A year of three presidents is a year when a country has three presidents within the same calendar year. Such a year has historically occurred when a newly elected president dies, resigns, or is removed from office very early into their presidency.
Instances There have been many instances in which at least three individuals have held the office of president of a given country in a given calendar year.
Acting, interim, provisional, or de facto presidents are represented in italics.
Year Country Presidents1827 Peru 1829 Central America 1832 Mexico 1833 1839 Mexico 1841 United States 1842 Peru 1843 Mexico 1844 1848 Mexico 1850 1851 1855 1856 1858 Mexico 1859 1861 Argentina 1862 Honduras 1863 Peru 1876 1881 United States 1889 Nicaragua 1894 Peru18951904 1911 Mexico 1913 1914 1915 1920 France Mexico 1922 China 1923 Nicaragua 1924 China 1930 1931 1944 1949 Taiwan 1950 Nicaragua 1952 Israel 1955 Brazil 1963 Togo Israel Syria Peru 1966 Nicaragua 1967 Togo 1969 Bolivia Dahomey France Somalia 1974 France 1981 Iran 1982 Bolivia 1993 Pakistan 2000 Israel 2005 Togo 2007 Israel 2008 Pakistan 2010 Germany 2012 2020 Peru 2024 Iran South Korea
Years of four presidents There have also been years in which countries have had four presidents:
Year Country Presidents1823 Peru 1842 1843 Peru 1844 1846 Mexico 1847 1848 1853 Mexico 1854 1858 1859 1872 Peru 1876 Mexico 1885 1893 Nicaragua 1910 Nicaragua 1919 Honduras 1924 1926 Nicaragua 1943 Syria 1947 Nicaragua 1961 Brazil 1965 Dahomey 1973 Argentina 1978 Bolivia 1993 Burundi 2009 Gabon 2012 Somalia
Years of five presidents Year Country Presidents 1855 Mexico 1876 Honduras 1926 China 1931 Peru 1960 South Korea 2025 South Korea
Years of six presidents Year Country Presidents1838 Peru–Bolivia1844 Peru
Years of seven presidents Year Country Presidents1839 Honduras
See also
Year of the Three Emperors Year of the Three Kings Year of three popes Year of three prime ministers Triumvirate
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