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This is like a trick question. The maximum "number of years" one person can serve as President is unlimited. It is NOT 8 years. The 22nd Amendment states that no person may be "elected" more than twice. It says nothing about the number of years a person can serve. It also provides that no person who acted as President for more than 2 years during a term in which some other person was elected President may be elected more than 1 time. So, consider this situation: A vice president becomes president on the death of the president and serves exactly 2 years. Since it is not more than 2 years, he is able to be elected twice. That's 10 years. After that suppose he serves a vice president again and again succeeds to office on the death of the new president. Unlikely, yes, but theoretically it is not prohibited.
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How many terms can a person be president for?
A United States President can serve at most two terms of four years each.
How many years at the most can a person be president?
Ten. Two years of a predecessor's term, and two full terms of his own.
How many years are terms may one person serve as president?
A term equals 4 years. A president can serve up to 2 terms meaning 8 years. For example. President Obama has been president for almost 4 years. His term is almost up. They will have an election in November and if President Obama wins, he will be president for four more years. Only 2 terms is the most for a president.
Who's the most powerful person in the world?
The current most powerful person in the world is Vladimir Putin, he is the president of Russia and he has maintained his power for 4 years due to him going in presidential place.
What is the most paid person?
The president
Why is the president the most powerful person in the world?
The president isn't the most powerful person in the world. God is. Presidents are the most powerful and important people in the USA.
Can a person serve 11 years as president under any circumstances?
No- ten years is the most and that can only happen under the unusual circumstance that he was a VP who became president with less than 2 years remaining in the term and then was elected to two terms of his own.
Who spent the most years as president?
Franklin D. Roosevelt was president for a little over 12 years.
How many terms in years and limits does the president have?
The term is 4 years . A president can serve at most two.
Why is the president is the most powerful person in the country?
Many believe that running the world's most powerful country makes the president the most powerful person in the world.
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.
What is the maximum amount of years the president can be in office?
According to the 22nd Amendment, if a sitting President dies just after inauguration, and the Vice President ascends to the Presidency and serves the rest of the term is then elected for an additional 2 terms, he could serve up to 11 years and 364+ days, or nearly 12 years.The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of AmericaSection 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.Section 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.
