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What happens if the president is unable to serve due to illness?
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∙ 15y ago
If he is expected to recover the Vice President or another official is appointed to assume his duties until he is well enough to resume function; if his ilness prevents him from being able to return to his duties he must either resign or be removed from office, and the Vice president becomes Presidnet.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoThey will do one of 3 things; resign because they are too sick, try to fight the sickness while under constant stress of the presidency, or die. William Henry Harrison died in office after serving a term of 30 days due to sickness.
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∙ 11y agoThey step down and the vice president takes over.
The government structure includes a list of each office that takes over chain of command in the event any one in the government is unable to serve (due to illness or death); this is known as the presidential line of succession.
After the vice president comes the speaker of the house, and than various secretary positions (secretary of state, treasury, defense, etc) as well as the attorney general.
The order of officers included in the list is determined by the date on which each of their positions was created:
- Vice President
- Speaker of the House
- President pro tempore of the Senate
- Secretary of State
- Secretary of Treasury
- Secretary of Defense
- Attorney General
- Secretary of the Interior
- Secretary of Agriculture
- Secretary of Commerce
- Secretary of Labor
- Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Secretary of Transportation
- Secretary of Energy
- Secretary of Education
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Secretary of Homeland Security
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∙ 12y agoOur Vice President becomes the next president that's the whole point of having a Vice President
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∙ 11y agoThe Vice President temporarily takes over until the President is well again.
The vice president takes over until he/she is better and can serve.
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∙ 16y agoTHE VICE PRESIDENT WILL TAKE HIS PLACE.
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∙ 11y agoThe vice president finishes it.
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∙ 7y agoThe vice-president would take over.
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What is the line of succession should the president not be able to continue in office?
In the US there is a line of succession should a president be unable to serve due to illness or death. The next in line to serve as president is the Vice President. This was seen when President Nixon resigned and Vice president Ford became president. Should a vice president be unable to serve, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives becomes the new president.
What happens if the president and Vice President are unable to serve out their terms?
The Speaker of the House becomes president if something happened to the president and vice president.
Who serves as vice president when the president is unable to serve?
no one
In case the president is unable to perform his duties due to illness. his powers can be discharged by the vice president as acting president?
Yes the president would pass his "active presidency" to the vice president, however this would ONLY be true if it was a permanent incapacitation. ______________________________________________________ actually the 25th amendment says "if the president notifies congress of being unable to serve, the vice president becomes president until the president once again feels able to serve". which means it wouldn't ONLY be true if it was 'permanent incapacitation'
Who becomes president of the US if the president and vice president become unable to serve?
the speaker of the house
Who takes over the President's job if he or she is unable to serve?
The vice president duhhh!
If the president and vice president are unable to serve than who assumes the position of chief of staff?
The Chief of Staff is a position appointed by the President. If the elected President and Vice-President are unable to serve, the Speaker of the House of Representatives becomes President and selects a Chief of Staff.
Who becomes president of the US if the president and the vice president and the vice president become unable to serve?
speaker of the house
Does the constitution describe the duties and powers of the president?
Yes, he/she must take over Pres. if the President is unable, and he/she must serve as President of the senate.
What happens if the president and the president and vice president are unable to serve out their terms?
The Speaker of the House becomes president if something happened to the president and vice president.
In case the president is disabled how does the vice president become president?
they become president because there next in line a president has a vice president because if anything happens to the president the vice president knows what to do because he/she has been there the whole time and knows the responsibility of the president
Who becomes the president if the president and the vice- president die?
If both the President and the Vice President are unable to serve, then the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives would become President.
