World leaders who have been impeached

(Baonghean.vn) - Less than 4 months after Donald Trump took office as President, the US Congress is "whispering" about the possibility of impeaching him. There are many presidents in the world who have been impeached and forced to resign.

1. Former US President Richard Nixon

August 1974 - US President Richard Nixon resigned rather than be impeached over the Watergate scandal.

2. Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello

December 1992 - Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello resigned just minutes after the Senate opened an impeachment trial over corruption charges. However, Collor de Mello was later acquitted.

3. Former US President Bill Clinton

December 1998 - The US House of Representatives impeached President Bill Clinton. However, Mr. Clinton was later declared innocent.

4. Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin

May 1999 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin escapes impeachment on five charges of mismanagement after the opposition fails to muster enough votes to hold impeachment proceedings.

5. President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada

November 2000 - Philippine President Joseph Estrada is impeached for corruption, charges that spark a public outcry in January 2001 that forces him to resign.

6. Paraguayan President Luis Gonzalez Macchi

February 2003 - Paraguay's Congress voted not to remove President Luis Gonzalez Macchi from power after finding him not guilty of corruption.

7. President of South Korea Roh Moo-hyun

March 2004 - South Korea's National Assembly votes to impeach President Roh Moo-hyun for election violations, economic mismanagement, and corruption among his aides. He is suspended, but reinstated just two months later after the Constitutional Court issues its ruling.

8. President of the Philippines Arroyo

July 2005 - Opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives file an impeachment motion against President Arroyo for election fraud and other charges.

9. President of Israel Moshe Katsav

In June 2007, President Moshe Katsav resigned to seek amnesty after being convicted of rape and other sexual crimes. In 2011, he was sentenced to seven years in prison and released in December 2016.

10. German President Christian Wulff

In February 2012, President Christian Wulff resigned after being stripped of his immunity from prosecution over allegations that he had abused his position to buy power. He was later cleared.

11. President of Brazil, Ms. Dilma Rousseff

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was removed from power after the Senate voted on August 31, 2016 to impeach her for illegally manipulating the national budget.

11. President of South Korea Park Guen-hye

The Constitutional Court of South Korea on March 10, 2017 upheld the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, removing her from office over a corruption scandal involving large businesses.

Kim Ngoc

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