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1987 Constitution Article 7 Section 16 Section 16. The President Shall Nominate

Section 16 of Article 7 of the 1987 Constitution outlines the President's power to appoint heads of executive departments, ambassadors, military officers, and other government officers, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments. It also allows Congress to authorize the appointment of lower-ranking officers by the President, courts, or agency heads. The section further provides that the President can make recess appointments that remain effective until the Commission on Appointments reviews them or Congress reconvenes.

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1987 Constitution Article 7 Section 16 Section 16. The President Shall Nominate

Section 16 of Article 7 of the 1987 Constitution outlines the President's power to appoint heads of executive departments, ambassadors, military officers, and other government officers, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments. It also allows Congress to authorize the appointment of lower-ranking officers by the President, courts, or agency heads. The section further provides that the President can make recess appointments that remain effective until the Commission on Appointments reviews them or Congress reconvenes.

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1987 Constitution

Article 7 Section 16

Section 16. The President shall nominate


and, with the consent of the Commission
on Appointments, appoint the heads of the
executive departments, ambassadors,
other public ministers and consuls, or
officers of the armed forces from the rank
of colonel or naval captain, and other
officers whose appointments are vested in
him in this Constitution. He shall also
appoint all other officers of the
Government whose appointments are not
otherwise provided for by law, and those
whom he may be authorized by law to
appoint. The Congress may, by law, vest
the appointment of other officers lower in
rank in the President alone, in the courts,
or in the heads of departments, agencies,
commissions, or boards.

The President shall have the power to


make appointments during the recess of
the Congress, whether voluntary or
compulsory, but such appointments shall
be effective only until disapproved by the
Commission on Appointments or until the
next adjournment of the Congress.

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