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Government
- EnglishThe following are [the] functions of the President of the Republic:
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s. To appoint and remove the Ministers of State, [the] Vice-Ministers, [the] Secretaries and [the] Sub-secretaries of the Presidency, [the] ambassadors and [the] other officials which correspond to him [or her] in accordance with the law.
… (Art. 183) - SpanishSon funciones del Presidente de la República:
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s) Nombrar y remover a los Ministros de Estado, Viceministros, Secretarios y SubSecretarios de la Presidencia, embajadores y demás funcionarios que le corresponda conforme a la ley.
… (Art. 183)
Government
- English
(1) The President shall, in consultation with the Prime Minister, where he considers such consultation to be necessary, determine the number of Ministers of the Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministries and the assignment of subjects and functions to such Ministers.
(2) The President shall, in consultation with the Prime Minister, appoint from among Members of Parliament, Ministers, to be in charge of the Ministries so determined.
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(4) The President may at any time change the assignment of subjects and functions and the composition of the Cabinet of Ministers. ... (Art. 44) - Sinhala
(1) අග්රාමාත්යවරයාගේ අදහස් විමසීම අවශ්යයැයි ජනාධිපතිවරයා සලකන අවස්ථාවන්හි අග්රාමාත්යවරයාගේ අදහස් ද විමසා, ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් අමාත්ය මණ්ඩලයේ අමාත්යවරයන්ගේ සංඛ්යාව ද අමාත්යාංශ සංඛ්යාව ද ඒ අමාත්යවරයන්ට පවරන විෂය සහ කාර්ය ද නිශ්චය කළ යුත්තේ ය.
(2) ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් එසේ නිශ්චය කරනු ලබන අමාත්යාංශ භාරව කටයුතු කිරිම සඳහා අග්රාමාත්යවරයාගේ අදහස් විමසා, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රිවරුන් අතුරෙන් අමාත්යවරයන් පත් කළ යුත්තේ ය.
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(4) ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් කවර අවස්ථාවක දී වුව ද, අමාත්ය මණ්ඩලය වෙත පවරන ලද විෂය සහ කාර්ය වෙනස් කිරීම සහ අමාත්ය මණ්ඩලයේ සංයුතිය වෙනස් කිරීම ද කරනු ලැබිය හැක්කේ ය. ... (44 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Government
- English1. There shall be a Prime Minister who shall be appointed by the King acting in accordance with the advice of the Council of State.
2. The King shall appoint as Prime Minister the member of the National Assembly who appears to the Council of State to be the leader of the political party or coalition of political parties that will command the support of a majority of the members of the National Assembly: …
3. There shall be, in addition to the office of Prime Minister, such other offices of Minister of the Government of Lesotho (not being less than seven in number and one of which shall be the office of Deputy Prime Minister) as may be established by Parliament or, subject to any provision made by Parliament, by the King, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister.
4. The King shall, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, appoint the other Ministers from among the members of the National Assembly or from among the Senators who are nominated as Senators by the King under section 55 of this Constitution: … (Sec. 87)
Government
- English
The Government of the Slovak Republic shall be the supreme highest executive body. (Art. 108)
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Vláda Slovenskej republiky je vrcholným orgánom výkonnej moci. (Čl. 108)
Government
- EnglishTo be Secretary or Under-Secretary of State one must fulfill the requirements specified in the numerals 1), 3) and 4) of Article 238 of this Constitution and also, to be greater than twenty-five (25) years of age. The Under-Secretaries will substitute for the Secretaries by Ministry of Law. (Art. 249)
- SpanishPara ser secretario o subsecretario se requieren los requisitos señalados en los numerales 1), 3) y 4) del artículo 238 de esta Constitución y además ser mayor de( 25) veinticinco años de edad.
Los Subsecretarios sustituirán a los secretarios por ministerio de ley. (Art. 249)
Government
- English… He/she [the President of the Republic] shall appoint and dismiss the deputies of the President of the Republic and the ministers. … (Art. 104)
- Turkish… Cumhurbaşkanı yardımcıları ile bakanları atar ve görevlerine son verir. … (Madde 104)
Government
- English1. There shall be a Prime Minister and a Deputy Prime Minister who shall be appointed by the President.
2. There shall be, in addition to the offices of Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Attorney-General, such other offices of Minister of the Government as may be prescribed by Parliament or, subject to any law, established by the President, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister:
Provided that the number of offices of Minister, other than the Prime Minister, shall not be more than 24.
3. The President, acting in his own deliberate judgment shall appoint as Prime Minister the member of the Assembly who appears to him best able to command the support of the majority of the members of the Assembly, and shall, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, appoint the Deputy Prime Minister, the Attorney-General and the other Ministers from among the members of the Assembly.
… (Sec. 59)
Government
- English1 The Federal Council has seven members.
2 The members of the Federal Council are elected by the Federal Assembly following each general election to the National Council.
3 They are elected for a term of office of four years. Any Swiss citizen eligible for election to the National Council may be elected to the Federal Council.
4 In electing the Federal Council, care must be taken to ensure that the various geographical and language regions of the country are appropriately represented. (Art. 175) - French1 Le Conseil fédéral est composé de sept membres.
2 Les membres du Conseil fédéral sont élus par l’Assemblée fédérale après chaque renouvellement intégral du Conseil national.
3 Ils sont nommés pour quatre ans et choisis parmi les citoyens et citoyennes suisses éligibles au Conseil national.
4 Les diverses régions et les communautés linguistiques doivent être équitablement représentées au Conseil fédéral. (Art. 175) - German1 Der Bundesrat besteht aus sieben Mitgliedern.
2 Die Mitglieder des Bundesrates werden von der Bundesversammlung nach jeder Gesamterneuerung des Nationalrates gewählt.
3 Sie werden aus allen Schweizerbürgerinnen und Schweizerbürgern, welche als Mitglieder des Nationalrates wählbar sind, auf die Dauer von vier Jahren gewählt.
4 Dabei ist darauf Rücksicht zu nehmen, dass die Landesgegenden und Sprachregionen angemessen vertreten sind. (Art. 175) - Italian1 Il Consiglio federale è composto di sette membri.
2 I membri del Consiglio federale sono eletti dall’Assemblea federale dopo ogni rinnovo integrale del Consiglio nazionale.
3 Sono eletti per quattro anni fra tutti i cittadini svizzeri eleggibili al Consiglio nazionale.
4 Le diverse regioni e le componenti linguistiche del Paese devono essere equamente rappresentate. (Art. 175)
Government
- English
The administration and the management of the public services are entrusted to the Council of Ministers; and to each Minister in the matters that are of the competence of the portfolio of his responsibility [cargo]. (Art. 119)
- Spanish
La dirección y la gestión de los servicios públicos están confiadas al Consejo de Ministros; y a cada ministro en los asuntos que competen a la cartera a su cargo. (Art. 119)