Back Amtszeitbegrenzung German Term limit English Límite de mandatos Spanish محدودیت دوره FA Limite du nombre de mandats French הגבלת כהונה HE अवधि सीमा HI Tímatakmörk á embættissetu IS 多選 Japanese Ограничение срока правления Russian
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only US president to be elected four times. In 1951 the 22nd Amendment limited the US presidency to two terms
A term limit is a law that limits the number of terms an officeholder may serve in a particular elected office.[1] When term limits are found in presidential systems, they act as a method to reduce the potential for monopoly. This is when a leader effectively becomes a "president for life". Term limits are intended to protect a democracy from becoming a de facto dictatorship.[2] Sometimes, there is an absolute limit on the number of terms an officeholder can serve. In other cases, the restrictions are merely on the number of consecutive (one directly following the other) terms.
- ↑ "term limit". Dictionary.com, LLC. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ↑ Alexander Baturo (2014). "Democracy, Dictatorship, and Term Limits". Project MUSE. Retrieved 8 June 2016.