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Article 84
 

The President of the Republic shall:

            1) settle basic foreign policy issues and, together with the Government, implement foreign policy;

            2) sign international treaties of the Republic of Lithuania and submit them to the Seimas    for ratification;

            3) appoint or recall, upon the recommendation of the Government, diplomatic representatives of the Republic of Lithuania in foreign states and international         organisations; receive letters of credence and recall of diplomatic representatives of foreign states; confer highest diplomatic ranks and special titles;

            4) appoint, upon approval of the Seimas, the Prime Minister, charge him or her to form the Government, and approve its composition;

            5) remove, upon approval of the Seimas, the Prime Minister from office;

            6) accept the powers returned by the Government upon the election of a new Seimas, and charge it to continue exercising its functions until a new Government   is formed;

            7) accept resignations of the Government and, as necessary, charge it to continue exercising its functions or charge one of the Ministers to exercise the   functions of the Prime Minister until a new Government is formed; accept resignations of individual Ministers and commission them to continue in office until a        new Minister is appointed;

            8) submit to the Seimas, upon the resignation of the Government or after it returns its powers and no later than within 15 days, the candidature of a new Prime             Minister for consideration;

            9) appoint or dismiss individual Ministers upon the recommendation of the Prime   Minister;

            10) appoint or dismiss, according to the established procedure, state officers provided by   law;

            11) propose Supreme Court judge candidates to the Seimas, and, upon the appointment of all the Supreme Court judges, recommend from among them the          Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to the Seimas; appoint, with the approval of the Seimas, Court of Appeals judges, and from among them - the Chairperson            of the Court of Appeals; appoint judges and chairpersons of regional and district courts, and change their places of office; in cases provided by law, propose the             dismissal from office of judges to the Seimas; appoint and dismiss from office Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania, with the consent of the Seimas;

            12) propose to the Seimas the candidatures of three Constitutional Court judges, and, upon appointing all the judges of the Constitutional Court, propose, from    among them, a   candidate for Constitutional Court Chairperson to the Seimas;

            13) propose to the Seimas candidates for State Controller and Chairperson of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania; if necessary, propose to the Seimas to        express non-confidence in said officials;

            14) appoint or dismiss, upon the approval of the Seimas, the chief commander of the Army and the head of the Security Service;

15) confer highest military ranks;

            16) adopt, in the event of an armed attack which threatens State sovereignty or territorial integrity, decisions concerning defence against such armed aggression, the imposition of martial law, and mobilisation, and submit these decisions to the next sitting of the Seimas for approval;

            17) declare states of emergency according to the procedures and situations established by law, and submit these decisions to the next sitting of the Seimas for       approval;

            18) make annual reports in the Seimas about the situation in Lithuania and the domestic and foreign policies of the Republic of Lithuania;

            19) call, in cases provided in the Constitution, extraordinary sessions of the Seimas;

           20) announce regular elections to the Seimas, and, in cases set forth in part 2 of Article 58 of the Constitution, announce pre- term elections to the Seimas;

            21) grant citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania according to the procedure established by law;

            22) confer State awards;

            23) grant pardons to sentenced persons; and

            24) sign and promulgate laws enacted by the Seimas or refer them back to the Seimas according to the procedure provided for in Article 71 of the Constitution.