That law was enacted after President Roosevelt was elected to 4 terms during World War Two. It was feared that without a 2-term limit, or any other limit, a President could simply take over government and be a dictator.
If the President dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the person who becomes President can then run for two full terms if he or she serves two years or less of the previous President's term.Bottom line: you can be President for no more than 10 years.
No. The Constitution of the United States only allows for two consecutive terms of any one administration. That does not mean that a President who has served two consecutive terms cannot nominate and run for Presidency in the future.
Franklin Roosevelt was the only president to serve more than two terms.
A president can serve no more than two full terms.
22nd amendment limits the president to two terms.
He can serve one day shy of half of another term if he assumed office after the president resigned or died. Other than that, two terms (8 years) is the limit. The 22nd Amendment says:Section 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.
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Obama can be president for two terms. Since he won re-election in the 2012 presidential race, he will in fact serve a second four-year term. But presidents are no longer allowed to serve more than two terms in office.
No, according to the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a president cannot run for more than two terms in the United States.
Franklin Roosevelt
A President can serve no more than two terms. In the event of someone becoming President during a term (if the President dies, is impeached and removed, etc.), that counts as one of the two terms if the new President serves at least two years. This means the absolute longest amount of time anyone could serve as President is nine years, 364 days.
The constitution forbids any president to serve for longer than two terms now. The duty of a vice president is to become president should the current president die or resign. Thus, someone who has served as president twice is unable to become a vice president because they are forbidden from fulfilling their role and taking a third term.