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In three states, the secretary of state is elected by the state legislature: the General Assembly of Tennessee meets in joint convention to elect the secretary of state to a four-year term, [4] and the Maine Legislature and New Hampshire General Court also select their secretaries of state, but to two-year terms. [5]
A movement in favor of term limits took hold in the early 1990s, and reached its apex in 1992 to 1994, a period when seventeen states enacted term limits through state legislation or state constitutional amendments. [18] Many of the laws enacted limited terms for both the state legislature and in the state's delegation to Congress.
The United States secretary of state (SecState) [5] is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The secretary of state serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all foreign affairs matters.
The secretary of state is keeper of the Great Seal as prescribed by the Minnesota Constitution. [5] As such, the secretary of state files, certifies, and preserves in his or her office the enrolled laws of the Legislature, executive orders, commissions and proclamations issued by the governor, state agency rules, official oaths and bonds of state officials, and miscellaneous municipal boundary ...
No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the State Great Khural, which has a term of four years. Myanmar: President: Two 5-year terms Nepal: President: Two 5-year terms North Korea: General Secretary: Unlimited 5-year terms Premier: Unlimited 5-year terms President of State Affairs: Unlimited 5-year terms Oman: Sultan
The secretary of state is elected for four year terms, like the state's other constitutional officers; the officeholder is restricted by term limits to two terms. The current secretary of state is Shirley Weber, who assumed the role in 2021 after Alex Padilla's appointment to the US Senate. [1]
The secretary of state is elected on Election Day in November, and takes office on the first Monday of the next January. [6] Originally, the secretary of state's term lasted for two years; since a 1967 amendment, however, the term has lasted four years. [7] There is no limit to the number of terms a secretary of state may hold.
The longest-served secretary is Wesley Bolin, who served 12 full terms (including the last two-year term and the first four-year term), and 1 partial term for a total of 28 years, 9 months, 18 days (or 10,518 days).