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Government
Belize
- English(1) There shall be a Prime Minister of Belize who shall be appointed by the Governor-General.
(2) Whenever the Governor-General has occasion to appoint a Prime Minister he shall appoint a member of the House of Representatives who is the leader of the political party which commands the support of the majority of the members of that House; and if no political party has an overall majority, he shall appoint a member of that House who appears to him likely to command the support of the majority of the members of that House:
… (Sec. 37)
Government
Sri Lanka
- English(1) There shall be a Cabinet of Ministers charged with the direction and control of the Government of the Republic.
(2) The Cabinet of Ministers shall be collectively responsible and answerable to Parliament.
(3) The President shall be a member of the Cabinet of Ministers and shall be the Head of the Cabinet of Ministers.
(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. 42) - Sinhala(1) ජනරජයේ ආණ්ඩුවේ පාලනය මෙහෙයවීම සහ ඒ පාලනය පිළිබඳ විධානය භාර අමාත්ය මණ්ඩලයක් වන්නේ ය.
(2) අමාත්ය මණ්ඩලය පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට සාමූහිකව වගකීමට සහ පිළිතුරු බැඳීමට බැඳී සිටින්නේ ය.
(3) ජනාධිපතිවරයා අමාත්ය මණ්ඩලයේ සාමාජිකයෙක් ද අමාත්ය මණ්ඩලයේ ප්රධානයා ද වන්නේ ය.
(4) ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ මතය අනුව පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ විශ්වාසය උපරිම වශයෙන් ඇති පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරයා ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් අග්රාමාත්යවරයා ලෙස පත් කරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය. (42 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Government
Serbia
- 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
Côte d’Ivoire
- EnglishThe Government is composed of the Prime Minister, Head of Government, and the ministers.
The Government is responsible for the implementation of national policy, such as is defined by the President of the Republic. (Art. 81) - FrenchLe Gouvernement comprend le Premier ministre, Chef du Gouvernement, et les ministres.
Le Gouvernement est chargé de la mise en œuvre de la politique de la Nation telle que définie par le Président de la République. (Art. 81)
Government
Costa Rica
- EnglishThe President of the Republic and the Ministers of Government[,] with the character of obligated collaborators[,] exercise the Executive Power in the name of the People. (Art. 130)
- SpanishEl Poder Ejecutivo lo ejercen, en nombre del pueblo, el Presidente de la República y los Ministros de Gobierno en calidad de obligados colaboradores. (Art. 130)
Government
Türkiye
- English…
G) The powers granted to the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers by laws and other regulations shall be exercised by the President of the Republic, until amendments are made to the relevant legislation.
... (Provisional article 21) - Turkish…
G) Kanunlar ve diğer mevzuat ile Başbakanlık ve Bakanlar Kuruluna verilen yetkiler, ilgili mevzuatta değişiklik yapılıncaya kadar Cumhurbaşkanı tarafından kullanılır.
… (GEÇİCİ MADDE 21)
Government
Switzerland
- EnglishThe Federal Council is the supreme governing and executive authority of the Confederation. (Art. 174)
- FrenchLe Conseil fédéral est l’autorité directoriale et exécutive suprême de la Confédération. (Art. 174)
- GermanDer Bundesrat ist die oberste leitende und vollziehende Behörde des Bundes. (Art. 174)
- ItalianIl Consiglio federale è la suprema autorità direttiva ed esecutiva della Confederazione. (Art. 174)
Government
Eswatini
- English…
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the King may exercise the executive authority either directly or through the Cabinet or a Minister.
… (Sec. 64)
Government
Ecuador
- EnglishThe President of the Republic performs the duties of the Executive Branch of Government and is the Head of State and Government and is in charge of public administration.
The Executive Branch is comprised of the Office of the President and the Office of the Vice-President of the Republic, the Ministries of State and the other organizations and institutions needed to fulfill, in the framework of their competence, the attributions of Leadership, planning, implementation and evaluation of national public policies and plans that are created to implement them. (Art. 141) - SpanishLa Presidenta o Presidente de la República ejerce la Función Ejecutiva, es el Jefe del Estado y de Gobierno y responsable de la administración pública.
La Función Ejecutiva está integrada por la Presidencia y Vicepresidencia de la República, los Ministerios de Estado y los demás organismos e instituciones necesarios para cumplir, en el ámbito de su competencia, las atribuciones de rectoría, planificación, ejecución y evaluación de las políticas públicas nacionales y planes que se creen para ejecutarlas. (Art. 141)
Government
Yemen
- EnglishThe responsibilities of the President of the Republic are as follows:
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4. To name the person who will form the government, and to issue a republican decree with the names of the cabinet members.
… (Art. 119) - Arabicيتولى رئيس الجمهورية الاختصاصات التالية:
...
٤. تكليف من يشكل الحكومة وإصدار القرار الجمهوري بتسمية أعضائها.
... (المادّة 119)