January 20 of the year following the election in November is presidential inauguration day.
The next president of the U.S. will be elected in November 2008 and take office on Inauguration Day in January 2009.
The current President, Barack Obama, is the 44th US President. The next President will be the 45th.
The new President will take oath for the office January 20th 2017. At this time President Barack Obama will no longer be President.
JFK was elected in 1960, took office in 1961.
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1789 George Washington!
They take office on January 20 of the year following their election.
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The president will take office in June of the following year.
The president is elected to five-year terms. The next scheduled presidential election is in 2011.
Every 4 years, the president is sworn in on January 20th of the year FOLLOWING the general election. Thus, Obama will not be sworn in for his next term in office until 20 Jan 2013.
Technically it was Hayes in office, that was an election year in which Garfield won but did not take office until the following year.