<P> This is a list of incumbent Presidents who ran for another term but weren't reelected . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Term in office </Th> <Th> President </Th> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Lost election </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1797--1801 </Td> <Td> John Adams </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> United States presidential election, 1800 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1825--1829 </Td> <Td> John Quincy Adams </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> United States presidential election, 1828 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1885 - 1889 </Td> <Td> Grover Cleveland </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> United States presidential election, 1888 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1889 - 1893 </Td> <Td> Benjamin Harrison </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> United States presidential election, 1892 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1909 - 1913 </Td> <Td> William Taft </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> United States presidential election, 1912 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1929 - 1933 </Td> <Td> Herbert Hoover </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> United States presidential election, 1932 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1931--1937 </Td> <Td> Pehr Evind Svinhufvud </Td> <Td> Finland </Td> <Td> Finnish presidential election, 1937 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1948--1955 </Td> <Td> Luigi Einaudi </Td> <Td> Italy </Td> <Td> Italian presidential election, 1955 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1955--1962 </Td> <Td> Giovanni Gronchi </Td> <Td> Italy </Td> <Td> Italian presidential election, 1962 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1960--1967 </Td> <Td> Aden Abdullah Osman Daar </Td> <Td> Somalia </Td> <Td> Somali presidential election, 1967 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1964--1971 </Td> <Td> Giuseppe Saragat </Td> <Td> Italy </Td> <Td> Italian presidential election, 1971 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1974--1977 </Td> <Td> Gerald Ford </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> United States presidential election, 1976 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1976--1980 </Td> <Td> Jimmy Carter </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> United States presidential election, 1980 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1985 - 1990 </Td> <Td> Daniel Ortega </Td> <Td> Nicaragua </Td> <Td> Nicaraguan general election, 1990 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1974--1981 </Td> <Td> Valéry Giscard d'Estaing </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> French presidential election, 1981 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1972--1991 </Td> <Td> Mathieu Kérékou </Td> <Td> Benin </Td> <Td> Beninese presidential election, 1991 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1964--1991 </Td> <Td> Kenneth Kaunda </Td> <Td> Zambia </Td> <Td> Zambian general election, 1991 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1989--1993 </Td> <Td> George H.W. Bush </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> United States presidential election, 1992 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1989--1992 </Td> <Td> Václav Havel </Td> <Td> Czechoslovakia </Td> <Td> Czechoslovak presidential election, 1992 </Td> <Td> Later elected President of the Czech Republic . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1975--1993 1996--2001 </Td> <Td> Didier Ratsiraka </Td> <Td> Madagascar </Td> <Td> Malagasy presidential election, 1992 - 93 Malagasy presidential election, 2001 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1987--1993 </Td> <Td> Pierre Buyoya </Td> <Td> Burundi </Td> <Td> Burundian presidential election, 1993 </Td> <Td> Returned to power in 1996 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1981--1993 </Td> <Td> André Kolingba </Td> <Td> Central African Republic </Td> <Td> Central African general election, 1993 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1966--1994 </Td> <Td> Hastings Banda </Td> <Td> Malawi </Td> <Td> Malawian general election, 1994 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1991--1994 </Td> <Td> Leonid Kravchuk </Td> <Td> Ukraine </Td> <Td> Ukrainian presidential election, 1994 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1990--1995 </Td> <Td> Lech Wałęsa </Td> <Td> Poland </Td> <Td> Polish presidential election, 1995 </Td> <Td> Also lost 2000 election . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1991--1996 </Td> <Td> Nicéphore Soglo </Td> <Td> Benin </Td> <Td> Beninese presidential election, 1996 </Td> <Td> Also lost in 2001 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1993--1996 </Td> <Td> Albert Zafy </Td> <Td> Madagascar </Td> <Td> Malagasy presidential election, 1996, 2001 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1990--1997 </Td> <Td> Mircea Snegur </Td> <Td> Moldova </Td> <Td> Moldovan presidential election, 1996 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1990--1997 </Td> <Td> Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat </Td> <Td> Mongolia </Td> <Td> Mongolian presidential election, 1997 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1999--2000 </Td> <Td> Robert Guéï </Td> <Td> Ivory Coast </Td> <Td> Ivorian presidential election, 2000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1989--1996 </Td> <Td> Ion Iliescu </Td> <Td> Romania </Td> <Td> Romanian general election, 1996 </Td> <Td> Returned to office after 2000 election . