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This is a list of formal impeachments, impeachment attempts or impeachment inquiries of [[Social:President (government title)|president]]s, or holders of other offices equivalent to a [[Social:Head of state|head of state]].

== Successful impeachments ==
Successful removal from office by legislature is indicated in '''bold''':
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name !! Country !! Title !! Date !! Charge(s) !! Result
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|'''Pedro Castillo''' (2nd time)
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|President 
|December 7, 2022
|Moral Incapacity
|Impeached and removed from office by the Congress of Peru with 101 votes in favor (with 87 required) on December 7, 2022, following Castillo's attempted dissolution of the Congress of Peru and formation of an emergency government, and call for a constitutional convention to write a new constitution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/americas/peru-president-castillo-congress-dissolves-intl/index.html|title=Peru lawmakers impeach President Castillo after he attempts to dissolve Congress|website=CNN|date=2022-12-07}}</ref>
|-
|Pedro Castillo (1st time)
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|President 
|March 14, 2022
|Moral Incapacity
|Impeached by the Congress of Peru on March 14, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PERÚ |first=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO |date=2022-03-14 |title=Pedro Castillo hoy {{!}} Congreso admitió moción de vacancia presidencial {{!}} VIDEO {{!}} Cuántos votos se necesitan para vacancia presidencial {{!}} Bruno Pacheco {{!}} Karelim López {{!}} Canal Congreso TV en directo {{!}} Maricarmen Alva {{!}} lbposting {{!}} POLITICA |url=https://elcomercio.pe/politica/pedro-castillo-mocion-de-vacancia-presidencial-en-vivo-congreso-hoy-debate-y-votacion-para-destitucion-del-presidente-cuantos-votos-se-necesitan-para-vacancia-presidencial-bruno-pacheco-karelim-lopez-canal-congreso-tv-en-directo-maricarmen-alva-lbposting-noticia/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=El Comercio Perú |language=es}}</ref> Acquitted on March 28, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 March 2022 |title=Peru's president avoids impeachment after marathon debate |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/28/peru-president-castillo-braces-for-imminent-impeachment-vote |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Sebastián Piñera||{{Flag|Chile}}
||President
|November 9, 2021
|Openly infringing the Constitution and seriously compromising the honour of the nation<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-58900533|title=Chile's Sebastián Piñera faces impeachment bid after Pandora Papers|website=BBC News|date=2021-10-13}}</ref>
|The Chamber of Deputies impeached Piñera by a razor-thin majority of 78 votes (out of 155).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2021/11/09/1037810/camara-vota-acusacion-presidente.html|title=Después de casi 22 horas de debate, Cámara aprueba acusación constitucional en contra del Presidente|date=9 November 2021|website=emol.com|accessdate=9 November 2021|language=Spanish}}</ref> Acquitted by the Senate on November 16, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2021/11/16/1038582/senadores-rechazan-acusacion-pinera.html|title=Senadores rechazan acusación constitucional en contra del Presidente Piñera al no alcanzar el quórum necesario|website=emol.com|date=2021-11-16|language=Spanish}}</ref>
|-
|Ilir Meta
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|President
|June 9, 2021
|Failing to guarantee national unity by backing the opposition in elections<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-09|title=Albanian MPs have just voted to impeach their president. Here's why|url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/06/09/albanian-mps-have-just-voted-to-impeach-their-president-here-s-why|access-date=2021-06-09|website=euronews|language=en}}</ref>
|Impeached by the Parliament; overturned by the Constitutional Court on 16 February 2022, ruling that the accusations against him did not violate the constitution.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Albania parliament impeaches president for violating constitution|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/9/ilir-meta-who-held-the-largely-ceremonial-role-has-regularly-cl|access-date=2021-06-09|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-09|title=Albanian Parliament impeaches president for vote comments|url=https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/albanian-parliament-impeaches-president-for-vote-comments/|access-date=2021-06-09|website=KWKT - FOX 44|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-02-17|title=Constitutional court overturns impeachment of Albania's president|url=https://www.euronews.com/2022/02/17/ilir-meta-constitutional-court-overturns-impeachment-of-albania-s-president|access-date=2022-02-21|website=euronews|language=en}}</ref> 
|-
|Donald Trump (2nd time)
|{{Flag|United States|2021}}
|President
|January 13, 2021
|Incitement of insurrection
|Impeached by the United States House of Representatives;<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fandos|first=Nicholas|date=2021-01-13|title=Live Updates: A Majority of the House Votes to Impeach Trump a Historic Second Time|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/13/us/trump-impeachment|access-date=2021-01-13|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> acquitted by the United States Senate on February 13, 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reston |first1=Maeve |title=Republicans acquitted Trump again, but this time is different |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/14/politics/donald-trump-impeachment-republican-vote/index.html |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=CNN |date=12 February 2021}}</ref> The impeachment article was passed a week before Trump's planned departure from office and his term expired before the Article of Impeachment was delivered to the Senate to allow his trial to begin.
