Example sentences of "elect for a five-year [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legislative power is vested in a single-chamber National Assembly of 175 members , also elected for a five-year term . |
| 2 | Legislative power is vested in the 180-member National Assembly , also elected for a five-year term . |
| 3 | The unicameral legislature , the National Assembly , is also elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage . |
| 4 | This was expected to provide for a President and National Assembly , to be elected for a five-year term under a multiparty system , with the President eligible for re-election once only . |
| 5 | The draft proposed that the chief executive ( a position comparable with that of the current Governor ) be elected for a five-year term by an 800-member " broadly represented " election committee . |
| 6 | Under the Constitution of December 1983 executive power is held by the President , who is directly elected for a five-year term , while legislative power is vested in the unicameral Legislative Assembly ( which replaced the National Constituent Assembly in March 1985 ) with 60 members similarly elected for a three-year term . |
| 7 | Executive power is held by the President , also directly elected for a five-year term , assisted by two elected Vice-Presidents and an appointed Cabinet . |
| 8 | Executive power is held by a President , who is popularly elected for a five-year term , and who governs with the assistance of an appointed State Council led by a Prime Minister . |
| 9 | Executive power is vested in the President , elected for a five-year term by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of the upper and lower Houses of Parliament ( the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha respectively ) and of the Legislative Assemblies of the States . |
| 10 | Most of the 244 members of the Rajya Sabha are indirectly elected by the state assemblies ( one-third being replaced every two years ) while all but two of the 544-members of the Lok Sabha are directly elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage . |
| 11 | The Republic of Maldives ( called the Maldive Islands until 1969 ) has an executive President elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage , a Cabinet appointed and presided over by the President and a 48-member Citizens ' Assembly ( Majilis ) , 40 of whose members are elected for five years and the remaining eight appointed by the President . |
| 12 | The new Constitution restores the name Republic of Afghanistan , and provides for an executive President and a bicameral National Assembly , the lower house of which would be elected for a five-year term , with the upper house being partly elected and partly appointed . |
| 13 | The President is elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage ; Moi was returned for a third five-year term in February 1988 [ see p. 36137 ] without recourse to the electorate , having been proposed as sole candidate by KANU . |
| 14 | The People 's Assembly , the unicameral legislative body , is elected for a five-year term by direct popular vote . |
| 15 | Executive power is vested in the President , who is elected for a five-year term by direct suffrage , and who appoints the Council of Ministers , as well as members of the judiciary and the holders of certain public offices . |
| 16 | The Congress , which partly superseded the former USSR Supreme Soviet , is elected for a five-year term and convenes once or twice a year to decide on major constitutional , political and socio-economic questions . |
| 17 | The President is elected for a five-year term by popular vote . |
| 18 | The 40-member National People 's Assembly , " the supreme organ of the state " , is elected for a five-year term and meets twice a year . |
| 19 | Under the 1980 Constitution executive power is vested in the President , who is directly elected for a five-year term . |
| 20 | Legislative authority is vested in a bicameral National Congress , comprising the Chamber of Deputies ( consisting of 180 members elected for a five-year term ) and the Senate ( consisting of 60 members elected for a five-year term along with the former Presidents of constitutional governments who have the status of life senators ) . |
| 21 | Legislative authority is vested in a bicameral National Congress , comprising the Chamber of Deputies ( consisting of 180 members elected for a five-year term ) and the Senate ( consisting of 60 members elected for a five-year term along with the former Presidents of constitutional governments who have the status of life senators ) . |
| 22 | Under a new Constitution approved in a national referendum on Sept. 30 , 1987 [ see p. 35758 ] , ultimate authority now rests in theory with a 51-member National Assembly , elected for a five-year term ; executive authority rests with the President , elected by the National Assembly ( currently Ramsewak Shankar who , elected on Jan. 12 , 1988 , took office on Jan. 25 — see p. 35759 ) , as head of state , head of government , head of the armed forces , and Chair of the Council of State ( the successor of the Supreme Council ) and of the Security Council ( which was to assume all government functions in the event of " war , state of siege or exceptional circumstances to be determined by law " ) . |
| 23 | Under the 1966 Constitution the republic has an executive President and a National Congress consisting of a 99-member Chamber of Deputies and a 30-member Senate , the President and the Congress being directly elected for a five-year term . |
| 24 | A 65-member House of Representatives is elected for a five-year term ( subject to dissolution ) by direct universal adult suffrage under a system of proportional representation . |
| 25 | Legislative power is vested in a unicameral National Legislative Council ( CNL ) , elected for a five-year term ( most recently in September 1987 — see p. 35748 ) by compulsory , direct and universal adult suffrage , all candidates being proposed by the MPR . |
| 26 | Executive power is vested in the President , elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage , who is assisted by a Council of Ministers . |
| 27 | The President is elected for a five-year term by a 1,000-member People 's Consultative Assembly ( Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat ) , described in the Constitution as the embodiment of the whole Indonesian people . |
| 28 | Of the Assembly 's members 500 are from the legislative House of Representatives ( Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat , to which 400 were elected for a five-year term by direct universal adult suffrage in April 1987 [ see p. 35326 ] ; the remaining 100 were appointed by the President . |
| 29 | The National Parliament ( Oireachtas ) consists of the President and two Houses : ( i ) a 166-member House of Representatives ( Dáil Éireann ) elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage on the basis of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote ; and ( ii ) a 60-member Senate ( Seanad Éireann ) . |
| 30 | Under its 1949 Basic Law ( Constitution ) , the Federal Republic of Germany ( West Germany ) is a " democratic and social federal state " whose organs are ( i ) the Federal Diet ( Bundestag ) , the lower house of parliament , comprising 497 members elected for a four-year term by a mixed system of proportional representation and direct voting , and 22 members elected by the West Berlin House of Representatives ; ( ii ) the Federal Council ( Bundesrat ) , the upper house of parliament , comprising 41 members of the governments of the Republic 's 10 Länder ( states ) and four representatives appointed by the West Berlin Senate ; ( iii ) the Federal President ( Bundespräsident — currently Richard von Weizsäcker ) elected for a five-year term by the Federal Assembly ( Bundesversammlung ) comprising the members of the Bundestag and an equal number of delegates nominated by the Länder parliaments ; and ( iv ) the federal government ( Bundesregierung ) consisting of the Federal Chancellor ( Bundeskanzler — currently Helmut Kohl ) elected by the Bundestag on the proposal of the Federal President and his or her ministers . |