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- 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
- EnglishThe executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, …
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. … (Art. II, Sec. 1)
Head of State
- EnglishA person shall be qualified to be a candidate for election as President or Vice-President of the Republic if at the time of election such person-
a. is a citizen of the Republic;
b. has attained the age of thirty-five years;
c. has not been, on or after the date of the coming into operation of this constitution, convicted of an offence involving dishonesty or moral turpitude or is not under any disqualification imposed by a competent court for any electoral offence;
d. is not suffering from a mental disease incapacitating such person from acting as President or Vice-President of the Republic. (Art. 40) - GreekΠας τις δικαιούται να θέση υποψηφιότητα προς εκλογήν αυτού ως Προέδρου ή ως Αντιπροέδρου της Δημοκρατίας, εφ’ όσον κατά τον χρόνον της εκλογής:
(α) είναι πολίτης της Δημοκρατίας,
(β) συνεπλήρωσε το τριακοστόν πέμπτον έτος της ηλικίας αυτού,
(γ) δεν έχει καταδικασθή κατά την ημέραν της ενάρξεως ισχύος του Συντάγματος ή μετ’ αυτήν δι’ αδίκημα ατιμωτικόν ή ηθικής αισχρότητος ή δεν έχει στερηθή της εκλογιμότητος κατόπιν αποφάσεως αρμοδίου δικαστηρίου ένεκα οιουδήποτε εκλογικού αδικήματος, και τέλος
(δ) δεν πάσχη εκ διανοητικής νόσου καθιστώσης τούτον ανίκανον να ασκήση τα καθήκοντα του Προέδρου ή του Αντιπροέδρου της Δημοκρατίας. (Αρθρον 40) - TurkishSeçim zamanında aşağıdaki vasıflara sahip olan her şahıs Cumhurbaşkanı veya Cumhurbaşkanı Yardımcısı seçiminde aday olabilir:
a. Cumhuriyet vatandaşı olmak;
b. otuz beş yaşını doldurmuş olmak;
c. bu Anayasanın yürürlüğe girdiği tarihte veya ondan sonra, yüz kızartıcı veya ahlaka aykırı bir suçtan hüküm giymemiş veya herhangi bir seçim suçundan dolayı yetkili bir mahkemece ehliyetsiz kılınmamış olmak;
d. Cumhurbaşkanı veya Cumhurbaşkanı Yardımcısı olarak görev görmesine engel bir akıl hastalığı bulunmamak. (Madde 40)
Head of State
- English(1) A person qualifies for nomination as a presidential candidate if the person—
(a) is a citizen by birth;
(b) is qualified to stand for election as a member of Parliament;
(c) is nominated by a political party, or is an independent candidate; and
(d) is nominated by not fewer than two thousand voters from each of a majority of the counties.
… (Art. 137) - Swahili(1) Mtu anakuwa na sifa za kuteuliwa kuwa mgombea wa urais ikiwa mtu huyo—
(a) ni raia kwa kuzaliwa;
(b) ana sifa za kusimama kwenye uchaguzi kama mbunge;
(c) ameteuliwa na chama cha siasa, au ni mgombea wa kujitegemea; na
(d) ameteuliwa na si chini ya wapiga kura elfu mbili kutoka kila kaunti yenye watu wengi.
… (Kifungu cha 137)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President of the Republic is Head [Jefe] of State, Head of Government, and supreme administrative authority.
… (Art. 115) - SpanishEl Presidente de la República es Jefe del Estado, Jefe del Gobierno y suprema autoridad administrativa.
… (Art. 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
- EnglishAny citizen of Palau who is not less than thirty-five (35) years of age and has been a resident of Palau for the five (5) years immediately preceding the election shall be eligible to hold the office of President or Vice President. (Art. VIII, Sec. 3)
Head of State
- EnglishThe executive power is assured by the President of the Republic who is also Head of the Government. (Art. 21)
- Arabicيؤدي رئيس الجمهورية مهام السلطة التنفيذية وهو أيضاً رئيس الحكومة. (المادة 21)
- FrenchLe pouvoir exécutif est assuré par le Président de la République qui est en outre chef du Gouvernement. (Art. 21)
Head of State
- English
Any candidate to the Presidency of the Republic must be exclusively of Senegalese nationality, enjoying his civil and political rights, [and] be thirty-five (35) years of age at least and seventy-five (75) years at most [on] the day of the ballot. He must know how to write, to read and to fluently speak the official language. (Art. 28)
- French
Tout candidat à la Présidence de la République doit être exclusivement de nationalité sénégalaise, jouir de ses droits civils et politiques, être âgé de trente cinq (35) ans au moins et de soixante quinze (75) ans au plus le jour du scrutin. Il doit savoir écrire, lire et parler couramment la langue officielle. (Art. 28)
Head of State
- EnglishIn order to be President of the Republic, one is required:
1. To be Dominican by birth or origin
2. To have reached thirty years of age
3. To be in full exercise of civil and political rights
4. To not be in active military or police service for at least the three years prior to the presidential elections (Art. 123) - SpanishPara ser Presidente de la República se requiere:
1) Ser dominicana o dominicano de nacimiento u origen;
2) Haber cumplido treinta años de edad;
3) Estar en pleno ejercicio de los derechos civiles y políticos;
4) No estar en el servicio militar o policial activo por lo menos durante los tres años previos a las elecciones presidenciales. (Art. 123)