List of political term limits

This is a list of term limits for heads of state, heads of government and other notable public office holders by country.

Africa


Country	Head of state/government			Other
Country	Title	# of terms	Term length(years)	Office	Maximum number of terms
Algeria	President	2	5
Angola	President	2	5
Benin	President	2	5
Botswana	President	2	5
Burkina Faso	President	N/A	N/A
Burundi	President	2	7
Cameroon	President	N/A	7
Cape Verde	President	2	5
Central African Republic	President	N/A	7
Chad	President	2	5
Comoros	President	2	5
Côte d’Ivoire	President	2	5
Democratic Republic of the Congo	President	2	5
Republic of the Congo	President	3	5
Djibouti	President	N/A	5
Egypt	President	2	6
Equatorial Guinea	President	2	7
Eritrea	President	2	5
Eswatini	King	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	Unlimited 5-year terms, since 2005 constitutional reform
Ethiopia	President	2	6
Gabon	President	N/A	N/A
Gambia	President	N/A	5
Ghana	President	2	4
Guinea	President	N/A	N/A
Guinea-Bissau	President	2	5
Kenya	President	2	5	Deputy President	Two 5-year terms, since 2010 Constitutional reform
Lesotho	King	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	Unlimited 5-year terms, since 1998 constitutional reform
Liberia	President	2	6
Libya	Chairman of the Presidential Council	N/A	N/A
Madagascar	President	2	5
Malawi	President	2	5
Mali	President	N/A	N/A
Mauritania	President	2	5
Mauritius	President	N/A	5
Morocco	King	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	Unlimited 5-year terms, since 2011 constitutional reform
Mozambique	President	2	5
Namibia	President	2	5
Niger	President	N/A	N/A
Nigeria	President	2	4
Rwanda	President	2	5
São Tomé and Príncipe	President	2	5
Senegal	President	2	5
Seychelles	President	2	5
Sierra Leone	President	2	5
Somalia	President	2	4
South Africa	President	2	5
South Sudan	President	N/A	4
Sudan	President	N/A	N/A
Tanzania	President	2	5
Togo	President	2	5
Tunisia	President	2	5
Uganda	President	N/A	5
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	President	N/A	N/A
Zambia	President	2	5
Zimbabwe	President	2	5

Americas


Country	Head of state/government			Other
Country	Title	Max # of terms	Term length(years)	Office	Maximum number of terms
Antigua and Barbuda	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	Unlimited 5-year terms
Antigua and Barbuda	Governor-General	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	Unlimited 5-year terms
Argentina	President	2	4	Vice President	Two consecutive 4-year terms
		2		Senators	Unlimited 6-year terms
		2		Deputies	Unlimited 4-year terms
Bahamas	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the House of Assembly, which has a term of five years.
Bahamas	Governor-General	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister
Barbados	President	2	4	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the House of Assembly, which has a term of five years.
