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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.

Contents

Codified constitutions

Afghanistan

• Constitution of the Kingdom of Afghanistan (1964)
• Constitution of Afghanistan (2004)

Albania

• Constitution of Albania

Algeria

• Constitution of Algeria

Andorra

• Constitution of Andorra

Angola

• Constitution of Angola

Argentina

• Constitution of Argentina

Armenia

• Constitution of Armenia

Australia

• Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act

Queensland

• Constitutional Act (1867)

Western Australia

• Western Australia Act (1829)
• Constitution Act (1889)

Austria

• Constitution of Austria

Azerbaijan

• Constitution of Azerbaijan

Bahrain

• Constitution of the State of Bahrain (1973)
• Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain (2002)
• National Action Charter of Bahrain

Belarus

• Constitution of the Republic of Belarus (1994)
• Constitution of the Republic of Belarus Schema (1996)

Belgium

• Constitution of Belgium

Bolivia

• Constitution of the Bolivian Republic of 1826
• Constitution of the Plurinational State of Bolivia of 2009

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Republika Srpska

• Constitution of Republika Srpska

Brazil

• Constitution of the Empire of Brazil (1824)
• Constitution of Brazil (1988)

Bulgaria

• Constitution of Bulgaria

Cambodia

• Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia

Canada

• Constitution Act, 1867
• Constitution Act, 1982
  • See also Portal:Constitutional documents of Canada

China

People's Republic of China

• 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)
• Constitution of the People's Republic of China (Full text after amendment in 2004)

Special Administrative Regions

• Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1997)
• Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region (1999)

Republic of China

• See #Taiwan

Colombia

• Constitution of Colombia (1991)

Costa Rica

• Constitution of Costa Rica

Croatia

• Constitution of the Republic of Croatia (adopted 1990, last amended 2001)

Cuba

• Constitution of Cuba (adopted 1976, last amended 2002)

Cyprus

• Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus (1960)

Northern Cyprus

• Declaration of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
• Constitution of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (1985)

Czechoslovakia

• The Constitution of the Czechoslovak Republic (1920)

Czech Republic

• Constitution of the Czech Republic (1992)

Denmark

• Constitutional Act of Denmark (1953)

East Timor

• Constitution of the Democratic Republic of East Timor

Egypt

• Constitution of Egypt (1971)
• Constitution of Egypt (2012)

Equatorial Guinea

• Constitution of Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

• 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)

Ethiopia

• Constitution of Ethiopia

Fiji

• Constitution of Fiji

Finland

• Constitution of Finland

France

Constitutional Bloc

• 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

• 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 Empire (1815)
• French Constitutional Charter of 1830
• Proclamation by the French Provisional Government (1848)
• French Constitution of 1848
• French Constitution of 1852
• French Constitutional Laws of 1875
• French Constitution of 1946
• Constitution of the Fifth French Republic (original text)

Georgia

• Constitution of Georgia (1995)

Abkhazia

• Constitution of Abkhazia (1994)
• Act of State Independence of the Republic of Abkhazia (1999)

Germany

• Constitution of the German Empire (1871)
• Weimar constitution (1919)
• Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (1949)
• Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (1949)
• Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (1968) (revised 1974)

Bavaria

• Constitution of the Free State of Bavaria

Berlin

• Constitution of Berlin of 23 November 1995, as amended as of 22 March 2016.

Brandenburg

• Constitution of Brandenburg (1992)

North Rhine-Westphalia

• Constitution of North Rhine-Westphalia

Prussia

• Constitution of the Kingdom of Prussia (1848, revised 1850)
• Constitution of the Free State of Prussia (1920)

Ghana

• Constitution of Ghana (1992)

Greece

• Greek Declaration of Independence 1822
• Constitution of Greece (1975, last amended 2001)

Haiti

• Constitution of Saint-Domingue (1801)
• Constitution of Hayti (1805)
• Revision of the Haitian Constitution of 1806 (1816)
• Constitution of Haiti (1987)

Iceland

• Constitution of the Republic of Iceland

India

• Constitution of India

Indonesia

• Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia of 1945
• Jakarta Charter (also known as the Djakarta Charter)

