Year of three presidents

A year of three presidents is a year when a country has three presidents within the same calendar year. Such a year has historically occured when a newly elected president dies, resigns, or is removed from office very early into their presidency.

Instances

Year	Country	Presidents
1832	Mexico	Anastasio Bustamante (until 14 August) Melchor Múzquiz (14 August – 24 December) Manuel Gómez Pedraza (since 24 December)
1833	Mexico	Manuel Gómez Pedraza (until 31 March) Valentín Gómez Farías (1 April – 16 May; 3–18 June; 5 July – 27 October; since 16 December) Antonio López de Santa Anna (17 May – 3 June; 18 June – 5 July; 27 October – 15 December)
1839	Mexico	Anastasio Bustamante (until 20 March; since 19 July) Antonio López de Santa Anna (20 March – 10 July) Nicolás Bravo (10–19 July)
1841	Mexico	Anastasio Bustamante (until 22 September) Francisco Javier Echeverría (22 September – 10 October) Antonio López de Santa Anna (since 10 October)
1841	United States	Martin Van Buren (until 4 March) William Henry Harrison (4 March – 4 April) John Tyler (since 4 April)
1843	Mexico	Nicolás Bravo (until 14 May) Antonio López de Santa Anna (14 May – 6 September) Valentín Canalizo (since 6 September)
1844	Mexico	Valentín Canalizo (until 4 June) Antonio López de Santa Anna (4 June – 12 September) José Joaquín de Herrera (since 12 September)
1848	Mexico	Pedro María de Anaya (until 8 January) Manuel de la Peña y Peña (8 January – 3 June) José Joaquín de Herrera (since 3 June)
1855	Nicaragua	Fruto Chamorro (until 12 March) José María Estrada^{[lower-alpha 1]} (12 March – 22 October) Patricio Rivas (since 22 October)
1858	Mexico	Ignacio Comonfort (until 11 January) Félix María Zuloaga (11 January – 24 December) Manuel Robles Pezuela (since 24 December)
1859	Mexico	Manuel Robles Pezuela (until 21 January) José Mariano Salas (21 January – 2 February) Miguel Miramón (since 2 February)
1881	United States United States	Rutherford B. Hayes (until 4 March) James A. Garfield (4 March – 19 September) Chester A. Arthur (since 19 September)
1889	Nicaragua Nicaragua	Evaristo Carazo (until 1 August) Nicolás Osorno^{[lower-alpha 1]} (1–5 August) Roberto Sacasa^{[lower-alpha 1]} (since 5 August)
1911	File:Bandera de México (1880-1914).svg Mexico	Porfirio Díaz (until 25 May) Francisco León de la Barra (25 May – 6 November) Francisco I. Madero (since 6 November)
1913		Francisco I. Madero (until 19 February) Pedro Lascuráin (19 February) Victoriano Huerta (since 19 February)
1914		Victoriano Huerta (until 15 July) Francisco S. Carvajal (15 July – 13 August) Eulalio Gutiérrez (until 13 August)
1915		Eulalio Gutiérrez (until 16 January) Roque González Garza (16 January – 10 June) Francisco Lagos Cházaro (since 10 June)
1920	France	Raymond Poincaré (until 18 February) Paul Deschanel (18 February – 21 September) Alexandre Millerand (since 21 September)
