List of impeachments of heads of state

This is a list of formal impeachments, impeachment attempts or impeachment inquiries of presidents, or holders of other offices equivalent to a head of state.

Successful impeachments

Name	Country	Title	Date	Charge(s)	Result
Donald Trump	United States	President	December 18, 2019	Abuse of power, obstruction of Congress	Impeached by the United States House of Representatives;[1] acquitted by the United States Senate on February 5, 2020.[2]
Park Geun-hye	South Korea	President	December 9, 2016	Abuse of power	Removed by the Constitutional Court on March 10, 2017. Second South Korean president to be impeached. Succeeded in office by prime minister Hwang Kyo-ahn as acting president.[3]
Dilma Rousseff	Brazil	President	April 17, 2016	Violation of budgetary laws	Suspended from presidency 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.[4]
Viktor Yanukovych	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.[5]
Václav Klaus	Czech Republic	President	March 5, 2013	Treason	Impeached by the Senate, but rejected as moot by the Constitutional Court as his term in office had expired.[6]
Fernando Lugo	Paraguay	President	June 21, 2012	Nepotism, insecurity, improper land purchase	Removed from office by the Senate on June 22, 2012; succeeded in office by vice president Federico Franco.[7]
Rolandas Paksas	Lithuania	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.[8]
Roh Moo-hyun	South Korea	President	March 12, 2004	Election law violations	Impeached by the National Assembly; reinstated by the Constitutional Court on May 14, 2004.[9] Goh Kun served as acting president during the impeachment.
Abdurrahman Wahid	Indonesia	President	July 23, 2001	Threatening to dissolve Parliament	Removed by the People's Consultative Assembly. Succeeded in office by vice president Megawati Sukarnoputri.[10]
Alberto Fujimori	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.[11]
Joseph Estrada	Philippines	President	November 13, 2000	Corruption	Impeached by the Philippine House of Representatives; case went to impeachment trial at the Senate. Ousted by protests on January 20, 2001. Succeeded in office by vice president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.[12]
Bill Clinton	United States	President	December 19, 1998	Perjury, obstruction of justice	Impeached by the United States House of Representatives; acquitted by the United States Senate on February 12, 1999.[13]
Boris Yeltsin (2nd time)	Russia	President	September 22, 1993	Violation of the Constitution	Retained post after an armed standoff with the Supreme Council.[14]
Carlos Andrés Pérez	Venezuela	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.[15]
Fernando Collor de Mello	Brazil	President	September 1 1992	Influence peddling	Resigned from office on December 29, 1992 Succeeded in office by vice president Itamar Franco.[16]
Abolhassan Banisadr	Iran	President	June 20, 1981	Anti-revolutionary conduct, ties to political-militant organisations such as MEK	Removed by Ayatollah Khomeini. Succeeded in office by the Provisional Presidential Council.[17]
Sukarno	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 Suharto as acting president and later full president.[18]
Café Filho	Brazil	President	November 19, 1955	Coup d'état attempt in order to prevent Juscelino Kubtschek to take 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.[19][20][21]
Carlos Luz	Brazil	President	November 11, 1955	Coup d'état attempt in order to prevent Juscelino Kubtschek to take 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.[22][23]
Andrew Johnson	United States	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.[24][25]
Warren Hastings	British Raj	Governor-General	February 13, 1788	Corruption	Acquitted on April 23, 1795.[26]

Resigned during the impeachment attempt

Name	Country	Title	Date	Result
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2nd time)	Peru	President	March 21, 2018	Resigned before formal vote[27]
Robert Mugabe	Zimbabwe	President	November 21, 2017	Resigned before formal vote[28][29]
Pervez Musharraf	Pakistan	President	August 18, 2008	Resigned before formal vote,[30] convicted in absentia in 2019 and sentenced to death[31][32][33]
Giovanni Leone	Italy	President	June 15, 1978	Resigned before formal vote[34]
Richard Nixon	United States	President	August 9, 1974	Resigned before formal vote[35]

Failed impeachment attempts

Name	Country	Title	Date	Result
Sebastián Piñera	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.[36]
Martín Vizcarra	Peru	President	October 1, 2019	The Congress of Peru attempted to impeach and remove Vizcarra after the Peruvian president ordered the dissolution of congress as part of the 2019 Peruvian constitutional crisis. The vote was deemed illegitimate. [37]
Miloš Zeman	Czech Republic	President	September 26, 2019	Not passed[38]
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (1st time)	Peru	President	December 21, 2017	Not passed[27]
Michel Temer	Brazil	President	June 9, 2017	Dismissed by the Superior Electoral Court.[39]
Rodrigo Duterte	Philippines	President	March 16, 2017	The House Justice Committee threw out the charge by unanimous vote.[40]
Jacob Zuma	South Africa	President	April 5, 2016	Not passed[41]
Benigno Aquino III	Philippines	President	July 21, 2014	The House Justice Committee threw out the charges by a vote of 54-4.[42][43]
Giorgio Napolitano	Italy	President	February 11, 2014	Not passed[34][44]
Traian Băsescu (2nd time)	Romania	President	July 29, 2012	Not passed[45]
Barack Obama	United States	President	March 7, 2012	Resolution referred to committee, no further action taken[46]
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (4th time)	Philippines	President	November 26, 2008	The House Justice Committee threw out the charges by a vote of 42-8.[47]
George W. Bush	United States	President	June 11, 2008	Resolution referred to committee, no further action taken[48]
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (3rd time)	Philippines	President	November 26, 2007	Rejected by the House of Representatives of the Philippines through a vote of 184-1.[47][49]
Traian Băsescu (1st time)	Romania	President	April 19, 2007	Not passed[50]
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2nd time)	Philippines	President	August 24, 2006	Rejected by the House of Representatives of the Philippines through a vote of 173-32.[47][51]
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1st time)	Philippines	President	August 30, 2005	The House Justice Committee threw out the charges.[47][52]
Boris Yeltsin (3rd time)	Russia	President	May 15, 1999	Not passed[14]
Boris Yeltsin (1st time)	Russia	President	March 28, 1993	Not passed[14]
Francesco Cossiga	Italy	President	December 1991	Not passed[34]
Getúlio Vargas	Brazil	President	June 16, 1954	Rejected by the Chamber of Deputies through a vote of 136-35.[53][54][55]
James Buchanan	United States	President	June 16, 1860	Committee found that nothing had been done to warrant impeachment.[56]
John Tyler	United States	President	January 10, 1843	Impeachment resolution rejected by the United States House of Representatives 127 to 83.[57]

Ongoing impeachment inquiries

Name	Country	Title	Date	Status
Ilir Meta	Albania	President	June 11, 2019	Impeachment inquiry in progress[58][59]

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