Portal:Constitutional documents

This page lists documents relating to the establishment of national independence, fundamental rights and political structures. It is limited to just the text of constitutions. Check the Wikipedia list of national constitutions to find more dates. See also Portal:Constitution.

Codified constitutions

Afghanistan

Albania

  • 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

Andorra

  • Constitution of Andorra

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

  • Antigua and Barbuda Constitution Order 1981

Argentina

  • Constitution of Argentina

Armenia

Australia

New South Wales

Pre-Federation Constitutional Documents
  • New South Wales Act (1823) (The United Kingdom)
  • NSW Constitution Act (1842) (The United Kingdom)
  • NSW Constitution Act (1855) (The United Kingdom)

Queensland

South Australia

  • Constitution Act 1934 (South Australia)

Tasmania

  • Constitution Act 1934 (Tasmania)

Victoria

  • Constitution Act 1975 (Victoria)
  • Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Victoria)

Western Australia

Austria

  • 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

The Bahamas

  • Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

  • Constitution of Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

  • Constitution of Belize

Benin

  • 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

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Republika Srpska

Botswana

  • Constitution of Botswana

Brazil

Brunei

Bulgaria

  • 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

  • Constitution of Upper Volta (1960)
  • Constitution of Upper Volta (1970)
  • Constitution of Upper Volta (1977)
  • Constitution of Burkina Faso (1991)

Burundi

  • Constitution of Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

  • Southern Cameroons (Constitution) Order in Council, 1960
  • Constitution of the Federal Republic of Cameroon (1961)
  • Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

  • Constitution of Cape Verde

Central African Republic

  • Constitution of the Central African Republic

Chad

  • Constitution of Chad

Chile

China

People's Republic of China

Special Administrative Regions

Great Qing

Republic of China

Colombia

  • Constitution of Colombia (1991)

The Comoros

  • Constitution of the Union of the Comoros

Congo, Democratic Republic of

  • Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo, Republic of

  • Constitution of the Republic of the Congo

Costa Rica

Cook Islands

Côte d'Ivoire

  • Constitution of Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Northern Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Djibouti

  • Constitution of Djibouti

Dominica

  • Constitution of the Commonwealth of Dominica

Dominican Republic

  • Constitution of the Dominican Republic

East Timor

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

  • Constitution of El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Eswatini (Swaziland)

  • The Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland Act 2005

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

Past

France

Constitutional Bloc

Past Constitutions

Gabon

  • Constitution of Gabon

The Gambia

  • Constitution of the Republic of the Gambia

Georgia

Abkhazia

Germany

Bavaria

Berlin

Brandenburg

North Rhine-Westphalia

Prussia

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

  • Constitution of Grenada

Guatemala

  • Constitution of Guatemala

Guinea

  • Constitution of Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

  • Constitution of Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

  • Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana Act

Haiti

Honduras

  • Constitution of Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Pasundan

Iran

  • "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
  • Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979, last amendment 1989)

Iraq

Ireland

Irish Republic

Irish Free State

Ireland

Italy

Fiume

Jamaica

  • Constitution of Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

  • Constitution of Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kiribati

Korea, North

Korea, South

Kosovo

  • Constitution of Kosovo

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

  • Constitution of Kyrgyzstan

Laos

  • Constitution of Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

  • Constitution of Lebanon

Lesotho

  • Constitution of Lesotho

Liberia

  • Constitution of Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

  • Constitution of Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

  • Constitution of Luxembourg

North Macedonia

Madagascar

  • Constitution of Madagascar

Malawi

  • Constitution of Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

  • Constitution of the Republic of Maldives

Mali

Malta

  • Constitution of Malta

Marshall Islands

  • Constitution of the Republic of the Marshall Islands

Mauritania

  • Constitution of Mauritania

Mauritius

  • Constitution of Mauritius

Mexico

Micronesia, Federated States of

Moldova

  • Constitution of the Republic of Moldova (1994)

Transnistria

Monaco

Mongolia

  • Constitution of Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

  • Constitution of Morocco

Mozambique

  • Constitution of Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

Netherlands

  • Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Nicaragua

  • Constitution of Nicaragua

Niger

  • Constitution of Niger

Nigeria

Niue

  • Niue Constitution Act 1974

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Palau

Palestine

Panama

  • Constitution of Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

  • Constitution of Paraguay

Peru

  • Constitution of Peru

The Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • Constitution of the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis

Saint Lucia

  • Constitution of Saint Lucia

Samoa

  • Constitution of the Independent State of Samoa

São Tomé and Príncipe

  • Constitution of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

  • Constitution of Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

  • Constitution of Seychelles

Sierra Leone

  • Constitution of Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

  • Constitution of the Slovak Republic

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

  • Constitution of Solomon Islands

Somalia

  • Provisional Constitution of the Federal Republic of Somalia

Somaliland

  • Constitution of Somaliland

South Africa

South Sudan

  • Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

  • Interim National Constitution of the Republic of Sudan, 2005

Suriname

  • Constitution of Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

Tajikistan

  • Constitution of Tajikistan

Tanzania

  • Constitution of Tanzania

Thailand

Togo

  • 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

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

  • Constitution of Tunisia (1959)
  • Constitution of the Tunisian Republic (2014)

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

  • The Tuvalu Independence Order 1978
  • Constitution of Tuvalu (1986)

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United States

Uruguay

  • Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Vatican

Venezuela

  • 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

North Vietnam

  • Constitution of North Vietnam (1959)

South Vietnam

Yemen

  • 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

  • Constitution of Zambia (1964)
  • Constitution of Zambia Act, 1973
  • Constitution of Zambia (1991)

Zimbabwe

  • Constitution of Rhodesia (1969)
  • Constitution of Zimbabwe (1979)
  • Constitution of Zimbabwe (22 May 2013)

Multilateral Constitutions

African Union

European Union

Union of South American Nations

United Nations

Uncodified constitutions

Uncodified constitution means that constitutional laws are not all contained in one single document but spread out over several different documents.

Israel

New Zealand

Proposed amendments:

United Kingdom

Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies

Gibraltar
  • Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006
Sark
Turks and Caicos Islands
  • The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 2011

Constitutions of former countries

Confederate States

Czechoslovakia

German Democratic Republic

Iroquois Confederacy

Senegambia

Republic of Texas

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Yugoslavia

Zimbabwe-Rhodesia

Constitutions of unrecognized entities

Sealand

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