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45-551: An ordinary congress meets every year, an extraordinary congress may be convened by the FIFA Council (formerly Executive Committee) at any time with the support of one fifth of the members of FIFA. Each of the 211 members of FIFA has one vote in the congress. The members of FIFA can propose candidates for the World Cup Host and Presidency of FIFA . The FIFA Presidential Election, FIFA World Cup Host country election takes place at

90-594: A by-election mid-way through a Parliament, regardless of how long they have occupied the seat, is not exempt from facing re-election at the next general election. The Septennial Act 1715 provided that a Parliament expired seven years after it had been summoned; this maximum period was reduced to five years by the Parliament Act 1911 . Prior to the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 parliaments had no minimum duration. Parliaments could be dissolved early by

135-400: A Blatter regime. Four days later, Blatter abruptly announced he would be stepping down, and Gill said he would "reconsider" his decision to quit in light of the development. Gill had not yet formally resigned. Term of office 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

180-1025: A few years. In the United States , the president of the United States is elected indirectly through the United States Electoral College to a four-year term, with a term limit of two terms (totaling eight years) or a maximum of ten years if the president acted as president for two years or less in a term where another was elected as president, imposed by the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution , ratified in 1951. The Vice President also serves four-year terms but without any term limit. U.S. Representatives serve two-year terms. U.S. Senators serve six-year terms. Federal judges have different terms in office. Article I judges ; such as those that sit on

225-581: A four-year term. As a former British territory following the Westminster System , there are many similarities with the United Kingdom, although with some variations based on local customs, the federal system of government and the absentee monarch. Being a Commonwealth realm , Canada shares a monarch with the United Kingdom and 14 other countries, who serves as head of state of all 15 realms until his or her death or abdication. The governor general

270-569: A maximum of 5 years from the most recent election before expiring, although all Parliaments to date have been dissolved before they could expire. Bill C-16, introduced in the 39th Parliament , provided for fixed election dates every 4 years on the third Monday in October, beginning in 2009. However, the Prime Minister may still advise the Governor General to dissolve Parliament at any time. As in

315-505: A prime minister whose incumbency spans multiple Parliaments only serves one, unbroken, term of office, some writers may refer to the different Parliaments as separate terms. Hereditary peers and life peers retain membership of the House of Lords for life, though members can resign or be expelled. Lords Spiritual hold membership of the House of Lords until the end of their time as bishops, though

360-491: A senior bishop may be made a life peer upon the end of their bishopric (e.g. George Carey , made Baron Carey of Clifton the day after he ceased being Archbishop of Canterbury ). The devolved administrations in Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland are variations on the system of government used at Westminster . The office of the leader of the devolved administrations has no numeric term limit imposed upon it. However, in

405-484: A single term. The term of a government generally ends when it is defeated on a confidence matter or the governing party fails to gain enough seats in a general election. Senators are appointed to the Canadian Senate to represent a province, territory, or group of provinces, by the Governor General of Canada on the advice of the Prime Minister, and serve until the mandatory retirement age of 75. Senators appointed before

450-688: A vote for England, and that is not possible [...] But with the English bid I said: Let us be brief. If you give back the Falkland Islands, which belong to us, you will get my vote. They then became sad and left." On 27 May 2015, fourteen top football officials – including executive committee members – were arrested in Switzerland on corruption charges. Executives Webb, Warner, and Figueredo as well as Eduardo Li, Julio Rocha, Costas Takkas, Rafael Esquivel, José Maria Marin, and Nicolás Leoz all faced extradition to

495-618: A year, with the mandate for each member lasting four years, and its role includes determining the dates, locations and format of tournaments, appointing FIFA delegates to the IFAB and electing and dismissing the General Secretary on the proposal of the FIFA President. Between 1947 and 2013, officially one of the vice-presidents had to be from one of the British associations. This guaranteed position

