How many years can a president serve?

Answer 1

This depends on the country you are referring to.

The list below shows all the continents and countries both in alphabetical and unbiased order, with presidents and how long they can serve.

Countries with monarchies do not have presidents, they have Prime Ministers instead. Countries who do not use "Presidents" are not listed below.

African Continent

• Angola - Two five-year terms
• Benin - Two five-year terms
• Botswana - Two five-year terms
• Burundi - Two five-year terms
• Cape Verde - Two five-year terms
• Central African Republic - Two five-year terms
• Comoros - Unlimited five-year terms
• Democratic Republic of Congo - Two five-year terms
• Republic of Congo - Two seven-year terms
• Egypt - Two four year-terms
• Ethiopia - Two six year-terms
• Ghana - Two four year-terms
• Kenya - Two five-year terms
• Liberia - Two six-year terms
• Madagascar - Two five-year terms
• Malawi - Two five-year terms
• Mali - Two five-year terms
• Mauritania - Two five-year terms
• Mauritius - Two five-year terms
• Mozambique - Two five-year terms
• Namibia - Two five-year terms
• Niger - Two five-year terms
• Nigeria Two four-year terms
• Rwanda - Two seven-year terms
• São Tomé and Príncipe - Two five-year terms
• Senegal - Two seven-year terms
• Seychelles - Three five-year terms
• Sierra Leone - Two five-year terms
• South Africa - Two five-year terms
• Tanzania - Two five-year terms
• Uganda - Unlimited
• Zambia - Two five-year terms

Asian Continent

• Afghanistan - Two five-year terms
• Bangladesh - Two five-year terms
• China - Two five-year terms
• Georgia - Two five-year terms
• Indonesia - Two five-year terms
• Iran - Two consecutive four-year terms and one non-consecutive four-year term
• Iraq - Two four-year terms
• Israel - One seven-year term
• Kazakhstan - Two consecutive-onlyfive-year terms
• Kyrgyzstan - one six-year term
• Lebanon - Unlimited six-year terms
• Maldives - Two five-year terms
• Mongolia - Two five-year terms
• Philippines - One six-year term
• South Korea - One five-year term
• Sri Lanka - No limits
• Taiwan - Two consecutive four-year terms (non-consecutive not allowed)
• Tajikistan - Three seven-year terms
• Timor-Leste - Two five-year terms
• Uzbekistan - Two seven-year terms

European Continent

• Albania - Two five-year terms
• Armenia - Two five-year terms
• Austria - Two consecutive six-year terms (non-consecutive not allowed)
• Azerbaijan - Unlimited five-year terms (non-consecutive only)
• Belarus - No limits
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Two consecutive four-year terms (non-consecutive not allowed)
• Bulgaria - Two five-year terms
• Croatia - Two five-year terms
• Cyprus - Two five-year terms
• Czech Republic - Two five-year terms
• Estonia - Two five-year terms
• European Union Council - Two two-and-a-half-year terms
• Finland - Two six-year terms
• Germany - Two five-year terms (however the President in Germany is not in charge of the country. In Germany the leader is called a Chancellor, who can serve an unlimited term until voted out of office. The President is below the Chancellor)
• Greece - Two five-year terms
• Hungary - Two five-year terms
• Ireland - Two seven-year terms
• Italy - Unlimited seven-year terms
• Latvia - Two four-year terms
• Lithuania - Two five-year terms
• Macedonia - Two five-year terms
• Malta - Two five-year terms
• Montenegro - Two five-year terms
• Poland - Two five-year terms
• Portugal - Two consecutive five-year terms and one non-consecutive five-year term after being out of office for 5 years
• Romania - Two five-year terms
• Russia - Unlimited two consecutive six-year terms (ie - can be President in 2013 and 2014. Cannot be President in 2015, but can be President again in 2016 and 2017. Repeat).
• Serbia - Unlimited five-year terms
• Slovakia - Two five-year terms
• Slovenia - Two five-year terms
• Switzerland - Unlimited non-consecutive one-year terms
• Turkey - Two five-year terms
• Ukraine - Two consecutive five-year terms (non-consecutive not allowed)

