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Codified constitutions[edit]
Afghanistan[edit]
- Constitution of Afghanistan (1923)
- Fundamental Principles of the Government of Afghanistan (1931)
- Fundamental Principles of the Government of Afghanistan (1952)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Afghanistan (1964)
- Fundamental Principles of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1980)
- Constitution of the Republic of Afghanistan (1987)
- Constitution of the Republic of Afghanistan (1990)
- Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004)
Albania[edit]
- Constitution of the Republic of Albania (1925)
- Fundamental Law of the Kingdom of Albania (1928)
- Fundamental Law of the Kingdom of Albania (1939)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of Albania (1946)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of Albania (1950)
- Constitution of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania (1976)
- Law on Major Constitutional Provisions (Albania, 1991)
- Constitution of Albania (1998)
Algeria[edit]
Andorra[edit]
Angola[edit]
Antigua and Barbuda[edit]
Argentina[edit]
Armenia[edit]
Australia[edit]
- Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act
- Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942
- Australia Act 1986
New South Wales[edit]
Pre-Federation Constitutional Documents[edit]
- New South Wales Act (1823) (The United Kingdom)
- NSW Constitution Act (1842) (The United Kingdom)
- NSW Constitution Act (1855) (The United Kingdom)
Queensland[edit]
South Australia[edit]
Tasmania[edit]
Victoria[edit]
Western Australia[edit]
- Western Australia Act (1829)
- Constitution Act (1889)
Austria[edit]
- Constitutional Act for the Empire of Austria, 25 April 1848 (Pillersdorf Constitution)
- Constitution of the Empire of Austria, 4 March 1849 (March Constitution or Stadion Constitution)
- October Diploma
- February Patent
- Constitution of the Republic of Austria (1920)
- Constitution of the Federal State of Austria (1934)
- Constitution of Austria
Azerbaijan[edit]
The Bahamas[edit]
Bahrain[edit]
- Constitution of the State of Bahrain (1973)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain (2002)
- National Action Charter of Bahrain
Bangladesh[edit]
Barbados[edit]
Belarus[edit]
- Constitution of the Republic of Belarus (1994)
- Constitution of the Republic of Belarus Schema (1996)
Belgium[edit]
Belize[edit]
Benin[edit]
- Constitution of the Republic of Dahomey (1960)
- Constitution of the Republic of Dahomey (1964)
- Fundamental Law of the People's Republic of Benin (1977)
- Constitution of the Republic of Benin (1990)
Bhutan[edit]
Bolivia[edit]
- Constitution of the Bolivian Republic of 1826
- Constitution of the Plurinational State of Bolivia of 2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit]
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit]
Republika Srpska[edit]
Botswana[edit]
Brazil[edit]
- Constitution of the Empire of Brazil (1824)
- Constitution of the Republic of the United States of Brazil (1891)
- Constitution of the Republic of the United States of Brazil (1934)
- Constitution of the Republic of the United States of Brazil (1937)
- Constitution of the United State of Brazil (1946)
- Constitution of Brazil (1967)
- Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil (1988)
Brunei[edit]
Bulgaria[edit]
- Constitution of the Principality of Bulgaria (1879) (Trnovo Constitution)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1947)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1971)
- Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria (1991)
Burkina Faso[edit]
- Constitution of Upper Volta (1960)
- Constitution of Upper Volta (1970)
- Constitution of Upper Volta (1977)
- Constitution of Burkina Faso (1991)
Burundi[edit]
Cambodia[edit]
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1947)
- Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea
- Constitution of the Popular Republic of Kampuchea (1981)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993)
Cameroon[edit]
- Southern Cameroons (Constitution) Order in Council, 1960
- Constitution of the Federal Republic of Cameroon (1961)
- Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon
Canada[edit]
Cape Verde[edit]
Central African Republic[edit]
Chad[edit]
Chile[edit]
China[edit]
People's Republic of China[edit]
- Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1954)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1975)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1978)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1982)
- Amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1988)
- Amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1993)
- Amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1999)
- Amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (2004)
- Amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (2018)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of China (2018)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of China (Full text of latest edition)
Special Administrative Regions[edit]
- Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1997)
- Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance (Cap. 383) (1991)
Hong Kong Letters Patent
- Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region (1999)
Great Qing[edit]
- Principles of the Constitution (1908)
- Nineteen Articles (1911)
Republic of China[edit]
- Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China (1912)
- Draft Constitution of the Republic of China (1913)
- Constitutional Compact (1914)
- Constitution of the Republic of China (1923)
- Constitution of the Republic of China (1925)
- Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China (1931)
- Draft Constitution of the Republic of China (1936)
- Constitution of the Republic of China (1947)
- Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion (1972)
- Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China (1991)
- Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China (1992)
- Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China (1994)
- Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China (1997)
- Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China (1999)
- Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China (2000)
- Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China (2005)
Colombia[edit]
- Constitution of Colombia (1991)
The Comoros[edit]
Congo, Democratic Republic of[edit]
Congo, Republic of[edit]
Costa Rica[edit]
Cook Islands[edit]
Côte d'Ivoire[edit]
Croatia[edit]
- Constitution of the Republic of Croatia (adopted 1990, last amended 2001)
Cuba[edit]
- Constitution of Cuba (1940)
- Constitution of Cuba (adopted 1976, last amended 2002)
Cyprus[edit]
Northern Cyprus[edit]
- Declaration of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Constitution of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (1985)
Czechoslovakia[edit]
Czech Republic[edit]
Denmark[edit]
Djibouti[edit]
Dominica[edit]
Dominican Republic[edit]
East Timor[edit]
Ecuador[edit]
Egypt[edit]
- Constitution of Egypt (1971)
- Constitution of Egypt (2012)
- Draft constitution (2013) (English translation; State Information Service, Egypt)
- Constitution of Egypt (2014) (English translation; State Information Service, Egypt)
El Salvador[edit]
Equatorial Guinea[edit]
Eritrea[edit]
Estonia[edit]
- Constitution of the Esthonian Republic, 1920
- Decision of the Estonian people for convening the National Constituent Assembly, 1936
- Law for the transition period, 1937
- Constitution of the Estonian Republic, 1938
- Constitution of the Estonian Republic (1992)
Eswatini (Swaziland)[edit]
Ethiopia[edit]
Fiji[edit]
Finland[edit]
Past[edit]
France[edit]
Constitutional Bloc[edit]
- Declaration of human and civic rights of 26 August 1789
- Preamble to the Constitution of 27 October 1946
- Constitution of 4 October 1958 (as amended)
- Charter for the Environment of 2004
Past Constitutions[edit]
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
- French Constitution of 1791
- French Constitution of 1793
- Constitution of the Year III (1795)
- Constitution of the Year VIII (1799)
- Organic Senatus-Consultum of 16 Thermidor, Year X (4 August 1802)
- Organic Senatus-Consultum of 28 Floréal, Year XII (1804)
- French Constitutional Charter of 1814
- Additional Act to the Constitutions of the French Empire of 1815 (1815)
- French Constitutional Charter of 1830
- Proclamation by the French Provisional Government (1848)
- French Constitution of 1848
- French Constitution of 1852
- French Senatus-Consultum of November 7, 1852
- French Constitutional Laws of 1875
- French Constitutional Law of 1940
- French Constitution of 1946
- Constitution of the Fifth French Republic
Gabon[edit]
The Gambia[edit]
Georgia[edit]
Abkhazia[edit]
Germany[edit]
- Constitution of the German Empire (1871)
- Weimar constitution (1919)
- Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (1949 original and further revisions)
- Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (1949 original and further revisions)
Bavaria[edit]
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Bavaria (1808)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Bavaria (1818)
- Constitution of the Free State of Bavaria (1919) (Bamberg Constitution)
- Constitution of the Free State of Bavaria (1946) (unamended)
- Constitution of the Free State of Bavaria (1946) (as amended)
Berlin[edit]
- Constitution of Berlin of 23 November 1995, as amended as of 22 March 2016.
