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Head of State
- EnglishA person is ineligible to become President unless he is a member of Congress for a 4-year term, a citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia by birth, and a resident of the Federated States of Micronesia for at least 15 years. (Art. X, Sec. 4)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President of Iceland shall be elected by the people. (Art. 3)
- IcelandicForseti Íslands skal vera þjóðkjörinn. (3. gr.)
Head of State
- English
The election of the President and Vice President of the Republic is realized through universal, equal, direct, free and secret suffrage. Those obtaining the relative majority of votes will be elected.
... (Art. 146) - Spanish
La elección del Presidente y Vicepresidente de la República se realiza mediante el sufragio universal, igual, directo, libre y secreto. Serán elegidos quienes obtengan la mayoría relativa de votos.
... (Art. 146)
Head of State
- EnglishThe election of the President of the Republic shall be by universal suffrage by direct and secret ballot, in accordance with law. The candidate who has received a majority of the valid votes cast shall be proclaimed elected. (Art. 228)
- SpanishLa elección del Presidente o Presidenta de la República se hará por votación universal, directa y secreta, en conformidad con la ley. Se proclamará electo o electa el candidato o la candidata que hubiere obtenido la mayoría de votos válidos (Art. 228)
Head of State
- EnglishThe Crown of Morocco and its constitutional rights are hereditary and are transmitted from father to son through male descendants in direct line and by order of primogeniture of His Majesty The King Mohammed VI, unless the King has designated, in His lifetime, a successor from among His sons, other than His eldest son. When there are no male descendants in direct line, the succession to the Throne is devolved in the closest male collateral line and in the same conditions. (Art. 43)
- Arabicإن عرش المغرب وحقوقه الدستورية تنتقل بالوراثة إلى الولد الذكر الأكبر سنا من ذرية جلالة الملك محمد السادس، ثم إلى ابنه الأكبر سنا وهكذا ما تعاقبوا، ما عدا إذا عين الملك قيد حياته خلفا له ولدا آخر من أبنائه غير الولد الأكبر سنا، فإن لم يكن ولد ذكر من ذرية الملك، فالمُلك ينتقل إلى أقرب أقربائه من جهة الذكور، ثم إلى ابنه طبق الترتيب والشروط السابقة الذكر. (الفصل 43)
Head of State
- English
Every candidate to the functions of President of Faso must be Burkinabe by birth, be thirty-five years of age at least and of seventy-five years [of age] at most at the date of deposit of his candidature[,] and meeting the conditions required by the law. (Art. 38)
- French
Tout candidat aux fonctions de Président du Faso doit être Burkinabè de naissance, être âgé de trente cinq ans au moins et de soixante quinze ans au plus à la date du dépôt de sa candidature et réunir les conditions requises par la loi. (Art. 38)
Head of State
- EnglishA candidate for the office of the President shall:
a. be a South Sudanese by birth;
b. be of sound mind;
c. be at least forty years of age;
d. be literate; and
e. not have been convicted of an offence involving honesty or moral turpitude. (Art. 98)
Head of State
- EnglishThere shall be a Governor-General of Belize who shall be a citizen of Belize appointed by Her Majesty and shall hold office during Her Majesty's pleasure and who shall be Her Majesty's representative in Belize. (Sec. 30)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President of the Republic shall be an Ecuadorian national by birth, at least thirty-five (35) years of age when registering his/her candidacy, in possession of his/her political rights, and not subject to any of the disqualifications or prohibitions provided for by the Constitution. (Art. 142)4
- SpanishLa Presidenta o Presidente de la República debe ser ecuatoriano por nacimiento, haber cumplido treinta y cinco años de edad a la fecha de inscripción de su candidatura, estar en goce de los derechos políticos y no encontrarse incurso en ninguna de las inhabilidades o prohibiciones establecidas en la Constitución. (Art. 142)
Head of State
- EnglishThe Principality is a constitutional, hereditary monarchy on a democratic and parliamentary basis (articles 79 and 80); the power of the State is embodied in the Reigning Prince and the People and shall be exercised by both under the conditions set forth in the provisions of this Constitution. (Art. 2)
- GermanDas Fürstentum ist eine konstitutionelle Erbmonarchie auf demokratischer und parlamentarischer Grundlage (Art. 79 und 80); die Staatsgewalt ist im Fürsten und im Volke verankert und wird von beiden nach Massgabe der Bestimmungen dieser Verfassung ausgeübt. (Art. 2)