထားသည့် ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များအဖြစ် ရွေးကောက်တင်မြှောက်ခံပိုင်ခွင့် မရှိစေသော ပြဌာန်းချက်များနှင့်လည်း ငြိစွန်းခြင်းမရှိသူ၊
(၄) နိုင်ငံတော်နှင့် နိုင်ငံသားများအပေါ် သစ္စာရှိသူ။
... (ပုဒ်မ-၂၃၂)
Government
- English
The Government is directed by a Prime Minister when a presidential majority results from the legislative elections.
The Government is directed by a Head of the Government when a parliamentary majority results from the legislative elections.
The Government is composed of the Prime Minister or the Head of the Government, according to the case, and of the ministers who are [its] members. (Art. 103) - Arabic
يقود الحكومة وزير أول في حال أسفرت الانتخابات التشريعية عن أغلبية رئاسية.
يقود الحكومة رئيس حكومة، في حال أسفرت الانتخابات التشريعية عن أغلبية برلمانية.
تتكون الحكومة من الوزير الأول رئيس الحكومة، حسب الحالة، ومن الوزراء الذين يشكلونها. (المادة 103) - French
Le Gouvernement est dirigé par un Premier ministre lorsqu’il résulte des élections législatives une majorité présidentielle.
Le Gouvernement est dirigé par un Chef du Gouvernement lorsqu’il résulte des élections législatives une majorité parlementaire.
Le Gouvernement se compose du Premier ministre ou du Chef du Gouvernement, selon le cas, et des ministres qui en sont membres. (Art. 103)