|-
|'''Martín Vizcarra''' (2nd time)
|{{flag|Peru}}
|President
|November 2, 2020
|Moral Incapacity
|Impeached by the Congress of Peru on November 2, 2020. Convicted and removed from the presidency on November 9, 2020, by a supermajority vote. Succeeded in office by the President of Congress, Manuel Merino, through constitutional succession.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PERÚ|first=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO|date=2020-11-09|title=EN VIVO {{!}} Martín Vizcarra {{!}} Vacancia presidencial {{!}} Congreso reanuda debate de pedido de destitución {{!}} POLITICA|url=https://elcomercio.pe/politica/congreso/martin-vizcarra-vacancia-presidencial-vivo-congreso-debate-y-vota-este-lunes-mocion-que-busca-destitucion-del-mandatario-noticia/|access-date=2020-11-09|website=El Comercio Perú|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-11-09|title=Peru's President Warns of Unrest if He's Impeached Today|language=en|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-09/peru-leader-denies-new-accusations-hours-before-impeachment-vote|access-date=2020-11-09}}</ref> Merino would only serve six days, leaving office amidst mass public outcry and the killing of protesters.
|-
|Martín Vizcarra (1st time)
|{{flag|Peru}}
|President
|September 11, 2020
|Moral Incapacity
|Impeached by the Congress of Peru on September 11, 2020. Acquitted on September 18, 2020.
|-
|Donald Trump (1st time)
|{{Flag|United States}}
|President
|December 18, 2019
|[[Social:Abuse of power|Abuse of power]], obstruction of Congress
|Impeached by the United States House of Representatives;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50840934|title=Trump becomes third president to be impeached|date=December 18, 2019|work=BBC News|access-date=December 18, 2019|language=en-GB}}</ref> acquitted by the United States Senate on February 5, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/05/trump-acquitted-in-impeachment-trial.html|title=Trump acquitted of both charges in Senate impeachment trial|last=Wilkie|first=Christina|date=February 5, 2020|work={{wipe|CNBC}}|access-date=February 5, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2nd time)
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|President
|March 15, 2018
|Moral Incapacity<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2018/03/15/congreso-de-peru-aprueba-debatir-mocion-de-vacancia-del-presidente-pedro-pablo-kuczynski/|title=Congreso de Perú aprueba debatir moción de vacancia del presidente Pedro Pablo Kuczynski|last=CNN Español|first=|date=2018-03-15|work=CNN Español|access-date=2022-10-19|language=es}}</ref>
|Impeached by the Congress of Peru on March 15, 2018. Resigned from the presidency on March 21, 2018. Resignation accepted by Congress on March 23, 2018.
|-
|Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (1st time)
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|President
|December 15, 2017
|Moral Incapacity<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/21/peru-president-pedro-pablo-kuczynski-resigns-amid-corruption-scandal|title=Peru president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns amid corruption scandal|last=Collyns|first=Dan|date=2018-03-22|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-10-04|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420053415/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/21/peru-president-pedro-pablo-kuczynski-resigns-amid-corruption-scandal|archive-date=2019-04-20|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
|Impeached by the Congress of Peru on December 15, 2017. Acquitted on December 21, 2017.
