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Head of State
- EnglishThe Throne of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is hereditary to the dynasty of King Abdullah Bin Al-Hussein in a direct line through the male heirs pursuant to the following provisions:
a. The Royal title shall pass from the holder of the Throne to his eldest son, then to the eldest son of that eldest son, and in linear succession in a similar process thereafter. Should the eldest son die before the Throne devolves upon him, his eldest son shall inherit the Throne, even if the deceased has brothers. The King may, however, select one of his brothers as heir apparent. In this event, the title to the Throne shall pass to him from the holder of the Throne.
b. If the person entitled to the Throne does not have a male heir, it shall pass to his eldest brother. If he has no brothers, to the eldest son of his eldest brother. If his eldest brother has no son, to the eldest son of his other brothers according to the seniority in age of the brothers.
c. In the absence of brothers and nephews, the title to the Throne shall pass to the uncles and their descendants, in the order prescribed in Paragraph (b).
d. Should the last King die without an heir in the manner prescribed above, the Throne shall devolve upon the person selected by the Parliament from amongst the descendants of the founder of the Arab Renaissance, the late King Hussein Bin Ali.
e. It is a condition for the person who shall ascend the Throne to be a Muslim, mentally sound, born by a legitimate wife, and of Muslim parents.
… (Art. 28) - Arabicعرش المملكة الأردنيـة الهاشمية وراثي في أسرة الملك عبدالله بن الحسين ، وتكون وراثة العرش في الذكور من أولاد الظهور وفق الأحكام التالية:
أ. تنتقل ولاية الملك من صاحب العرش إلى اكبر أبنائه سنّاً ثم إلى أكبر أبناء ذلك الإبن الأكبر ، وهكذا طبقة بعد طبقة، وإذا توفي أكبر الأبناء قبل أن ينتقل إليه الملك كانت الولاية إلى أكبر أبنائه ولو كان للمتوفي إخوة، على أنه يجوز للملك أن يختار أحد إخوته الذكور ولياً للعهد وفي هذه الحالة تنتقل ولاية الملك من صاحب العرش إليه.
ب. إذا لم يكن لمن له ولاية الملك عقب تنتقل إلى أكبر إخوته وإذا لم يكن له إخوة فإلى أكبر أبناء أكبر إخوته فإن لم يكن لأكبر اخوته إبن فإلى أكبر أبناء إخوته الآخرين بحسب ترتيب سن الأخوة.
ج. في حالة فقدان الأخوة وأبناء الأخوة تنتقل ولاية الملك إلى الأعمام وذريتهم على الترتيب المعين في الفقرة (ب).
د. وإذا توفي آخر ملك بدون وارث على نحو ما ذكر يرجع الملك إلى من يختاره مجلس الأمة من سلالة مؤسس النهضة العربية المغفور له الملك حسين بن علي.
ه. يشترط فيمن يتولى الملك أن يكون مسلماً عاقلاً مولوداً من زوجة شرعية ومن أبوين مسلمين.
… (المادّة 28)
Head of State
- English1) The Reigning Prince is the Head of State and shall exercise his rights pertaining to the powers of State in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and of the other laws.
… (Art. 7) - German1) Der Landesfürst ist das Oberhaupt des Staates und übt sein Recht an der Staatsgewalt in Gemässheit der Bestimmungen dieser Verfassung und der übrigen Gesetze aus.
… (Art. 7)
Head of State
- EnglishA candidate for the office of the President shall:
a. be a South Sudanese by birth;
b. be of sound mind;
c. be at least forty years of age;
d. be literate; and
e. not have been convicted of an offence involving honesty or moral turpitude. (Art. 98)
Head of State
- EnglishA person elected as President shall have the following qualifications:
(a) be a Maldivian citizen born to parents who are Maldivian citizens, and who is not also a citizen of a foreign country;
(b) be a Muslim and a follower of a Sunni school of Islam;
(c) be at least thirty-five years of age;
(d) be of sound mind;
(e) not have an undischarged decreed debt;
(f) not have been convicted of a criminal offence and sentenced to a term of more than twelve months, unless a period of three years has elapsed since his release, or pardon for the offence for which he was sentenced; and
(g) despite the provisions of article (f), not have been convicted of an offence for which a hadd is prescribed in Islam or of fraud, deception or criminal breach of trust. (Art. 109) - Dhivehiރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާކަމުގެ މަޤާމަށް އިންތިހާބްކުރެވޭ މީހެއްގައި އަންނަނިވި ޝަރުތުތައް ފުރިހަމަވާންވާނެއެވެ.