1920	File:Bandera de la Tercera República Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.svg Mexico	Venustiano Carranza (until 1 June) Adolfo de la Huerta (1 June – 30 November) Álvaro Obregón (since 30 November)
1922	China China	Xu Shichang (until 2 June) Zhou Ziqi^{[lower-alpha 1]} (2–11 June) Li Yuanhong (since 11 June)
1923	China China	Li Yuanhong (until 14 June) Gao Lingwei^{[lower-alpha 1]} (14 June – 10 October) Cao Kun (since 10 October)
1923	Nicaragua Nicaragua	Diego Manuel Chamorro (until 12 October) Rosendo Chamorro^{[lower-alpha 1]} (12–27 October) Bartolomé Martínez (since 27 October)
1924	China China	Cao Kun (until 2 November) Huang Fu^{[lower-alpha 1]} (2–24 November) Duan Qirui (since 24 November)
1943	Syria	Jamil al-Ulshi (until 25 March) Ata Bey al-Ayyubi (25 March – 17 August) Shukri al-Quwatli (since 17 March)
1944	El Salvador	Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (until 9 May) Andrés Ignacio Menéndez^{[lower-alpha 2]} (9 May – 20 October) Osmín Aguirre y Salinas^{[lower-alpha 2]} (since 20 October)
1949	Taiwan	Chiang Kai-shek (until 21 January) Li Zongren^{[lower-alpha 1]} (21 January – 20 November) Yan Xishan (since 20 November)
1950	Nicaragua Nicaragua	Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes (until 6 May) Manuel Fernando Zurita (6–21 May) Anastasio Somoza García (since 21 May)
1952	Israel	Chaim Azriel Weizmann (until 9 November) Yosef Sprinzak^{[lower-alpha 1]} (9 November – 16 December) Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (since 16 December)
1955	Brazil	Café Filho (until 8 November) Carlos Luz^{[lower-alpha 1]} (8–11 November) Nereu Ramos^{[lower-alpha 3]} (since 11 November)
1963	Israel	Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (until 23 April) Kadish Luz^{[lower-alpha 1]} (23 April – 21 May) Zalman Shazar (since 21 May)
1963	Syria	Nazim al-Qudsi (until 9 March) Lu'ay al-Atassi (9 March – 27 July) Amin al-Hafiz (since 27 July)
1966	Nicaragua Nicaragua	René Schick (until 3 August) Orlando Montenegro Medrano^{[lower-alpha 1]} (3–4 August) Lorenzo Guerrero (since 4 August)
1969	Dahomey	Émile Derlin Zinsou (until 10 December) Maurice Kouandété (10–13 December) Paul-Émile de Souza (since 13 December)
1981	Iran	Abolhassan Banisadr (until 22 June) Mohammad-Ali Rajai (2–30 August) Ali Khamenei (since 9 October)
2000	Israel	Ezer Weizman (until 13 July) Avraham Burg^{[lower-alpha 1]} (13 July – 1 August) Moshe Katsav (since 1 August)
2007	Israel	Moshe Katsav (until 1 July) Dalia Itzik^{[lower-alpha 1]} (1–15 July) Shimon Peres (since 15 July)
2010	Germany	Horst Köhler (until 31 May) Jens Böhrnsen^{[lower-alpha 1]} (31 May – 30 June) Christian Wulff (since 30 June)
2012	Germany	Christian Wulff (until 17 February) Horst Seehofer^{[lower-alpha 1]} (17 February – 18 March) Joachim Gauck (since 18 March)
2024	Iran	Ebrahim Raisi (until 19 May) Mohammad Mokhber^{[lower-alpha 1]} (19 May – 28 July) Masoud Pezeshkian (since 28 July)
2024	South Korea	Yoon Suk Yeol (throughout) Han Duck-soo^{[lower-alpha 1]} (14–27 December) Choi Sang-mok^{[lower-alpha 1]} (since 27 December)

