Method of Removal
The standard form of security of tenure offered to officeholders is usually that they can only be removed from office by either of two methods:
- removal from office following impeachment (a formal charge equivalent to a criminal law indictment) by parliament, using weighted majorities (usually a two-thirds majority);
- removal by courts for incapacity (mental, physical or psychological problems make them no longer for the foreseeable future be able to function in office).
Most presidents of states worldwide and most monarchs have security of tenure. Governors-General do not and can be dismissed by their head of state when formally advised to do so either by the prime minister or by the cabinet.
In the United States, while two presidents were impeached in the over two centuries existence of the presidency, (Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton), no president has been removed from office to date.
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