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Head of State
- English(1) The President has the powers entrusted by the Constitution and legislation, including those necessary to perform the functions of Head of State and head of the national executive.
… (Sec. 84)
Head of State
- English1. The executive authority of The Bahamas is vested in Her Majesty.
2. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the executive authority of The Bahamas may be exercised on behalf of Her Majesty by the Governor-General, either directly or through officers subordinate to him.
... (Art. 71)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President is the Head of State and shall represent the Socialist Republic of Vietnam internally and externally. (Art. 86)
- VietnameseChủ tịch nước là người đứng đầu Nhà nước, thay mặt nước Cộng hoà xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam về đối nội và đối ngoại. (Điều 86)
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
- EnglishNomination and election of the President shall be as follows:
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e. Election of the President of the Republic shall be by means of direct popular voting in competitive elections.
f. The candidate who secures an absolute majority of the popular votes shall be deemed the President of the Republic. If none of the candidates secures an absolute majority, re-elections shall be called upon in compliance with the above-cited procedures. Only the two candidates who managed to secure the highest number of popular votes shall run for re-election. (Art. 108) - Arabicيكون الترشيح والانتخاب لرئيس الجمهورية كما يلي:
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ه. يتم انتخاب رئيس الجمهورية من الشعب في انتخابات تنافسية.
و.يعتبر رئيساً للجمهورية من يحصل على الأغلبية المطلقة للذين شاركوا في الانتخابات، وإذا لم يحصل أي من المرشحين على هذه الأغلبية أعيد الانتخاب بنفس الإجراءات السابقة للمرشحين اللذين حصلا على أكثر عدد من أصوات الناخبين اللذين أدلوا بأصواتهم. (المادّة 108)
Head of State
- EnglishThe Executive Power shall be vested in the King, and he shall exercise it through his Ministers in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. (Art. 26)
- Arabicتناط السلطة التنفيذية بالملك ويتولاها بواسطة وزرائه وفق احكام الدستور. (المادّة 26)
Head of State
- EnglishThe King is the Sovereign of all the Chiefs and all the people. The person of the King is sacred. He reigns the country but ministers are responsible.
… (Clause 41) - TonganKo e Tu‘i ko e Pule ‘o e kau Nopele mo e kakai kotoa pe. ‘Oku toputapu ‘a e sino ‘o e Tu‘i. ‘Oku ‘iate ia ‘a hono pule ‘o e fonua ka ‘oku ‘i he ‘ene kau Minisita ‘a hono fai ‘a e ngaue ‘o e fonua (responsible). Neongo ‘e fokotu‘u ‘e he Fale Alea ‘a e ngaahi lao ‘e ‘ikai ke hoko kae ‘oua kuo ‘ai ki ai ‘e he Tu‘i hono huafa.
... (Kupu 41)
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
- EnglishI. The President and Vice President of the State shall be elected by universal, obligatory, direct, free and secret vote.
… (Art. 166) - SpanishI. La Presidenta o el Presidente y la Vicepresidenta o el Vicepresidente del Estado serán elegidas o elegidos por sufragio universal, obligatorio, directo, libre y secreto.
… (Art. 166)
Head of State
- English1. The President of the Republic is elected by the universal, direct and secret suffrage of Portuguese citizens who are registered to vote in Portuguese territory and, in accordance with the following paragraph, of Portuguese citizens who reside abroad.
... (Art. 121) - Portuguese1. O Presidente da República é eleito por sufrágio universal, directo e secreto dos cidadãos portugueses eleitores recenseados no território nacional, bem como dos cidadãos portugueses residentes no estrangeiro nos termos do número seguinte.
... (Art. 121)