(ހ) ދިވެހި މަންމައަކާއި ދިވެހި ބައްޕައަކަށް އުފަން ދިވެހި ރައްޔިތަކު ކަމުގައިވުން އަދި ބޭރުޤައުމެއްގެ ރައްޔިތަކު ކަމުގައި ނުވުން.
(ށ) މުސްލިމަކު ކަމުގައިވުމާއި، ސުންނަތް ޖަމާއަތުގެ މީހަކު ކަމުގައިވުން.
(ނ) އުމުރުން ތިރީސްފަސް އަހަރުވެފައިވާ މީހަކުކަމުގައިވުން.
(ރ) ބުއްދި ހަމައަށްހުރި މީހަކު ކަމުގައިވުން.
(ބ) އަދާކުރާންޖެހޭ ސާބިތު ދަރަންޏެއް އޮތް މީހަކު ނަމަ، އެ ދަރަނި ހަލާސްނުކޮށް ހުރި މީހަކު ކަމުގައި ނުވުން.
(ޅ) ޖިނާއީ ކުށެއް ކުރިކަން ސާބިތުވެގެން ބާރަ މަސްދުވަހަށްވުރެ ދިގުމުއްދަތެއްގެ ހުކުމެއް ކުރެވިފައިވާ މީހަކު ނަމަ، އެ ހުކުމް ތަންފީޛުކޮށް ނިމުނުތާ ނުވަތަ އެ ހުކުމް ކަނޑައެޅުނު އަދަބު މަޢާފްކުރެވުނުތާ ތިންއަހަރު ވެފައިވާ މީހަކު ކަމިގައިވުން.
(ކ) މި މާއްދާގެ (ޅ) ގައި އެހެން އޮތްމަކުގައިވީ ނަމަވެސް އެ މީހަކީ އިސްލާމްދީނުގައި ހައްދު ކަނޑައެޅިފައިވާ ކުށެއް ނުވަތަ މަކަރާ ހީލަތް، ޓެކުން، ހިޔާނާތުގެ ކުށެއް ކުރިކަން ޝަރީއަތަށް ސާބިތުވެފައިވާ މީހެއްކަމުގައި ނުވުން.(ޤާނޫނުއަސާސީގެ 109 ވަނަ މާއްދާ)
Head of State
- EnglishOnly a voting citizen who is Cabo Verdean by origin may be elected President of the Republic, and one who does not possess any other nationality, is more than thirty-five years old on the date of application and who, in the three years immediately preceding that date, has had permanent residence within the national territory. (Art. 110)
- PortugueseSó pode ser eleito Presidente da República o cidadão eleitor caboverdiano de origem, que não possua outra nacionalidade, maior de trinta e cinco anos à data da candidatura e que, nos três anos imediatamente anteriores àquela data tenha tido residência permanente no território nacional. (Art. 110)
Head of State
- EnglishThe order of succession is lineal, so that only a child born in lawful wedlock of the Queen or King, or of one who is herself or himself entitled to the succession, may succeed, and so that the nearest line shall take precedence over the more remote and the elder in the line over the younger.
An unborn child shall also be included among those entitled to the succession and shall immediately take her or his proper place in the line of succession as soon as she or he is born into the world.
The right of succession shall not, however, belong to any person who is not born in the direct line of descent from the last reigning Queen or King or a sister or brother thereof, or is not herself or himself a sister or brother thereof.
When a Princess or Prince entitled to succeed to the Crown of Norway is born, her or his name and time of birth shall be notified to the first Stoning in session and be entered in the record of its proceedings.
For those born before the year 1971, Article 6 of the Constitution as it was passed on 18 November 1905 shall, however, apply. For those born before the year 1990 it shall nevertheless be the case that a male shall take precedence over a female. (Art. 6) - NorwegianArvefølgen er lineal, således at bare i lovlig ekteskap født barn av konge eller dronning eller av en som selv er arveberettiget, kan arve, og at den nærmere linje går foran den fjernere og den eldre i linjen foran den yngre.
Blant arveberettigede regnes også den ufødte, som straks inntar sitt tilbørlige sted i arvelinjen når han eller hun fødes til verden.
Dog tilkommer arverett ikke noen som ikke er født i rett nedstigende linje fra den sist regjerende konge eller dronning eller fra dennes bror eller søster, eller selv er dennes bror eller søster.
Når en til Norges krone arveberettiget prins eller prinsesse fødes, skal hans eller hennes navn og fødselstid tilkjennegis førstholdende storting og antegnes i dets protokoll.