Iran

• Iran Constitution of 1906
• Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979)

Iraq

• Constitution of Iraq

Ireland

Irish Republic

• Proclamation of the Republic (1916)
• Irish Declaration of Independence (1919)
• Constitution of Dáil Éireann (1919)
  • Constitution of Dáil Éireann (1 April 1919)
  • Constitution of Dáil Éireann (25 August 1921)
• Message to the Free Nations of the World (1919)
• Democratic Programme (1919)

Irish Free State

• Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922
• Irish Free State Constitution Act, 1922

Ireland

• 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

• Constitution of Italy

Fiume

• Constitution of Fiume or Carnaro (1920)

Japan

• Seventeen-article constitution (604)
• Constitution of the Empire of Japan (1889)
• Constitution of Japan (1946)

Jordan

• Constitution of Jordan (1952)

Kenya

• Constitution of Kenya (2010)

Korea, North

• Constitution of North Korea (1948)
• Constitution of North Korea (1972) (last revised in 1998)
• Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2012)
• Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2016)

Korea, South

• Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1987)

Kuwait

• Constitution of Kuwait

Lebanon

• Constitution of Lebanon

Libya

• Constitution of Libya

Latvia

• Constitution of Latvia

Lithuania

• Constitution of Lithuania

Macedonia

• The first Constitution of Macedonia - Kresna 1878
• Krushevo Manifesto (1903)
• Constitution of Macedonia

Malaysia

• Malayan Proclamation of Independence
• Constitution of Malaysia

Moldova

• Constitution of the Republic of Moldova (1994)

Transnistria

• Constitution of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (1995, last amended 2000)

Mali

• Constitution of the Republic of Mali (1992)

Micronesia, Federated States of

• 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

Mongolia

• Constitution of Mongolia

Namibia

• Constitution of Namibia (1990)

Nauru

• Constitution of the Republic of Nauru (1968)

Nepal

• Constitution of Nepal

Nigeria

• Constitution of Nigeria
• Constitution of the Federation of Nigeria (1960)

Norway

• The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway, original of 17. May 1814
• Constitution of Norway, as amended 20. February 2007

Palau

• Constitution of the Republic of Palau

Palestine

• Constitution of Palestine of 1968
• Palestinian Declaration of Independence (1988)
• Constitution of Palestine of 1994
• Constitution of Palestine of 1996
• Constitution of Palestine (2003)

Papua New Guinea

• Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (incorporated up to Amendment 22)

Peru

• Constitution of Peru

The Philippines

• 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

• 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)
• Constitution of the Republic of Poland (1997)

Portugal

• Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (1976)

Romania

• Constitution of Romania (1991)
• Constitution of Romania (2003)

Russia

• Resolution on the form of government of Russia
• 1918 Constitution (Fundamental Law) of the RSFSR
• Constitution of the Russian Federation

Rwanda

• Constitution of Rwanda 1991
• Constitution of Rwanda 2003

Saudi Arabia

• Basic Law of Saudi Arabia

Serbia

• Constitution of Serbia (2006)

Singapore

• Constitution of the Republic of Singapore

Slovenia

• Constitution of Slovenia

South Africa

• Portal:Constitutional documents of South Africa
• Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996

Provincial constitutions

• Constitution of the Western Cape, 1997

Past constitutions

• South Africa Act 1909
• Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1961
• Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1983
• Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993

Spain

• Spanish Constitution of 1978

Sri Lanka

• Constitution of Sri Lanka

Sweden

• Instrument of Government (1974)
• Act of Succession
• Freedom of the Press Act
• Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression

Switzerland

• Foedus pactum (1291)
• Swiss Constitution (1999, last amended 2002)

Syria

• Constitution of Syria (2012)

Taiwan

• 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 (2000)
• Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China (2005)

Thailand

• Constitution of Thailand (1997)
• Constitution of Thailand (2007)

Tonga

• Constitution of Tonga (1875)

Trinidad and Tobago

• Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (2000)

Tunisia

• Constitution of Tunisia (1956)

Turkey

• Constitution of the Republic of Turkey (2001)

