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Vice-President
Ecuador
- EnglishWhoever holds the office of Vice-President of the Republic shall meet the same requirements, shall be subject to the same disqualifications and prohibitions as those set for the President of the Republic, and shall perform his/her duties for the same term of office.
The Vice-President of the Republic, when not replacing the President of the Republic, shall perform the duties that the latter assigns him/her. (Art. 149) - SpanishQuien ejerza la Vicepresidencia de la República cumplirá los mismos requisitos, estará sujeto a las mismas inhabilidades y prohibiciones establecidas para la Presidenta o Presidente de la República, y desempeñará sus funciones por igual período.
La Vicepresidenta o Vicepresidente de la República, cuando no reemplace a la Presidenta o Presidente de la República, ejercerá las funciones que ésta o éste le asigne. (Art. 149)
Vice-President
Panama
- EnglishIn order to be eligible as President or Vice-President of the Republic, it is necessary:
1. To be Panamanian by birth;
2. To have reached thirty-five years of age. (Art. 179) - SpanishPara ser Presidente o Vicepresidente de la República se requiere:
1. Ser panameño por nacimiento.
2. Haber cumplido treinta y cinco años de edad. (Art. 179)
Vice-President
Nepal
- EnglishProvisions relating to the qualification, procedures of election and term of office of the Vice-President shall be the same as that of the President. (Art. 69)
- Nepaliउपराष्ट्रपतिको योग्यता, निर्वाचन प्रक्रिया, पदावधि सम्बन्धी व्यवस्था राष्ट्रपतिको सरह हुनेछ । (धारा ६९)
Vice-President
China
- EnglishThe President and Vice-President of the People’s Republic of China are elected by the National People’s Congress.
Citizens of the People’s Republic of China who have the right to vote and to stand for election and who have reached the age of 45 are eligible for election as President or Vice-President of the People’s Republic of China.
... (Art. 79) - Chinese中华人民共和国主席、副主席由全国人民代表大会选举。
有选举权和被选举权的年满四十五周岁的中华人民共和国公民可以被选为中华人民共和国主席、副主席。
… (第七十九条)
Vice-President
Bulgaria
- English(1) The President shall be elected directly by the voters for a period of five years by a procedure established by law.
(2) Eligible for President shall be any natural-born Bulgarian citizen over 40 years of age and qualified to be elected to the National Assembly, who has resided in the country for the five years preceding the election.
… (Art. 93) - Bulgarian(1) Президентът се избира пряко от избирателите за срок от пет години по ред определен със закон.
(2) За президент може да бъде избиран български гражданин по рождение, навършил 4 години, който отговаря на условията за избиране на народен представител и е живял последните пеɬ години в страната.
… (Чл. 93)
Vice-President
Angola
- English1. The Vice-President shall be an auxiliary office of the President of the Republic in the exercise of his executive functions.
2. The Vice-President shall substitute the President of the Republic when he is absent from the country, unable to perform his duties and in any situations in which he is temporarily unable to perform his functions and they shall, in these circumstances, be responsible for the daily management of executive functions.
… (Art. 131)4 - Portuguese1. O Vice-Presidente é um órgão auxiliar do Presidente da República no exercício da função executiva.
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3. O Vice-Presidente substitui o Presidente da República nas suas ausências no exterior do País, quando impossibilitado de exercer as suas funções, e nas situações de impedimento temporário, cabendo-lhe neste caso assumir a gestão corrente da função executiva.
… (Art. 131)
Vice-President
Gambia
- English(1) There shall be a Vice-President of The Gambia who shall be the principal assistant of the President in the discharge of his or her executive functions and shall exercise such other functions as may be conferred on him or her by this Constitution or assigned to him or her by the President.
(2) A person shall be qualified to be appointed as Vice-President if he or she has the qualifications required for the election of the President under Section 62. Provided that the Vice President shall not be a member of the National Assembly.
(3) The Vice-President shall be appointed by the President.
… (Sec. 70)
Vice-President
Nigeria
- EnglishThere shall be for the Federation a Vice-President. (Sec. 141)
Vice-President
Zambia
- English1. There shall be a Vice-President for the Republic who shall be the running mate to a presidential candidate in a presidential election.
2. The qualifications and disqualifications applying to a presidential candidate apply to the person selected by the presidential candidate to be the running mate.
3. An election to the office of Vice-President shall be conducted at the same time as that of an election to the office of President so that a vote cast for a presidential candidate is a vote cast for the running mate, and if the presidential candidate is elected, the running mate shall be considered to have been elected.
... (Art. 110)
Vice-President
Costa Rica
- 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)