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Article 41
The President of the Republic presides over the Council of Ministers. It deliberates
obligatorily on:
• the decisions determining the general policy of the State;
• the Bills of law;
• the appointments to the superior offices of the State of which the list is
established by virtue of a law adopted by the National Assembly.
Article 42
The President of the Republic can delegate certain of his functions to the Prime
Minister, to the Ministers and to the high functionaries of the administration, within
the framework of their respective attributions.
• Eligibility for cabinet
• Eligibility for head of government
Article 43
The functions of President of the Republic and of member of the Government are
incompatible with the exercise of any parliamentary mandate, of any public office
and of any professional activity.
TITLE IV: OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWER
• Structure of legislative chamber(s)
Article 44
The Parliament is constituted by a single Assembly, called the National Assembly, of
which the members carry the title of Deputies.
Article 45
• First chamber selection
• Term length for first chamber
The Deputies to the National Assembly are elected for five years by direct and secret
universal suffrage. They are re-eligible.
• Minimum age for first chamber
• Eligibility for first chamber
All Djiboutian citizens, enjoying their civil and political rights, twenty-three years of
age or more, are eligible.
• Eligibility for first chamber
Article 46
The following may not be elected members of the National Assembly during the
exercise of their functions:
• the President of the Republic,
• the Prefects and Sub-Prefects,
• the Secretaries-General of the Government and the Ministers,
• the Magistrates,
• the controllers of the State, and the inspectors of labor and education,
• the members of the Armed Forces and of the National Force of Security,
Djibouti 1992 (rev. 2010)
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