Motion of no confidence
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In a deliberative assembly, a motion of no confidence is a motion declaring that a government or an officer, typically a government executive, is not fit to hold office. A vote on such a motion is a v
The outgoing prime minister Mariano Rajoy (right) congratulates the incoming prime minister Pedro Sánchez (left) upon losing the no-confidence vote on 1 June 2018.
Impeachment
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Impeachment is a process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct. Impeachment tends to be confined to ministerial o
The process of the first impeachment of Donald Trump where the House of Representatives voted to adopt the articles of impeachment against him in 2019.
Lithuanian President Rolandas Paksas was the first European head of state to have been impeached.
Boris Yeltsin, as president of Russia, survived several impeachment attempts.
The Constitutional Court of Korea holding a hearing in the impeachment trial for President Yoon Suk Yeol, with Yoon in attendance (on the right) as the defendant, 21 January 2025