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- EnglishHis Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan shall have the power to make laws for the peace, order, security and good government of Brunei Darussalam. (Sec. 39)
- MalayKebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan hendaklah mempunyai kuasa untuk membuat undang-undang bagi keamanan, ketenteraman, keselamatan dan pemerintahan yang baik Negara Brunei Darussalam. (Sec. 39)
Head of State
- EnglishExecutive power shall be vested in the Amir, the Cabinet and the Ministers in the manner specified in the Constitution. (Art. 52)
- Arabicالسلطة التنفيذية يتولاها الأمير ومجلس الوزراء والوزراء على النحو المبين بالدستور. (المادة 52)
Head of State
- English(1) There shall be a Governor-General of Solomon Islands who shall be appointed by the Head of State in accordance with an address from Parliament and who shall be the representative of the Head of State in Solomon Islands.
(2) A person shall not be qualified for appointment to the office of Governor-General unless he is qualified for election as a member of Parliament under Chapter VI of this Constitution.
... (Sec. 27)
Head of State
- English1. The President shall be elected from amongst the members of the National Assembly by all absolute majority vote of its members. A candidate for the office of the President must be nominated by at least 20 percent vote of all the members of the National Assembly.
… (Art. 41)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President of the Republic is elected for five years by universal direct suffrage.
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Every citizen born Mauritanian enjoying their civil and political rights and at least forty (40) years old, and at most seventy five (75) years old, at the date of the first round of the election[,] is eligible to the Presidency of the Republic.
… (Art. 26) - Arabicينتخب رئيس الجمهورية لمدّة خمس (5) سنوات عن طريق الاقتراع العام المباشر.
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كلّ مواطن مولود موريتانيّا ويتمتع بحقوقه المدنيّة و السياسّية ، و لا يقلّ عمره عن أربعين (40) سنة، و لا يزيد عن 75 سنة بتاريخ الشوط الأول من الانتخابات مؤهّل لأن ينتخب رئيسا للجمهورية.
... (المادّة 26) - FrenchLe président de la République est élu pour cinq (5) ans au suffrage universel direct.
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Est éligible à la présidence de la République, tout citoyen né mauritanien jouissant de ses droits civils et politiques et âgé de quarante (40) ans au moins, et de soixante quinze (75) ans au plus, à la date du premier tour de l’élection.
… (Art. 26)
Head of State
- English(1) There shall be an Electoral College for the purposes of this Chapter which shall be a unicameral body consisting of all the members of the Senate and all the members of the House of Representatives assembled together.
… (Sec. 28)
Head of State
- English
The President of the State is the Head of State of the Lao People's Democratic Republic and the representative of the multi-ethnic Lao people both within the country and abroad; The President of the State is also the head of national defence and national security, the general of the armed civilian army for independent protection, democracy, defending the homeland and securing peace and stability of the nation. (Art. 65)
- Lao
ປະທານປະເທດ ເປັນປະມຸກລັດ ແຫ່ງ ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, ເປັນຜູ້ຕາງໜ້າປະຊາຊົນລາວບັນດາເຜົ່າ ທັງຢູ່ພາຍໃນ ແລະ ຕ່າງປະເທດ, ເປັນປະທານສະພາປ້ອງກັນຊາດ-ປ້ອງກັນຄວາມສະຫງົບແຫ່ງຊາດ, ເປັນແມ່ທັບກຳລັງປະກອບອາວຸດປະຊາຊົນ ເພື່ອຮັບປະກັນ ຄວາມເປັນເອກະລາດ, ອຳນາດອະທິປະໄຕ, ຜືນແຜ່ນດິນອັນຄົບຖ້ວນ, ສະຖຽນລະພາບ ແລະ ຄວາມໝັ້ນຄົງ ຂອງປະເທດຊາດ. (ມາດຕາ. 65) (ປັບປຸງ)
Head of State
- EnglishOnly men and women fulfilling the following conditions can be candidates to presidential election:
– to be of Central African nationality;
– to be aged thirty-five (35) years at least [on] the day of the deposit of the dossier of the candidature;
– to have a property built on the national territory;
– to have resided in the national territory for at least one (1) year;
– to not have been the object of a sentence to an afflictive or defamatory penalty;
– enjoying their civil rights;
– enjoying good mental and physical health;
– to be of good morals.
... (Art. 36) - FrenchNe peuvent être candidats à l’élection présidentielle que les hommes et les femmes remplissant les conditions suivantes:
- Etre de nationalité centrafricaine;
- Etre âgé de trente-cinq ans au moins le jour du dépôt du dossier de candidat;
- Avoir une propriété bâtie sur le territoire national;
- Avoir résidé sur le territoire national depuis au moins un (1) an;
- N’avoir pas fait l’objet de condamnation à une peine afflictive ou infamante;
- Jouir de leurs droits civiques;
- Jouir d’une bonne santé mentale et physique;
- Etre de bonne moralité.
... (Art. 36)
Head of State
- EnglishA prince or princess of the Royal House may not marry unless the Government has given its consent thereto upon an application from The King. Should a prince or princess marry without such consent, that prince or princess forfeits the right of succession for himself, his children and their descendants. (Act of Succession, Art. 5)
- SwedishPrins och prinsessa av det kungl. huset må ej gifta sig, med mindre regeringen på hemställan av Konungen därtill lämnat samtycke. Sker det ändock, have han eller hon förverkat arvsrätt till riket för sig, barn och efterkommande. (Successionsordning (1979:935) §5)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President of the Republic is elected by a direct vote for a term of six years. The President shall be a native-born Finnish citizen.
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The right to nominate a candidate in the election for President is held by any registered political party from whose candidate list at least one Representative was elected to the Parliament in the most recent parliamentary elections, as well as by any group of twenty thousand persons who have the right to vote.
… (Sec. 54) - FinnishTasavallan presidentti valitaan välittömällä vaalilla syntyperäisistä Suomen kansalaisista kuuden vuoden toimikaudeksi.
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Oikeus asettaa ehdokas presidentin vaaliin on rekisteröidyllä puolueella, jonka ehdokaslistalta on viimeksi toimitetuissa eduskuntavaaleissa valittu vähintään yksi kansanedustaja, sekä kahdellakymmenellätuhannella äänioikeutetulla.
… (54 §) - SwedishRepublikens president utses genom direkt val för en ämbetsperiod av sex år. Presidenten skall vara infödd finsk medborgare.
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Rätt att ställa upp en kandidat vid presidentval har dels ett registrerat parti från vars kandidatlista valts in minst en riksdagsledamot vid det senaste riksdagsvalet, dels tjugotusen röstberättigade.
… (54 §)