|-
|'''Park Geun-hye'''
|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|President|| December 9, 2016 || Abuse of power ||Impeached by the National Assembly; removed by the Constitutional Court on March 10, 2017. Hwang Kyo-ahn served as acting president during the impeachment.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/world/asia/park-geun-hye-south-korea.html|title=Park Geun-hye, South Korea's Ousted President, Gets 24 Years in Prison|last=Sang-Hun|first=Choe|date=2018-04-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-04|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013072227/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/world/asia/park-geun-hye-south-korea.html|archive-date=2019-10-13|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|'''Dilma Rousseff'''
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|President|| April 17, 2016 || Violation of budgetary laws || Suspended from presidential powers and duties on May 12, 2016; removed from office by the Federal Senate on August 31, 2016. First female president to be impeached. Succeeded in office by vice president Michel Temer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.apnews.com/2440ffe7838b49a4b2cf4bba30eb5c04|title=Brazil's President Rousseff ousted from office by Senate|last1=Prengaman|first1=Peter|date=2016-08-31|work=Associated Press|access-date=2019-10-04|last2=Savarese|first2=Mauricio}}</ref>
|-
|Viktor Yanukovych||{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|President|| February 21, 2014|| Treason || The impeachment procedure stipulated by the Constitution of Ukraine was not followed. Fled the country following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. Succeeded in office by parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchynov as acting president.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/world/europe/viktor-yanukovych-russia-ukraine-treason.html|title=Ukraine's Ex-President Is Convicted of Treason|last=Kramer|first=Andrew E.|date=2019-01-24|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-04|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803045631/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/world/europe/viktor-yanukovych-russia-ukraine-treason.html|archive-date=2019-08-03|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Václav Klaus
||{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|President
||March 4, 2013
||Treason
||Impeached by the Senate, but rejected as moot by the Constitutional Court as his term in office had expired.<ref name="Klaus za velezradu souzený nebude, Ústavní soud řízení zastavil">{{cite web|title=Klaus za velezradu souzený nebude, Ústavní soud řízení zastavil|url=https://zpravy.idnes.cz/ustavni-soud-rozhodl-o-zalobe-na-klause-fc4-/domaci.aspx?c=A130327_163151_domaci_jj|website=iDNES.cz|accessdate=11 February 2018|date=27 March 2013}}</ref>
|-
|'''Fernando Lugo'''
|{{Flag|Paraguay|1990}}
|President||June 21, 2012||[[Social:Nepotism|Nepotism]], insecurity, improper land purchase || Removed from office by the Senate on June 22, 2012; succeeded in office by vice president Federico Franco.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/22/paraguay-fernando-lugo-ousted|title=Paraguay's president Fernando Lugo ousted from office|date=2012-06-22|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-10-04|publisher=Associated Press|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918075538/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/22/paraguay-fernando-lugo-ousted|archive-date=2019-09-18|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|'''Rolandas Paksas'''
|{{Flag|Lithuania|1988}}
|President|| March 31, 2004|| Interfering in a privatization transaction, leaking classified information || Removed by the Seimas on April 6, 2004. Succeeded in office by parliament speaker Artūras Paulauskas as acting president.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/07/world/lithuanian-parliament-removes-country-s-president-after-casting-votes-three.html|title=Lithuanian Parliament Removes Country's President After Casting Votes on Three Charges|last=Myers|first=Steven Lee|date=2004-04-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-04|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629083518/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/07/world/lithuanian-parliament-removes-country-s-president-after-casting-votes-three.html|archive-date=2019-06-29|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|Roh Moo-hyun||{{Flag|South Korea|1997}}
|President||March 12, 2004||Election law violations||Impeached by the National Assembly; reinstated by the Constitutional Court on May 14, 2004.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/14/world/constitutional-court-reinstates-south-korea-s-impeached-president.html|title=Constitutional Court Reinstates South Korea's Impeached President|last=Brooke|first=James|date=2004-05-14|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-04|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805190933/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/14/world/constitutional-court-reinstates-south-korea-s-impeached-president.html|archive-date=2019-08-05|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Goh Kun served as acting president during the impeachment.
