In the United States, the legal limit is technically 10 years, not 8 as often but erroneously supposed. A President may serve as many as (but not more than) two years of a previous President's term and subsequently be elected to two full terms of his own. These restrictions are imposed by Section 1 of the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Other applicable areas of law concerning presidential succession are set forth in Article I, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution, and by the 25th Amendment (see Related links, below, for more information).
The law is virtually silent on the improbable, but possible, event that a person who has previously served for the maximum ten years in the circumstances described above is subsequently elected, or becomes after appointment by the President, Vice President - and becomes thereafter President upon the death, incapacitation, or resignation of the elected or serving President; in such a sequence of events, a person could presumably serve as many as 14 years - or even more, in the even-more unlikely event that the scenario described should occur more than once.
Of the "recent" Vice Presidents who assumed the Presidency after the death or resignation of their predecessors, President Lyndon B. Johnson ("LBJ") was allowed by law to be elected to 2 terms on his own (although he declined to run a second time after being elected in 1964), while President Gerald R. Ford could only be elected to one more term, as LBJ had served less than 2 years of President John F. Kennedy ("JFK")'s term after JFK was assassinated, while Ford had served more than 2 years of President Richard M. Nixon's second term after Nixon's resignation.
The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides:
"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."
Thus, in the U.S., no one can serve more than 10 years, up to 2 years after replacing a President in mid-term and then 8 years more if elected to two terms thereafter.
In the United States, the legal limit is technically 10 years, not 8 as often but erroneously supposed. A President may serve as many as (but not more than) two years of a previous President's term and subsequently be elected to two full terms of his own. These restrictions are imposed by Section 1 of the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Other applicable areas of law concerning presidential succession are set forth in Article I, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution, and by the 25th Amendment (see Related links, below, for more information). The law is virtually silent on the improbable, but possible, event that a person who has previously served for the maximum ten years in the circumstances described above is subsequently elected, or becomes after appointment by the President, Vice President - and becomes thereafter President upon the death, incapacitation, or resignation of the elected or serving President; in such a sequence of events, a person could presumably serve as many as 14 years - or even more, in the even-more unlikely event that the scenario described should occur more than once.
the maximum number of terms the president may serve is 2
Probably Eleanor Roosevelt. Her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only president to serve four terms. And while he died in the midst of his fourth, Eleanor was first lady throughout his first three terms (12 years) and several years into his fourth. It should be noted that no first lady will ever serve for that long again. In 1951, the constitution was amended so that presidents may not serve more than two terms.
US: The legal limit is 10 years, not 8 as often but erroneously supposed. A President may serve as many as (but not more than) two years of a previous President's term and get elected to 2 full terms of his own. These restrictions are imposed by Section 1 of the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Other applicable areas of law concerning presidential succession are set forth in Article I, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution, and by the 25th Amendment. Of the "recent" Vice Presidents who assumed the Presidency after the death or resignation of their predecessors, LBJ was allowed by law to be elected to 2 terms on his own (although he declined to run a second time after being elected in 1964), while Ford could only get elected to 1 more term on his own, as LBJ had served less than 2 years of JFK's term, while Ford had served more than 2 years of Nixon's second term.
The only month of the year in which no U.S. President to date has died is May.
U.S. Constitution - Amendment 22 Amendment 22 - Presidential term limits 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. 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. The President is elected for a four-year term.
A US president may serve up to two terms of four years each, for a total maximum of 8 years in office.
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Eight or two four year terms.
February 18, 1861 to May 10, 1865
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.
The president of the US isn't appointed ... rather, elected. A maximum of two terms (8 years) is all they can serve in that office.
if a US President is elected for 2 terms he will serve 8 years unless he resigns, dies, or becomes unable to perform his duties. A vice-president (or other official) who succeeds an elected president may serve for up to 2 years without forfeiting eligibility to two elected terms. So a President can serve a maximum of 10 years under the law set forth in the 22nd Amendment.
Type your answer here... he will first have to be elected when the next election comes up, then if he is elected he can serve 4 years and run for one more term if he is re-elected.
2 terms of four years and the 22nd amendment
President can only serve two terms of 4 years ea. But may be reelcted after another sitting president serves a term of 4.
every US president is limited to 2 terms, regardless of whether they served them consecutively or fragmented. There has yet to be a president to serve once, wait a term, and serve again. Fun Fact: although presidents may only serve for 3 terms, an individual may serve for 10 years as president. A vice president may serve for 2 years, in the absence of a president, and the term would not count towards his total term.
The term of a President of the US is 4 years.He may serve a total of 8 years or 2 terms, if reelected.