Belize	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the House of Representatives, which has a term of five years.
Belize	Governor-General	N/A	7	Prime Minister
Bolivia	President	2	5	Vice President	Two 5-year terms
Brazil	President	2	4	Vice President	Two consecutive 4-year terms
Canada	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the House of Commons, which by statute has a term of four years.
Canada	Governor General	1	5	Prime Minister
Chile	President	N/A	4
Colombia	President	1	4	Vice President	One 4-year term
		1		Senators	Unlimited 4-year terms
		1		Representatives	Unlimited 4-year terms
Costa Rica	President	N/A	4
Cuba	First Secretary	2	5	Prime Minister	Two 5-year terms
Cuba	President	2	5	Prime Minister	Two 5-year terms
Dominica	President	2	5
Dominican Republic	President	2	4	Vice President	Two 4-year terms
Ecuador	President	2	4	Vice President	Two 4-year terms
El Salvador	President	2	5	Vice President	Two 5-year terms
Grenada	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the House of Representatives, which has a term of five years.
Grenada	Governor-General	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister
Guatemala	President	1	4	Vice President	One 4-year term
Guyana	President	2	5
Haiti	President	N/A	N/A
Honduras	President	2	4	Vice President	Two 4-year terms
Jamaica	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	Unlimited 5-year terms
Jamaica	Governor-General	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	Unlimited 5-year terms
Mexico	President	1	6	Senators	Two 6-year terms (since 2018)
Nicaragua	President	N/A	5	Vice President	Unlimited 5-year terms
Panama	President	2	5	Vice President	Two non-consecutive 5-year terms
Paraguay	President	1	5	Vice President	One 5-year term
Peru	President	N/A	5	Vice President	Unlimited non-consecutive 5-year terms
Saint Kitts and Nevis	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the National Assembly, which has a term of five years.
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Governor-General	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister
Saint Lucia	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	Unlimited 5-year terms
Saint Lucia	Governor-General	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	Unlimited 5-year terms
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	Unlimited 5-year terms
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Governor-General	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	Unlimited 5-year terms
Suriname	President	N/A	5	Vice President	Unlimited 5-year terms
Trinidad and Tobago	President	2	5	Prime Minister	Unlimited 5-year terms
United States	President	2	4	Vice President	Unlimited 4-year terms
		2		Senators	Unlimited 6-year terms
		2		Representatives	Unlimited 2-year terms
Uruguay	President	N/A	5	Vice President	Unlimited non-consecutive 5-year terms
Venezuela	President	N/A	6	Vice President	No fixed terms

