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A president can be elected for two terms of four years. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president of the United States for twelve years, because the country didn't want to elect a new president during the war and the Great Depression of 1929.

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A US president can be elected a maximun of two terms, with the exception of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was elected four times.

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A person be elected two times as president.

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Total number of years a president may be elected?

The US president can be elected for two terms which would be 8 years total.


Can president run for office again why?

The US Constitution sets limits on the number of terms that one may be elected President- to two terms. So yes, the President may run for re-election, and be re-elected- one time.


What is the maximum number of years a president may be elected?

Eight, in two four year terms of office.


What is the two term limit?

A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms an officeholder may serve in a particular elected office.


Nobody may be elected president more than?

In the United States, a president may be elected to serve no more than two terms.


How many ties may a president be elected?

A President can be elected to two terms. It does not matter if the terms are directly sequential (back to back) or not. And it's probably good for the president to wear a tie too!


What is the Maximum number of terms for which a person can be elected president?

In 1951, the Twenty-second Amendment was ratified which limited presidents to two terms. Since each term is four years, no president may be elected to serve more than 8 years.


The maximum number of terms a president may serve is?

the maximum number of terms the president may serve is 2


If a newly elected president dies in office and the vice president assumes the office of president could they then run for president and be elected for 2 full terms?

No, They can not run for two full terms. However,they may run for one more term in office as President of the United States.


What is the mazimum number of year a president of the US may serve?

It is theoretically possible to serve 10 years by being a VP who took over for the president and then being elected for two more terms.


How man terms may a president be elected to present?

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How many terms can a president serve-?

This depends on the country/organization. See related questions.United States:A US President may be elected to only two 4-year terms of office, under the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution. He may also serve up to 2 years of the term of the preceding President, through succession, for a total of ten years in office, However, if he serves more than 2 years of a preceding President's term, he can only be elected to one more full term. (The unlikely possibility that a Vice President could succeed to terms of more than one President is not addressed.)Bolivia:A president may only be elected for a single non-renewable 5 year term.Ecuador:As of the 2008 Constitutional Change, A president may be elected to at most two - 4 year terms.2 terms for a total of 8 years ( each term is 4 years).