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540-567: Is a defined limit on how long terms of office may be before the officeholder must be subject to re-election . Some jurisdictions exercise term limits , setting a maximum number of terms an individual may hold in a particular office. Being the origin of the Westminster system , aspects of the United Kingdom 's system of government are replicated in many other countries. The monarch serves as head of state until their death or abdication . In

585-536: Is appointed by the monarch as his/her personal representative on the advice of the prime minister , and serves for an indefinite term , though the normal convention is 5 years. Similarly, the lieutenant governors , who represent the monarch at the provincial level, are appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister (usually also with consultation of the relevant provincial premier ), and generally also serve 5 year terms by convention. The territories have commissioners , who are not representatives of

630-470: Is how the Netherlands ended up with consequent cabinets by: 4x Willem Drees (Drees-Van Schaik I '48, Drees I '51, Drees II '52 - Drees III '56) 3x Dries van Agt (Van Agt I '77, Van Agt II '81, Van Agt III '82) 4x Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I '02, Balkenende II '03, Balkenende III '06, Balkenende IV '07) 4x Mark Rutte (Rutte I '10, Rutte II '12, Rutte III '17, Rutte IV '22). Between 1982 and 2018,

675-561: Is the main decision-making body of the organization in the intervals of FIFA Congress . Its members are elected by the FIFA Congress. The council is a non-executive, supervisory and strategic body that sets the vision for FIFA and global football. Following the 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress , FIFA announced that a new set of statutes would come into force. These changes have seen the FIFA Executive Committee changed, to become

720-783: The Financial Times , Xi expressed his views of constitutional amendment at meetings with Chinese officials and foreign dignitaries. Xi explained the decision in terms of needing to align two more powerful posts— General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC)—which have no term limits. However, Xi did not say whether he intended to serve as party general secretary, CMC chairman and state president, for three or more terms. Numbers in years unless stated otherwise. Some countries where fixed-term elections are uncommon,

765-569: The 2016 Extraordinary Congress , FIFA President Sepp Blatter would have remained in his position until his successor is elected. However, due to the fact he was suspended, the Acting FIFA President, Issa Hayatou was in charge of FIFA. FIFA Council The FIFA Council (formerly the FIFA Executive Committee ) is an institution of FIFA (the governing body of association football , futsal and beach football ). It

810-559: The Constitution of China stipulated that the president , vice president , premier , vice premiers could not serve more than two consecutive terms. In March 2018, China 's party-controlled National People's Congress passed a set of constitutional amendments including removal of term limits for the president and vice president , as well as enhancing the central role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). On 17 March 2018,

855-549: The United Kingdom Members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons are elected for the duration of the parliament. Following dissolution of the Parliament, a general election is held which consists of simultaneous elections for all seats. For most MPs this means that their terms of office are identical to the duration of the Parliament. An individual's term may be cut short by death or resignation . An MP elected in

900-664: The United States bankruptcy courts , United States Tax Court , and United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces , and certain other federal courts and other forms of adjudicative bodies serve limited terms: The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for 15 years, bankruptcy courts for 14. However, the majority of the federal judiciary, Article III judges (such as those of the Supreme Court , courts of appeal , and federal district courts ), serve for life. The terms of office for officials in state governments varies according to

945-768: The 1st, 3rd, 12th, 29th, 30th, 39th, 51st , 53rd , 61st , 65th , 69th and 73rd congresses. The 1961 FIFA Extraordinary Congress in London elected Stanley Rous as President. The 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress in Zürich elected Gianni Infantino as the new president on 26 February 2016. Only five elections have had two or more candidates: the 39th (1974), 51st (1998), 53rd (2002), 65th (2015), and 2016 Extraordinary Congress . A total of eight extraordinary congresses have taken place: 1908 ( Brussels ), 1953 ( Paris ), 1961 ( London ), 1999 ( Los Angeles ), 2001 ( Buenos Aires ), 2002 ( Seoul ), 2003 ( Doha ), and 2016 ( Zürich ). In

