Do any other countries allow foreign born people to run for president?

[JohnKleeb]

curious.

[Sparkle]

1. I don't know, but if Ireland did and Clinton ran, he would win in a

landslide. In fact, no one would run against him.:-)

[JohnKleeb]

3. I know they love him

Good Friday Agreement.

[Sanity Claws]

19. deVelera

The Irish Republic's first President was Eamon DeVelera. He was born in New York. However, his mother was from Ireland so he may have been considered a foreign-born Irish citizen. (He got his citizenship from his mother, not his place of birth.)

Also Golda Meir was born in NY.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. Golda Meir Was Born In The Ukraine

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/meir/

[Sanity Claws]

25. Sorry

I grew up in NY and had heard that she was born there. I guess it was misinformation I heard and thought was true.

[On the Road]

2. Well, Iraq Seems to

and any other country the US chooses the leaders for. They're all foreign nationals who used to live in the US or who have worked for US corporations.

[JohnKleeb]

4. yeah but they were born in the country right

I seem to remember an american guy who ran for president in luthania after living in america but he may have been born there.

[On the Road]

5. A Lot of Foreign Leaders Were Educated in the US

and lived here when they were young.

The one that I was thinking about in particular was Nguyen Van Thieu, who the US brought in from outside to rule South Vietnam in 1965. Karzai, Chalabi, and Allawi are cut from the same cloth.

[JohnKleeb]

6. The guy in South Korea was too I think

I forget his name but he was president of south korea during the korean war, he was american educated.

[illflem]

7. Run from what?

[JohnKleeb]

8. for president, lemme clarify

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. Didn't India just have an election where the daughter of Gandi

won and frantically stepped down because it was obvious that they weren't going to accept her because she was born or raised outside the country?

[JohnKleeb]

11. yeah

I really do think though and disagree with me or whatever but I feel people who live here for at least 20 years around and are foreign born should run, they are often just as if not more loyal to the country.

[achtung_circus]

10. Lots in Canada.

Here is the list for Federal Parliament. There are probably comparable lists for Provincial Legislatures and the Senate.

<http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/house/mpsbo.asp?lang=E&Hist=N>

[JohnKleeb]

12. I mean for the top office

[achtung_circus]

13. No restriction here, it's just a matter of time. nt

[JohnKleeb]

17. I like that

because I feel foreign born people in america after a certain amount of time should be able to run.

[DavidDvorkin]

14. Strictly speaking, the top office in Canada

is occupied by a woman who was born in England and still lives there. :)

[Canuckistanian]

15. I say we should tax all foreigners living abroad

That'll teach 'em.

[JohnKleeb]

16. that witch

god how I loathe any monarchy.

[achtung_circus]

18. And her representative in Canada is

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D., Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada

Born in Hong Kong in 1939, Madame Clarkson came to Canada as a refugee with her family, during the war in 1942. She received her early education in the Ottawa public school system and later obtained an Honours B.A. and an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Toronto. She also did post-graduate work at the Sorbonne in France. Madame Clarkson is fluently bilingual.

[RafterMan]

20. Israel

for obvious reasons

[against all enemies]

22. Let Arnold run in Israel then. Israel loves Bush; Arnold spoke at the

republican love-fest in NY.

[IndianaGreen]

21. Yes! Israel for one (and for PM). England, France, Germany, Canada

Lithuania, and I believe the Czech Republic, and even Cuba (there is a requirement that the person must have lived in the country for a certain number of years).

[charlie]

23. It may have happened in Peru

though it's illegal there. Fujimori's campaign manager still insists his boss was born in Japan, not in Lima.