Brandenburg[edit]
- Constitution of Brandenburg (1992)
North Rhine-Westphalia[edit]
Prussia[edit]
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Prussia (1848, revised 1850)
- Constitution of the Free State of Prussia (1920)
Ghana[edit]
- Constitution of Ghana (1992)
Greece[edit]
- Greek Declaration of Independence 1822
- Constitution of Greece (1844)
- Constitution of Greece (1864)
- Constitution of Greece (1911)
- Constitution of Greece (1927)
- Constitution of Greece (1952)
- Constitution of Greece (1968)
- Constitution of Greece (1973)
- Constitution of Greece (1975, without amendments)
- Constitution of Greece (1975, last amended 2001)
Grenada[edit]
Guatemala[edit]
Guinea[edit]
Guinea-Bissau[edit]
Guyana[edit]
Haiti[edit]
- Constitution of Saint-Domingue (1801)
- Constitution of Hayti (1805)
- Revision of the Haitian Constitution of 1806 (1816)
- Constitution of Haiti (1987)
Honduras[edit]
Hungary[edit]
Iceland[edit]
India[edit]
- Constitution of India (1949 original)
Indonesia[edit]
- Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia of 1945
- Jakarta Charter (also known as the Djakarta Charter)
Pasundan[edit]
Iran[edit]
- "The Bases of the Persian Constitution" in The Persian Revolution of 1905-1909 (1910)
- Consists of
- The Farmán of August 5, 1906
- The Electoral Law of September 9, 1906
- The Fundamental Laws of December 30, 1906
- The Supplementary Fundamental Laws of October 7, 1907
- The New Electoral Law of July 1, 1909
- Consists of
- Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979, last amendment 1989)
Iraq[edit]
Ireland[edit]
Irish Republic[edit]
- Proclamation of the Republic (1916)
- Irish Declaration of Independence (1919)
- Constitution of Dáil Éireann (1919)
- Message to the Free Nations of the World (1919)
- Democratic Programme (1919)
Irish Free State[edit]
- Constitution of the Irish Free State (consolidated text)
- Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922
- Irish Free State Constitution Act, 1922
Ireland[edit]
- Constitution of Ireland (original text) (1937)
- Constitution of Ireland (1937, last amended 2018)
- Transitory Provisions of the Constitution of Ireland (1937, last amended 1941)
Italy[edit]
- Statuto Albertino (written in 1848, adopted in 1861)
- Constitution of Italy (written in 1947, adopted in 1948)
Fiume[edit]
- Constitution of Fiume or Carnaro (1920)
Jamaica[edit]
Japan[edit]
Jordan[edit]
- Constitution of Jordan (1952)
Kazakhstan[edit]
Kenya[edit]
Kiribati[edit]
Korea, North[edit]
- Constitution of North Korea (1948)
- Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1972)
- Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1992)
- Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1998)
- Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2012)
- Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2016)
Korea, South[edit]
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1948)
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1952)
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1954)
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (June 1960)
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (November 1960)
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1962)
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1969)
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1972)
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1980)
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1987)
Kosovo[edit]
Kuwait[edit]
Kyrgyzstan[edit]
Laos[edit]
Latvia[edit]
Lebanon[edit]
Lesotho[edit]
Liberia[edit]
Libya[edit]
Liechtenstein[edit]
Lithuania[edit]
Luxembourg[edit]
North Macedonia[edit]
- The first Constitution of Macedonia - Kresna 1878
- Krushevo Manifesto (1903)
- Constitution of Macedonia
- Declaration of Sovereignty of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia (1991)
- Constitution of the Republic of North Macedonia (2019)
Madagascar[edit]
Malawi[edit]
Malaysia[edit]
Maldives[edit]
Mali[edit]
Malta[edit]
Marshall Islands[edit]
Mauritania[edit]
Mauritius[edit]
Mexico[edit]
- Constitution of Mexico (1824)
- Constitution of Mexico (1857)
- Political Constitution of the United Mexican States (unamended)
Micronesia, Federated States of[edit]
- Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia
- Constitution of the State of Chuuk
- Constitution of the State of Kosrae
- Constitution of the State of Pohnpei
- Constitution of the State of Yap
Moldova[edit]
Transnistria[edit]
- Constitution of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (1995, last amended 2000)
Monaco[edit]
