List of presidents who did n't win reelection - wikipedia List of presidents who did n't win reelection This is a list of incumbent Presidents who ran for another term but were n't reelected. List Term in office President Country Lost election Notes 1797 -- 1801 John Adams United States United States presidential election, 1800 1825 -- 1829 John Quincy Adams United States United States presidential election, 1828 1885 - 1889 Grover Cleveland United States United States presidential election, 1888 1889 - 1893 Benjamin Harrison United States United States presidential election, 1892 1909 - 1913 William Taft United States United States presidential election, 1912 1929 - 1933 Herbert Hoover United States United States presidential election, 1932 1931 -- 1937 Pehr Evind Svinhufvud Finland Finnish presidential election, 1937 1948 -- 1955 Luigi Einaudi Italy Italian presidential election, 1955 1955 -- 1962 Giovanni Gronchi Italy Italian presidential election, 1962 1960 -- 1967 Aden Abdullah Osman Daar Somalia Somali presidential election, 1967 1964 -- 1971 Giuseppe Saragat Italy Italian presidential election, 1971 1974 -- 1977 Gerald Ford United States United States presidential election, 1976 1976 -- 1980 Jimmy Carter United States United States presidential election, 1980 1985 - 1990 Daniel Ortega Nicaragua Nicaraguan general election, 1990 1974 -- 1981 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing France French presidential election, 1981 1972 -- 1991 Mathieu Kérékou Benin Beninese presidential election, 1991 1964 -- 1991 Kenneth Kaunda Zambia Zambian general election, 1991 1989 -- 1993 George H.W. Bush United States United States presidential election, 1992 1989 -- 1992 Václav Havel Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak presidential election, 1992 Later elected President of the Czech Republic. 1975 -- 1993 1996 -- 2001 Didier Ratsiraka Madagascar Malagasy presidential election, 1992 - 93 Malagasy presidential election, 2001 1987 -- 1993 Pierre Buyoya Burundi Burundian presidential election, 1993 Returned to power in 1996 1981 -- 1993 André Kolingba Central African Republic Central African general election, 1993 1966 -- 1994 Hastings Banda Malawi Malawian general election, 1994 1991 -- 1994 Leonid Kravchuk Ukraine Ukrainian presidential election, 1994 1990 -- 1995 Lech Wałęsa Poland Polish presidential election, 1995 Also lost 2000 election. 1991 -- 1996 Nicéphore Soglo Benin Beninese presidential election, 1996 Also lost in 2001 1993 -- 1996 Albert Zafy Madagascar Malagasy presidential election, 1996, 2001 1990 -- 1997 Mircea Snegur Moldova Moldovan presidential election, 1996 1990 -- 1997 Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat Mongolia Mongolian presidential election, 1997 1999 -- 2000 Robert Guéï Ivory Coast Ivorian presidential election, 2000 1989 -- 1996 Ion Iliescu Romania Romanian general election, 1996 Returned to office after 2000 election. 1981 -- 2000 Abdou Diouf Senegal Senegalese presidential election, 2000 1996 -- 2001 Petar Stoyanov Bulgaria Bulgarian presidential election, 2001 1998 -- 2003 Valdas Adamkus Lithuania Lithuanian presidential election, 2002 -- 2003 Returned to the office in 2004. 2000 - 2004 Hipólito Mejía Dominican Republic Dominican Republic presidential election, 2004 2001 -- 2004 Megawati Sukarnoputri Indonesia Indonesian presidential election, 2004 Also lost 2009 election. 1999 -- 2004 Rudolf Schuster Slovakia Slovak presidential election, 2004 2001 -- 2006 Arnold Rüütel Estonia Estonian presidential election, 2006 2005 -- 2009 Nambaryn Enkhbayar Mongolia Mongolian presidential election, 2009 2000 -- 2011 Laurent Gbagbo Ivory Coast Ivorian presidential election, 2010 2002 -- 2010 Dahir Riyale Kahin Somaliland Somaliland presidential election, 2010 2004 -- 2010 Viktor Yushchenko Ukraine Ukrainian presidential election, 2010 2007 -- 2011 Valdis Zatlers Latvia Latvian presidential election, 2011 2008 -- 2011 Rupiah Banda Zambia Zambian general election, 2011 2007 -- 2012 Nicolas Sarkozy France French presidential election, 2012 Also ran in 2017 but lost The Republicans primary. 2000 -- 2012 Abdoulaye Wade Senegal Senegalese presidential election, 2012 2004 -- 2012 Boris Tadić Serbia Serbian presidential election, 2012 2007 -- 2012 Danilo Türk Slovenia Slovenian presidential election, 2012 2012 -- 2014 Joyce Banda Malawi Malawian general election, 2014 2010 -- 2015 Ivo Josipović Croatia Croatian presidential election, 2014 -- 15 2010 -- 2015 Goodluck Jonathan Nigeria Nigerian presidential election, 2015 2010 -- 2015 Bronisław Komorowski Poland Polish presidential election, 2015 1994 -- 2017 Yahya Jammeh The Gambia Gambian presidential election, 2016 2012 -- 2017 John Mahama Ghana Ghanaian general election, 2016 2011 -- 2016 Manuel Pinto da Costa São Tomé and Príncipe São Toméan presidential election, 2016 2011 -- 2016 Yevgeny Shevchuk Transnistria Transnistrian presidential election, 2016 2012 -- 2017 Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Somalia Somali presidential election, 2017 2012 -- 2017 Leonid Tibilov South Ossetia South Ossetian presidential election, 2017 References Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Presidents_who_didn%27t_win_reelection&oldid=850701399 '' Categories : Lists of presidents Lists of elections Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 17 July 2018, at 14 : 59 ( UTC ). 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Question: when was the last time an incumbent president lost
Answer: 1992