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Article 45 The President of the Republic is the Head of State. He is elected by universal direct suffrage for a mandate of five years renewable one sole time. He is the guarantor, by his arbitration, of the regular and continuous functioning of the public powers, of the national independence and of the territorial integrity. He sees to the safeguarding and to the respect for the national sovereignty both in the interior and in the exterior. He is the guarantor of the National Unity. The President of the Republic assures his missions within the framework of the powers conferred on him by this Constitution.