* 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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