For dem som er født tidligere enn året 1971, gjelder dog denne Grunnlovs § 6 således som den ble vedtatt den 18. november 1905. For dem som er født tidligere enn året 1990, gjelder likevel at mann går foran kvinne. (§ 6)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President is the Head of State and Government and the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces. (Sec. 89)
Head of State
- English
1. His Majesty the Druk Gyalpo is the Head of State and the symbol of unity of the Kingdom and of the people of Bhutan.
2. The Chhoe-sid-nyi of Bhutan shall be unified in the person of the Druk Gyalpo who, as a Buddhist, shall be the upholder of the Chhoe-sid.
3.The title to the Golden Throne of Bhutan shall vest in the legitimate descendants of Druk Gyalpo Ugyen Wangchuck as enshrined in the inviolable and historic Gyenja of the Thirteenth Day, Eleventh Month of the Earth Monkey Year, corresponding to the Seventeenth Day of December, Nineteen Hundred and Seven and shall:
(a) Pass only to children born of lawful marriage;
(b) Pass by hereditary succession to the direct lineal descendants on the abdication or demise of the Druk Gyalpo, in order of seniority, with a prince taking precedence over a princess, subject to the requirement that, in the event of shortcomings in the elder prince, it shall be the sacred duty of the Druk Gyalpo to select and proclaim the most capable prince or princess as heir to the Throne;
(c) Pass to the child of the Queen who is pregnant at the time of the demise of the Druk Gyalpo if no heir exists under section 3(b);
(d) Pass to the nearest collateral line of the descendants of the Druk Gyalpo in accordance with the principle of lineal descent, with preference being given for elder over the younger, if the Druk Gyalpo has no direct lineal descendant;
(e) Not pass to children incapable of exercising the Royal Prerogatives by reason of physical or mental infirmity.
(f) Not pass to a person entitled to succeed to the Throne who enters into a marriage with a person other than a natural born citizen of Bhutan.
…
6. Upon reaching the age of sixty-five years, the Druk Gyalpo shall step down and hand over the Throne to the Crown Prince or Crown Princess, provided the Royal Heir has come of age.
… (Art. 2) - Dzongkha
༡) འབྲུག་མངའ་བདག་རྒྱལ་པོ་མཆོག་རྒྱལ་ཁམས་ཀྱི་དབུ་ཁྲིད་དང་ རྒྱལ་ཁབ་དང་འབྲུག་པའི་མི་ སེར་གཅིག་མཐུན་གྱི་ བརྡ་མཚོན་ཨིན།
༢) འབྲུག་གི་ཆོས་སྲིད་གཉིས་ཀྱི་གནས་ལུགས་འདི་ འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་མཆོག་གི་སྐུ་ངོ་བོར་འདུས་པ་ལས་ སངས་རྒྱས་པའི་ཆོས་འཛིན་འབྲུག་གི་རྒྱལ་པོ་མཆོག་ ཆོས་སྲིད་གཉིས་ཆ་རའི་བསྟན་པ་འཛིན་མི་ཨིན།
༣) འབྲུག་གི་གསེར་ཁྲིའི་བདག་དབང་འདི་ འགྱུར་ལྡོག་མེད་པའི་རྒྱལ་རབས་ཅན་གྱི་གན་རྒྱ་གནམ་ ལོ་ས་སྤྲེལ་ཟླ་བཅུ་གཅིག་པའི་ཚེས་བཅུ་གསུམ་དང་ སྤྱི་ལོ་གཅིག་སྟོང་དགུ་བརྒྱ་བདུན་ ཟླ་བཅུ་ གཉིས་པའི་ཚེས་བཅུ་བདུན་ཅན་མར་བཀོད་དོན་ལྟར་ འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་གོང་ས་ཨོ་རྒྱན་དབང་ཕྱུག་ གི་ཁྲིམས་མཐུན་གདུང་བརྒྱུད་གཙང་མ་ཚུ་ལུ་ཡོད་མི་འདི་ཡང་།