Mongolia[edit]
Montenegro[edit]
Morocco[edit]
Mozambique[edit]
Myanmar[edit]
- Constitution of Burma (1943), enacted by the Japanese-controlled State of Burma
- Constitution of the Union of Burma (1948)
- Constitution of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974)
- Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2008)
Namibia[edit]
- Constitution of Namibia (1990)
Nauru[edit]
Nepal[edit]
Netherlands[edit]
Nicaragua[edit]
Niger[edit]
Nigeria[edit]
Niue[edit]
Norway[edit]
- The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway, original of 17. May 1814
- The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway, as amended 2007
Oman[edit]
Pakistan[edit]
Palau[edit]
Palestine[edit]
- Constitution of Palestine of 1968
- Palestinian Declaration of Independence (1988)
- Constitution of Palestine of 1994
- Constitution of Palestine of 1996
- Constitution of Palestine (2003)
Panama[edit]
Papua New Guinea[edit]
- Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (incorporated up to Amendment 22)
Paraguay[edit]
Peru[edit]
The Philippines[edit]
- Provisional Constitution of the Philippines (1897)
- Philippine Declaration of Independence
- Constitution of the Philippines (1899)
- Constitution of the Philippines (1935)
- Constitution of the Philippines (1943)
- Constitution of the Philippines (1973)
- Constitution of the Philippines (1987)
Poland[edit]
- New Constitution of the Government of Poland, Established by the Revolution, the Third of May, 1791
- Constitution of May 3, 1791 (Translated by Christopher Kasparek)
- Constitutional Charter of the Kingdom of Poland (1815)
- March Constitution of Poland (1921)
- April Constitution of Poland (1935)
- Small Constitution of 1947
- Small Constitution of 1992
- Constitution of the Republic of Poland (1997)
Portugal[edit]
Qatar[edit]
Romania[edit]
- Constitution of Romania (1866)
- Constitution of Romania (1923)
- Constitution of Romania (1938)
- Constitution of Romania (1948)
- Constitution of Romania (1952)
- Constitution of Romania (1965)
- Constitution of Romania (1991)
- Constitution of Romania (2003)
Russia[edit]
- Resolution on the form of government of Russia
- 1918 Constitution (Fundamental Law) of the RSFSR
- Constitution of the Russian Federation
Rwanda[edit]
Saint Kitts and Nevis[edit]
Saint Lucia[edit]
Samoa[edit]
São Tomé and Príncipe[edit]
Saudi Arabia[edit]
Senegal[edit]
Serbia[edit]
- Constitution of the Principality of Serbia (1869)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Serbia (1888)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Serbia (1901)
- Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro (2003)
- Constitution of Serbia (2006)
Seychelles[edit]
Sierra Leone[edit]
Singapore[edit]
Slovakia[edit]
Slovenia[edit]
Solomon Islands[edit]
Somalia[edit]
Somaliland[edit]
South Africa[edit]
South Sudan[edit]
Spain[edit]
- Spanish Constitution of 1808
- Political Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy (1812)
- Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy (1837)
- Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy (1845)
- Spanish Constitution of 1869
- Draft Federal Constitution of the Spanish Republic (1873)
- Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy (1876)
- Constitution of the Spanish Republic (1931)
- Spanish Constitution of 1978
Sri Lanka[edit]
Sudan[edit]
Suriname[edit]
Sweden[edit]
Switzerland[edit]
- Foedus pactum (1291)
- Swiss Constitution (1999, last amended 2002)
Syria[edit]
Taiwan[edit]
Tajikistan[edit]
Tanzania[edit]
Thailand[edit]
Togo[edit]
- Constitution of the Togolese Republic (1961)
- Constitution of the Togolese Republic (1963)
- Constitution of the Togolese Republic (1979-80)
- Constitution of the Togolese Republic (1992)
Tonga[edit]
- Constitution of Tonga (1875)
Trinidad and Tobago[edit]
- Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago (1962)
- Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (2000)
Tunisia[edit]
Turkey[edit]
- Constitution of the Ottoman Empire (1876)
- Constitution of the Republic of Turkey (1921)
- Constitution of the Republic of Turkey (1924)
- Constitution of the Republic of Turkey (1945)
- Constitution of the Republic of Turkey (1961)
- Constitution of the Republic of Turkey (2004)
Turkmenistan[edit]
Tuvalu[edit]
Uganda[edit]
- Constitution of Uganda (1962)
- Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (1967)
- Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (1995)
Ukraine[edit]
United Arab Emirates[edit]
United States[edit]
Uruguay[edit]
Uzbekistan[edit]
Vanuatu[edit]
Venezuela[edit]
