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=== Asia === Following the [[1911 Revolution]], [[Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet]] [[Yuan Shikai]] became the second [[President of the Republic of China]]. He was initially subject to a maximum of two five-year terms, but the term was then lengthened to ten years and the term limit was removed.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}} In 1948, the [[Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion]] abolished the term limit for the President of the Republic of China and established [[Chiang Kai-shek]] as the country's military leader. The term limit was restored after the provisions were repealed in 1991.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}} The [[President of South Korea]] was initially permitted to serve a maximum of two four-year terms when the office was created in 1948, but the term limit was removed in 1954 so that [[Syngman Rhee]] could run for a third term. After Rhee was elected to a fourth term, the [[First Republic of Korea]] was overthrown. The two term limit was restored, but it was expanded to three terms in 1969 and abolished again in 1972. A one seven-year term limit was established in 1981, which was reduced to five years in 1988.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}} Under the original [[Constitution of Indonesia]], there were no presidential or vice-presidential term limits, but since the first amendment in 1999 holders of both offices are limited to two terms each. The Philippines established term limits following independence from the United States, but they were abolished by [[Ferdinand Marcos]] in the 1970s.{{Sfn|Baturo|2014|p=31}} Term limits were restored in the 1987 [[Constitution of the Philippines|constitution]], after Marcos was deposed in the [[People Power Revolution]]. The President is limited to one six-year term.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guiang |first=Jules |date=2021-04-03 |title=[OPINION] Term limits and the rise of the Duterte dynasty |url=https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/opinion-term-limits-rise-duterte-dynasty/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=de Guzman |first=Chad |date=2024-02-28 |title=Philippines' Marcos Floats 2025 Vote on Constitutional Reform: What to Know |url=https://time.com/6835896/philippines-marcos-constitution-amend-charter-change-plan-controversy/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |magazine=TIME |language=en |quote=Currently, Presidents in the Philippines are limited to one, six-year term.}}</ref> Between 1982 and 2018, the [[Constitution of the People's Republic of China|Constitution of China]] stipulated that the [[President of the People's Republic of China|president]], [[Vice President of the People's Republic of China|vice president]], [[Premier of the People's Republic of China|premier]] and [[Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China|vice premiers]] could not serve more than two consecutive terms, though there was no term limit for the [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]], who usually represented the [[paramount leader]] of China. In March 2018, the [[National People's Congress]] passed a set of constitutional amendments, including abolishing the term limits for the president and vice president, as well as enhancing the central role of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP), allowing [[Leader of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP leader]] [[Xi Jinping]] to continue as paramount leader indefinitely.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Shi |first1=Jiangtao |last2=Huang |first2=Kristin |date=26 February 2018 |title=End to term limits at top 'may be start of global backlash for China' |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2134791/end-term-limits-top-may-be-start-global-backlash-china |url-status=live |access-date=28 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227155138/http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2134791/end-term-limits-top-may-be-start-global-backlash-china |archive-date=27 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Tom |date=4 March 2018 |title=Xi Jinping's power play: from president to China's new dictator? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/04/xi-jinping-from-president-to-china-new-dictator |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304005848/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/04/xi-jinping-from-president-to-china-new-dictator |archive-date=4 March 2018 |access-date=4 March 2018 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> The [[President of Tajikistan]] was initially limited to one five-year term under the 1994 [[Constitution of Tajikistan]]. This was increased to one seven-year term in 1999 and to two seven-year terms in 2003. The term limit was reset for President [[Emomali Rahmon]] in 2006, and the term limit was abolished in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |author=Konstantin Parshin |date=23 April 2013 |title=Tajikistan: Can Rahmon Keep Running? |website=Eurasianet |url=http://www.eurasianet.org/node/66869 |access-date=23 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Leonard |first=Peter |date=23 May 2016 |title=Tajikistan vote allows president to rule indefinitely |url=https://apnews.com/article/36378064b5a64d059d6b7c87478e3ed9 |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> The [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] was limited to one five-year term until the limit was abolished in 2011.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}} The [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong|Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia]] is subjected to a term limit. Once elected, he is only allowed to serve for a single five-year term and cannot renew for a second term consecutively. This rule makes [[Malaysia]] among two [[constitutional monarchy|constitutional monarchies]] in the world that is subjected to a term limit, the other being [[Andorra]] (with the [[President of France]] serving as one of its [[Co-princes of Andorra|co-princes]]).{{fact|date=May 2025}}
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