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Constitution of the Portuguese Republic
Overview
Jurisdiction
Portugal
Ratified
2 April 1976
Date effective
25 April 1976
System
Semi-presidential republic
Government structure
Branches
4
Head of state
President with significant reserve powers
Chambers
Unicameral (Assembly of the Republic)
Executive
Government, headed by a Prime Minister
Judiciary
Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of Justice and lower general courts, Supreme Administrative Court and lower administrative courts and Court of Auditors
Federalism
Unitary state, but the outermost archipelagoes enjoy self-government
Electoral college
No
Entrenchments
15 (14 material ones and a circumstantial one)
History
First legislature
3 June 1976
First executive
23 July 1976
Amendments
7
Last amended
2005
Author(s)
Constituent Assembly of Portugal
Signatories
Henrique de Barros and Francisco da Costa Gomes
Supersedes
Portuguese Constitution of 1933
Full text
Constitution of the Portuguese Republic at Wikisource
Politics of Portugal
Constitution
Executive
President (list)
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Prime Minister (list)
Luís Montenegro
Cabinet
Legislature
Assembly of the Republic
President: Augusto Santos Silva
Judiciary
Constitutional Court
Supreme Court of Justice
Court of Auditors
Supreme Administrative Court
Elections
Recent elections
Presidential: 2016
2021
2026
Legislative:
2019
2022
2024
Local: 2013
2017
2021
European: 2014
2019
2024
Political parties
Politicians
Administrative divisions
Districts
Autonomous regions
Municipalities (list)
Freguesias (list)
Foreign relations
Spain-Portugal relations
Portugal–United Kingdom relations
France–Portugal relations
Italy–Portugal relations
Brazil-Portugal relations
Portugal–United States relations
China–Portugal relations
Angola–Portugal relations
Mozambique–Portugal relations
Canada–Portugal relations
Portugal–Sweden relations
Portugal portal
Other countries
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The present Constitution of Portugal was adopted in 1976 after the Carnation Revolution.[1] It was preceded by a number of constitutions including the first one created in 1822 (following the Liberal Revolution of 1820),[2] 1826 (drawn up by King Dom Pedro IV),[3] 1838 (after the Liberal Wars),[4] 1911 (following the 5 October 1910 revolution),[5] and 1933 (after the 28 May 1926 coup d'état).[6]
^"The Constitution of 1976 and subsequent revisions". The Constitutional Monarchy. Assembly of the Republic of Portugal. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
^"The Cortes in the Constitution of 1822". The Constitutional Monarchy. Assembly of the Republic of Portugal. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
^"The Courts General in the Constitutional Charter of 1826". The Constitutional Monarchy. Assembly of the Republic of Portugal. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
^"The Courts General in the Constitution of 1838". The Constitutional Monarchy. Assembly of the Republic of Portugal. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
^"The Congress of the Republic in the Constitution of 1911". The Constitutional Monarchy. Assembly of the Republic of Portugal. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
^"The National Assembly in the Constitution of 1933". The Constitutional Monarchy. Assembly of the Republic of Portugal. Archived from [parlamento the original] on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013. {{citation}}: Check |url= value (help)
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