Asia


Country	Head of state			Head of government/other
Country	Title	Max # of terms	Term length(years)	Office	Maximum number of terms
Afghanistan	Supreme Leader	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; appointed by the Supreme Leader.
Armenia	President	1	7	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the National Assembly, which has a term of five years.
Azerbaijan	President	N/A	7
Bahrain	King	N/A	N/A	Crown Prince	No directly set terms; appointed by the King.
Bahrain	King	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; appointed by the King.
Bangladesh	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Bangla President, who has a term of five years, as well as the support of the Bangla Parliament, which has a term of five years.
Bhutan	King	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Bhutanese Parliament, which has an undefined term not exceeding six years.
Brunei	Sultan	N/A	N/A	Crown Prince	No directly set terms; appointed by the Sultan.
Brunei	Sultan	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No direclty set terms; appointed by the Sultan.
Cambodia	King	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No term limits
China	General Secretary	N/A	5	Vice President	Unlimited 5-year terms, since 2018 constitutional reform
China	President	N/A	5	Premier	Two consecutive 5-year terms (two consecutive terms of National People's Congress session)
Cyprus	President	2	5
East Timor	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Timorese Parliament, which has a term of five years.
Georgia	President	2	6	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Georgian Parliament, which has a term of four years.
Hong Kong	Chief Executive	2	5
India	President	N/A	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Indian Parliament, which has a term of five years.
Indonesia	President	2	5	Vice President	Two 5-year terms
Iran	Supreme Leader	N/A	N/A	President	Two consecutive 4-year terms
Iraq	President	2	4	Prime Minister	Unlimited 4-year terms
Israel	President	1	7	Prime Minister	Between 1948 and 1996, and since 2001: No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Knesset, which has an undefined term not exceeding four years.
Israel	President	1	7	Prime Minister	Between 1996 and 2001 (when the Prime Minister was directly elected): Unlimited undefined terms. If a term exceeded seven years, the Prime Minister was not eligible for immediate re-election.
Japan	Emperor	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	Unlimited 4-year terms
		N/A	N/A	Members of the House of Councillors	Unlimited 6-year terms
		N/A	N/A	Members of the House of Representatives	Unlimited 4-year terms
Jordan	King	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Jordanian Parliament, which has a term of four years.
Kazakhstan	President	1	7
Kuwait	Emir	N/A	N/A	Crown Prince	No directly set terms; appointed by the Emir.
Kuwait	Emir	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	Unlimited 4-year terms
Kyrgyzstan	President	2	5
Laos	General Secretary	N/A	5	Prime Minister	Two 5-year terms
Laos	President	2	5	Prime Minister	Two 5-year terms
Lebanon	President	N/A	6	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Lebanese President, who has a term of six years, as well as the support of the Lebanese Parliament, which has an undefined term not exceeding four years.
Macau	Chief Executive	2	5	Members of the Legislative Assembly	Unlimited 4-year terms
Malaysia	King	N/A	5	Prime Minister	Unlimited 5-year terms
Maldives	President	2	5
Mongolia	President	1	6	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the State Great Khural, which has a term of four years.
Myanmar	President	2	5
Nepal	President	2	5
North Korea	General Secretary	N/A	5	Premier	Unlimited 5-year terms
North Korea	President of State Affairs	N/A	5	Premier	Unlimited 5-year terms
Oman	Sultan	N/A	N/A	Crown Prince	No directly set terms; appointed by the Sultan.
Pakistan	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Pakistan Parliament, which has a term of five years.
Philippines	President	1	6	Vice President	Two consecutive 6-year terms
		1		Senators	Two consecutive 6-year terms
		1		Representatives of the House	Three consecutive 3-year terms
		1		All other local government officials	Three consecutive 3-year terms
Qatar	Emir	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; appointed by the Emir.
Russia	President	2	6	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Russian President, who has a term of six years, as well as the support of the State Duma, which has a term of five years.
Saudi Arabia	King	N/A	N/A	Crown Prince	No directly set terms; appointed by the King.
Saudi Arabia	King	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; appointed by the King.
South Korea	President	1	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Korean President, who has a term of five years, as well as the support of the National Assembly of South Korea, which has a term of four years.
Singapore	President	N/A	6	Prime Minister	Unlimited 5-year terms
Sri Lanka	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Sri Lankan President, who has a term of five years, as well as the Sri Lankan Parliament, which has a term of five years.
Republic of China	President	2	4	Vice President	Two consecutive 4-year terms, since 1994
		2		Members of the Legislative Yuan	Unlimited 4-year terms since 2008^[1]
		2		County, city and township councilors, and village chiefs	Unlimited 4-year terms^[2]
		2		County magistrates, and city and township mayors	Two consecutive 4-year terms^[3]
Tajikistan	President	2	7
Thailand	King	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	Two 4-year terms
Turkey	President	2	5	Members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey	Unlimited 5-year terms
Turkmenistan	President	N/A	7
United Arab Emirates	President	N/A	5	Vice President	Unlimited 5-year terms
United Arab Emirates	President	N/A	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; appointed by the President.
Uzbekistan	President	2	7
Vietnam	General Secretary	N/A	5	Vice President	Unlimited 5-year terms (in practice two 5-years terms)
Vietnam	President	N/A	5	Prime Minister	Unlimited 5-year terms (in practice two 5-years terms)
Yemen	Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the House of Representatives, which has a term of six years.

