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Head of State
- English(1) A person shall be qualified to be nominated for election as President if, and shall not be so qualified unless, he is a citizen of Dominica of the age of forty years or upwards who at the date of his nomination has been resident in Dominica for five years immediately preceding his nomination.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section a person shall be deemed to reside in Dominica if he holds an office in the service of the Government, or is employed with any intergovernmental organisation or institution of the Commonwealth Caribbean or any international organisation or institution of which Dominica is a member and lives outside Dominica because he is required to do so for the proper discharge of his functions.
(3) Parliament may, by resolution supported by the votes of not less than three-fourths of all the elected members of the House waive the residence qualification laid down in subsection (1) of this section with respect to any particular person to be proposed for nomination. (Sec. 20)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President of the Republic is elected by universal direct suffrage and by secret majority ballot in two (2) rounds.
… (Art. 35) - FrenchLe Président de la République est élu au suffrage universel direct et au scrutin secret, majoritaire à deux (2) tours.
… (Art. 35)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President of Montenegro shall be elected on the basis of a general and equal electoral right, through direct and secret ballot.
A Montenegrin citizen residing in Montenegro for minimum 10 years in the past 15 years may be elected for the President of Montenegro.
… (Art. 96) - MontenegrinPredsjednik Crne Gore bira se na osnovu opšteg i jednakog biračkog prava, neposrednim i tajnim glasanjem.
Za predsjednika Crne Gore može biti biran crnogorski državljanin koji ima prebivalište u Crnoj Gori najmanje 10 godina u posljednjih 15 godina.
… (Član 96)
Head of State
- EnglishThe King shall appoint ministers, deputy ministers and officials of the "excellent grade" category and he may dismiss them by a Royal order in accordance with the rules of the law. … (Basic Law, Art. 58)
- Arabicيُعين الملك من في مرتبة الوزراء ونواب الوزراء، ومن في المرتبة الممتازة، ويعفيهم من مناصبهم بأمر ملكي، وذلك وفقاً لما يبينه النظام. … (النظام الأساسي، المادّة 58)
Head of State
- English(1) A person shall be qualified for election as President if—
(a) he or she is a citizen of The Gambia by birth or descent;
(b) he or she has attained the minimum age of thirty years;
(c) he or she has been ordinarily resident in The Gambia for at least the five years immediately preceding the election;
(d) he or she has completed senior secondary school education; and
(e) he or she is qualified to be elected as a member of the National Assembly.
(2) A person who holds the citizenship or nationality of a country other than The Gambia, shall not be qualified for election as President.
… (Sec. 62)
Head of State
- English(1) The President shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and subject thereto.
…
(2) Election of the President shall be:
(a) by direct, universal and equal suffrage; and
(b) conducted in accordance with principles and procedures to be determined by Act of Parliament:
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(3) Every citizen of Namibia by birth or descent, over the age of thirty-five (35) years, and who is eligible to be elected to office as a member of the National Assembly shall be eligible for election as President.
… (Art. 28)
Head of State
- English
The President of the Republic is elected by direct suffrage. The candidate is elected who obtains more than half of the votes.
… (Art. 111) - Spanish
El Presidente de la República se elige por sufragio directo. Es elegido el candidato que obtiene mes de la mitad de los votos.
… (Art. 111)
Head of State
- English(1) The President shall be elected by the citizen in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and in accordance with the law enacted by Parliament pursuant to the provisions of this Constitution, making provisions concerning the election of the President.
... (Art. 38)
Head of State
- English
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Paragraph 3. The conditions for eligibility, according to the law, are:
I – the Brazilian nationality;
II – the full exercise of the political rights;
III – the electoral enrollment;
IV – the electoral domicile in the electoral district;
V – the membership in a political party;
VI – the minimum age of:
a) thirty-five years for President and Vice-President of the Republic and Senator;
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Paragraph 4. The illiterate and those that cannot be registered as voters are not eligible.
... (Art. 14) - Portuguese
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São condições de elegibilidade, na forma da lei:
I - a nacionalidade brasileira;
II - o pleno exercício dos direitos políticos;
III - o alistamento eleitoral;
IV - o domicílio eleitoral na circunscrição;
V - a filiação partidária;
VI - a idade mínima de:
a) trinta e cinco anos para Presidente e Vice-Presidente da República e Senador;
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§ 4º - São inelegíveis os inalistáveis e os analfabetos.
… (Art. 14)
Head of State
- English
The President of the Republic is the Chief of State, and the symbol of the unity of the Homeland. He ensures the respect of the Constitution, …
The President of the Republic is elected by secret ballot, by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast in the Chamber of Deputies in the first round. The President's term in office is six years. He may only be reelected after a period of six years has lapsed since the end of his previous term. Nobody is eligible for the Presidency of the Republic if he does not meet the conditions for election to the Chamber of Deputies or is barred by them from being a candidate.
… (Art. 49) - Arabic
رئيس الجمهورية هو رئيس الدولة ورمز وحدة الوطن. یسهر على احترام الدستور ...
ينتخب رئيس الجمهورية بالاقتراع السري بغالبية الثلثين من مجلس النواب في الدورة الأولى، ويكتفي بالغالبية المطلقة في دورات الاقتراع التي تلي. وتدوم رئاسته ست سنوات ولا تجوز إعادة انتخابه إلا بعد ست سنوات لانتهاء ولايته ولا يجوز انتخاب أحد لرئاسة الجمهورية ما لم يكن حائزاً على الشروط التي تؤهله للنيابة وغير المانعة لأهلية الترشيح.
… (المادّة 49)