<P> The office of the leader of the devolved administrations has no numeric term limit imposed upon it . However, in the case of the Scottish Government and the Welsh Assembly Government there are fixed terms for which the legislatures can sit . This is imposed at four years . Elections may be held before this time but only if no administration can be formed, which has not happened yet . </P> <P> Offices of local government other regional elected officials follow similar rules to the national offices discussed above, with persons elected to fixed terms of a few years . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> U.S. Representatives serve two - year terms . U.S. Senators serve six - years terms . </P>

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