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Two 5-year terms, since 2019 constitutional reform Côte d’Ivoire: President: Two 5-year terms, since 2016 constitutional reform Democratic Republic of the Congo: President: Two 5-year terms, since 2005 constitutional referendum Republic of the Congo: President: Three 5-year terms, since 2015 constitutional referendum Djibouti: President
A term of office, electoral term, or parliamentary term is the length of time a person serves in a particular elected office. In many jurisdictions there is a defined limit on how long terms of office may be before the officeholder must be subject to re-election .
The oldest recorded parliament still in existence is the Althing, the ruling legislative body of Iceland. It was founded in 930 and originally consisted of 39 local chieftains. Abolished in 1800, it was restored by Denmark in 1843. The oldest continuous parliament is the Tynwald of the Isle of Man.
A codified constitution is a constitution that is contained in a single document, which is the single source of constitutional law in a state. An uncodified constitution is one that is not contained in a single document, but consists of several different sources, which may be written or unwritten.
The House of Lords is the only upper house of any bicameral parliament in the world to be larger than its lower house, [22] and is the second-largest legislative chamber in the world, behind the National People's Congress of China. [23] The King's Speech is delivered in the House of Lords chamber during the State Opening of Parliament.
The Indian constitution is the world's longest for a sovereign nation. [4] [5] [6] At its enactment, it had 395 articles in 22 parts and 8 schedules. [a] [18] At about 145,000 words, it is the second-longest active constitution—after the Constitution of Alabama—in the world. [49]
No parliament in practice ever reached this milestone outside of the World Wars, as it was always dissolved before its expiry. [11] The longest Parliament preceding the FTPA, other than during wartime, was the 51st Parliament (1992–1997), which lasted four years, eleven months and two days. [12]
Also called parliamentary monarchy, the monarch's powers are limited by law or by a formal constitution, [42] [43] usually assigning them to those of the head of state. Many modern developed countries, including the United Kingdom , Norway , Netherlands , Australia , Canada , Spain and Japan , are constitutional monarchy systems.