Section 59

Any person holding any of the following prohibiting

characteristics shall not be Secretary-General:

(1)being bankrupt or having been dishonestly bankrupt;

(2)being an incompetent or quasi-incompetent person;

(3)having been previously imprisoned by final court judgement, regardless of

whether there was actual punishment of imprisonment, except for an offences
committed by negligence or a misdemeanors;

(4)being a civil official, staff, or employee of government agency, or state

enterprise, or other governmental organization, or local official agency;

(5)being or having been previously an official politician, a person holding

political position, a member of the local assembly, or in a management position
of local administration, unless having been discharged from his or her office
of not less than one year;

(6)being or having been previously a director, or other political position

in a political party, or an officer of the political party, unless having
been discharged from his or her office of not less than one year;

(7)having been previously dismissed, fired, or discharged from an official

position or any other previous organization on grounds of dishonest
performance of duties or severe wrongful conduct;

(8)having been discharged on grounds of not passing the performance

evaluation in accordance with section 62 (4);

(9)being a direct or indirect interested person in the Offices related business.