Turkmenistan

• Constitution of Turkmenistan

Uganda

• Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (1995)

Ukraine

• Constitution of Ukraine (2004)

United States

Federal

• The Articles of Association (1774)
• The Declaration of Independence (4 July 1776)
  • Draft version (28 June 1776)
  • Engrossed version (2 August 1776)
• Articles of Confederation (1777)
• The Northwest Ordinance (1787)
• Constitution of the United States of America (signed 1787; ratified 1788)
  • Virginia Plan (29 May 1787)
  • Pinckney Plan (29 May 1787)
  • New Jersey Plan (15 June 1787)
  • Hamilton Plan (18 June 1787)
  • Revised Virginia Plan (19 June 1787)
  • Third Virginia Plan (26 July 1787)
  • Draft version (6 August 1787)
• United States Bill of Rights (1789)
• Additional amendments (1795-1992)
• Unsuccessful amendments

Individual states

Alabama

• Alabama Constitution (1819)
• Constitution of Alabama of 1861
• Constitution of Alabama of 1865
• Constitution of Alabama of 1867
• Constitution of Alabama of 1875
• Alabama State Constitution of 1901 (last amended 2005)

Alaska

• Constitution of the State of Alaska (1956)

Arizona

• Arizona Constitution

Arkansas

• Arkansas Constitution of 1836
• Arkansas Constitution of 1861
• Arkansas Constitution of 1864
• Arkansas Constitution of 1868
• Arkansas Constitution of 1874

California

• Constitution of California of 1849
• California Constitution

Colorado

• Constitution of the State of Colorado

Connecticut

• Fundamental Orders (14 January 1639)
• Government of New Haven Colony (1643)
• Charter of Connecticut (1662)
• Constitution of Connecticut of 1818
• Connecticut Constitution

Delaware

• Charter of Delaware (1701)
• Constitution of Delaware (1776)
• Constitution of Delaware (1792)
• Constitution of Delaware (1831)
• Constitution of Delaware (1897)

Florida

• Constitution of the State of Florida (1838)
• Constitution of the State of Florida (1861) (CSA)
• Constitution of the State of Florida (1865) (Reconstruction)
• Constitution of the State of Florida (1868) (Post-reconstruction)
• Constitution of the State of Florida (1885)
• Constitution of the State of Florida (1968)

Georgia

• Charter of Georgia (1732)
• Georgia State Constitution (1777) (1777)
• Georgia State Constitution (1789) (1789)
• Georgia State Constitution (1798) (1798)
• Georgia State Constitution (1976) (1976)

Hawaii

• 1840 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii
• 1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii
• 1893 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii
• 1950 Constitution of the State of Hawaii

Illinois

• Illinois Constitution of 1818 (1818)
• Illinois Constitution of 1848 (1848)
• Illinois Constitution of 1870 (1870)
• Illinois Constitution of 1970 (1970) (current)

Indiana

• Indiana Constitution (1816)
• Indiana Constitution (1851)

Kansas

• Kansas Constitution (2006)

Louisiana

• Louisiana State Constitution of 1812
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1845
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1852
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1861
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1864
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1868
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1879
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1913
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1921
• Louisiana State Constitution (1974)

Maryland

• Charter of Maryland (1632)

Massachusetts

• Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1780)

Michigan

• Michigan Constitution of 1835
• Michigan Constitution of 1850
• Michigan Constitution of 1963

Minnesota

• Minnesota Organic Act of 1849
• Constitution of the State of Minnesota (1857)

Mississippi

• Mississippi Constitution (1890)

Missouri

• Constitution of the State of Missouri (1945)

Nebraska

• Nebraska Constitution

Nevada

• Constitution of Nevada (Incomplete)

New Hampshire

• Constitution of New Hampshire (1776)
• New Hampshire Constitution (As amended 1990)

New Jersey

• Concession and Agreement (1664)
• New Jersey Constitution of 1776
• New Jersey Constitution of 1844
• New Jersey Constitution of 1947