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990-492: The Chinese legislature reappointed Xi as president, now without term limits; Wang Qishan was appointed vice president. The following day, Li Keqiang was reappointed premier and longtime allies of Xi, Xu Qiliang and Zhang Youxia , were voted in as vice-chairmen of the state military commission . Foreign minister Wang Yi was promoted to state councillor and General Wei Fenghe was named defence minister . According to

1035-535: The Congress. In addition to that, in 2013 two more women were co-opted into the executive committee for a period of one year by the Congress, and again in 2014. The term of office is four years. After those four years, the members as well as the vice-presidents can be re-appointed by their confederations and associations and re-installed by the Congress for another four-year period. Also the President can be re-elected by

1080-468: The Execute Committee. Should the President be temporarily or permanently impeded to fulfill his role, the most senior vice-president takes over his responsibilities until a new president can be elected by the Congress. All candidates for the executive committee should not be delegates for their associations. All members must pass an integrity check before they can be elected. The integrity checks for

1125-523: The FIFA Council came into force on 30 September 2016. There is a total of 37 new members on the council. It came into force before the 2016 Ordinary FIFA congress. The new council will be made up of the following individuals: The executive committee consisted of a president, elected by the Congress in the year following a FIFA World Cup , eight vice-presidents and 15 members, appointed by the confederations and associations, and one female member elected by

1170-543: The FIFA Council, with a new structure, and more power. It is led by the President of FIFA . It has also been announced that the Secretary General will now report to the council, and will work with a Chief Compliance Officer, who monitors the organisation in their work. All existing members of the committee remained in role until their respective positions faced re-election at their respective confederations. The new members of

1215-509: The June 2011 presidential election and FIFA later suspended both he and Jack Warner. Sepp Blatter stood unopposed and won the election with 186 out of 203 votes. On 31 May 2011, in an interview with German press, when asked about who he voted for to receive the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting rights FIFA senior vice-president Julio Grondona said, "Yes, I voted for Qatar, because a vote for the US would be like

1260-411: The United Kingdom, the cabinet and head of government are indirectly elected based on the composition of the House of Commons, they are not technically affected by the terms of legislators or Parliaments. In practice however, the terms of government office holders are affected by changes in the House of Commons, and those who serve for multiple consecutive Parliaments are generally considered to have served

1305-440: The United States for violation of federal law. Following the 2015 FIFA corruption case , newly elected British FIFA Vice-President and Executive Committee board member David Gill threatened to resign his role if Sepp Blatter was re-elected as FIFA President for a fifth term in protest at his leadership. Blatter was re-elected, and Gill immediately rejected the position in protest, stating he would not serve in any capacity under

1350-534: The act was repealed in 2022 and replaced with the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 , which restored the pre-2011 constitutional situation. Because the government and prime minister are effectively indirectly elected through the Commons, the terms of Parliaments and MPs do not directly apply to offices of government, though in practice these are affected by changes in Parliament. While, strictly speaking,

1395-552: The case of the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government there are fixed terms for which the legislatures can sit. This is imposed at five years. Elections may be held before this time but only if no administration can be formed, which has not happened yet. Offices of local government other regional elected officials follow similar rules to the national offices discussed above, with persons elected to fixed terms of

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1440-591: The congress in the year following the FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup Host country election takes place at the congress in the year following the FIFA Women's World Cup . The FIFA Congress has been held annually since 1998. It was previously held every two years. Congresses were not held between 1915 and 1922 and 1939 to 1945, due to the First and Second World Wars . FIFA Presidential Elections have taken place at

1485-462: The congress. Each member has one vote in the committee, including the President, who has, however, a casting vote if the original vote is a draw. All members of the executive committee, after having been chosen by the Congress, can only be removed from their position, if either the Congress or the confederation to which the member belongs, decides that a change of personnel is necessary. For each country's football association only one member can serve on

1530-428: The legislature is almost always dissolved earlier than its expiry date. " Until removed from office " refers to offices that do not have fixed terms; in these cases, the officeholder(s) may serve indefinitely until death, abdication, resignation, retirement, or forcible removal from office (such as impeachment ). In most cases where the head of government is a different person from the head of state, its term of office

