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Head of State
- EnglishThe President of the Republic and the Vice President will be elected jointly and directly by the People, by simple majority of votes, in general elections realized between ninety and one hundred and twenty days before the expiration of the constitutional period in force. (Art. 230)
- SpanishEl Presidente de la República y el Vicepresidente serán elegidos conjunta y directamente por el pueblo, por mayoría simple de votos, en comicios generales que se realizarán entre noventa y ciento veinte días antes de expirar el período constitucional vigente. (Art. 230)
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
- EnglishI. The President is the Head of the Republic of Azerbaijan. He represents the Azerbaijan State in home and foreign policies.
… (Art. 8) - AzerbaijaniI. Azәrbaycan dövlәtinin başçısı Azәrbaycan Respublikasının Prezidentidir. O, ölkәnin daxilindә vә xarici münasibәtlәrdә Azәrbaycan dövlәtini tәmsil edir.
… (Maddə 8)
Head of State
- English
A person shall be qualified for election to the office of the President if –
(a) he is a citizen of Nigeria by birth;
(b) he has attained the age of thirty-five years;
(c) he is a member of a political party and is sponsored by that political party; and
(d) he has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent. (Sec. 131)
Head of State
- English(1) There shall be a President of the Republic of Sri Lanka, who is the Head of the State, the Head of the Executive and of the Government and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
(2) The President of the Republic shall be elected by the People and shall hold office for a term of five years. (Art. 30) - Sinhala(1) ශ්රී ලංකා ජනරජයේ ජනාධිපතිවරයෙක් වන්නේ ය, ජනාධිපතිවරයා රජයේ ප්රධානයා ද විධායකයේ ප්රධානයා ද ආණ්ඩුවේ ප්රධානයා ද සන්නද්ධ සේවාවන්හි සේනාධිනායකවරයා ද වන්නේ ය.
(2) ජනරජයේ ජනාධිපතිවරයා ජනතාව විසින් තෝරා පත් කර ගනු ලැබිය යුතු අතර පස් අවුරුදු කාලයක් ධූරය දරන්නේ ය. (30 වැනි වගන්තිය)
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
- EnglishOnly a person who is a Swedish citizen and who has reached the age of eighteen may serve as Head of State. The Head of State may not at the same time be a minister, hold the office of Speaker or serve as a member of the Riksdag. (Instrument of Government, Chapter 5, Art. 2)
- SwedishSom statschef får endast den tjänstgöra som är svensk medborgare och har fyllt arton år. Han eller hon får inte samtidigt vara statsråd eller utöva uppdrag som talman eller riksdagsledamot. (Kungörelse (1974:152) om beslutad ny regeringsform, 5 kap, 2§)
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) The President has the powers entrusted by the Constitution and legislation, including those necessary to perform the functions of Head of State and head of the national executive.
… (Sec. 84)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President of Turkmenistan shall be the head of the state and executive power, the highest official of Turkmenistan, acting as guarantor of the state independence and the status of permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan, its territorial integrity, compliance with the Constitution, rights and freedoms of people and citizens and fulfillment of international obligations. (Art. 68)
- RussianПрезидент Туркменистана является главой государства и исполнительной власти, высшим должностным лицом Туркменистана, выступает гарантом государственной независимости и статуса постоянного нейтралитета Туркменистана, его территориальной целостности, соблюдения Конституции, прав и свобод человека и гражданина и выполнения международных обязательств. (Статья 68)
- TurkmenTürkmenistanyň Prezidenti döwletiň we ýerine ýetiriji häkimiýetiň baştutanydyr, Türkmenistanyň iň ýokary wezipeli adamydyr, Türkmenistanyň döwlet garaşsyzlygynyň we hemişelik bitaraplyk hukuk ýagdaýynyň, çäk bitewüliginiň, Konstitusiýany, adamyň we raýatyň hukuklaryny we azatlyklaryny berjaý etmegiň we halkara borçnamalaryny ýerine ýetirmegiň kepili hökmünde çykyş edýär. (68-nji madda)