Natural-born-citizen clause

The constitutions of a number of countries contain such a clause but may define or interpret the term natural-born citizen differently.

This is often described using the natural born phraseology and sometimes further qualified as requiring physical birth within the country's territory (jus soli) and/or requiring that one or both natural parents be a citizen of the country at the time of birth (jus sanguinis).

[7] Article VII, Section 3 of the 1987 Constitution provides that no person may be elected president unless "he or she is a natural-born citizen of the Philippines".

[11][12] In order to be able to run for office, a candidate must be a Belarusian citizen by birth that is over thirty-five years old.

The president must be a natural-born citizen of the country, or else born overseas when one of his or her parents or grandparents is a Chilean national.

[19] Colombian Constitution of 1991 Article 191: states that the president must be a natural born citizen of Colombia and at least 30 years of age.

142.- The President of the Republic must be Ecuadorian by birth, have reached thirty-five years of age on the date of registration of his candidacy, be in enjoyment of political rights and not be subject to any of the disabilities or prohibitions established in the Constitution.