A president's term begins on January 20th at 12:00pm of the year following the election in November .
All US presidents take the oath of office, starting with the first president, George Washington.
November 5,2008
George W. Bush
Yes- the President must take the oath of office as required by the US Constitution.
The current President, Barack Obama, is the 44th US President. The next President will be the 45th.
George W. Bush was the first president to take office in the New Millenium
Both the Oath of Office and the requirement that the President take care that the laws be faithfully executed are specified in the US Constitution.
Yes a former US President can run for office of Vice President of the United States. A former US President can run and be elected for any other type of office.
Executive office of the president
Oath of Office
generally, the third Monday in January following the election
The government has told us that Vice President Joe Biden will take office on January 20, 2021.