Europe


Country	Head of state			Head of government (if effectively supreme to a separate head of state) and other offices
Country	Title	Max # of terms	Term length(years)	Title	Maximum number of terms
Albania	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Albanian Parliament, which has a term of four years.
Andorra	Co-princes	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	Unlimited 4-year terms
Andorra	Personal Representatives	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	Unlimited 4-year terms
Armenia	President	1	7	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the National Assembly, which has a term of five years.
Austria	President	2	6	Chancellor	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the National Council, which has a term of five years.
Azerbaijan	President	N/A	7
Belarus	President	N/A	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the National Assembly, which has a term of five years.
Belgium	King	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Chamber of Representatives, which has a term of five years.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Presidency members	2	4	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (equivalent of Prime Minister)	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the House of Representatives, which has a term of four years.
Bulgaria	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the National Assembly, which has a term of four years.
Croatia	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Sabor, which has a term of four years.
Cyprus	President	2	5
Czech Republic	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Chamber of Deputies, which has a term of four years.
Denmark	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Folketing, which has a term of four years.
Estonia	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Riigikogu, which has a term of four years.
Finland	President	2	6	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Finnish Parliament, which has a term of four years.
France	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the National Assembly, which has a term of five years.
Georgia	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Georgian Parliament, which has a term of four years.
Germany	President	2	5	Chancellor	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Bundestag, which has a term of four years.
Greece	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Hellenic Parliament, which has a term of four years.
Hungary	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the National Assembly, which has a term of four years.
Iceland	President	N/A	4	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Althing, which has a term of four years.
Ireland	President	2	7	Taoiseach (equivalent of Prime Minister)	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Dáil, which has a term of five years.
Italy	President	N/A	7	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of both Houses of the Parliament, which have a term of five years.
Kazakhstan	President	1	7
Kosovo	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Assembly, which has a term of four years.
Latvia	President	2	4	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Saeima, which has a term of four years.
Liechtenstein	Prince	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Landtag, which has a term of four years.
Lithuania	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Seimas, which has a term of four years.
Luxembourg	Grand Duke / Grand Duchess	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Chamber of Deputies, which has a term of five years.
Malta	President	1	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Maltese Parliament, which has a term of five years.
Moldova	President	2	4	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Moldovan Parliament, which has a term of four years.
Monaco	Prince / Princess	N/A		Minister of State	No directly set terms; appointed by the Prince.
Montenegro	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Montenegrin Parliament, which has a term of four years.
Netherlands	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	Unlimited 4-year terms
North Macedonia	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Assembly of North Macedonia, which has a term of four years.
Norway	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Storting, which has a term of four years.
Poland	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Sejm, which has a term of four years.
Portugal	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Assembly of the Republic, which has a term of less than four years.
Romania	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Chamber of Deputies, as well as the support of the Senate, both of which have a term of less than four years.
Russia	President	2	6	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the President, who has a term of six years, as well as the support of the State Duma, which has a term of five years.
San Marino	Captains Regent	N/A	.5
Serbia	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the National Assembly, which has a term of four years.
Slovakia	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the National Council, which has a term of four years.
Slovenia	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the National Assembly, which has a term of four years.
Spain	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Congress of Deputies, which has a term of four years.
Sweden	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Riksdag, which has a term of four years.
Switzerland	President of the Confederation	N/A	1	Members of the Federal Council	Unlimited 4-year terms
Turkey	President	2	5	Members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey	Unlimited 5-year terms
United Kingdom	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the House of Commons, which has a term of five years.
Ukraine	President	2	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Verkhovna Rada, which has a term of five years.

Oceania


Country	Head of state			Other
Country	Title	Max # of terms	Term length(years)	Office	Maximum # of terms
Australia	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the House of Representatives, which has a term of three years.
Australia	Governor-General	1	5	Prime Minister
Federated States of Micronesia	President	2	4	Vice President	Two 4-year terms
Fiji	President	2	3	Prime Minister	Unlimited 4-year terms
Kiribati	President	3	4	Vice President	Three 4-year terms
Marshall Islands	President	2	4
Nauru	President	2	3
New Zealand	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the House of Representatives, which has a term of three years.
New Zealand	Governor-General	1	5	Prime Minister
Palau	President	2	4	Vice President	Two 4-year terms
Papua New Guinea	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the National Parliament, which has a term of five years.
Papua New Guinea	Governor-General	2	6	Prime Minister
Samoa	Chief of State	2	5	Prime Minister	Unlimited 5-year terms
Solomon Islands	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the National Parliament, which has a term of four years.
Solomon Islands	Governor-General	2	5	Prime Minister
Tonga	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms
Tuvalu	King / Queen	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Tuvaluan Parliament, which has a term of four years.
Tuvalu	Governor-General	N/A	N/A	Prime Minister
Vanuatu	President	1	5	Prime Minister	No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the ni-Vanuatu Parliament, which has a term of four years.