|-
|'''Abdurrahman Wahid'''
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|President|| July 23, 2001 || Attempting to dissolve Parliament || Removed by the People's Consultative Assembly. Succeeded in office by vice president Megawati Sukarnoputri.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/23/international/wahid-removed-as-sukarnoputri-becomes-indonesias-president.html|title=Wahid Removed as Sukarnoputri Becomes Indonesia's President|last=Mydans|first=Seth|date=2001-07-23|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-04|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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|'''Alberto Fujimori'''||{{Flag|Peru}}
|President|| November 22, 2000 || Murder, bodily harm, two counts of kidnapping || Fujimori announced his resignation on November 17, 2000. The resignation was rejected by the Congress of Peru, who voted to remove him from office four days later. Succeeded in office by Congress President Valentín Paniagua as constitutional president.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/11/22/peruvian-lawmakers-kick-fujimori-out-of-office/0c6188f9-b45c-4afb-9b9d-b93ddc1c1550/|title=Peruvian Lawmakers Kick Fujimori Out of Office|last=Faiola|first=Anthony|date=2000-11-22|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2019-10-04}}</ref> Was arrested in 2005 after years in exile, then pardoned by Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in 2017 but the pardon was overturned by the Supreme Court in 2018.
|-
|Joseph Estrada||{{Flag|Philippines}}
|President||November 13, 2000|| Corruption || Impeached by the House of Representatives of the Philippines; case went to impeachment trial at the Senate but the trial was aborted. Declared his resignation on January 20, 2001. Succeeded in office by vice president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/14/news/the-impeachment-of-estrada-day-of-political-tumult-in-manila.html|title=The Impeachment of Estrada : Day of Political Tumult in Manila|last1=Fuller|first1=Thomas|date=2000-11-14|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-04|last2=Tribune|first2=International Herald|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906050214/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/14/news/the-impeachment-of-estrada-day-of-political-tumult-in-manila.html|archive-date=2019-09-06|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|Bill Clinton
|{{Flag|United States}}
|President
|December 19, 1998
|[[Social:Perjury|Perjury]], obstruction of justice
|Impeached by the United States House of Representatives; acquitted by the United States Senate on February 12, 1999.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/20/us/impeachment-overview-clinton-impeached-he-faces-senate-trial-2d-history-vows-job.html|title=Impeachment: The Overview -- Clinton Impeached; He Faces a Senate Trial, 2d in History; Vows to Do Job Till Term's 'Last Hour'|last=Mitchell|first=Alison|date=1998-12-20|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-04|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004213006/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/20/us/impeachment-overview-clinton-impeached-he-faces-senate-trial-2d-history-vows-job.html|archive-date=2019-10-04|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|Boris Yeltsin ||{{Flag|Russia|1991}}
|President||September 22, 1993|| Violation of the Constitution || Retained post after an armed standoff with the Supreme Council.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/10/20-years-ago-russia-had-its-biggest-political-crisis-since-the-bolshevik-revolution/280237/|title=20 Years Ago, Russia Had Its Biggest Political Crisis Since the Bolshevik Revolution|last1=Sokolov|first1=Mikhail|date=2013-10-04|work=The Atlantic|access-date=2019-10-04|last2=Kirilenko|first2=Anastasia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013201518/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/10/20-years-ago-russia-had-its-biggest-political-crisis-since-the-bolshevik-revolution/280237/|archive-date=2019-10-13|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|'''Carlos Andrés Pérez'''
|{{Flag|Venezuela|1954}}
|President|| March 20, 1993|| Embezzlement || Found guilty by the Supreme Court of Venezuela on May 21, 1993; removed by Venezuelan National Congress on August 31, 1993. Succeeded in office by congress president Octavio Lepage as provisional president.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/05/22/venezuelan-senate-impeaches-perez/0589185a-8e86-424c-91d3-ce40e01e6be6/|title=Venezuelan Senate Impeaches Perez|last=Robberson|first=Tod|date=1993-05-22|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2019-10-04}}</ref>
|-
|'''Abolhassan Banisadr'''
|{{Flag|Iran}}
|President||June 20, 1981|| Anti-revolutionary conduct, ties to political-militant organisations such as [[Religion:People's Mujahedin of Iran|MEK]]|| Removed by Ayatollah Khomeini. Succeeded in office by the Provisional Presidential Council.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/22/world/iran-parliament-finds-bani-sadr-unfit-for-office.html|title=Iran Parliament Finds Bani-Sadr Unfit for Office|date=1981-06-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-04|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125203732/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/22/world/iran-parliament-finds-bani-sadr-unfit-for-office.html|archive-date=2018-01-25|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|'''Sukarno'''||{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|President||March 12, 1967 || Allegation of masterminding the 30 September Movement coup against himself || Removed by MPRS. Succeeded in office by chairman of cabinet presidium General [[Biography:Suharto|Suharto]] as acting president and later full president.<ref>{{cite book | last =McDonald | first =Hamish | title =Suharto's Indonesia | publisher =Fontana Books | year =1980 | pages =60 | isbn =0-00-635721-0}}</ref>
