The qualification for presidency is included in the US constitution. The qualifications are specifically stated in Article II, Section 1, Clause 5: Presidential Eligibility.
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Must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, be at least 35 years of age, and have resided in the United States for at least 14 years.
You must be born in the US, be 35 years of age, and have lived in the US for at least 14 years.
Constitutional limits on who may be elected President are in Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 and in Amendment XXII, Section 1.
If someone said the cabinet is elected, it would not be true. The cabinet is appointed by the president, who first nominates them and then has to get the approval of the Senate.
14 years. They have to be born in the USA.
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution limits the number of times a person may be elected President to two, provided that person has not held the office of president or acted as president for more than two years. In the case of someone who has held the office or acted as president for more than two years, that person may be elected only once. Constitutionally, then, a person could actually serve for two and a half four-year terms. You know its also one of the most importint Amendments!!!
They need to have held a government position.
The Twenty-Second Amendment (Section 1), ratified in 1951, limits the US President to two terms of office.Amendment 22, Section 1No 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.