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Vice-President
- EnglishA person is not qualified for election as President unless that person is-
a. is a citizen of Uganda by birth;
b. is a registered voter; and
c. has completed a minimum formal education of Advanced Level standard or its equivalent.
… (Art. 102)
Vice-President
- English
No one may be a candidate to the function of the President of the Republic or Vice President of the Republic if:
- [they are] not of Beninese nationality by birth or have acquired [it for] at least ten years;
- [they are] not of good morals and of grand probity;
- [they] do not enjoy all their civil and political rights;
- [they] are not at least already 40 years old and at most already 70 years old at the date of entering into [their] function;
- [they were] elected two (02) times President of the Republic and exercised two mandates as such;
- [they were] not present in the Republic of Benin at the time of the deposit of their candidature;
- [they] do not enjoy a complete state of physical and mental well-being duly stated by a board [college] of three (03) doctors designated under oath by the Constitutional Court.
- [they] are not duly sponsored [parraint/supported] by [persons] elected within the conditions and following the modalities established by the law. (Art. 44) - French
Nul ne peut être candidat aux fonctions de Président de la République ou de vice-président de la République s'il :
- n'est de nationalité béninoise de naissance ou acquise depuis au moins dix ans ;
- n'est de bonne moralité et d'une grande probité;
- ne jouit de tous ses droits civils et politiques ;
- n'est âgé d’au moins 40 ans révolus et au plus 70 ans révolus à la date d’entrée en fonction ;
- a été élu deux (02) fois Président de la République et a exercé comme tel deux mandats ;
- n'est présent en République du Bénin lors du dépôt de sa candidature ;
- ne jouit d'un état complet de bien-être physique et mental dûment constaté par un collège de trois médecins assermentés désignés par la Cour constitutionnelle.
- n'est dûment parrainé par des élus dans les conditions et suivant les modalités fixées par la loi. (Art. 44)
Vice-President
- English...
3. The President of the Republic shall be assisted by a Vice President of the Republic, to whom he can delegate any of his Constitutional faculties.
4. Before carrying out his functions, the [person] appointed Vice President of the Republic is confirmed [ratificado] by both Chambers of the Parliament in Plenum and by simple majority of their members in the course of one extraordinary session convoked to [this] effect by the President of the Republic. (Art. 33) - Spanish...
3. El Presidente de la República está asistido de un Vice-Presidente de la República, en quien puede delegar algunas de sus facultades Constitucionales.
4. Antes del desempeño de sus funciones, el nombramiento del Vice-Presidente de la República es ratificado por ambas Cámaras del Parlamento en Pleno y por mayoría simple de sus miembros en el curso de una sesión extraordinaria convocada al efecto por el Presidente de la República. (Art. 33) - French...
3. Le Président de la République est assisté d'un Vice-Président de la République à qui il peut déléguer certains de ses pouvoirs constitutionnels.
4. La nomination du Vice-Président de la République est, avant sa prise de fonctions, ratifiée par les deux chambres du Parlement en séance plénière et à la majorité relative de ses membres au cours d'une session extraordinaire convoquée à cet effet par le Président de la République. (Art. 33)
Vice-President
- English
(1) In any election to which the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Chapter8 relate, a candidate for an election to the office of President shall not be deemed to be validly nominated unless he nominates another candidate as his associate from the same political party for his running for the office of President, who is to occupy the office of Vice-President and that candidate shall be deemed to have been duly elected to the office of Vice-President if the candidate for an election to the office of President who nominated him as such associate is duly elected as President in accordance with the provisions aforesaid.
(2) The provisions of this Part of this Chapter relating to qualification for election, tenure of office, disqualification, declaration of assets and liabilities and oaths of President shall apply in relation to the office of Vice-President as if references to President were references to Vice-President. (Sec. 142)
Vice-President
- English
(1) A person qualifies for election as President or appointment as Vice-President if he or she—
(a) is a Zimbabwean citizen by birth or descent;
(b) has attained the age of forty years;
(c) is ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe; and
(d) is registered as a voter.
… (Sec. 91)
Vice-President
- English(1) There shall be a Vice-President who shall be appointed by the President from among the Elected Members of the National Assembly who are citizens of Botswana by birth or descent, which appointment shall be endorsed by the said Elected Members.
… (Sec. 39)
Vice-President
- English(1) There shall be a Vice-President of Ghana who shall perform such functions as may be assigned to him by this Constitution or by the President.
(2) A candidate for the office of Vice-President shall be designated by the candidate for the office of President before the election of the President.
(3) The provisions of article 62 of this Constitution apply to a candidate for election as Vice-President.
… (Art. 60)