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Government

Costa Rica
  • English
    [The following] are exclusive duties and attributions of those who exercise the Presidency of the Republic;
    1. To freely appoint and to remove the Ministers of Government;
    … (Art. 139)
  • Spanish
    Son deberes y atribuciones exclusivas de quien ejerce la Presidencia de la República:
    1) Nombrar y remover libremente a los Ministros de Gobierno;
    … (Art. 139)

Government

Costa Rica
  • English
    The President of the Republic and the Ministers of Government[,] with the character of obligated collaborators[,] exercise the Executive Power in the name of the People. (Art. 130)
  • Spanish
    El Poder Ejecutivo lo ejercen, en nombre del pueblo, el Presidente de la República y los Ministros de Gobierno en calidad de obligados colaboradores. (Art. 130)

Government

Costa Rica
  • English
    To be a Minister it is required:
    1. To be a citizen in exercise;
    2. To be a Costa Rican by birth, or by naturalization with ten years of residence in the country, after having obtained the nationality;
    3. To have [a] secular status;
    4. To be already twenty-five years of age. (Art. 142)
  • Spanish
    Para ser Ministro se requiere:
    1) Ser ciudadano en ejercicio;
    2) Ser costarricense por nacimiento, o por naturalización con diez años de residencia en el país después de haber obtenido la nacionalidad;
    3) Ser del estado seglar;
    4) Haber cumplido veinticinco años de edad. (Art. 142)

Government

Costa Rica
  • English
    For the dispatch of the business that corresponds to the Executive Power there will be the Ministers of Government that the law determines. It will be possible to entrust one Minister with two or more Ministries. (Art. 141)
  • Spanish
    Para el despacho de los negocios que corresponden al Poder Ejecutivo habrá los Ministros de Gobierno que determine la ley. Se podrán encargar a un solo Ministro dos o más Carteras. (Art. 141)