|-
|Café Filho
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|President
|November 19, 1955
|Coup d'état attempt to prevent Juscelino Kubitschek from taking office, leaving the presidency to Carlos Luz purposefully
|Barred from resuming the powers of presidency, after a self-declared incapacity on 8 November 1955, by the Federal Senate on November 22, 1955. The process occurred during the government of Nereu Ramos.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Congresso utilizou a Lei 1.079 para afastar Carlos Luz e Café Filho em 1955|url=https://correiodaparaiba.com.br/geral/congresso-utilizou-a-lei-1-079-para-afastar-carlos-luz-e-cafe-filho-em-1955/|access-date=2020-06-14|website=Correio da Paraíba}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dois presidentes do Brasil sofreram impeachment em 1955|url=https://www12.senado.leg.br/noticias/materias/2016/08/31/dois-presidentes-do-brasil-sofreram-impeachment-em-1955|access-date=2020-06-14|website=Senado Federal|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Governo Café Filho (1954-1955): Os 14 meses do vice de Vargas|url=https://educacao.uol.com.br/disciplinas/historia-brasil/governo-cafe-filho-1954-1955-os-14-meses-do-vice-de-vargas.htm|access-date=2020-06-14|website=educacao.uol.com.br|language=pt-br}}</ref>
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|'''Carlos Luz'''
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|President
|November 11, 1955
|Coup d'état attempt to prevent Juscelino Kubtschek from taking office
|Removed from office by the Federal Senate on November 11, 1955. The impeachment process occurred in one day. Succeeded by president of Federal Senate Nereu Ramos.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dois presidentes do Brasil sofreram impeachment em 1955|url=https://www12.senado.leg.br/noticias/materias/2016/08/31/dois-presidentes-do-brasil-sofreram-impeachment-em-1955|access-date=2020-06-14|website=Senado Federal|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref name="alunosonline.uol.com.br">{{Cite web|title=Governo Café Filho e o golpe de Estado. O governo Café Filho|url=https://alunosonline.uol.com.br/historia-do-brasil/governo-cafe-filho-golpe-estado.html|access-date=2020-06-14|website=Alunos Online|language=pt-br}}</ref>
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|Andrew Johnson
|{{Flag|United States|1867}}
|President
|February 24, 1868
|Violating the Tenure of Office Act
|Impeached by the United States House of Representatives; acquitted by the United States Senate on May 26, 1868.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Impeachment_Johnson.htm|title=U.S. Senate: The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (1868) President of the United States|website=www.senate.gov|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004083458/https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Impeachment_Johnson.htm|archive-date=2019-10-04|access-date=2019-10-04}}</ref><ref name="alunosonline.uol.com.br"/>
|}

== Resigned during the impeachment attempt ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! Country !! Title !! Date !! Result
|-
|Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2nd time)
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|President
|March 21, 2018
|Impeachment proceedings passed by congress. President resigned before scheduled trial vote.<ref name=":1" />
|-
|Robert Mugabe
|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|President
|November 21, 2017
|Resigned before formal vote.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42071488|title=Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe resigns, ending 37-year rule|date=21 November 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=21 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/robert-mugabe-impeachment-zimbabwe-parliament-begins-sessions-president-remove-latest-updates-a8067111.html|title=Robert Mugabe impeachment: Zimbabwe parliament begins process to remove President after decades in power|date=21 November 2017|work=The Independent|access-date=21 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
|Pervez Musharraf
|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|President
|August 18, 2008
|Resigned before formal vote.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/aug/18/pakistan|title=Pervez Musharraf resigns as president of Pakistan|date=18 Aug 2008|work=The Guardian|access-date=6 October 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006083711/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/aug/18/pakistan|archive-date=6 October 2019}}</ref> Was convicted ''in absentia'' in 2019 and sentenced to death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/pervez-musharraf-pakistan-fugitive-leader-profile-191204104433416.html|title=Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's fugitive ex-leader: Profile|website=aljazeera.com|access-date=17 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
