SEARCH DATABASE
The Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database is a repository of gender equality related provisions in 194 constitutions from around the world. The Database was updated in partnership with the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and with support from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and the Government of Japan. Experience its wealth and depth of information by starting your search now.
ABOUT 165 RESULTS
Vice-President
Zimbabwe
- 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
Costa Rica
- EnglishThere will be two Vice Presidents of the Republic, who will replace the President in his absolute absence, in the order of their nomination. In his temporary absences, the President may call either of the Vice Presidents for [them] to substitute him.
… (Art. 135) - SpanishHabrá dos Vicepresidentes de la República, quienes reemplazarán en su ausencia absoluta al Presidente, por el orden de su nominación. En sus ausencias temporales, el Presidente podrá llamar a cualquiera de los Vicepresidentes para que lo sustituya.
… (Art. 135)
Vice-President
Guatemala
- EnglishThe Vice-President of the Republic will exercise the functions of [the] President of the Republic in the cases and in the form established by the Constitution.
He [or she] will be elected on the same ballot as the President of the Republic, in an identical form and for the same term.
The Vice-President must meet the same qualifications as the President of the Republic, [he or she] will enjoy similar immunities, and will hold in the hierarchical order of the State, the level immediately below that functionary. (Art. 190) - SpanishEl Vicepresidente de la República ejercerá las funciones de Presidente de la República en los casos y forma que establece la Constitución.
Será electo en la misma planilla con el Presidente de la República, en idéntica forma y para igual período.
El Vicepresidente deberá reunir las mismas calidades que el Presidente de la República, gozará de iguales inmunidades y tiene en el orden jerárquico del Estado, el grado inmediato inferior al de dicho funcionario. (Art. 190)
Vice-President
Iraq
- English…
Second: The provisions for nomination to the office of one or more Vice Presidents of the Republic shall be regulated by law. (Art. 69) - Arabic…
ثانياً :ـ تنظم بقانونٍ، احكام اختيار نائبٍ أو اكثر لرئيس الجمهورية. (المادّة 69)
Vice-President
Uruguay
- EnglishThere shall be a Vice President who, in all cases of temporary or permanent vacancy in the Presidency, must fill that office with its same powers and duties. … (Art. 150)
- SpanishHabrá un Vicepresidente, que en todos los casos de vacancia temporal o definitiva de la Presidencia deberá desempeñarla con sus mismas facultades y atribuciones. … (Art. 150)
Vice-President
Syrian Arab Republic
- EnglishIf an impediment prevented the President of the Republic from continuing to carry out his duties, the Vice-president shall deputize for him. (Art. 92)
- Arabicإذا قام مانع مؤقت يحول دون متابعة رئيس الجمھورية ممارسة مھامه أناب عنه نائب رئيس الجمھوري ة. (المادّة 92)
Vice-President
Micronesia, Federated States of
- EnglishAfter the election of the President, the Vice President is elected in the same manner as the President, has the same qualifications, and serves for the same term of office. He may not be a resident of the same state.
… (Art. X, Sec. 5)
Vice-President
Burundi
- EnglishThe President of the Republic and the Vice President belong to different ethnic groups, political parties and coalitions of political parties or [are] independents of different ethnicities. (Art. 124)
- KirundiUmukuru w’Igihugu ava mu bwoko canke mu migambwe, mu nani z’imigambwe canke mu bitoje ku giti cabo bitandukanye n’ivy’Icegera c’Umukuru w’Igihugu. (Ingingo ya 124)
- FrenchLe Président de la République, et le Vice-Président appartiennent aux groupes ethniques, aux partis politiques et indépendants différents. (Art. 124)
Vice-President
Liberia
- EnglishNo person shall be eligible to hold the office of President or Vice-President, unless that person is:
a. a natural born Liberian citizen of not less than 35 years of age:
b. the owner of unencumbered real property valued at not less than twenty-five thousand dollars; and
c. resident in the Republic ten years prior to his election, provided that the President and the Vice-President shall not come from the same County. (Art. 52)
Vice-President
South Africa
- English(1) When the President is absent from the Republic or otherwise unable to fulfil the duties of President, or during a vacancy in the office of President, an office-bearer in the order below acts as President:
(a) The Deputy President.
… (Sec. 90)