1575-476: The legislature is dissolved or be elected in by-elections between general elections. The legislatures of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut operate using a consensus model, but are similar otherwise. The premiers and their cabinets are selected in the same way as in the House of Commons, and like at the federal level, the term of a provincial government can be ended by defeat in a general election or

1620-468: The loss of the legislature's confidence. All provincial legislatures have fixed-term election legislation in place, as does the legislature of the Northwest Territories. Premiers may also advise Lieutenant Governors to dissolve legislatures at any time before the prescribed election date. In the Netherlands the position of Minister-President (Prime Minister) is limited to four years (counted from

1665-412: The moment the government is officially formed) although it can be repeated indefinitely after subsequent elections. It is common for the heads of governments in the Netherlands to take up the mantle multiple times, although it's neither expected or required to do so, more often a consequence of governments breaking up internally before their official four years are over and reforming with other parties. This

1710-489: The monarch at the prime minister 's request. Early dissolutions occurred when the make-up of Parliament made forming government impossible (as occurred in 1974 ), or, more commonly, when the incumbent government reasoned an early general election would improve their re-election chances (e.g. 2001 ). The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 mandated that Parliaments should last their full five years; early dissolution remained possible but under much more limited circumstances. However,

1755-470: The monarch, but are instead appointed by and represent the governor-in-council (i.e. the federal cabinet ), and conventionally serve for about 5 years. Similar to the United Kingdom, MPs serve for the duration of the Parliament. They may resign before the end of a Parliament or be elected in by-elections during the middle of a Parliament. Under the Constitution Act, 1867 , a Parliament may last for

1800-733: The passage of the British North America Act, 1965 served for life. Senators may also resign from office or be expelled from the Senate. Provincial legislatures and the legislature of the Yukon function very similarly to the federal House of Commons. MLAs (called MPPs in Ontario , MNAs in Quebec , and MHAs in Newfoundland and Labrador ) serve for the duration of the legislature, though they may resign before

1845-552: The possibility of replacing Adamu and Temarii. On 25 May 2011, Exco member Chuck Blazer reported fellow members Mohammed bin Hammam and Jack Warner to FIFA Ethics Committee claiming they offered bribes to members of the Caribbean Football Union at a meeting on 10/11 May. Bin Hammam involved Sepp Blatter in the scandal claiming he knew about the alleged cash payments. As a result of this scandal, bin Hammam stood down from

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1890-578: The provisions of state constitutions and state law . The term for state governors is four years in all states but Vermont and New Hampshire ; the Vermont and New Hampshire governors serve for two years. The National Conference of State Legislatures reported in January 2007 that among state legislatures : Among territories of the United States : Members of Council of the District of Columbia serve

1935-557: The vice-presidents and other members of the executive committee are conducted by their own confederations. The President, the female member of the executive committee, all members of the judicial bodies as well as those of the FIFA Audit and Compliance Committee are checked by the investigatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee . Before a member can be re-elected, another integrity check must be conducted. It meets at least twice

1980-471: Was also fined 5,000 Swiss Francs, while Adamu was fined 10,000 Swiss Francs. Temarii had been found breaching FIFA's code of confidentiality in a sting by The Sunday Times , while in the same sting Amos Adamu was found to have tried to sell his vote for the host of the 2018 / 2022 FIFA World Cups . The number of Exco members for the 2 December vote was thus reduced from 24 to 22, and the winning vote requirement from 13 to 12. FIFA, however, have not ruled out

2025-451: Was officially removed by FIFA in 2013 but unofficially maintained by UEFA only nominating British candidates for any vacancies. It is made up of the following representatives: The FIFA ExCo met for the final time on 18 March 2016. György Szepesi was FIFA Executive Committee Chairman from 1982 to 1994. In November 2010, two Executive members, Reynald Temarii and Amos Adamu , were banned for one and three years respectively. Temarii

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