Years of four presidents

There have also been years in which countries have had four presidents:

Year	Country	Presidents
1846	Error creating thumbnail: Mexico	Mariano Paredes (since 28 July) Nicolás Bravo (28 July – 4 August) José Mariano Salas (5 August – 23 December) Valentín Gómez Farías (since 23 December)
1847		Valentín Gómez Farías (until 21 March) Antonio López de Santa Anna (21 March – 2 April; 20 May – 15 September) Pedro María de Anaya (2 April – 20 May; since 13 November) Manuel de la Peña y Peña (16 September – 13 November)
1853		Mariano Arista (until 6 January) Juan Bautista Ceballos (6 January – 8 February) Manuel María Lombardini (8 February – 20 April) Antonio López de Santa Anna (since 20 April)
1876	Mexico Mexico	Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (until 31 October) José María Iglesias (31 October – 28 November) Porfirio Díaz (28 November – 6 December) Juan N. Méndez (since 6 December)
1893	Nicaragua Nicaragua	Roberto Sacasa (until 11 July) Salvador Machado (1 June – 16 July) Joaquín Zavala^{[lower-alpha 1]} (16–25 July) José Santos Zelaya (since 25 July)
1910	Nicaragua Nicaragua	José Madriz^{[lower-alpha 1]} (until 20 August) José Dolores Estrada^{[lower-alpha 1]} (20–27 August) Luis Mena^{[lower-alpha 1]} (27–30 August) Juan José Estrada^{[lower-alpha 1]} (since 30 August)
1926		Carlos José Solórzano (until 14 March) Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (14 March – 11 November) Sebastián Uriza (30 October – 11 November) Adolfo Díaz (since 14 November)
1947		Anastasio Somoza García (until 1 May) Leonardo Argüello Barreto (1–27 May) Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa (27 May – 15 August) Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes (since 15 August)
1961	Brazil	Juscelino Kubitschek (until 31 January) Jânio Quadros (31 January – 25 August) Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli^{[lower-alpha 3]} (25 August – 7 September) João Goulart (since 7 September)
1965	Dahomey	Sourou-Migan Apithy (until 27 November) Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin^{[lower-alpha 1]} (27–29 November) Tahirou Congacou^{[lower-alpha 1]} (29 November – 22 December) Christophe Soglo (since 22 December)
1993	Burundi	Pierre Buyoya (until 10 July) Melchior Ndadaye (10 July – 21 October) François Ngeze (21–27 October) Sylvie Kinigi (since 27 October)
2009	Gabon	Omar Bongo (until 8 June) Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge^{[lower-alpha 1]} (6 May – 10 June) Rose Francine Rogombé^{[lower-alpha 1]} (10 June – 16 October) Ali Bongo (since 16 October)

Years of five presidents

Year	Country	Presidents
1855	Error creating thumbnail: Mexico	Antonio López de Santa Anna (until 5 August) Martín Carrera^{[lower-alpha 3]} (5 August – 12 September) Rómulo Díaz de la Vega (12 September – 3 October) Juan Álvarez (4 October – 11 December) Ignacio Comonfort (since 11 December)
1926	China China	Duan Qirui (until 20 April) Hu Weide^{[lower-alpha 1]} (20 April – 13 May) Yan Huiqing^{[lower-alpha 1]} (13 May – 22 June) Du Xigui^{[lower-alpha 1]} (22 June – 1 October) Wellington Koo^{[lower-alpha 1]} (since 1 October)
1960	South Korea	Rhee Syng-man (until 27 April) Ho Chong^{[lower-alpha 1]} (27 April 1960 – 16 June: 22 June – 8 August) Kwak Sang-hoon^{[lower-alpha 1]} (16–22 June) Baek Nak-jun^{[lower-alpha 1]} (8–12 August) Yun Po-sun (since 13 August)
1988	Burma	San Yu (until 27 July) Sein Lwin (27 July – 12 August) Aye Ko^{[lower-alpha 1]} (12–19 August) Maung Maung (19 August – 18 September) Saw Maung^{[lower-alpha 4]} (since 18 September)
2025	South Korea	Yoon Suk Yeol (until 4 April) Choi Sang-mok^{[lower-alpha 1]} (until 24 March) Han Duck-soo^{[lower-alpha 1]} (24 March – 1 May) Lee Ju-ho^{[lower-alpha 1]} (2 May – 4 June) Lee Jae Myung (since 4 June)

Notes

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↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Interim president.
↑ As Chairman of the State Law and Order Restoration Council

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