New York

• New York Constitution of 1777
• New York Constitution of 1821
• New York Constitution of 1846
• New York Constitution of 1894
• New York Constitution of 1938
• New York Constitution as of 2004

North Carolina

• Watauga Petition

Ohio

• Ohio Constitution of 1802
• Ohio Constitution of 1851 (Incomplete)

Oklahoma

• Constitution of Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

• Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1776)

South Carolina

• Declaration of the Causes of Secession
• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution of South Carolina (1895)

Tennessee

• Tennessee State Constitution (1870)

Texas

• Texas Declaration of Independence (1836)
• Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836)
• Texas Constitution (1876) (Incomplete)

Virginia

• Charter of Virginia, 1606
• Charter of Virginia, 1609
• Charter of Virginia, 1611
• Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)
• Constitution of Virginia, 1971 (Incomplete)

Vermont

• Constitution of Vermont (1777)
• Constitution of Vermont (1786)
• Constitution of the State of Vermont (1793)

Washington

• Washington State Constitution

West Virginia

• West Virginia State Constitution

Wisconsin

• Constitution of Wisconsin

Wyoming

• Wyoming Constitution (Incomplete)

U.S. Territories

Puerto Rico

• Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (1952)

The Northern Mariana Islands

• Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (1978)

Venezuela

• Constitution of Venezuela

Vietnam

• 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

• Constitution of North Vietnam (1959)

South Vietnam

• Constitution of South Vietnam (1956)
• Constitution of South Vietnam (1967)

Multilateral Constitutions

African Union

• Constitution of the African Union (2002)

European Union

• Treaty on European Union (Treaty of Maastricht) (1992)
• Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (2004)
• Treaty of Lisbon (2007)

Union of South American Nations

• Constitutive Treaty of the Union of South American Nations

United Nations

• Charter of the United Nations (1945)

Uncodified constitutions

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

Israel

• Declaration of Independence (Israel) (1948)
• Basic Laws of Israel

New Zealand

• 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:

• Head of state (Referenda) Bill (2001)

Sark

• 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

United Kingdom

The Constitution of the United Kingdom is uncodified.

Kingdom of England ( - 1649; 1660 - 1707)

• Constitutions of Clarendon (1164)
• Assize of Clarendon (1166)
• Magna Carta
• Titulus Regius (1484)
• Laws in Wales Act 1535
• Petition of Right (1628)
• Habeas Corpus Act (1679)
• Bill of Rights 1689
• Act of Settlement 1701

Commonwealth of England (1649 - 1653; 1659 - 1660)

• Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth (1649)

Protectorate (1653 - 1659)

• Instrument of Government, 1653 (16 December 1653)
• Humble Petition and Advice (1657)
• Additional Petition and Advice (1657)

Kingdom of Scotland ( - 1707)

• Declaration of the Clergy (1309)
• Declaration of Arbroath (1320) - English and Latin
• Claim of Right (1689)

Kingdom of Great Britain (1707 - 1801)

• Act of Union 1707
• Royal Marriages Act 1772

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801 - 1927; "Northern Ireland" from 1927)

• Reform Act 1832
• Parliament Act 1911
• Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927
• Royal and Parliamentary Titles Proclamation 1927
• Parliament Act 1949
• Scotland Act (1998)

Constitutions of former countries

Confederate States

• Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America (February 8, 1861)
• Constitution of the Confederate States of America (signed March 11, 1861; ratified March 29, 1861)

German Democratic Republic

• Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (adopted 1949, amended 1968)

Iroquois Confederacy

• The Iroquois Constitution (oral constitution created between 1090 and 1150)

Senegambia

• Confederal Document of Senegambia (1981)

Union of Burma

• Constitution of the Union of Burma (1948)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

• 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

• Constitution of Yugoslavia (1931)
• Constitution of Yugoslavia (1946)
• Constitution of Yugoslavia (1953)
• Constitution of Yugoslavia (1963)

Zimbabwe-Rhodesia

• Rhodesian Declaration of Independence (1965)
• Proposed Constitution of Zimbabwe

Constitutions of unrecognized entities

Sealand

• Constitution of the Principality of Sealand

About constitutions

• "Constitution of the United States," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)