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Government
- English(1) All members of Parliament are eligible for nomination as candidates for election as Prime Minister.
… (Schedule 2, Sec. 3)
Government
- English1. The National Council of Ministers shall be the highest executive authority in the Republic.
… (Art. 109)
Government
- English(1) Subject to clauses (9) and (10) of Article 91, the President shall appoint Federal Ministers and Ministers of State from amongst the members of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) on the advice of the Prime Minister:
… (Art. 92) - Urdu(١) آرٹیکل ۹۱ کی شقات (۹) اور (۱۰) کے تابع، صدر، وزیراعظم کے مشورے پر مجلس شوریٰ (پارلیمنٹ) کے ارکان میں سے وفاقی وزراء اور وزرراۓ مملکت کا تقرر کرے گا:
…(آرٹیکل ۹۲ )
Government
- English1. The Council of Ministers shall conduct the internal affairs and foreign policy of the Republic of Poland.
… (Art. 146) - Polish1. Rada Ministrów prowadzi politykę wewnętrzną i zagraniczną Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej.
… (Art. 146)
Government
- English
The President of the Republic is the holder of the executive power. He is the head of the Government, and in this capacity, he determines and conducts the policy of the Nation. It exercises the regulatory power.
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He appoints, after consultative opinion of the Bureau of the National Assembly, the members of the Government.
… (Art. 54) - French
Le Président de la République est le détenteur du pouvoir exécutif. Il est le chef du Gouvernement, et à ce titre, il détermine et conduit la politique de la Nation. Il exerce le pouvoir réglementaire.
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Il nomme, après avis consultatif du Bureau de l’Assemblée nationale, les membres du Gouvernement.
… (Art. 54)
Government
- English1. There shall be a Cabinet which shall consist of the President, the Vice President, the Prime Minister and such number of Ministers as may appear to the President to be reasonably necessary for the efficient running of the State.
2. The functions of the Cabinet shall be to determine, formulate and implement the policy of the Government and to perform such other functions as may be conferred by this Constitution or any other law.
… (Art. 111)
Government
- English
(1) There shall be a Cabinet of Ministers charged with the direction and control of the Government of the Republic.
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(3) The President shall be a member of the Cabinet of Ministers and shall be the Head of the Cabinet of Ministers:
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(4) The President shall appoint as Prime Minister the Member of Parliament, who, in the President’s opinion, is most likely to command the confidence of Parliament. (Art. 43) - Sinhala
(1) ජනරජයේ ආණ්ඩුවේ පාලනය මෙහෙයවීම සහ ඒ පාලනය පිළිබඳ විධානය භාර අමාත්ය මණ්ඩලයක් වන්නේ ය.
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(3) ජනාධිපතිවරයා අමාත්ය මණ්ඩලයේ සාමාජිකයෙක් ද අමාත්ය මණ්ඩලයේ ප්රධානයා ද වන්නේ ය:
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(4) ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ මතය අනුව පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ විශ්වාසය උපරිම වශයෙන් ඇති පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරයා ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් අග්රාමාත්යවරයා ලෙස පත් කරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය. (43 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Government
- EnglishA candidate for the Prime Minister shall be proposed to the National Assembly by the President of the Republic, after he or she considers the opinions of representatives of elected election lists.
The candidate for the Prime Minister shall present to the National Assembly the Government's Programme and propose its constitution.
The National Assembly shall simultaneously vote on the Government's Programme and election of the Prime Minister and members of the Government.
The Government shall be elected if the majority of the total number of deputies votes for its election. (Art. 127) - Serbian CyrillicКандидата за председника Владе Народној скупштини предлаже председник Републике, пошто саслуша мишљење представника изабраних изборних листа.
Кандидат за председника Владе Народној скупштини износи програм Владе и предлаже њен састав.
Народна скупштина истовремено гласа о програму Владе и избору председника и чланова Владе.
Влада је изабрана ако је за њен избор гласала већина од укупног броја народних посланика. (Члан 127)
Government
- EnglishThe President …
He appoints the Prime Minister, Head of Government and terminates his functions. On proposal of the Prime Minister, he appoints the other members of the Government and terminates their functions.
… (Art. 33) - FrenchLe President …
Il nomme le Premier Ministre Chef du Gouvernement et met fin à ses fonctions. Sur proposition du Premier Ministre, il nomme les autres membres du Gouvernement et met fin à leurs fonctions.
… (Art. 33)
Government
- English(1) There shall be, in addition to the office of Prime Minister, such other offices of Minister of the Government as may be established by the National Assembly or, subject to the provisions of any law enacted by the National Assembly, by the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister.
(2) Appointments to the office of Minister shall be made by the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, from among members of the House of Representatives and of the Senate:
Provided that persons holding the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives or President of the Senate may not be appointed to the office of Minister:
Provided further that the Cabinet shall be comprised of -
(a) not more than two-thirds of the elected Members of the party that obtains the majority seats in the House of Representatives following the holding of a general election; and
(b) not more than four Senators:
Provided further that, subject to section 42(3) of this Constitution, a national of Belize may be appointed as Attorney General whether or not that person is a member of either House of the National Assembly.
… (Sec. 40)