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Government
- English1. There shall be a Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda who shall be appointed by the Governor-General.
2. Whenever there is occasion for the appointment of a Prime Minister, the Governor General shall appoint as Prime Minister
a. a member of the House who is the leader in the House of the political party that commands the support of the majority of members of the House; or
b. where it appears to him that such party does not have an undisputed leader in the House or that no party commands the support of such a majority, the member of the House who in his judgement is most likely to command the support of the majority of members of the House,
and is willing to accept the office of Prime Minister.
3. Subject to the provision of section 82 of this Constitution and subsection (4) of this section there shall be, in addition to the office of Prime Minister, such other offices of Minister (including Minister of State) of the Government as may be established by Parliament or, subject to the provisions of any law enacted by Parliament, by the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister.
4. The Ministers other than the Prime Minister shall be such persons as the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, shall appoint from among the members of the House and of the Senate.
… (Sec. 69)
Government
- English
(a) The President shall appoint the Union Ministers who possess the following qualifications :
(i) person who has attained the age of 40 years;
(ii) person who has qualifications, with the exception of age limit, entitled to be elected as Pyithu Hluttaw representatives prescribed in Section 120;
(iii) person whose qualifications does not breach the provisions under Section 121 which disqualify the person from standing for election as the Pyithu Hluttaw representative;
(iv) person loyal to the Union and its citizens.
… (Sec. 232) - Burmese
(က) နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတသည် အောက်ဖော်ပြပါ အရည်အချင်းများနှင့် ပြည့်စုံသူများကို ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးများ အဖြစ် ခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပေးနိုင်သည် -
(၁) အသက် ၄၀ နှစ် ပြည့်ပြီးသူ၊
(၂) အသက်ကန့်သတ်ချက်မှအပ ပုဒ်မ ၁၂၀ တွင် ဖော်ပြထားသည့် ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော် ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များအတွက် သတ်မှတ်ထားသည့် အရည်အချင်းများနှင့် ပြည့်စုံသူ၊
(၃) ပုဒ်မ ၁၂၁ တွင် ဖော်ပြထားသည့် ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များအဖြစ် ရွေးကောက်တင်မြှောက်ခံပိုင်ခွင့် မရှိစေသော ပြဌာန်းချက်များနှင့်လည်း ငြိစွန်းခြင်းမရှိသူ၊
(၄) နိုင်ငံတော်နှင့် နိုင်ငံသားများအပေါ် သစ္စာရှိသူ။
... (ပုဒ်မ-၂၃၂)
Government
- English
The President of Montenegro:
…
5) propose to the Parliament: the Prime Minister-Designate for composition of the Government after the completion of the discussions with the representatives of political parties represented in the Parliament;
… (Art. 95) - Montenegrin
Predsjednik Crne Gore:
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5) predlaže Skupštini: mandatara za sastav Vlade, nakon obavljenog razgovora sa predstavnicima političkih partija zastupljenih u Skupštini;
… (Član 95)
Government
- EnglishThe President of the Union, appoints the Ministers and the other members of the Government of which the number may not exceed fifteen. (Art. 60)
- Arabicيعيّن رئيس الاتحاد الوزراء وأعضاء الحكومة الآخرين الذين لا يجوز أن يتخطى عددهم الخمسة عشر. (المادة 60)
- FrenchLe Président de l’Union, nomme les Ministres et les autres membres du Gouvernement dont le nombre ne peut excéder quinze. (Art. 60)
Government
- English
The Ministers of State shall be chosen from among Brazilians over twenty-one years of age and in possession of their political rights.
… (Art. 87) - Portuguese
Os Ministros de Estado serão escolhidos dentre brasileiros maiores de vinte e um anos e no exercício dos direitos políticos.
… (Art. 87)
Government
- EnglishThe Emir shall appoint Ministers by an Emiri Order upon nomination by the Prime Minister; … (Art. 73)
- Arabicيعين الأمير الوزراء بأمر أميري بناء على ترشيح رئيس مجلس الوزراء. ... (المادّة 73)
Government
- English(1) The President of Romania shall designate a candidate to the office of Prime Minister and appoint the Government on the basis of the vote of confidence of Parliament.
… (Art. 85) - Romanian(1) Preşedintele României desemnează un candidat pentru funcţia de prim-ministru şi numeşte Guvernul pe baza votului de încredere acordat de Parlament.
… (Art. 85)
Government
- EnglishThe President of the Republic shall assign a Prime Minister to form the government and introduce his/her program to the House of Representatives.
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In the event the government is chosen from the party or the coalition that holds the majority or the highest number of seats in the House of Representatives, the President of the Republic shall, in consultation with the Prime Minister, choose the Ministers of Defense, Interior, Foreign Affairs and Justice. (Art. 146) - Arabicيكلّف رئيس الجمهورية رئيساً لمجلس الوزراء، بتشكيل الحكومة وعرض برنامجه على مجلس النواب،
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فى حال اختيار الحكومة من الحزب أو الائتلاف الحائز على أكثرية مقاعد مجلس النواب، يكون لرئيس الجمهورية، بالتشاور مع رئيس مجلس الوزراء، إختيار وزراء الدفاع والداخلية والخارجية والعدل. (المادّة 146)
Government
- EnglishThe Prime Minister is designated by the National Assembly of People's Power, upon the proposal of the President of the Republic, for a period of five years.
To be designated as the Prime Minister, one must obtain an absolute majority vote in favor. (Art. 141) - SpanishEl Primer Ministro es designado por la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular, a propuesta del Presidente de la República, por un período de cinco años.
Para ser designado Primer Ministro se requiere el voto favorable de la mayoría absoluta. (Art. 141)
Government
- EnglishThe Government of the republic shall consist of the Prime Minister, his first Deputy, Deputies, Ministers, and Chairmen of state committees.
… (Art. 73) - RussianПравительство республики состоит из Премьер‐министра, его первого заместителя и заместителей, министров, председателей государственных комитетов. … (Статья 73)
- TajikҲукумати ҷумҳурӣ аз Сарвазир, муовини якӯм ва муовинони ӯ, вазирон, раисони кумитаҳои давлатӣ иборат аст. … (Моддаи 73)