Requirements to a candidate for presidency

1. President of the Kyrgyz Republic shall be elected for a six-year term.
2. The same person may not be elected as President twice.
3. Any citizen, who does not have citizenship of a foreign state, is not younger than 35 years old and not older than 70 years old, speaks the state language and has been living in KR for at least 15 years in aggregate, may be elected as President.
4. Compliance of the candidate for presidency with the requirements established by the Constitution shall be determined by the CEC within five days from the date of filing of the application on self-nomination or from the date of filing of the decision on nomination of a candidate by a political party. The CEC shall establish the fact of the total candidate’s residence in KR for no less than fifteen years in aggregate. The CEC shall establish the fact of the candidate’s knowledge of the state language in line with Article 51 of this Constitutional Law.