List of presidential qualifications by country

This is a list of qualifications that potential candidates must possess in order to stand for election as president of a country.

Article 100 of the Constitution states that The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan must be a citizen, must have resided in the territory without interruption for more than 10 years, must enjoy the right to vote, must never have been tried for a major crime, must have no commitments towards other States, must have benefited from higher education and must not have dual citizenship.

[8] Article 48, section 4 of the Constitution provides three factors which disqualify one for the presidency: Article 66 of the constitution provides factors which disqualify one from being elected to Parliament: The qualifications for election to parliament are that one be a citizen and be at least 25 years old (which is superseded by the presidential requirement of 35 years).

[10] Article 14, Section III (3) of the Constitution requires a candidate to be:[11] Article 191 of the Colombian Constitution requires that to be president one must be Colombian by birth ("colombiano por nacimiento"), have full citizenship ("ciudadano en ejercicio") and older than 30.

[14] An Estonian citizen by birth who has attained 35 years of age may be nominated as a candidate for President of the Republic.

A person in active service in the Defence Forces shall not be nominated as a candidate for President of the Republic.

62-1292 of 6 November 1962 on the election of the President by universal suffrage (Loi n°62-1292 du 6 novembre 1962 relative à l'élection du Président de la République au suffrage universel) further requires presidential candidates to be nominated by at least five hundred qualified elected officials, such as members of Parliament and mayors.

[22] The Constitution of Pakistan sets the principle qualifications that the candidate must meet to be eligible to the office of the president.

[31] Additionally Article 16 of the Public Official Election Act requires the candidate to have resided in South Korea for 5 years.

[33] Article 20 of the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act states that an elector who has lived in the free area of the Republic of China for not less than 6 consecutive months, has set his or her domicile in the Republic of China for not less than 15 years, and has completed his or her fortieth year of age may apply for being registered as the candidate for President or Vice President.

The requirements for the latter are given by Article 76, and exclude, among others, persons who have failed to perform compulsory military service, and those who have been convicted for dishonourable offences.

Judges, civil servants, and members of the Armed Forces are not eligible unless they resign from office.