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Head of State
- EnglishThe President of the Republic is elected by direct, universal suffrage by the absolute majority of voters, established from the valid votes in accordance with the electoral law. … (Art. 134)
- FrenchLe Président de la République est élu au suffrage universel direct à la majorité absolue des votants établie à partir des votes valides conformément à la loi électorale.
… (Art. 134)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President of the Republic is elected by direct universal suffrage for a mandate of five years renewable a single time.
… (Art. 70) - FrenchLe Président de la République est élu au suffrage universel direct pour un mandate de cinq ans renouvelable une seule fois.
… (Art. 70)
Head of State
- English
Every person who is qualified to be an elector shall be qualified to be elected to the office of President unless he is subject to any of the following disqualifications–
(a) if he has not attained the age of thirty years;
(b) if he is not qualified to be elected as a Member of Parliament under sub-paragraph (d), (e), (f) or (g) of paragraph (1) of Article 91; and
(c) if he has been twice elected to the office of President by the People.
(d) if he has been removed from the office of President under the provisions of sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (2) of Article 38. (Art. 92) - Sinhala
ඡන්ද හිමියකු වීමට සුදුසුකම්ලත් සෑම තැනැත්තෙක් ම, ඒ තැනැත්තා -
(අ) වයස අවුරුදු තිස් (30) සම්පූර්ණ කර නොසිටීම;
(ආ) 91 වැනි ව්යවස්ථාවේ (1) වැනි අනුව්යවස්ථාවේ (ඈ), (ඉ), (ඊ) හෝ (උ) ඡේද යටතේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරයකු ලෙස තෝරා පත් කර ගැනීමට නුසුදුස්සකු වීම;
(ඇ) ඔහු, ජනතාව විසින් ජනාධිපති ධුරයට දෙවරක් තෝරා පත් කොට ගනු ලැබ තිබීම;
(ඈ) 38 වැනි ව්යවස්ථාවේ (2) වැනි අනුව්යවස්ථාවේ (ඉ) ඡේදයේ විධිවිධාන යටතේ ජනාධිපති ධුරයෙන් ඉවත් කරනු ලැබ සිටීම, යන නුසුදුසුකම්වලින් කවර වූ හෝ නුසුදුසුකමකට යටත්ව සිටී නම් මිස, ජනාධිපතිවරයා වශයෙන් තෝරා පත් කර ගනු ලැබීමට සුදුස්සෙක් වන්නේ ය. (92 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Head of State
- English1. The executive authority of the Republic shall vest in the President and shall be exercised in accordance with this Constitution and the laws of Seychelles.
...(Art. 66)
Head of State
- EnglishThere shall be a Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda who shall be a citizen appointed by Her Majesty and shall hold office during Her Majesty's pleasure and who shall be Her Majesty's representative in Antigua and Barbuda. (Sec. 22)
Head of State
- English
The President of the Republic is the Head of State. He is the elect [l'élu] of the Nation and embodies the national unity.
He is the guarantor of national independence of the territorial integrity and of respect for the Constitution, [and] for the treaties and international agreements.
... (Art. 41) - French
Le Président de la République est le Chef de l'Etat. Il est l'élu de la Nation et incarne l'unité nationale.
Il est le garant de l'indépendance nationale, de l'intégrité territoriale et du respect de la Constitution, des traités et accords internationaux.
... (Art. 41)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President of the Republic shall be elected on direct elections, by secret ballot, in accordance with the Law.
... (Art. 114) - Serbian CyrillicПредседник Републике бира се на непосредним изборима, тајним гласањем, у складу са законом.
… (Члан 114)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President is elected for a four-year term by the direct vote of the people. His re-election for a successive term is permissible only once. (Art. 114)
- Persianرئیسجمهور برای مدت چهار سال با رأی مستقیم مردم انتخاب میشود و انتخاب مجدد او به صورت متوالی تنها برای یک دوره بلامانع است. (اصل 114)
Head of State
- English
Any candidate to the functions of President of the Republic must be of Malagasy nationality, enjoy their civil and political rights, be at least thirty-five years old at the date of the closure of the presentation of the candidatures, and reside on the territory of the Republic of Madagascar for at least six months before the day of the deadline established for the presentation of the candidatures.
… (Art. 46) - French
Tout candidat aux fonctions de Président de la République doit être de nationalité malagasy, jouir de ses droits civils et politiques, avoir au moins trente cinq ans à la date de clôture du dépôt des candidatures, résider sur le territoire de la République de Madagascar depuis au moins six mois avant le jour de la date limite fixée pour le dépôt des candidatures.
... (Art. 46)
Head of State
- EnglishThe candidate for the functions of President of the Republic must:
1. Have the quality of elector within the conditions specified by the electoral law;
2. Solely enjoy the Burundian nationality of origin [d’origine];
3. Be already [révolus] forty years old at the moment of the election;
4. Reside on the territory of Burundi at the moment of the presentation of their candidature;
5. Enjoy all their civil and political rights;
6. Subscribe to the Constitution and to the Charter of National Unity.
… (Art. 98) - KirundiUwitoza mu mabanga y’Umukuru w’Igihugu ategerezwa:
1. Kuba afise uburenganzira bwo gutora nk’uko bitegekanijwe n’Ibwirizwa rigenga amatora ;
2. Kuba afise gusa ubwenegihugu bw’umurundi yavukanye;
3. Kuba akwije imyaka mirongo ine igihe c’amatora ;
4. Kuba aba mu Burundi igihe yiyandikisha ngo yitoze ;
5. Kuba ata kimubuza kurangura amabanga y’igihugu n’ayaporitike;
6. Kwemeza mu rwandiko ko azokwisunga Ibwirizwa Shingiro n’Amasezerano y’Ubumwe bw’abarundi.
… (Ingingo ya 98) - FrenchLe candidat aux fonctions de Président de la République doit:
1. Avoir la qualité d’électeur dans les conditions précisées par la loi électorale ;
2. Jouir uniquement de la nationalité burundaise d’origine;
3. Etre âgé de quarante ans révolus au moment de l’élection;
4. Résider sur le territoire du Burundi au moment de la présentation de sa candidature;
5. Jouir de tous ses droits civils et politiques ;
6. Souscrire à la Constitution et à la Charte de l’Unité Nationale.
… (Art. 98)