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== References == |
Revision as of 19:40, 24 October 2019
This is a list of formal impeachment attempts or impeachment inquiries of presidents, or holders of other offices equivalent to a head of state.
Successful impeachments
Name | Country | Title | Date | Result |
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Park Geun-hye | South Korea | President | March 10, 2017 | Passed. Second female president to be impeached. Succeeded in office by prime minister Hwang Kyo-ahn as acting president.[1] |
Dilma Rousseff | Brazil | President | August 31, 2016 | Passed. First female president to be impeached. Succeeded in office by vice president Michel Temer.[2] |
Viktor Yanukovych | Ukraine | President | February 21, 2014 | The impeachment procedure stipulated by the Constitution of Ukraine was not followed. Left the country. Succeeded in office by parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchynov as acting president.[3] |
Fernando Lugo | Paraguay | President | June 21, 2012 | Passed. Succeeded in office by vice president Federico Franco.[4] |
Rolandas Paksas | Lithuania | President | April 6, 2004 | Passed. Succeeded in office by parliament speaker Artūras Paulauskas as acting president.[5] |
Abdurrahman Wahid | Indonesia | President | July 23, 2001 | Passed. Succeeded in office by vice president Megawati Sukarnoputri.[6] |
Alberto Fujimori | Peru | President | November 21, 2000 | Passed. Succeeded in office by congress president Valentín Paniagua as constitutional president.[7] |
Joseph Estrada | Philippines | President | November 13, 2000 | Resigned from office. Succeeded in office by vice president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.[8] |
Bill Clinton | United States | President | December 19, 1998 | Impeached, but not removed from office by the United States Senate.[9] |
Boris Yeltsin (2nd time) | Russia | President | September 22, 1993 | Retained post after an armed standoff with the Supreme Council.[10] |
Carlos Andrés Pérez | Venezuela | President | March 20, 1993 | Passed. Succeeded in office by congress president Octavio Lepage as provisional president.[11] |
Fernando Collor de Mello | Brazil | President | September 1, 1992 | Resigned from office. Succeeded in office by vice president Itamar Franco.[12] |
Abolhassan Banisadr | Iran | President | June 21, 1981 | Passed. Succeeded in office by the Provisional Presidential Council.[13] |
Andrew Johnson | United States | President | February 24, 1868 | Impeached, but not removed from office by the United States Senate.[14] |
Resigned during the impeachment attempt
Name | Country | Title | Date | Result |
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Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2nd time) | Peru | President | March 21, 2018 | Resigned before formal vote[15] |
Pervez Musharraf | Pakistan | President | August 18, 2008 | Resigned before formal vote[16] |
Richard Nixon | United States | President | February 6, - August 9, 1974 | Resigned before formal vote[17] |
Failed
Name | Country | Title | Date | Result |
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Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (1st time) | Peru | President | December 21, 2017 | Not passed[15] |
Jacob Zuma | South Africa | President | April 5, 2016 | Not passed[18] |
Václav Klaus | Czech Republic | President | March 5, 2013 | Not passed |
Traian Băsescu (2nd time) | Romania | President | July 29, 2012 | Not passed[19] |
George W. Bush | United States | President | June 11, 2008 | Resolution referred to committee, no further action taken[20] |
Traian Băsescu (1st time) | Romania | President | April 19, 2007 | Not passed[21] |
Roh Moo-hyun | South Korea | President | March 12, 2004 | Not passed[22] |
Boris Yeltsin (3rd time) | Russia | President | May 15, 1999 | Not passed[10] |
Boris Yeltsin (1st time) | Russia | President | March 28, 1993 | Not passed[10] |
James Buchanan | United States | President | March 5, - June 16, 1860 | Committee found that nothing had been done to warrant impeachment[citation needed] |
John Tyler | United States | President | January 10, 1843 | Not passed[23] |
Warren Hastings | British Raj | Governor-General | February 13, 1788 | Not passed[citation needed] |
Ongoing
Name | Country | Title | Date | Status |
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Donald Trump | United States | President | September 24, 2019 | Currently in progress [24] |
References
- ^ Sang-Hun, Choe (2018-04-06). "Park Geun-hye, South Korea's Ousted President, Gets 24 Years in Prison". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Prengaman, Peter; Savarese, Mauricio (2016-08-31). "Brazil's President Rousseff ousted from office by Senate". Associated Press. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Kramer, Andrew E. (2019-01-24). "Ukraine's Ex-President Is Convicted of Treason". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "Paraguay's president Fernando Lugo ousted from office". The Guardian. Associated Press. 2012-06-22. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Myers, Steven Lee (2004-04-07). "Lithuanian Parliament Removes Country's President After Casting Votes on Three Charges". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Mydans, Seth (2001-07-23). "Wahid Removed as Sukarnoputri Becomes Indonesia's President". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Faiola, Anthony (2000-11-22). "Peruvian Lawmakers Kick Fujimori Out of Office". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Fuller, Thomas; Tribune, International Herald (2000-11-14). "The Impeachment of Estrada : Day of Political Tumult in Manila". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Mitchell, Alison (1998-12-20). "Impeachment: The Overview -- Clinton Impeached; He Faces a Senate Trial, 2d in History; Vows to Do Job Till Term's 'Last Hour'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ a b c Sokolov, Mikhail; Kirilenko, Anastasia (2013-10-04). "20 Years Ago, Russia Had Its Biggest Political Crisis Since the Bolshevik Revolution". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Robberson, Tod (1993-05-22). "Venezuelan Senate Impeaches Perez". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Atwood, Roger (1992-09-30). "Brazil's MPs vote to impeach Collor". The Independent. Reuters. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "Iran Parliament Finds Bani-Sadr Unfit for Office". The New York Times. Reuters. 1981-06-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "U.S. Senate: The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (1868) President of the United States". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ a b Collyns, Dan (2018-03-22). "Peru president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns amid corruption scandal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "Pervez Musharraf resigns as president of Pakistan". The Guardian. 18 Aug 2008.
- ^ Kilpatrick, Carroll (1974-08-09). "Nixon Resigns". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Burke, Jason (2018-02-14). "Jacob Zuma resigns as South Africa's president on eve of no-confidence vote". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Bilefsky, Dan (2012-07-30). "Romania's President Survives Referendum". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "Kucinich introduces Bush impeachment resolution". CNN. 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "Romania's Basescu wins referendum: official". Reuters. 2007-05-20. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Brooke, James (2004-05-14). "Constitutional Court Reinstates South Korea's Impeached President". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Shafer, Ronald G. (2019-09-23). "'He lies like a dog': The first effort to impeach a president was led by his own party". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
- ^ Fandos, Nicholas (2019-09-24). "Nancy Pelosi Announces Formal Impeachment Inquiry of Trump". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-08.