- Federal Constitution for the States of Venezuela (1811)
- Political Constitution of the State of Venezuela (1819)
- Constitution of the State of Venezuela (1830)
- Constitution of Venezuela (1857)
- Constitution of Venezuela (1858)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1864)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1874)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1881)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1891)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1893)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1901)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1904)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1909)
- Venezuelan Provisional Constitutional Statute (1914)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1914)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1925)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1928)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1929)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1931)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1936)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1947)
- Act of Constitution of the Provisional Government of the United States of Venezuela, 24 November 1948
- Constitution of the Republic of Venezuela (1953)
- Constitution of the Republic of Venezuela (1961)
- Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (1999)
Vietnam[edit]
- Vietnamese Declaration of Independence (1945)
- Constitution of Vietnam (1946)
- Constitution of Vietnam (1980)
- Constitution of Vietnam (1992)
- Constitution of Vietnam (2001)
- Constitution of Vietnam (2013)
North Vietnam[edit]
South Vietnam[edit]
Yemen[edit]
- Constitution of Yemen (1962)
- Constitution of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1971)
- Provisional Constitution of the Yemen Arab Republic (1974)
- Constitution of the Republic of Yemen (1991)
Zambia[edit]
Zimbabwe[edit]
- Constitution of Rhodesia (1969)
- Constitution of Zimbabwe (1979)
- Constitution of Zimbabwe (22 May 2013)
Multilateral Constitutions[edit]
African Union[edit]
European Union[edit]
- Treaty on European Union (Treaty of Maastricht) (1992)
- Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (2004)
- Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
Federation of Earth[edit]
Union of South American Nations[edit]
United Nations[edit]
Uncodified constitutions[edit]
Uncodified constitution means that constitutional laws are not all contained in one single document but spread out over several different documents.
Israel[edit]
New Zealand[edit]
- New Zealand Constitution Act (1986)
- New Zealand Bill of Rights Act (1990)
- Letters Patent Constituting the Office Of Governor-General Of New Zealand (1983)
- Treaty of Waitangi (1840)
- The Declaration of Independence of the Northern Chiefs (1835)
Proposed amendments:
United Kingdom[edit]
Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies[edit]
Gibraltar[edit]
Sark[edit]
- Sark Letters Patent of 1565
- Sark Letters Patent of 1611
- Suspension of the Sark Court and Institution of the Office of Seneschal by Order in Council in 1675
- Reform (Sark) Law 1951
- Reform (Amendment) (Sark) Law 1981
Turks and Caicos Islands[edit]
Constitutions of former countries[edit]
Confederate States[edit]
- Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America (8 February 1861)
- Constitution of the Confederate States of America (signed 11 March 1861; ratified 29 March 1861)
Czechoslovakia[edit]
German Democratic Republic[edit]
- Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (adopted 1949, amended 1968)
Iroquois Confederacy[edit]
- The Iroquois Constitution (oral constitution created between 1090 and 1150)
Senegambia[edit]
Republic of Texas[edit]
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[edit]
- 1918 Constitution (Fundamental Law) of the RSFSR, see Russia
- Constitution of the Soviet Union (1924)
- Constitution of the Soviet Union (1936)
- Constitution of the Soviet Union (1977, Unamended)
- Constitution of the Soviet Union (1977, Fully amended)
Yugoslavia[edit]
- Constitution of Yugoslavia (1921)
- Constitution of Yugoslavia (1931)
- Constitution of Yugoslavia (1946)
- Constitution of Yugoslavia (1953)
- Constitution of Yugoslavia (1963)
- Constitution of Yugoslavia (1974)
- Constitution of Yugoslavia (1992)
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia[edit]
Constitutions of unrecognized entities[edit]
Sealand[edit]
About constitutions[edit]
- "Constitution of the United States," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)