|Fernando Collor de Mello
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|President
|September 1, 1992
| Resigned from office on December 29, 1992. Succeeded in office by vice president Itamar Franco.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/brazils-mps-vote-to-impeach-collor-1554486.html|title=Brazil's MPs vote to impeach Collor|last=Atwood|first=Roger|date=1992-09-30|work=The Independent|access-date=2019-10-04|publisher={{wipe|Reuters}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190907043628/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/brazils-mps-vote-to-impeach-collor-1554486.html|archive-date=2019-09-07|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Giovanni Leone
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|President
|June 15, 1978
|Resigned before formal vote.<ref name= "Italy" >{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics-impeachment-factbox/factbox-impeachment-of-a-president-how-it-works-in-italy-idUSKCN1IT1FN|title=Factbox - Impeachment of a President: How it works in Italy|website=Reuters|date=May 28, 2018|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
|Richard Nixon
|{{Flag|United States}}
|President
|August 9, 1974
|Resigned before formal vote.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/080974-3.htm|title=Nixon Resigns|last=Kilpatrick|first=Carroll|date=1974-08-09|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2019-10-04|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805153048/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/080974-3.htm|archive-date=2019-08-05}}</ref> Was later pardoned by Gerald Ford.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ford.utexas.edu/LIBRARY/speeches/740061.htm |title=Gerald Ford's Proclamation Granting a Pardon to Richard Nixon |website=Ford.utexas.edu |access-date=June 17, 2010 |archive-date=June 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606105602/http://www.ford.utexas.edu/library/speeches/740061.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

== Fled the country during the impeachment attempt ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! Country !! Title !! Date !! Result
|-
|Viktor Yanukovych
|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|President
|February 21, 2014
|The impeachment procedure stipulated by the Constitution of Ukraine was not followed. Fled the country following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. Succeeded in office by parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchynov as acting president.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/world/europe/viktor-yanukovych-russia-ukraine-treason.html|title=Ukraine's Ex-President Is Convicted of Treason|last=Kramer|first=Andrew E.|date=2019-01-24|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-04|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803045631/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/world/europe/viktor-yanukovych-russia-ukraine-treason.html|archive-date=2019-08-03|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

== Failed impeachment attempts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! Country !! Title !! Date !! Result
|-
|Pedro Castillo
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|President 
|December 7, 2021
|Vote for impeachment proceedings failed with Congress of Peru voting 46 for impeachment proceedings out of 52 votes needed. Exactly a year later, on December 7, 2022, Castillo was successfully impeached and removed following Castillo's 2022 self-coup attempt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/americas/peru-president-castillo-congress-dissolves-intl/index.html|title=Peru lawmakers impeach President Castillo after he attempts to dissolve Congress|website=CNN|date=2022-12-07}}</ref>
|-
|Ilir Meta
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|President
|July 27, 2020
|The Albanian Parliament voted against Meta's impeachment over his unsuccessful attempt to cancel the 2019 local elections.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020-07-27/albanian-parliament-votes-against-presidents-impeachment|title=Albanian Parliament Votes Against President's Impeachment|date=July 27, 2020|agency=Associated Press|work=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref>
|-
|Sebastián Piñera||{{Flag|Chile}}
|President||December 12, 2019||The National Congress rejected a motion to impeach Piñera for failure to protect human rights, finding that it did not meet the constitutional threshold for impeachment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-protests-impeachment/chiles-congress-rejects-move-to-impeach-president-pinera-over-rights-abuses-idUSKBN1YG2EP|title=Chile's Congress rejects move to impeach President Pinera over rights abuses|date=12 December 2019|website=reuters.com|accessdate=13 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
|Martín Vizcarra
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|President
|October 1, 2019
