term of office
Time in power
A term of office is the fixed period during which someone holds an official position: The president's term of office is four years.
The phrase applies to elected officials, appointed judges, and organizational leaders.
When the term expires, the officeholder must step down or seek reelection.
- tenureProtected employment status
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- presidencyChief executive's office
- executive branchGovernment's implementing arm
stint · incumbency · public servant · election · appointment · sworn · oath · inauguration · political career · expiration · reelection · lame duck · successor · four years · midterm · sworn in · campaign · ballot
- local governmentcity manager, aldermen, city hall, councillors, councillor
term of officereign
Sovereign's time in power
dictatorship · absolute monarchy · dynastic succession · hereditary rule · autocratic rule
term of officedictatorship
Unchecked single-ruler government
usurpation · coup · tyranny · regime
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