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Head of State
- English(1) The President of Romania shall be elected by universal, equal, direct, secret and free suffrage.
… (Art. 81) - Romanian(1) Preşedintele României este ales prin vot universal, egal, direct, secret şi liber exprimat.
... (Art. 81)
Head of State
- English
1. The President is the head of state, the highest official and head of the executive power of the Kyrgyz Republic.
2. The President ensures the unity of the people and state power.
3. The President is the guarantor of the Constitution and of human and civil rights and freedoms.
… (Art. 66) - Russian
1. Президент является главой государства, высшим должностным лицом и возглавляет исполнительную власть Кыргызской Республики.
2. Президент обеспечивает единство народа и государственной власти.
3. Президент является гарантом Конституции, прав и свобод человека и гражданина.
… (Статья 66) - Kyrgyz
1. Президент – мамлекет башчысы, жогорку кызмат адамы жана Кыргыз Республикасынын аткаруу бийлигин жетектейт.
2. Президент элдин жана мамлекеттик бийликтин биримдигин камсыз кылат.
3. Президент Конституциянын, адамдын жана жарандын укуктарынын жана эркиндиктеринин кепили болуп саналат.
… (66-берене)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President of the Republic shall be responsible for:
a) Defending the Constitution of the Republic;
…
i) Requesting from the Constitutional Court preventive review of the constitutionality or legality of legislation and of international treaties;
… (Art. 80) - PortugueseCompete ao Presidente da República:
a) Defender a Constituição da República;
…
i) Requerer ao Tribunal de Constitucional a fiscalização preventiva da constitucionalidade ou legalidade das dos diplomas legais e dos tratados internacionais;
… (Art. 80)
Head of State
- English(1) The executive authority of Singapore shall be vested in the President and exercisable subject to the provisions of this Constitution by him or by the Cabinet or any Minister authorised by the Cabinet.
… (Art. 23)
Head of State
- EnglishThe Federal Supreme Council elects from among its members a President and a Vice President. … (Art. 51)
- Arabicﻳﻨﺘﺨﺐ اﻟﻤﺠﻠﺲ اﻷﻋﻠﻰ ﻟﻼﺗﺤﺎﺩ، ﻣﻦ ﺑﻴﻦ اﻋﻀﺎ ﺋﻪ، رﺋﻴﺴﺎ ﻟﻼﺗﺤﺎﺩ وﻧﺎﺋﺒﺎ ﻟﺮﺋﻴﺲ اﻻﺗﺤ ﺎﺩ. ... (المادّة 51)
Head of State
- English
The President of the Republic is elected for a mandate of five years in the course of the last three months of the presidential mandate by universal, free, direct and secret suffrage, by an absolute majority of the votes cast.
… (Art. 90) - Arabic
يُنتخب رئيس الجمهوريّة لمدّة خمسة أعوام انتخابا عامّا حرّا مباشرا سرّيا خلال الأشهر الثّلاثة الأخيرة من المدّة الرّئاسيّة وبالأغلبيّة المطلقة للأصوات المصرّح بها.
... (الفصل 90) - French
Le Président de la République est élu pour un mandat de cinq ans au cours des trois derniers mois du mandat présidentiel au suffrage universel, libre, direct et secret, à la majorité absolue des voix exprimées.
... (Art. 90)
Head of State
- EnglishThe government and the administration of the State correspond to the President of the Republic, who is the Head of State.
… (Art. 24) - SpanishEl gobierno y la administración del Estado corresponden al Presidente de la República, quien es el Jefe del Estado.
… (Art. 24)
Head of State
- EnglishNo one may be a candidate for election as President of the Republic, if they do not meet the following conditions:
1. to possess Congolese nationality of origin;
2. to be at least 30 years of age;
3. to enjoy full civil and political rights;
4. to not be subject to one of the cases of exclusion established by the electoral law. (Art. 72) - FrenchNul ne peut être candidat à l’élection du Président de la République s’il ne remplit les conditions ci-après:
1. posséder la nationalité congolaise d’origine;
2. être âgé de 30 ans au moins;
3. jouir de la plénitude de ses droits civils et politiques;
4. ne pas se trouver dans un des cas d’exclusion prévus par la loi électorale. (Art. 72)
Head of State
- EnglishThe executive power is vested in the President. (Art. 99)
- DutchDe uitvoerende Macht berust bij de President. (Art. 99)
Head of State
- English(1) The executive power of Botswana shall vest in the President and, subject to the provisions of this Constitution, shall be exercised by him or her either directly or through officers subordinate to him or her.
… (Sec. 47)