Thursday, August 12, 2010

Term Limits for Prime Minister and President of India

Term Limits for Prime Minister and President of India


* Proposed Constitutional Amendment.
*Prime Minister elect and President elect shall serve no more than one term or 5 years as Prime Minister and President.
*They shall not take the oath of office for the second time for either of these offices.
Check out How different Countries have Term Limits.
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Afghanistan

President - Two five-year terms

Armenia

President - Two five-year terms

Bangladesh

President - Two five-year terms

People's Republic of China

President and Vice President - 2 terms of National People's Congress session (10 years)

Hong Kong

Chief Executive - Two consecutive five-year terms

Georgia

President - Two five-year terms

India

Prime Minister of India - No term limits


Indonesia

President and Vice President - Two five-year terms

Iran

President - Two consecutive and one non-consecutive five-year terms

Israel

President - One seven-year term

Kazakhstan

President - No term limits; a constitutional amendment passed in 2007 will establish a two five-year term limit after the incumbent president dies or leaves office

Lebanon

President - Unlimited non-consecutive six-year terms

Macau

Chief Executive - Two consecutive five-year terms

Philippines

President and Vice President - One six-year term
Senators - Two six-year terms
Representatives - Three three-year terms
All other local government officials (governors to vice-mayors) - Three three-year terms
Barangay Captain - Three five-year terms
Barangay Kagawad - Three five-year terms



South Korea

President - One five-year term

Sri Lanka

President - Two consecutive six-year terms

Taiwan (Republic of China)

President and Vice President - Two four-year terms

Tajikistan

President - One seven year term

Timor-Leste

President - Two five-year terms

Uzbekistan

President - Two seven-year terms

Yemen

President - No term limits

Europe

Albania

President - Two five-year terms

Austria

President - Two six-year terms
Chancellor - No term limits

Belarus

President - No term limits

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Presidency members - Two consecutive four-year terms

Bulgaria

President - Two five-year terms

Croatia

President - Two five-year terms

Cyprus

President - Two five-year terms

Czech Republic

President - Two consecutive five-year terms

Estonia

President - Two consecutive five-year terms

European Union

President of the European Commission - Renewable five year term
President of the European Council - two-and-a-half years, renewable once.
MEPs - Renewable five year term
President of the European Central Bank - Eight years, unrenewable.

Finland

President - Two consecutive six-year terms

France

President - Two five-year terms [2]

Germany

President - Two five-year terms
Chancellor - no term limits

Greece

President - Two five-year terms

Hungary

President - Two five-year terms

Iceland

President - No term limits

Ireland

President - Two seven-year terms

Italy

President - No term limits

Latvia

President - Two five-year terms

Lithuania

President - Two five-year terms

Macedonia

President - Two five-year terms

Malta

President - Two five-year terms

Moldova

President - Two four-year terms

Montenegro

President - Two five-year terms

Poland

President - Two five-year terms

Portugal

President - Two consecutive five-year terms
Presidents of local authorities (concelho and freguesia) - Three consecutive four-year terms

Romania
President - Two five-year terms

Russia

President - Two consecutive four-year terms; in 2008, the constitution was amended to allow presidents to serve two consecutive six-year terms, to be effective from 2012 [3]

San Marino

Captains-Regent - Unlimited non-consecutive six-month terms

Serbia

President - Two five-year terms

Slovakia

President - Two five-year terms

Slovenia

President - Two consecutive five-year terms

Switzerland

President of the Confederation - Unlimited non-consecutive one-year terms
Federal Councilors - No term limits

United Kingdom

Lord Speaker Elected by five year terms. Can only be re-elected once [4] This is currently the only term limited office in the United Kingdom.

Ukraine

President - Two five-year terms

Oceania

Australia
Governor-General - No term limits, but traditionally serve for one five year term or at the 'pleasure' of the Queen of Australia.
Prime Minister - No term limits

Federated States of Micronesia

President - Two four-year terms

Fiji

President - Two five-year terms

Kiribati

President - Three four-year terms

Marshall Islands

President - Two four-year terms

Nauru

President of Nauru - Two three-year terms

Palau
President - Two four-year terms

Samoa

Chief of State - Two five-year terms

Vanuatu

President - One five-year term

The Americas

Argentina

President and Vice President - Two four-year terms

Bolivia

President and Vice President - Two five-year terms

Brazil

President and Vice President - Two four-year terms

Canada

Governor General - Five-year term, although the length of the term may be extended by the Queen of Canada on the advice of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister - No term limits

Chile

President - Unlimited non-consecutive four-year terms

Colombia

President and Vice President - Two four-year terms

Costa Rica

President - One four-year term. No limit on total number of terms.

Cuba

President - No term limits

Dominica

President - Two five-year terms

Dominican Republic

President - Two four-year terms

Ecuador

President and Vice President - Two non-consecutive four-year terms

El Salvador
President - One five-year term

Guatemala

President and Vice President - Two non-consecutive four-year terms

Guyana

President - Two five-year terms

Haiti
President - Two non-consecutive five-year terms

Honduras

President - One four-year term

Mexico

President - One six-year term (sexenio)

Nicaragua

President and Vice President - Two non-consecutive five-year terms

Paraguay

President and Vice President - One five-year term

Panama

President - Two non-consecutive five-year terms

Peru

President - Unlimited non-consecutive five-year terms
Congress members - No term limits

Suriname

President - No term limits

United States

Main article: Term limits in the United States

President - May be elected to at most two four-year terms, except that a President who serves more than two years of an unexpired term to which he succeeded may only be elected in his own right to a single four-year term (theoretically, one may succeed to the Presidency an unlimited number of times)
Vice President - No term limits- but no person ineligible to be President on the basis of term limits is eligible to be Vice-President.
Senators and Representatives - No term limits

Uruguay

President and Vice President - Unlimited non-consecutive five-year terms

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