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FranThe US Constitution limits a person to 10 years as president. This effectively means that they can have 2 terms in office, which is 8 years. The reason for the extra 2 years is so that anyone who was promoted to president in the middle of a term is not unfairly restricted from running for resident in the future. For example, if the president was to die in office (like JFK did), the vice president takes over, but only for the rest of the 4 year term. When someone becomes president like this, they do not start a new "turn" of 4 years, they only continue the 4 years of the last president. As they have had a limited amount of time in office (as long as its less than 2 years anyway), they can still have the chance to be president for 2 terms of their own.
Various other political leadership jobs have limits like this - usually State Governors.
Term limits are actually not the normal rule with heads of state, so the US is unusual in this respect. Here in the UK, someone is prime minister for as long as they are elected.
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If the president is incapacitated who becomes the president?
The vice president can serve as the president in this case. Amendment 25 specifies procedures to be followed if the president says he is unable to serve and voluntarily yields his power and if he does not think he is incapacitated and how he can get his power back if he recovers his capacities.
How long is a president president for?
They serve in four year terms. Currently, a president can only serve 2 terms.
An argument of president Jefferson against the idea of judicial review was that?
Answer this question… It gave too much power to officials with lifetime terms.
What is the maximum number of terms a president can serve?
A president can serve no more than two full terms.
What is the maximum number of terms for a president?
There is no overall maximum number of terms that someone can be President of the USA, but there is a limit of two consecutive terms. It is possible that someone could serve two terms, sit out a term, then serve two more terms.
