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Head of State
- English[The following] is required to be President or Vice President of the Republic:
1. To be Costa Rican by birth and [a] citizen in exercise;
2. To have secular status;
3. To be older than thirty years. (Art. 131) - SpanishPara ser Presidente o Vicepresidente de la República se requiere:
1) Ser costarricense por nacimiento y ciudadano en ejercicio;
2) Ser del estado seglar;
3) Ser mayor de treinta años. (Art. 131)
Head of State
- English(1) The election of president shall be held in the form of a secret ballot based on the universal, equal and direct right to vote.
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(5) Each citizen of the Czech Republic who has reached the age of 18 years is entitled to nominate a candidate provided that such a nomination is supported by a petition signed by at least 50.000 citizens of the Czech Republic who are eligible to vote for the president of the republic. A candidate can [also] be nominated by at least twenty deputies or by at least ten senators.
… (1993 Constitution, Art. 56) - Czech(1) Volba prezidenta republiky se koná tajným hlasováním na základě všeobecného, rovného a přímého volebního práva.
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(5) Navrhovat kandidáta je oprávněn každý občan České republiky, který dosáhl věku 18 let, podpoří-li jeho návrh petice podepsaná nejméně 50 000 občany České republiky oprávněnými volit prezidenta republiky. Navrhovat kandidáta je oprávněno nejméně dvacet poslanců nebo nejméně deset senátorů.
… (Ústava 1993, Čl. 56)
Head of State
- English1. Citizens of Angolan origin aged at least thirty-five who have habitually resided in the country for at least ten years and are in full possession of their civil and political rights and physical and mental capacities shall be eligible for election as President of the Republic.
… (Art. 110) - Portuguese1. São elegíveis ao cargo de Presidente da República os cidadãos angolanos de origem, com idade mínima de trinta e cinco anos, que residam habitualmente no País há pelo menos dez anos e se encontrem em pleno gozo dos seus direitos civis, políticos e capacidade física e mental.
… (Art. 110)
Head of State
- EnglishThe King of Cambodia shall reign, but not govern.
The King is the Head of State for life.
… (Art. 7) - Khmerព្រះមហាក្សត្រកម្ពុជា ទ្រង់គ្រងរាជសម្បត្តិ ប៉ុន្តែទ្រង់មិនកាន់អំណាចឡើយ។
ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ ទ្រង់ជាព្រះប្រមុខរដ្ឋមួយជីវិត។
... (មាត្រា៧)
Head of State
- English
The President of the Republic is elected for five (5) years by direct universal suffrage. He is re-eligible.
The election of the President of the Republic takes place by uninominal majority [majoritaire uninominal/first-past-the-post] ballot in one (1) round.
The election is won by the candidate who obtained the greatest number of votes cast. (Art. 9)7 - French
Le Président de la République est élu pour cinq (5) ans, au suffrage universel direct. Il est rééligible.
L’élection du Président de la République a lieu au scrutin majoritaire uninominal à un (1) tour.
L’élection est acquise au candidat qui a obtenu le plus grand nombre de suffrages exprimés. (Art. 9)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President and the Vice President of the Republic, the Ministers and [the] Vice-Ministers of State and their dependant functionaries, compose the Executive Organ. (Art. 150)
- SpanishEl Presidente y el Vicepresidente de la República, los Ministros y Viceministros de Estado y sus funcionarios dependientes, integran el Órgano Ejecutivo. (Art. 150)
Head of State
- English
1. The President of Georgia is the Head of the state of Georgia and is the guarantor of the country’s unity and national independence.
… (Art. 49) - Georgian
1. საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი არის საქართველოს სახელმწიფოს მეთაური, ქვეყნის ერთიანობისა და ეროვნული დამოუკიდებლობის გარანტი.
… (მუხლი 49)
Head of State
- English(1) The Federal President shall be elected by the Federal Convention without debate. Any German who is entitled to vote in Bundestag elections and has attained the age of forty may be elected.
(2) The term of office of the Federal President shall be five years. Re-election for a consecutive term shall be permitted only once.
(3) The Federal Convention shall consist of the Members of the Bundestag and an equal number of members elected by the parliaments of the Länder on the basis of proportional representation.
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(6) The person receiving the votes of a majority of the members of the Federal Convention shall be elected. If after two ballots no candidate has obtained such a majority, the person who receives the largest number of votes on the next ballot shall be elected.
… (Art. 54) - German(1) Der Bundespräsident wird ohne Aussprache von der Bundesversammlung gewählt. Wählbar ist jeder Deutsche, der das Wahlrecht zum Bundestage besitzt und das vierzigste Lebensjahr vollendet hat.
(2) Das Amt des Bundespräsidenten dauert fünf Jahre. Anschließende Wiederwahl ist nur einmal zulässig.
(3) Die Bundesversammlung besteht aus den Mitgliedern des Bundestages und einer gleichen Anzahl von Mitgliedern, die von den Volksvertretungen der Länder nach den Grundsätzen der Verhältniswahl gewählt werden.
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(6) Gewählt ist, wer die Stimmen der Mehrheit der Mitglieder der Bundesversammlung erhält. Wird diese Mehrheit in zwei Wahlgängen von keinem Bewerber erreicht, so ist gewählt, wer in einem weiteren Wahlgang die meisten Stimmen auf sich vereinigt.
… (Art. 54)
Head of State
- English(1) A person qualifies for nomination as a presidential candidate if the person—
(a) is a citizen by birth;
(b) is qualified to stand for election as a member of Parliament;
(c) is nominated by a political party, or is an independent candidate; and
(d) is nominated by not fewer than two thousand voters from each of a majority of the counties.
… (Art. 137) - Swahili(1) Mtu anakuwa na sifa za kuteuliwa kuwa mgombea wa urais ikiwa mtu huyo—
(a) ni raia kwa kuzaliwa;
(b) ana sifa za kusimama kwenye uchaguzi kama mbunge;
(c) ameteuliwa na chama cha siasa, au ni mgombea wa kujitegemea; na
(d) ameteuliwa na si chini ya wapiga kura elfu mbili kutoka kila kaunti yenye watu wengi.
… (Kifungu cha 137)
Head of State
- EnglishThe holding of title [titularidad] of the Executive Power is exercised[,] in representation of and for the benefit of the people[,] by the President and[,] in his default, by the Vice President of the Republic. (Art. 235)
- SpanishLa titularidad del Poder Ejecutivo la ejerce en representación y para beneficio del pueblo el Presidente, y en su defecto, los Designados a la Presidencia de la República. (Art. 235)