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1981--2000 </Td> <Td> Abdou Diouf </Td> <Td> Senegal </Td> <Td> Senegalese presidential election, 2000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1996--2001 </Td> <Td> Petar Stoyanov </Td> <Td> Bulgaria </Td> <Td> Bulgarian presidential election, 2001 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998--2003 </Td> <Td> Valdas Adamkus </Td> <Td> Lithuania </Td> <Td> Lithuanian presidential election, 2002--2003 </Td> <Td> Returned to the office in 2004 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000 - 2004 </Td> <Td> Hipólito Mejía </Td> <Td> Dominican Republic </Td> <Td> Dominican Republic presidential election, 2004 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2001--2004 </Td> <Td> Megawati Sukarnoputri </Td> <Td> Indonesia </Td> <Td> Indonesian presidential election, 2004 </Td> <Td> Also lost 2009 election . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1999--2004 </Td> <Td> Rudolf Schuster </Td> <Td> Slovakia </Td> <Td> Slovak presidential election, 2004 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2001--2006 </Td> <Td> Arnold Rüütel </Td> <Td> Estonia </Td> <Td> Estonian presidential election, 2006 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005--2009 </Td> <Td> Nambaryn Enkhbayar </Td> <Td> Mongolia </Td> <Td> Mongolian presidential election, 2009 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000--2011 </Td> <Td> Laurent Gbagbo </Td> <Td> Ivory Coast </Td> <Td> Ivorian presidential election, 2010 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002--2010 </Td> <Td> Dahir Riyale Kahin </Td> <Td> Somaliland </Td> <Td> Somaliland presidential election, 2010 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2004--2010 </Td> <Td> Viktor Yushchenko </Td> <Td> Ukraine </Td> <Td> Ukrainian presidential election, 2010 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007--2011 </Td> <Td> Valdis Zatlers </Td> <Td> Latvia </Td> <Td> Latvian presidential election, 2011 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008--2011 </Td> <Td> Rupiah Banda </Td> <Td> Zambia </Td> <Td> Zambian general election, 2011 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007--2012 </Td> <Td> Nicolas Sarkozy </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> French presidential election, 2012 </Td> <Td> Also ran in 2017 but lost The Republicans primary . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000--2012 </Td> <Td> Abdoulaye Wade </Td> <Td> Senegal </Td> <Td> Senegalese presidential election, 2012 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2004--2012 </Td> <Td> Boris Tadić </Td> <Td> Serbia </Td> <Td> Serbian presidential election, 2012 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007--2012 </Td> <Td> Danilo Türk </Td> <Td> Slovenia </Td> <Td> Slovenian presidential election, 2012 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012--2014 </Td> <Td> Joyce Banda </Td> <Td> Malawi </Td> <Td> Malawian general election, 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2010--2015 </Td> <Td> Ivo Josipović </Td> <Td> Croatia </Td> <Td> Croatian presidential election, 2014--15 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2010--2015 </Td> <Td> Goodluck Jonathan </Td> <Td> Nigeria </Td> <Td> Nigerian presidential election, 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2010--2015 </Td> <Td> Bronisław Komorowski </Td> <Td> Poland </Td> <Td> Polish presidential election, 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1994--2017 </Td> <Td> Yahya Jammeh </Td> <Td> The Gambia </Td> <Td> Gambian presidential election, 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012--2017 </Td> <Td> John Mahama </Td> <Td> Ghana </Td> <Td> Ghanaian general election, 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011--2016 </Td> <Td> Manuel Pinto da Costa </Td> <Td> São Tomé and Príncipe </Td> <Td> São Toméan presidential election, 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011--2016 </Td> <Td> Yevgeny Shevchuk </Td> <Td> Transnistria </Td> <Td> Transnistrian presidential election, 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012--2017 </Td> <Td> Hassan Sheikh Mohamud </Td> <Td> Somalia </Td> <Td> Somali presidential election, 2017 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012--2017 </Td> <Td> Leonid Tibilov </Td> <Td> South Ossetia </Td> <Td> South Ossetian presidential election, 2017 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Term in office </Th> <Th> President </Th> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Lost election </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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