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Head of State
- EnglishThe President of the Republic is elected in general and direct elections, by secret ballot, for a term of five years. A person may be elected President of the Republic two times at most. The President of the Republic shall be a citizen of the Republic of North Macedonia. A person may be elected President of the Republic if over the age of at least 40 on the day of election. A person may not be elected President of the Republic if, on the day of election, he/she has not been a resident of the Republic of North Macedonia for at least ten years within the last fifteen years. (Art. 80)
- MacedonianПретседателот на Републиката се избира на општи и непосредни избори, со тајно гласање, за време од пет години. За претседател на Републиката исто лице може да биде избрано најмногу два пати. Претседателот на Републиката мора да биде државјанин на Република Северна Македонија. За претседател на Републиката може да биде избрано лице кое на денот на изборите наполнило најмалку 40 години живот. За претседател на Републиката не може да биде избрано лице кое до денот на изборите не било жител на Република Северна Македонија најмалку десет години во последните 15 години. (Член 80)
Head of State
- English1. The President of the Republic shall be elected by the Parliament through vote by roll call in a special sitting called for this purpose by the Speaker at least one month before the expiration of the tenure of the incumbent President, as specified by the Standing Orders.
… (Art. 32) - Greek1. H εκλoγή τoυ Πρoέδρoυ της Δημoκρατίας από τη Boυλή γίνεται με oνoμαστική ψηφoφoρία και σε ειδική συνεδρίαση, πoυ συγκαλείται από τoν Πρόεδρo της Boυλής έναν τoυλάχιστo μήνα πριν λήξει η θητεία τoυ εν ενεργεία Πρoέδρoυ της Δημoκρατίας, κατά τα oριζόμενα στoν Kανoνισμό της Boυλής.
… (Άρθρo 32)
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
- English
1. The President of the Republic is the Head of State and represents the unity of the people.
2. President may be elected only an Albanian citizen by birth, who has been a resident for not less than the past 10 years in Albania and who has reached the age of 40 years old. (Art. 86) - Albanian
1. Presidenti i Republikës është Kryetar i Shtetit dhe përfaqëson unitetin e popullit.
2. President mund të zgjidhet vetëm shtetasi shqiptar që nga lindja, me qëndrim jo më pak se 10 vjetët e fundit në Shqipëri dhe që ka mbushur moshën 40 vjeç. (Neni 86)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President of Iceland shall be elected by the people. (Art. 3)
- IcelandicForseti Íslands skal vera þjóðkjörinn. (3. gr.)
Head of State
- EnglishA prince or princess of the Swedish Royal House may not become the sovereign ruler of a foreign state whether by election, succession, or marriage without the consent of The King and the Riksdag. Should this occur, neither he nor she nor their descendants shall be entitled to succeed to the throne of Sweden. (Act of Succession, Art. 8)
- SwedishPrins och prinsessa av kungl. svenska huset må ej, utan Konungens och riksdagens samtycke, bliva regent i utländsk stat, vare sig genom val, arv eller gifte. Sker annorlunda, vare han eller hon samt efterkommande ej berättigade att succedera till svenska tronen. (Successionsordning (1810:0926) §8)
Head of State
- English
1. The King shall be deemed to have abdicated if he contracts a marriage without having obtained consent by Act of Parliament.
2. Anyone in line of succession to the Throne who contracts such a marriage shall be excluded from the hereditary succession, together with any children born of the marriage and their issue.
3. The two Houses of the States General (Parliament) shall meet to consider and decide upon a Bill for granting such consent in joint session. (Art. 28) - Dutch
1. De Koning, een huwelijk aangaande buiten bij de wet verleende toestemming, doet daardoor afstand van het koningschap.
2. Gaat iemand die het koningschap van de Koning kan beërven een zodanig huwelijk aan, dan is hij met de uit dit huwelijk geboren kinderen en hun nakomelingen van de erfopvolging uitgesloten.
3. De Staten-Generaal beraadslagen en besluiten ter zake van een voorstel van wet, strekkende tot het verlenen van toestemming, in verenigde vergadering. (Art. 28)
Head of State
- EnglishThe executive power is vested in the King, or in the Queen if she has succeeded to the Crown pursuant to the provisions of Article 6 or Article 7 or Article 48 of this Constitution. When the executive power is thus vested in the Queen, she has all the rights and obligations which pursuant to this Constitution and the law of the land are possessed by the King. (Art. 3)
- NorwegianDen utøvende makt er hos kongen eller hos dronningen, hvis hun har ervervet kronen etter bestemmelsene i § 6, § 7 eller § 48 i denne Grunnlov. Når den utøvende makt således er hos dronningen, har hun alle de rettigheter og plikter som ifølge denne Grunnlov og landets lover innehas av kongen. (§ 3)
Head of State
- EnglishAny citizen of the Republic of Lithuania who meets the conditions set forth in the first paragraph of Article 78 and collects the signatures of not less than 20,000 voters shall be registered as a presidential candidate.
… (Art. 79) - LithuanianKandidatu į Respublikos Prezidentus įregistruojamas Lietuvos Respublikos pilietis, atitinkantis 78 straipsnio pirmosios dalies sąlygas ir surinkęs ne mažiau kaip 20 tūkstančių rinkėjų parašų.
… (79 straipsnis)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President of the Republic of Croatia shall represent and act on behalf of the Republic of Croatia at home and abroad.
… (Art. 94) - CroatianPredsjednik Republike Hrvatske predstavlja i zastupa Republiku Hrvatsku u zemlji i inozemstvu.
… (Članak 94)