The position of president can only be filled for 2 full terms or a maximum of 10 years meaning if a vice president were to take over as president and serve as president for less than 2 years he could still serve for 2 full 4 year terms. However, these limitations only apply for the president not the vice president. Therefore, an eligible person can be vice president for unlimited terms. (However, a person who already served two terms as president cannot become vice president.)
The length of each term is established in Article 2, section 1 of the United States Constitution, and it reads in part: "The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice-President chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows..."
The 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution establishes the President's term limits and it reads in part: "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."
There are no limits on how many terms one can serve as vice-president, except that a vice president must be eligible to become president. Technically, that means that a president who has already served two terms cannot become vice president.
No. There are no restrictions on how many terms a vice-president can serve. The only requirement is that he be eligible to serve as President.
The term is four years and coincides with the president's term.
He is elected to a four year term.
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The Vice-president's term is the same as the President, 4 years.
Abraham Lincoln was the US President for two terms. In his first term, Hannibal Hamlin was his Vice President, and in his second term, Andrew Johnson was his Vice President. President Lincoln was shot 6 weeks into his second term, and Andrew Johnson became President. Thus, Abraham Lincoln did not have a third Vice President.
The Indian vice president is elected for a term of five (5) years.
If the president is not present, dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to fulfill his or her duties, the vice president will generally serve as president. And of course, this might depend what country you live in. But for the most part this is correct.
During Abraham Lincoln's first term as President his Vice-President was Hannibal Hamlin and during his second term his Vice-President was Andrew Johnson.
The Vice President could become Acting President in the event of Presidential disability, and there is no codified term. A new Vice President would not be nominated. Should the Vice President succeed to the Presidency, then he would serve out the remainder of that President's term, and a new Vice President would ordinarily be nominated to fill the Vice President's unexpired term.
Yes, there are no term limits for the vice president.
vice president until presidents term is up.
A Vice president's term is four years for one term. Like the President, They can have up to two terms in office.
John Adams was the first Vice-President to be elected President immediately after his Vice-Presidential Term. He was the second person to serve as President of the United Sates, having been Vice-President during the Administration of George Washington.
For his first term Aaron Burr was vice president to Thomas Jefferson, but for jeffersons second term George Clinton was vice president