|The Congress of Peru attempted to impeach and remove Vizcarra after the Peruvian president ordered the [[Social:Dissolution of parliament|dissolution of congress]] as part of the 2019 Peruvian constitutional crisis. The vote was deemed illegitimate.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/world/americas/peru-vizcarra-congress.html|title=Peru's President Dissolves Congress, and Lawmakers Suspend Him|last1=Kurmanaev|first1=Anatoly|date=2019-09-30|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-24|last2=Zarate|first2=Andrea|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|-
|[[Biography:Miloš Zeman|Miloš Zeman]]||{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|President||September 26, 2019||Not passed<ref name="Ústavní žaloba proti Zemanovi neprošla. Odmítly ji ANO, ČSSD, KSČM i SPD">{{cite web|url=https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domaci/ustavni-zaloba-na-prezidenta-projednavani-snemovna.A190926_060248_domaci_kop|title=Ústavní žaloba proti Zemanovi neprošla. Odmítly ji ANO, ČSSD, KSČM i SPD|date=26 September 2019|website=iDNES.cz|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002190340/https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domaci/ustavni-zaloba-na-prezidenta-projednavani-snemovna.A190926_060248_domaci_kop|archive-date=2 October 2019|accessdate=31 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
|Michel Temer
||{{Flag|Brazil}}
|President
|June 9, 2017
|Dismissed by the Superior Electoral Court.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/10/brazilian-court-dismisses-corruption-case-againt-president-michel-temer|title=Brazilian court dismisses corruption case against President Michel Temer|date=2017-06-10|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2020-01-02|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Rodrigo Duterte
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|President
|March 16, 2017
|The House Justice Committee threw out the charge by unanimous vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/05/15/Duterte-impeachment-complaint-dismissed-House-Alejano-Magdalo.html|title=House committee effectively dismisses impeachment complaint vs. Duterte|website=CNN Philippines|date=May 15, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|Jacob Zuma||{{Flag|South Africa}}
|President||April 5, 2016||Not passed<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/14/jacob-zuma-resigns-south-africa-president|title=Jacob Zuma resigns as South Africa's president on eve of no-confidence vote|last=Burke|first=Jason|date=2018-02-14|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-10-04|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902200543/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/14/jacob-zuma-resigns-south-africa-president|archive-date=2019-09-02|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
|-
|Benigno Aquino III
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|President
|July 21, 2014
|The House Justice Committee threw out the charges by a vote of 54–4.<ref name= "noynoy" >{{Cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/63899-aquino-makabayan-impeach-bid|title=Filed: First valid impeach complaint vs Aquino|website=Rappler|date=July 21, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/67951-impeachment-aquino-dead|title=Impeachment raps vs Aquino dead|website=Rappler|date=September 2, 2014}}</ref>
|-
|Giorgio Napolitano
|{{flag|Italy}}
|President
|February 11, 2014
|Not passed<ref name= "Italy" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics/italy-parliament-rejects-bid-to-impeach-president-napolitano-idUSBREA1A0VH20140211|title=Italy parliament rejects bid to impeach President Napolitano|date=2014-02-11|work=Reuters|access-date=2020-01-14}}</ref>
|-
|Traian Băsescu ||{{Flag|Romania}}
|President||July 29, 2012||Not passed<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/31/world/europe/traian-basescu-of-romania-survives-impeachment-vote.html|title=Romania's President Survives Referendum|last=Bilefsky|first=Dan|date=2012-07-30|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-04|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002224059/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/31/world/europe/traian-basescu-of-romania-survives-impeachment-vote.html|archive-date=2019-10-02|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|-
|Barack Obama
|{{Flag|United States}}
|President
|March 7, 2012
|Resolution referred to committee, no further action taken<ref>{{cite web |title=All Actions H.Con.Res.107 – 112th Congress (2011-2012) |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/107/all-actions |website=congress.gov |publisher=Library of Congress and USA.gov |accessdate=25 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
|Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|President
|November 26, 2008
|The House Justice Committee threw out the charges by a vote of 42–8.<ref name= "gloria" >{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/arroyo.vote/index.html|title=Arroyo survives impeachment attempt|website=CNN|date=November 26, 2008}}</ref>
|-
|George W. Bush
|{{Flag|United States}}
|President
|June 11, 2008
|Resolution referred to committee, no further action taken<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/11/kucinich.impeach/|title=Kucinich introduces Bush impeachment resolution|date=2008-06-11|work=CNN|access-date=2019-10-04|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031021732/http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/11/kucinich.impeach/|archive-date=2018-10-31}}</ref>
|-
|Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|President
|November 26, 2007
