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Head of State
- EnglishThe President must be elected from among religious and political personalities possessing the following qualifications:
Iranian origin; Iranian nationality; administrative capacity and resourcefulness; a good past-record; trustworthiness and piety; convinced belief in the fundamental principles of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the official madhhab of the country. (Art. 115) - Persianرئیسجمهور باید از میان رجال مذهبی و سیاسی که واجد شرایط زیر باشند انتخاب گردد:
ایرانیالاصل، تابع ایران، مدیر و مدبر، دارای حسن سابقه و امانت و تقوی، مؤمن و معتقد به مبانی جمهوری اسلامی ایران و مذهب رسمی کشور. (اصل 115)
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
- EnglishI. The President is the Head of the Republic of Azerbaijan. He represents the Azerbaijan State in home and foreign policies.
… (Art. 8) - AzerbaijaniI. Azәrbaycan dövlәtinin başçısı Azәrbaycan Respublikasının Prezidentidir. O, ölkәnin daxilindә vә xarici münasibәtlәrdә Azәrbaycan dövlәtini tәmsil edir.
… (Maddə 8)
Head of State
- EnglishThe King shall be the Supreme Commander of the armed forces … (Basic Law, Art. 60)
- Arabicالملك هو القائد الأعلى لكافة القوات العسكرية، … (النظام الأساسي، المادّة 60)
Head of State
- English
The President of the State is elected by the National Assembly with two-thirds of the votes of all members of the National Assembly attending the session.
… (Art. 66) - Lao
ປະທານປະເທດ ແມ່ນສະພາແຫ່ງຊາດ ເປັນຜູ້ເລືອກຕັ້ງໂດຍໄດ້ຮັບ ຄະແນນສຽງຢ່າງໜ້ອຍສອງສ່ວນສາມ ຂອງຈໍານວນສະມາຊິກສະພາແຫ່ງຊາດທີ່ເຂົ້າ ຮ່ວມກອງປະຊຸມ.
... (ມາດຕາ 66) (ປັບປຸງ)
Head of State
- English1. (1) A Ruler is qualified to be elected Yang di-Pertuan Agong unless—
(a) he is a minor; or
(b) he has notified the Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal that he does not desire to be elected; or
(c) the Conference of Rulers by secret ballot resolves that he is unsuitable by reason of infirmity of mind or body or for any other cause to exercise the functions of Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
… (Third Schedule, Part I, [Articles 32 and 33]) - Malay1. (1) Seseorang Raja layak dipilih menjadi Yang di-Pertuan Agong melainkan jika—
(a) Raja itu belum dewasa: atau
(b) Raja itu telah memberitahu Penyimpan Mohor Besar Raja-Raja bahawa Raja itu tidak berhasrat dipilih; atau
(c) Majlis Raja-Raja mengambil ketetapan melalui undi sulit bahawa Raja itu tidak sesuai untuk menjalankan fungsi Yang di-Pertuan Agong disebabkan oleh kelemahan akal atau tubuhnya, atau kerana apa-apa sebab lain.
… (Jadual Ketiga, Senarai I, [Perkara 32, 33])
Head of State
- English(1) The supreme executive authority of Brunei Darussalam shall be vested in His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan.
…
(2) The executive authority shall be exercised by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan.
… (Sec. 4) - Malay(1) Kuasa memerintah yang tertinggi bagi Negara Brunei Darussalam adalah terletak dalam tangan Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan.
…
(2) Kuasa memerintah hendaklah dijalankan oleh Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan.
… (Sec. 4)
Head of State
- English(1) The President and Vice-President shall be elected as a single ticket directly by the people.
(2) Each ticket of candidates for President and Vice-President shall be proposed prior to the holding of general elections by political parties or coalitions of political parties which are participants in the general elections.
… (Art. 6A) - Indonesian(1) Presiden dan Wakil Presiden dipilih dalam satu pasangan secara langsung oleh rakyat.
(2) Pasangan calon Presiden dan Wakil Presiden diusulkan oleh partai politik atau gabungan partai politik peserta pemilihan umum sebelum pelaksanaan pemilihan umum.
… (Pasal 6A)
Head of State
- EnglishA citizen of Turkmenistan, born in Turkmenistan, not younger than 40 years, who speaks the national language, has been living and working constantly in Turkmenistan for the past 15 years, can be elected as President of Turkmenistan. (Art. 69)
- RussianПрезидентом Туркменистана может быть избран гражданин Туркменистана, родившийся в Туркменистане, не моложе сорока лет, владеющий государственным языком, в течение предшествующих пятнадцати лет постоянно проживающий и работающий в Туркменистане. (Статья 69)
- TurkmenTürkmenistanda doglan, ýaşy kyrkdan pes bolmadyk, döwlet dilini bilýän, soňky on bäş ýylyň dowamynda Türkmenistanda hemişelik ýaşaýan hem-de işläp gelýän Türkmenistanyň raýaty Türkmenistanyň Prezidentligine saýlanyp bilner. (69-nji madda)
Head of State
- EnglishEvery Yemeni who meets the following specified conditions may become a candidate for the post of the President of the Republic:
a. To be at least forty years old.
b. To be a descendant of Yemeni parents.
c. To be at Liberty to practice his political and civil rights.
d. To be of good character, practices his Islamic duties and have no dishonorable criminal record and if so, he has been reprieved.
e. Not to be married to a foreign spouse or to enter into such a marriage during his term of office. (Art. 107) - Arabicكل يمني تتوفر فيه الشروط المحدده فيما يأتي يمكن أن يُرشَح لمنصب رئيس الجمهورية -
أ. أن لا يقل سنه عن أربعين سنة.
ب. أن يكون من والدين يمنيين.
ج. أن يكون متمتعاً بحقوقه السياسية والمدنية.
د. أن يكون مستقيم الأخلاق والسلوك محافظاً على الشعائر الإسلامية وأن لا يكون قد صدر ضده حكم قضائي بات في قضية مخلة بالشرف أو الأمانه مالم يكن قد رد إليه اعتباره.
ه. أن لا يكون متزوجاً من أجنبية وألا يتزوج أثناء مدة ولا يته من أجنبية. (المادّة 107)