Impeachment

:This article is about the political concept of impeachment; for the concept of casting doubt on the testimony of a witness at trial, see Witness impeachment.

Other jurisdictions

• Austria: The Austrian Federal President can be impeached by the Federal Convention (Bundesversammlung) before the Constitutional Court. The constitution also provides for the recall of the president by a referendum. Neither of these courses has ever been taken.
• Brazil: The President of Federative Republic of Brazil can be impeached. This happened to Fernando Collor de Mello, due to evidences of bribery and misappropriation.
• Germany: The Federal President of Germany can be impeached by the Bundestag for willfully violating German law. Once the Bundestag impeaches the president, the Federal Constitutional Court decides whether to remove him or her from office. No such case has yet occurred.
• Carlos Andrés Pérez, president of Venezuela, was impeached in 1993.
• Fernando Collor de Mello, President of Brazil was impeached in 1992, and this led to his resignation.
• Rolandas Paksas, the president of Lithuania, suffered impeachment on April 6, 2004.
• Roh Moo-hyun, the president of South Korea, was impeached on March 12, 2004; Korea's Constitutional Court overturned the decision on May 14, 2004.
• Following impeachment, Alfred Maseng, President of Vanuatu, left office on 11 May 2004.
• Raúl Cubas Grau, President of Paraguay, was impeached in 1999.