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What is the term for someone who is leaving a political office?
Depends on the office. Some are two years like the House or the Senate is 6 years. The President can only serve 2 terms of 4 years each, but the Vice President can serve two terms as Vice President and then go on to become President for 2 more terms.
The Twenty-second Amendment to the Constitution sets the maximum number of years a President can serve to eight years?
Not exactly. It says the no one may be elected for more than two terms and that a person who has already served more than two years of a term to which another person was elected can only be elected for one more term. It follows that a person who has served for no more than two years of another person's term could be elected for 8 more years giving a total of at most ten years in office.
Term of office for a President?
The United States President can serve no more than 2 terms consecutive or interval, for a total of 8 years.
How long could the us president hold the office in the executive branch?
Normal term limit is 8 years. Two 4 year terms. If a vice-president must serve as president, he or she can not serve more than 10 years.
Duration of a office of American president?
There is no fixed length of the office of president world-wide; there are several nations that have presidents. In the United States the standard term is 4 years in length, starting January 20 following the November elections. A US president can currently be elected to 2 terms and no more. However, a US president could serve up to 10 years. If the next-in-line takes the office of president from a president who is no longer able to serve, and if the time left is less than half of the term, the new president may still run for and serve two terms of his/her own. If the time left is more than half of the former president's term, the new president can run for only one four-year term of his/her own.
When president die after serve 2 years then vice president will become a president then can he run for 2 more terms?
YES. The Constitution states that a president can serve for 10 years or two terms. Since each term is 4 years, two terms is 8 years. In these cases, the Vice-President that becomes President can finish the two years, and then run for 2 more terms in office.
Can a president serve longer than two terms?
He can serve one day shy of half of another term if he assumed office after the president resigned or died. Other than that, two terms (8 years) is the limit. The 22nd Amendment says:Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.
Is it true that a U.S. president can serve up too 10 years?
Yes if they r the vice president and the president is removed from office for any reason he becomes the president if he serves 2 years or less he is able to serve for 2 terms as president but if he serves more than 2 years even one day he is only allowed to serve for one term
How many terms can a president serve after being elected what amendment addresses this term limit?
Technically, there is no legal limit to the number of terms a person can serve as U. S. President. The 22nd Amendment to the U. S. Constitution limits the number of times a person can be elected U. S. President to two. Those who previously served at least two years as President or Acting President can be elected only once.
How long is a term of office for a US president?
US presidents are elected to a four-year term. The maximum number of full terms that a president can serve is two. Presidents who took over for another president and have served more than two years can seek only one additional term.
How many total years can a person serve as president in the US now?
They could (technically) serve 10 full years. They can be elected twice (thus serving 8 years) and get the other two years by being elected V.P. and the President dying almost immediately. So, serve the first two and then be elected twice.The law does not allow a person that has served as President for more then two years to be elected a second time."Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term. "Realistically, you will only see 8 years though. Thanks, I didn't know this before either!
What is the a maximum number of terms a president may serve?
Eight years is the limit for most Presidents. However, it theoretically possible for a President who was first a vice-president who finished out another person's term with two years left to serve for 10 years by being elected to two more terms of his own.An American president can serve two terms, or up to eight years in office by today's standards. There was a president who served four terms, but after his presidencies the constitution was amended so that they could only serve two terms.