ཀ༽ ཁྲིམས་མཐུན་ཁབ་ཏུ་བཞེས་མི་ལས་འཁྲུངས་པའི་སྲས་སྲོས་ཁོ་ན་ལུ་ བཅོལ་གཏད་ མཛད་ནི་དང་།
ཁ༽ འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་མཆོག་ རྒྱལ་ཁྲི་སྤང་བ་ ཡང་ན་ཞིང་ལུ་ཕེབས་ད་ དངོས་བརྒྱུད་ གདུང་འཛིན་ཚུ་ལུ་རྒྱལ་བརྒྱུད་ཀྱི་ འཛིན་རིམ་བཅོལ་གཏད་འདི་ རྒན་རིམ་དང་ བསྟུན་ཏེ་ སྲས་མོ་ཚུ་ལས་སྲས་ཅིག་གིས་འདེམས་རིམ་ཧེ་མ་བཟུང་ནི་ཨིན་རུང་ གལ་སྲིད་སྲས་སྦོམ་ཤོས་འདི་ལུ་སྐྱོན་ཆ་རེ་འབྱུང་ཚེ་ དགོས་མཁོ་དང་བསྟུན་ ལྕོགས་གྲུབ་ཆེ་ཤོས་ཀྱི་སྲས་ ཡང་ན་སྲས་མོ་འདི་ རྒྱལ་ཁྲི་འཛིན་མིར་གདམ་ཁ་ གནང་ཞིནམ་ལས་ དེ་ལུགས་ཀྱི་བཀའ་ཁྱབ་གནང་ནི་འདི་ འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་མཆོག་གི་ ཕྱག་འགན་དམ་ཟབ་ཅན་ཅིག་ཨིན།
ག༽ དོན་ཚན་༣ པ་ཁ༽ པའི་ནང་གསལ་ལྟར་གྱི་རྒྱལ་བརྒྱུད་འཛིན་མི་མེད་ཚེ་ འབྲུག་ རྒྱལ་པོ་མཆོག་ཞིང་ལུ་ ཕེབས་པའི་དུས་ཚོད་ལུ་ བཙུན་མོའི་ལྷུམས་སུ་ཡོད་མི་སྲས་ སྲོས་དེ་ལུ་རྒྱལ་བརྒྱུད་བཅོལ་གཏད་མཛད་ནི་ཨིན།
ང་༽ གལ་སྲིད་ འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་མཆོག་ལུ་ཐད་ཀར་གྱི་དངོས་བརྒྱུད་གདུང་འཛིན་མེད་ཚེ་ དངོས་བརྒྱུད་ གདུང་འཛིན་གྱི་གཞི་རྩ་དང་འཁྲིལ་ཏེ་ འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་མཆོག་གི་གདུང་ བརྒྱུད་ཉེ་ཤོས་ཀྱི་གཞོན་ཤོས་ལས་ རྒན་ཤོས་གདམ་ཁ་རྐྱབ་སྟེ་བཅོལ་གཏད་མཛད་ནི་ཨིན།
ཅ༽ སྐུ་གཟུགས་ ཡང་ན་ དྲན་ཤེས་བརྟན་པོ་མེདཔ་ལས་ རྒྱལ་པོའི་ཁྱད་དབང་སྤྱོད་ ནིའི་ལྕོགས་གྲུབ་མེད་པའི་ སྲས་སྲོས་ལུ་བཅོལ་གཏད་མཛད་ནི་མེད།
ཆ༽ རྒྱལ་ཁྲི་འཛིན་ནིའི་ཐོབ་རིམ་ཡོད་མི་ཅིག་གིས་ རང་བཞིན་སྐྱེས་ལུང་ལས་བརྟེན་པའི་ འབྲུག་གི་མི་སེར་ མ་ཡིན་མི་ཅིག་དང་གཉེན་སྦྱོར་མཛད་ཚེ་ དེ་ལུ་བཅོལ་གཏད་ མཛད་ནི་མེད།
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༦) འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་མཆོག་དགུང་ལོ་དྲུག་ཅུ་རེ་ལྔ་བཞེསཔ་ད་ བརྒྱུད་འཛིན་གྱི་སྲས་ ཡང་ན་ སྲས་མོ་འདི་ ལོ་ཚད་ལོན་པ་ཡིན་ཚེ་ ཁྲི་ལས་བབ་སྟེ་རྒྱལ་བརྒྱུད་འཛིན་མི་འདི་ལུ་རྒྱལ་ཁྲི་རྩིས་སྤྲོད་མཛད་ནི་ཨིན།
་་་༼རྩ་ཚན་༢༽
Head of State
- EnglishNo person may be elected President unless he is a natural-born citizen of the Philippines, a registered voter, able to read and write, at least forty years of age on the day of the election, and a resident of the Philippines for at least ten years immediately preceding such election. (Art. VII, Sec. 2)
- FilipinoHindi maaaring mahalal na Pangulo ang sino mang tao matangi kung siya ay isang katutubong inianak na mamamayan ng Pilipinas, isang reshistradong botante, nakababasa at nakasusulat, apatnapung taon man lamang ang gulang sa araw ng halalan, at isang residente ng Pilipinas sa loob ng sampung taon man lamang kagyat bago ang gayong halalan. (Art. VII, Seksyon 2)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President of the Republic is the Head of the State. He is the guarantor … of the respect for the Constitution and for the international treaties and agreements.
… (Art. 64) - FrenchLe Président de la République est le Chef de l’Etat. Il est garant … du respect de la Constitution et des traités et accords internationaux.
… (Art. 64)