|Rejected by the House of Representatives of the Philippines through a vote of 184–1.<ref name= "gloria" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-30699420071126|title=Arroyo allies throw out Philippines impeachment bid|date=November 26, 2007|work=Reuters}}</ref>
|-
|Traian Băsescu ||{{Flag|Romania}}
|President||April 19, 2007||Not passed<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-romania-referendum-idUSL2026723720070520|title=Romania's Basescu wins referendum: official|date=2007-05-20|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-10-04|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|President
|August 24, 2006
|Rejected by the House of Representatives of the Philippines through a vote of 173–32.<ref name= "gloria" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/world/asia/24cnd-filip.html|title=Bid to Impeach Philippine Leader Voted Down|date=August 24, 2006|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>
|-
|Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|President
|August 30, 2005
|The House Justice Committee threw out the charges.<ref name= "gloria" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/30/world/asia/votes-short-for-impeaching-arroyo.html|title=Votes short for impeaching Arroyo|date=August 30, 2005|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>
|-
|Roh Moo-hyun
|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|President|| May 14, 2004 ||Not passed in assembly<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Boris Yeltsin ||{{Flag|Russia}}
|President||May 15, 1999||Not passed<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Boris Yeltsin ||{{Flag|Russia|1991}}
|President||March 28, 1993||Not passed<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Francesco Cossiga
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|President
|December 7, 1991
|Not passed<ref name= "Italy" />
|-
|Getúlio Vargas
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|President
|June 16, 1954
|Rejected by the Chamber of Deputies through a vote of 136–35.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-04-13|title=1954 – Câmara derrota tentativa de impeachment de Getúlio Vargas|url=https://vermelho.org.br/2016/04/13/1954-camara-derrota-tentativa-de-impeachment-de-getulio-vargas/|access-date=2020-06-14|website=Vermelho|language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Impeachment de Getúlio Vargas foi barrado na Câmara em 1954 - 18/10/2015 - Poder|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2015/10/1695336-impeachment-de-getulio-vargas-foi-barrado-na-camara-em-1954.shtml|access-date=2020-06-14|website=Folha de S.Paulo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=História: em 1954, Câmara derrotou pedido de impeachment de Getulio Vargas|url=https://blogdomariomagalhaes.blogosfera.uol.com.br/2016/04/12/historia-em-1954-camara-derrotou-pedido-de-impeachment-de-getulio-vargas/|access-date=2020-06-14|website=UOL Notícias}}</ref>
|-
|Andrew Johnson
|{{Flag|United States|1867}}
|President
|December 7, 1867
|Impeachment resolution rejected by the United States House of Representatives 57–108.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Case for Impeachment, December 1867 {{!}} US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives |url=https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/Johnson-Impeachment/The-Case-for-Impeachment/ |website=history.house.gov |publisher=United States House of Representatives |access-date=2 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=TO PASS THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT RESOLUTION. -- House Vote #119 -- Dec 7, 1867 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/40-2/h119 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}}</ref> Johnson later separately impeached in February 1868, but acquitted in impeachment trial. 
|-
|James Buchanan
|{{Flag|United States|1859}}
|President
|June 16, 1860
|Committee found that nothing had been done to warrant impeachment.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zeitz |first1=Joshua |title=What Democrats Can Learn From the Forgotten Impeachment of James Buchanan |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2019/12/18/james-buchanan-impeachment-history-087506 |accessdate=31 December 2019 |work=Politico |date=18 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
|John Tyler
|{{Flag|United States|1848}}
|President
|January 10, 1843
|Impeachment resolution rejected by the United States House of Representatives 127–83.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/09/23/he-lies-like-dog-first-effort-impeach-president-was-led-by-his-own-party/|title='He lies like a dog': The first effort to impeach a president was led by his own party|last=Shafer|first=Ronald G.|date=2019-09-23|newspaper={{wipe|The Washington Post}}|access-date=2019-10-16|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927015437/https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/09/23/he-lies-like-dog-first-effort-impeach-president-was-led-by-his-own-party/|archive-date=2019-09-27}}</ref>
|}

== See also ==
* List of presidents who did not win reelection
* List of prime ministers defeated by votes of no confidence

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Impeachments of heads of state}}
[[Category:Political corruption]]

{{Sourceattribution|List of impeachments of heads of state}}