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|Technically not impeached. Impeachment was passed in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] but not sent to the [[United States Senate]], and the United States Constitution outlines impeachment as a full process including sending articles of impeachment to the senate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bloomberg - Are you a robot? |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-12-19/trump-impeachment-delay-could-be-serious-problem-for-democrats |website=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fandos |first1=Nicholas |last2=Shear |first2=Michael |title=Trump Impeached for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/18/us/politics/trump-impeached.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=19 December 2019}}</ref> |
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This is a list of formal impeachments, impeachment attempts or impeachment inquiries of presidents, or holders of other offices equivalent to a head of state.
Successful impeachments
Name | Country | Title | Date | Crime(s) | Result |
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Donald Trump | ![]() |
President | December 18, 2019 | Abuse of power, obstruction of Congress | |
Park Geun-hye | ![]() |
President | March 10, 2017 | Abuse of power | Passed. Second female president to be impeached. Succeeded in office by prime minister Hwang Kyo-ahn as acting president.[1] |
Dilma Rousseff | ![]() |
President | August 31, 2016 | Responsibility crimes | Passed. First female president to be impeached. Succeeded in office by vice president Michel Temer.[2] |
Viktor Yanukovych | ![]() |
President | February 21, 2014 | High treason due to several pro-Russia policies | The impeachment procedure stipulated by the Constitution of Ukraine was not followed. Fled the country. Succeeded in office by parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchynov as acting president.[3] |
Fernando Lugo | ![]() |
President | June 21, 2012 | Nepotism, insecurity, improper land purchase | Passed. Succeeded in office by vice president Federico Franco.[4] |
Rolandas Paksas | ![]() |
President | April 6, 2004 | Interfering in a privatization transaction, leaking classified information | Passed. Succeeded in office by parliament speaker Artūras Paulauskas as acting president.[5] |
Abdurrahman Wahid | ![]() |
President | July 23, 2001 | Threatening to dissolve Parliament | Passed. Succeeded in office by vice president Megawati Sukarnoputri.[6] |
Alberto Fujimori | ![]() |
President | November 21, 2000 | Murder, bodily harm, two counts of kidnapping | Passed. Succeeded in office by Congress President Valentín Paniagua as constitutional president.[7] |
Joseph Estrada | ![]() |
President | November 13, 2000 | Corruption | Impeached by the Philippine House of Representatives, went to impeachment trial at the Senate, Ousted by protests. Succeeded in office by vice president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.[8] |
Bill Clinton | ![]() |
President | December 19, 1998 | Perjury, obstruction of justice | Impeached, but not removed from office by the United States Senate.[9] |
Boris Yeltsin (2nd time) | ![]() |
President | September 22, 1993 | Violation of the Constitution | Retained post after an armed standoff with the Supreme Council.[10] |
Carlos Andrés Pérez | ![]() |
President | March 20, 1993 | Embezzlement | Passed. Succeeded in office by congress president Octavio Lepage as provisional president.[11] |
Fernando Collor de Mello | ![]() |
President | September 1, 1992 | Influence peddling | Resigned from office. Succeeded in office by vice president Itamar Franco.[12] |
Abolhassan Banisadr | ![]() |
President | June 21, 1981 | Working against clerics | Passed. Succeeded in office by the Provisional Presidential Council.[13] |
Sukarno | ![]() |
President | March 12, 1967 | Allegation of masterminding the 30 September Movement coup against himself | Passed. Succeeded in office by chairman of cabinet presidium General Suharto as acting president and later full president.[14] |
Andrew Johnson | ![]() |
President | February 24, 1868 | Violating the Tenure of Office Act | Impeached, but not removed from office by the United States Senate.[15] |
Resigned during the impeachment attempt
Name | Country | Title | Date | Result |
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Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2nd time) | ![]() |
President | March 21, 2018 | Resigned before formal vote[16] |
Pervez Musharraf | ![]() |
President | August 18, 2008 | Resigned before formal vote,[17] convicted in absentia in 2019 and sentenced to death[citation needed] |
Richard Nixon | ![]() |
President | August 9, 1974 | Resigned before formal vote[18] |
Failed
Name | Country | Title | Date | Result |
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Sebastián Piñera | ![]() |
President | December 12, 2019 | Not passed[19] |
Miloš Zeman | ![]() |
President | September 26, 2019 | Not passed[20] |
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (1st time) | ![]() |
President | December 21, 2017 | Not passed[16] |
Jacob Zuma | ![]() |
President | April 5, 2016 | Not passed[21] |
Václav Klaus | ![]() |
President | March 5, 2013 | Not passed |
Traian Băsescu (2nd time) | ![]() |
President | July 29, 2012 | Not passed[22] |
George W. Bush | ![]() |
President | June 11, 2008 | Resolution referred to committee, no further action taken[23] |
Traian Băsescu (1st time) | ![]() |
President | April 19, 2007 | Not passed[24] |
Roh Moo-hyun | ![]() |
President | March 12, 2004 | Not passed[25] |
Boris Yeltsin (3rd time) | ![]() |
President | May 15, 1999 | Not passed[10] |
Boris Yeltsin (1st time) | ![]() |
President | March 28, 1993 | Not passed[10] |
James Buchanan | ![]() |
President | June 16, 1860 | Committee found that nothing had been done to warrant impeachment[citation needed] |
John Tyler | ![]() |
President | January 10, 1843 | Not passed[26] |
Warren Hastings | ![]() |
Governor-General | February 13, 1788 | Not passed[citation needed] |
Ongoing
Name | Country | Title | Date | Status |
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Ilir Meta | ![]() |
President | June 11, 2019 | Impeachment inquiry in progress[27] |
References
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- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2019-08-03. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "Paraguay's president Fernando Lugo ousted from office". The Guardian. Associated Press. 2012-06-22. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2019-09-18. 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. Archived from the original on 2019-06-29. 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. Archived from the original on 2019-09-06. 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. Archived from the original on 2019-10-04. 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. Archived from the original on 2019-10-13. 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. Archived from the original on 2019-09-07. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "Iran Parliament Finds Bani-Sadr Unfit for Office". The New York Times. Reuters. 1981-06-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ McDonald, Hamish (1980). Suharto's Indonesia. Fontana Books. p. 60. ISBN 0-00-635721-0.
- ^ "U.S. Senate: The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (1868) President of the United States". www.senate.gov. Archived from the original on 2019-10-04. 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. Archived from the original on 2019-04-20. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "Pervez Musharraf resigns as president of Pakistan". The Guardian. 18 Aug 2008. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ Kilpatrick, Carroll (1974-08-09). "Nixon Resigns". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2019-08-05. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "Chile's Congress rejects move to impeach President Pinera over rights abuses". reuters.com. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Ústavní žaloba proti Zemanovi neprošla. Odmítly ji ANO, ČSSD, KSČM i SPD". iDNES.cz. 26 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ Burke, Jason (2018-02-14). "Jacob Zuma resigns as South Africa's president on eve of no-confidence vote". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2019-09-02. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Bilefsky, Dan (2012-07-30). "Romania's President Survives Referendum". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2019-10-02. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "Kucinich introduces Bush impeachment resolution". CNN. 2008-06-11. Archived from the original on 2018-10-31. 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. Archived from the original on 2019-08-05. 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. Archived from the original on 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
- ^ Semini, Llazar (2019-06-17). "Albania's parliament starts procedure to oust president". Associated Press. Retrieved 2019-11-23.