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Government
- English(1) The Federal Chancellor shall be elected by the Bundestag without debate on the proposal of the Federal President.
(2) The person who receives the votes of a majority of the Members of the Bundestag shall be elected. The person elected shall be appointed by the Federal President.
(3) If the person proposed by the Federal President is not elected, the Bundestag may elect a Federal Chancellor within fourteen days after the ballot by the votes of more than one half of its Members.
… (Art. 63) - German(1) Der Bundeskanzler wird auf Vorschlag des Bundespräsidenten vom Bundestage ohne Aussprache gewählt.
(2) Gewählt ist, wer die Stimmen der Mehrheit der Mitglieder des Bundestages auf sich vereinigt. Der Gewählte ist vom Bundespräsidenten zu ernennen.
(3) Wird der Vorgeschlagene nicht gewählt, so kann der Bundestag binnen vierzehn Tagen nach dem Wahlgange mit mehr als der Hälfte seiner Mitglieder einen Bundeskanzler wählen.
… (Art. 63)
Government
- EnglishThe Ministers of State shall be appointed and recalled at the discretion of the President of the Republic and shall represent him/her in matters inherent to the respective ministries for which they are responsible. They shall be held liable politically, civilly and criminally for the actions and contracts they enter into during the performance of their duties, regardless of the State's subsidiary civil responsibility.
To be a standing Minister of State, one is required to be an Ecuadorian national, to be in possession of political rights and to not have incurred any disqualification or incompatibility, as provided for by the Constitution. The number of Ministers of State, their name and the competencies assigned to them shall be established by means of a decree issued by the Office of the President of the Republic. (Art. 151) - SpanishLas ministras y los ministros de Estado serán de libre nombramiento y remoción por la Presidenta o Presidente de la República, y lo representarán en los asuntos propios del ministerio a su cargo. Serán responsables política, civil y penalmente por los actos y contratos que realicen en el ejercicio de sus funciones, con independencia de la responsabilidad civil subsidiaria del Estado.
Para ser titular de un ministerio de Estado se requerirá tener la nacionalidad ecuatoriana, estar en goce de los derechos políticos y no encontrarse en ninguno de los casos de inhabilidad o incompatibilidad previstos en la Constitución. El número de ministras o ministros de Estado, su denominación y las competencias que se les asigne serán establecidos mediante decreto expedido por la Presidencia de la República. (Art. 151)
Government
- EnglishA member of the National Assembly must:
a. be originally of Kuwaiti nationality in accordance with the Law;
b. fulfill the voter's qualifications in accordance with the Electoral Law;
c. have attained at least the age of thirty Gregorian calendar years on election day; and
d. have a sound reading and writing knowledge of Arabic. (Art. 82) - Arabicيشترط في عضو مجلس الأمة:
أ. أن يكون كويتي الجنسية صفة أصلية وفقا للقانون.
ب. أن تتوافر فيه شروط الناخب وفقا لقانون الانتخاب.
ج. ألا يقل سنه يوم الانتخاب عن ثلاثين سنة ميلادية.
د .أن يجيد قراءة اللغة العربية وكتابتها. (المادّة 82)
Government
- EnglishAre exclusive roles of the President of the Republic:
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g. Appoint and dismiss the Prime-Minister, considering the electoral results and after listening to the political forces represented by the National Popular Assembly;
h. Confirm the appointment of the Prime-Minister;
i. Appoint and dismiss other members of the cabinet, as proposed by the Prime-Minister, and confirm them;
… (Art. 68) - PortugueseSão atribuições do Presidente da República:
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g) Nomear e exonerar o Primeiro-Ministro, tendo em conta 6s resultados eleitorais e ouvidas as forças políticas representadas na Assembleia Nacional Popular;
h) Empossar o Primeiro-Ministro;
i) Nomear e exonerar os restantes membros do Governo, sob proposta do Primeiro-Ministro, e dar-lhes posse;
… (Art. 68)
Government
- Englisha. The incumbent of a Ministry must be a Bahraini, aged not less than 30 years by the Gregorian Calendar and must enjoy full political and civil rights. Unless otherwise provided, the provisions pertaining to Ministers apply also to the Prime Minister.
... (Art. 45) - Arabicأ - يشترط فيمن يلي الوزارة أن يكون بحرينيـاً، وألا تـقل سنه عن ثلاثين سنة ميلادية، وأن يكون متمتعاً بكامل حقوقه السياسية والمدنية. وتســري في شأن رئيس مجلس الوزراء الأحكام الخاصة بالوزراء، ما لم يرد نصّ على خلاف ذلك.
... (المادّة 45)
Government
- English
The Government of the Republic shall be made up by the President of the Council and the Ministers who together form the Council of Ministers.
The President of the Republic shall appoint a President of the Council of Ministers, on whose proposal the President of the Republic shall appoint Ministers. (Art. 92) - Italian
Il Governo della Repubblica è composto del Presidente del Consiglio e dei Ministri, che costituiscono insieme il Consiglio dei Ministri.
Il Presidente della Repubblica nomina il Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri e, su proposta di questo, i Ministri. (Art. 92)
Government
- EnglishThe Government is composed of the Prime Minister, the Ministers and Secretaries of State. The Prime Minister is the head of the Government. (Art. 155)
- FrenchLe Gouvernement se compose du Premier Ministre, des Ministres et des Secrétaires d'Etat. Le Premier Ministre est le Chef de Gouvernement. (Art. 155)
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
- EnglishThe Prime Minister defines, under the authority of the President of the Republic, the policy of the Government.
… (Art. 42) - Arabicيحدد الوزير الأول سياسة الحكومة تحت إشراف رئيس الجمهورية.
... (المادّة 42) - FrenchLe premier ministre définit, sous l’autorité du président de la République, la politique du Gouvernement.
… (Art. 42)
Government
- English
The President of Montenegro:
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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)