The Americas
| Country | Head of state/government | Other | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Maximum number of terms | Office | Maximum number of terms | |
| Argentina | President | Two consecutive four-year terms | Vice President | Two consecutive four-year terms |
| Bolivia | President | Two five-year terms | Vice President | Two five-year terms |
| Brazil | President | Two four-year terms | Vice President | Two four-year terms |
| Canada | Governor-General | Five-year term, although the length of the term may be extended by the Queen of Canada on the advice of the Prime Minister | ||
| Chile | President | Unlimited non-consecutive four-year terms | ||
| Colombia | President | Two four-year terms | Vice President | Two four-year terms |
| Costa Rica | President | Unlimited non-consecutive four-year terms | ||
| Dominican Republic | President | Two four-year terms | Vice President | Two four-year terms |
| Ecuador | President | Two four-year terms | Vice President | Two four-year terms |
| El Salvador | President | One five-year term | Vice President | One five-year term |
| Guatemala | President | One four-year term | Vice President | Unlimited non-consecutive four-year terms |
| Guyana | President | Two five-year terms | ||
| Haiti | President | Two non-consecutive five-year terms | ||
| Honduras | President | One four-year term | Vice President | One four-year term |
| Mexico | President | One six-year term (sexenio) | ||
| Nicaragua | President | Two five-year terms | Vice President | Two five-year terms |
| Panama | President | Two non-consecutive five-year terms | Vice President | Two non-consecutive five-year terms |
| Paraguay | President | One five-year term | Vice President | One five-year term |
| Peru | President | Unlimited non-consecutive five-year terms | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | President | Two five-year terms | ||
| United States | President | Two four-year terms (except after succeeding to the Presidency and serving for more than two years, in which case only one subsequent four-year term is permitted). | ||
| Vice President | No term limits. Eligibility of former presidents is unclear (see article on Twenty-Second Amendment). | |||
| Senators and Representatives | No term limits | |||
| Uruguay | President | Unlimited non-consecutive five-year terms | Vice President | Unlimited non-consecutive five-year terms |
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Famous quotes containing the word americas:
“The only history is a mere question of one’s struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)