Chapter III
The President and Vice-Presidents
57.
The President and Vice-Presidents represent the Union.
58.
The President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar takes precedence over
all other persons throughout the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
59.
Qualifications of the President and Vice-Presidents are as follows :
(a)
shall be loyal to the Union and its citizens;
(b) shall be a citizen of Myanmar who was born of both parents who were born
in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Union and being Myanmar
Nationals;
(c)
shall be an elected person who has attained at least the age of 45;
(d) shall be well acquainted with the affairs of the Union such as political,
administrative, economic and military;
(e)
shall be a person who has resided continuously in the Union for at least 20
years up to the time of his election as President;
Proviso: An official period of stay in a foreign country with the permission of
the Union shall be counted as a residing period in the Union;
(f)
shall he himself, one of the parents, the spouse, one of the legitimate children
or their spouses not owe allegiance to a foreign power, not be subject of a