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- English1. The President of the Republic of Poland shall be the supreme representative of the Republic of Poland and the guarantor of the continuity of State authority.
2. The President of the Republic shall ensure observance of the Constitution,
… (Art. 126) - Polish1. Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej jest najwyższym przedstawicielem Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej i gwarantem ciągłości władzy państwowej.
2. Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej czuwa nad przestrzeganiem Konstytucji,
… (Art. 126)
Head of State
- English(1) A person shall be qualified for election as President if, and shall not be qualified unless, he or she-
(a) is a citizen of Botswana by birth or descent;
(b) has attained the age of 30 years; and
(c) is qualified to be elected as a Member of the National Assembly.
(2) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, for the purposes of this section and section 39-
(a) the term "citizen by birth" shall be understood to include only those persons who became citizens of Botswana prior to the amendment of the law relating to citizenship by the Citizenship Act;
(b) any person who, although his or her father was a citizen of Botswana at the time of that person's birth, had, by virtue of his or her having been born outside Botswana, to be registered as a citizen of Botswana, under the law relating to citizenship in force at that time, shall be regarded as a citizen by descent. (Sec. 33)
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- English
(1) The President must uphold, defend, obey and respect this Constitution as the supreme law of the nation and must ensure that this Constitution and all the other laws are faithfully observed.
… (Sec. 90)
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- English1. The election of the President and the Vice-President of the Republic shall be direct, by universal suffrage and secret ballot, and shall, except in the case of a by-election, take place on the same day but separately:
… (Art. 39) - Greek1. Η εκλογή του Προέδρου και του Αντιπροέδρου της Δημοκρατίας είναι άμεσος διά καθολικής και μυστικής ψηφοφορίας και, πλην της περιπτώσεως αναπληρωματικής εκλογής, διεξάγεται την αυτήν ημέραν, αλλά κεχωρισμένως.
… (Αρθρον 39) - Turkish1. Cumhurbaşkanı ve Cumhurbaşkanı Yardımcısının seçimi tek dereceli, genel ve gizli oyla olacak ve ara seçim hariç, aynı günde fakat ayrı ayrı gerçekleşecektir:
... (Madde 39)
Head of State
- English
(1) Any citizen who is qualified to be elected to the office of President may be nominated as a candidate for such office –
(a) by a recognized political party ; or
(b) if he is or has been an elected member of the legislature, by any other political party or by an elector whose name has been entered in any register of electors.
... (Art. 31) - Sinhala
(1) ජනාධිපති ධුරයට තෝරා පත් කර ගනු ලැබීම සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලබා ඇති කවර වූ හෝ පුරවැසියකුගේ නම -
(අ) පිළිගත් දේශපාලන පක්ෂයක් විසින්; හෝ
(ආ) ඔහු ව්යවස්ථාදායකයෙහි තෝරා පත් කළ මන්ත්රීවරයෙක්ව සිටී නම් නැතහොත් එසේ මන්ත්රීවරයෙක්ව සිටියේ නම්, වෙනත් යම් දේශපාලන පක්ෂයක් විසින් හෝ යම්කිසි ඡන්ද හිමි නාම ලේඛනයක නම ඇතුළත් ඡන්ද හිමියකු විසින්;
... (31 වැනි වගන්තිය)
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- English
The election of the President will be direct and in the terms that the electoral law provides. ... (Art. 81)
- Spanish
La elección del Presidente será directa y en los términos que disponga la ley electoral. ... (Art. 81)
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- EnglishAny person who is at least thirty-five years of age and fulfils the requirements necessary to vote in elections to Althingi, with the exception of the residency requirement, is eligible to be elected President. (Art. 4)
- IcelandicKjörgengur til forseta er hver 35 ára gamall maður, sem fullnægir skilyrðum kosningarréttar til Alþingis, að fráskildu búsetuskilyrðinu. (4. gr.)
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- EnglishAny citizen is eligible for the position of President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, as long as he or she meets the eligibility requirements of:
(a) Being a Somali citizen and a Muslim;
(b) Being not less than forty years of age;
(c) Having relevant knowledge or experience for the role;
(d) Having a sound mind; and
(e) Not having been convicted by a court of a major crime. (Art. 88) - SomaliWaxaa loo dooran karaa xilka Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Muwaaddin kasta oo:
(a) Muwaadin Soomaali, Muslim ah;
(b) Da’adiisu aanay ka yarayn afartan (40) sano;
(c) Leh aqoon ama waayo’aragnimo u qalanta xilkaas;
(d) Dhimirkiisu dhan yahay;
(e) Gelin denbi culus oo ay maxkamadi xukuntay. (Qodobka 88aad.)
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- EnglishNo person carrying another nationality, in addition to the nationality of the Syrian Arab Republic, might occupy the office of President of the Republic, Vice-president, Prime Minister, deputy prime ministers, ministers, members of the People’s Assembly or members of the Supreme Constitutional Court. (Art. 152)
- Arabicلا يجوز لمن يحمل جنسية أخرى، إضافة للجنسية العربية السورية، أن يتولى مناصب رئيس الجمهورية أو نائبه أو رئيس مجلس الوزراء أو نوابه أو الوزراء أوعضوية مجلس الشعب أو عضوية المحكمة الدستورية العليا. (المادّة 152)
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- 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)