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Government
- EnglishThe Executive Power of the Republic shall be vested in the President who shall be Head of State, Head of Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Liberia. The president shall be elected by universal adult suffrage of registered voters in the Republic … (Art. 50)
Government
- English1. Whenever the Governor-General has occasion to appoint a Prime Minister he, acting in his discretion, shall appoint the member of the House of Representatives who, in his judgment, is best able to command the confidence of a majority of the members of that House and shall, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, appoint from among the members of the two Houses such number of other Ministers as the Prime Minister may advise.
… (Sec. 70)
Government
- English1. The faction which has more than one half of deputies’ mandates, or a coalition of factions with its participation within 25 days since the date of the first sitting of the Jogorku Kenesh of new convocation shall nominate a candidate for the office of the Prime minister.
The candidate for the office of the Prime minister shall submit to the Jogorku Kenesh the program, structure and composition of the Government.
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5. The President within 3 days period shall issue a decree on the appointment of the Prime minister and other members of the Government.
In the event that the President fails to issue the decree on appointment of the Prime minister and members of the Government within the above time period, they shall be deemed appointed.
… (Art. 84) - Russian1. Фракция, имеющая более половины депутатских мандатов, или коалиция фракций с ее участием в течение 25 рабочих дней со дня первого заседания Жогорку Кенеша нового созыва выдвигает кандидата на должность Премьер-министра.
Кандидат на должность Премьер-министра вносит в Жогорку Кенеш программу, структуру и состав Правительства.
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5. Президент в трехдневный срок издает указ о назначении Премьер-министра и остальных членов Правительства.
В случае если Президент в вышеуказанный срок не издает указ о назначении Премьер-министра и членов Правительства, они считаются назначенными.
... (Статья 84) - Kyrgyz1. Депутаттык мандаттардын теңинен көбүнө ээ болгон фракция же анын катышуусу менен фракциялардын коалициясы жаңы чакырылыштагы Жогорку Кеңештин биринчи жыйналышы өткөн күндөн тартып 25 жумушчу күндүн ичинде Премьер-министрдин кызматына талапкерди көрсөтөт.
Премьер-министрдин кызмат ордуна талапкер Өкмөттүн программасын, түзүмүн жана курамын Жогорку Кеңешке киргизет.
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5. Президент үч күндүк мөөнөттө Премьер-министрди жана Өкмөттүн башка мүчөлөрүн дайындоо тууралуу жарлык чыгарат.
Эгерде Президент жогоруда көрсөтүлгөн мөөнөттө Премьер-министрди жана Өкмөттүн мүчөлөрүн дайындоо жөнүндө жарлык чыгарбаса, алар дайындалды деп эсептелет.
… (84-берене)
Government
- EnglishThe administrative institutions of the State shall be under the authority of the Cabinet. (Art. 58)
- LatvianMinistru kabinetam ir padotas valsts pārvaldes iestādes. (Art. 58)
Government
- EnglishThe King appoints the Head of Government from within the political party arriving ahead in the elections of the members of the Chamber of Representatives, and with a view to their results.
On proposal of the Head of Government, He appoints the members of the government.
… (Art. 47) - Arabicيعيّن الملك رئيس الحكومة من الحزب السياسي الذي تصدر انتخابات أعضاء مجلس النواب، وعلى أساس نتائجها.
ويعين أعضاء الحكومة باقتراح من رئيسها.
… (الفصل 47)
Government
- English
The President of the Republic appoints and removes the President of the Council. He appoints and removes the other Ministers, on proposal and with agreement, respectively, of the President of the Council. (Art. 122)
- Spanish
El Presidente de la República nombra y remueve al Presidente del Consejo. Nombra y remueve a los demás ministros, a propuesta y con acuerdo, respectivamente, del Presidente del Consejo. (Art. 122)
Government
- English
The President, with the approval of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, may :
(a) designate the Ministries of the Union Government as necessary, and may make changes and additions to the ministries;
… (Sec. 202) - Burmese
နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတသည် ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော်၏ သဘောတူညီချက်ဖြင့် -
(က) ပြည်ထောင်စုအစိုးရ ဝန်ကြီးဌာနများကို လိုအပ်သလို သတ်မှတ်နိုင်သည်။ ထို့ပြင် ဝန်ကြီးဌာနများကို ပြင်ဆင်သတ်မှတ်ခြင်း၊ ဖြည့်စွတ်ခြင်း ပြုနိုင်သည်၊
... (ပုဒ်မ-၂၀၂)
Government
- EnglishThe Parliament shall:
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12) Elect and dismiss from duty the Prime Minister and members of the Government
… (Art. 82) - MontenegrinSkupština:
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12) bira i razrješava predsjednika i članove Vlade;
... (Član 82)
Government
- English
(1) There shall be such offices of Ministers of the Government of the Federation as may be established by the President.
(2) Any appointment to the office of Minister of the Government of the Federation shall, if the nomination of any person to such office is confirmed by the Senate, be made by the President.
Provided that no Ministerial nominee shall be confirmed by the Senate unless evidence of declaration of assets and liabilities of the nominee as prescribed in this Constitution is presented.
(3) Any appointment under subsection (2) of this section by the President shall be in conformity with the provisions of section 14(3) of this Constitution:
Provided that in giving effect to the provisions aforesaid the President shall appoint at least one Minister from each State, who shall be an indigene of such State.
(4) Where a member of the National Assembly or of a House of Assembly is appointed as Minister of the Government of the Federation, he shall be deemed to have resigned his membership of the National Assembly or of the House of Assembly on his taking the oath of office as Minister.
(5) No person shall be appointed as a Minister of the Government of the Federation unless he is qualified for election as a member of the House of Representatives.
… (Sec. 147)
Government
- EnglishThe Emir shall appoint the Prime Minister, accept his resignation and remove him from office by an Emiri order; … (Art. 72)
- Arabicيعيّن الأمير رئيس مجلس الوزراء ويقبل استقالته ويعفيه من منصبه بأمر أميري، ... (المادّة 72)