Septennate (France)
Septennat (from Latin septem = "seven" and annus = "year") referred to the seven-year term of office of the French President in the Third Republic , the Fourth Republic and (until 2002 ) in the Fifth Republic .
In October 2000, the constitutional amendment reduced the term of office to five years on the basis of the referendum on September 24, 2000. Since then, the term of office has been called " Quinquennat " (from French cinq or Latin quinque five).
Article 6 of the Constitutional Law No. 2008-724 of July 23, 2008 inserted the following paragraph after Article 6, Paragraph 1: Nul ne peut exercer plus de deux mandats consécutifs . (Nobody can hold more than two mandates in a row)
Article 29 of the French Constitution of 1946 read Le président de la République est élu par le Parlement. Il est élu pour sept ans. Il n'est réeligible qu'une fois. (The President of the Republic is elected by Parliament. He is elected for seven years. He can only be re-elected once.)
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- Constitution du 4 octobre 1958 (Article 6)
Footnotes
- ↑ Loi relative à l'organization des pouvoirs publics du 25 février 1875, Article 2 (repealed by Acte constitutionnelle N ° 1 of July 10, 1940 (French)).
- ↑ Article 6, paragraph 1 was amended by constitutional law No. 2000-964 of October 2, 2000
- ↑ Title V