Constitution of Zimbabwe (as amended by Constitution Amendment No. 19) PART 1 The President 27 The President (1) There shall be a President who shall be Head of State and Head of Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces. (2) The President shall take precedence over all other persons in Zimbabwe. 28 Qualifications and election of President (1) A person shall be qualified for election as President if— (a) he is a citizen of Zimbabwe by birth or by descent; and (b) he has attained the age of forty years; and (c) he is ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe. (2) Subject to subsection (3)(b), the President shall be elected by voters. 3 [Subsection as substituted by section 2 of Act 11 of 2007 – Amendment No. 18] (3) An election to the office of President shall take place— (a) on the day or days fixed in a proclamation in terms of section 58(1) as the day or days on which elections are to be held for the purpose of electing members of Parliament and members of the governing bodies of local authorities; or (b) in accordance with the Electoral Law by members of the Senate and the House of Assembly sitting jointly as an electoral college within ninety days after the office of President becomes vacant by reason of his death or his resignation or removal from office in terms of this Constitution; as the case may be.4 [Subsection as substituted by section 2 of Act 11 of 2007 – Amendment No. 18] (4) The procedure for the nomination of candidates for election in terms of subsection (2) and the election of the President shall be as prescribed in the Electoral Law. [Subsection as amended by section 2 of Act 15 of 1990 – Amendment No. 10] (5) A person elected as President shall, on the day upon which he is declared to be elected or no later than forty-eight hours thereafter, enter office by taking and subscribing before the Chief Justice or other judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court the oaths of loyalty and office in the forms set out in Schedule 1. 5 [Subsection as substituted by section 2 of Act 11 of 2007 – Amendment No. 18] 3 This subsection applies to the President in office on the date of commencement of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 18) Act, 2007: see section 2(2) of that Act. 4 This subsection applies to the President in office on the date of commencement of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 18) Act, 2007: see section 2(2) of that Act. 5 This subsection applies to the President in office on the date of commencement of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 18) Act, 2007: see section 2(2) of that Act. - 38 -