Oceania Continent

• Federated States of Micronesia - Two four-year terms
• Fiji - Two five-year terms
• Kiribati - Three four-year terms
• Marshall Islands - Two four-year terms
• Nauru - Two three-year terms
• Palau - Two four-year terms
• Vanautu - one five-year term

North-American Continent

• United States - Two four-year terms. Except a Vice President succeeding to presidency and serving more than two years, where the succeeder is limited to just one four-year term

South-American Continent

• Argentina - Two consecutive four-year terms. Can wait five years out of office before being eligible for another two consecutive four-year terms
• Bolivia - Two five-year terms
• Brazil - Two five-year terms
• Chile - Unlimited non-consecutive four-year terms
• Columbia - Two four-year terms
• Costa Rica - Unlimited non-consecutive four-year terms
• Dominican Republic - Two four-year terms
• Ecuador - Two four-year terms
• El Salvador - One five-year term
• Guatemala - One four-year term
• Guyana - Two five-year terms
• Haiti - Two non-consecutive five-year terms
• Honduras - One four-year term
• Mexico - One six-year term
• Nicaragua - Two five-year terms
• Panama - Two non-consecutive five-year terms
• Paraguay - One five-year term
• Peru - Unlimited non-consecutive five-year terms
• Trinidad and Tobago - Two five-year terms
• Uruguay - Unlimited non-consecutive five-year terms
• Venezuela - Unlimited six-year terms

Countries with Prime Ministers - Prime Ministers serve unlimited four or five-year terms depending on country. The same applies to countries with Govenor-Generals. In countries that are a British Commonwealth (Australia, Canada, etc) the British Monarch can dismiss (fire) a head of office or extend their stay if necessary.

Answer 2

A President may serve no more than two terms. Each Presidential term is four years. The maximum number of years a President can serve is 10.

The President of the United States of America can be elected to no more than two four-year terms, for a total of 8 years. However, if a person fills in a partial term that another was elected to, if that partial term was no more than 2 years, he can still serve two more complete terms for a total of 10 years, but if he has already served more than two years, he can serve only one more additional term.

These restrictions are imposed by Section 1 of the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Other applicable areas of law concerning presidential succession are set forth in Article I, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution, and by the 25th Amendment (see Related links, below, for more information). The law is virtually silent on the improbable, but possible, event that a person who has previously served for the maximum ten years in the circumstances described above is subsequently elected, or becomes after appointment by the President, Vice President - and becomes thereafter President upon the death, incapacitation, or resignation of the elected or serving President; in such a sequence of events, a person could presumably serve as many as 14 years - or even more, in the even-more unlikely event that the scenario described should occur more than once.

Of the "recent" Vice Presidents who assumed the Presidency after the death or resignation of their predecessors, President Lyndon B. Johnson ("LBJ") was allowed by law to be elected to 2 terms on his own (although he declined to run a second time after being elected in 1964), while President Gerald R. Ford could only be elected to one more term, as LBJ had served less than 2 years of President John F. Kennedy ("JFK")'s term after JFK was assassinated, while Ford had served more than 2 years of President Richard M. Nixon's second term after Nixon's resignation..

Answer 3

If you mean presidents of the USA they can serve two four year terms. So that makes 8 years altogether.

Presidents of companies would differ depending on the rules of the companies.

Presidents of other countries would also have different rules governing them.
The president serves in office for 4 years per term, for up to 2 terms, unless they are impeached, die, or killed. The term limit was imposed after FDR's 4 term, 12+ year presidency.

Answer 4

Under the 22nd Amendment:

The US President can serve only two elected terms of 4 years each, as well as up to 2 years as successor to a President who dies or otherwise leaves office. This creates a practical maximum of 8 years and a potential maximum of 10 years.

Answer 5

The president serves for 4 years, or 8 if re-elected.

Answer 6

A US president may serve up to two terms of four years each, for a total maximum of 8 years in office.

Answer 7

A president is elected to serve a term of 4 years and can be reelected again for 4 more years for a maximum total of 8 years.

Answer 8

06years

Answer 9

6 years

Answer 10

8