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 edit

Afghanistan edit

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

  • Antigua and Barbuda Constitution Order 1981

Argentina edit

  • Constitution of Argentina

Armenia edit

Australia edit

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

  • Constitution Act 1934 (South Australia)

Tasmania edit

  • Constitution Act 1934 (Tasmania)

Victoria edit

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

Western Australia edit

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

  • Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas

Bahrain edit

Bangladesh edit

Barbados edit

  • Constitution of Barbados

Belarus edit

Belgium edit

Belize edit

  • Constitution of Belize

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina edit

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina edit

  • Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Republika Srpska edit

Botswana edit

  • Constitution of Botswana

Brazil edit

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

  • Constitution of Burundi

Cambodia edit

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

  • Constitution of Cape Verde

Central African Republic edit

  • Constitution of the Central African Republic

Chad edit

  • Constitution of Chad

Chile edit

China edit

People's Republic of China edit

Special Administrative Regions edit

Great Qing edit

Republic of China edit

Colombia edit

  • Constitution of Colombia (1991)

The Comoros edit

  • Constitution of the Union of the Comoros

Congo, Democratic Republic of edit

  • Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo, Republic of edit

  • Constitution of the Republic of the Congo

Costa Rica edit

Cook Islands edit

Côte d'Ivoire edit

  • Constitution of Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia edit

Cuba edit

Cyprus edit

Northern Cyprus edit

Czechoslovakia edit

Czech Republic edit

Denmark edit

Djibouti edit

  • Constitution of Djibouti

Dominica edit

  • Constitution of the Commonwealth of Dominica

Dominican Republic edit

  • Constitution of the Dominican Republic

East Timor edit

Ecuador edit

Egypt edit

El Salvador edit

  • Constitution of El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea edit

Eritrea edit

Estonia edit

Eswatini (Swaziland) edit

  • The Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland Act 2005

Ethiopia edit

Fiji edit

Finland edit

Past edit

France edit

Constitutional Bloc edit

Past Constitutions edit

Gabon edit

  • Constitution of Gabon

The Gambia edit

  • Constitution of the Republic of the Gambia

Georgia edit

Abkhazia edit

Germany edit

Bavaria edit

Berlin edit

Brandenburg edit

North Rhine-Westphalia edit

Prussia edit

Ghana edit

Greece edit

Grenada edit

  • Constitution of Grenada

Guatemala edit

  • Constitution of Guatemala

Guinea edit

  • Constitution of Guinea

Guinea-Bissau edit

  • Constitution of Guinea-Bissau

Guyana edit

  • Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana Act

Haiti edit

Honduras edit

  • Constitution of Honduras

Hungary edit

Iceland edit

India edit

Indonesia edit

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

Iraq edit

Ireland edit

Irish Republic edit

Irish Free State edit

Ireland edit

Italy edit

Fiume edit

Jamaica edit

  • Constitution of Jamaica

Japan edit

Jordan edit

Kazakhstan edit

  • Constitution of Kazakhstan

Kenya edit

Kiribati edit

Korea, North edit

Korea, South edit

Kosovo edit

  • Constitution of Kosovo

Kuwait edit

Kyrgyzstan edit

  • Constitution of Kyrgyzstan

Laos edit

  • Constitution of Laos

Latvia edit

Lebanon edit

  • Constitution of Lebanon

Lesotho edit

  • Constitution of Lesotho

Liberia edit

  • Constitution of Liberia

Libya edit

Liechtenstein edit

  • Constitution of Liechtenstein

Lithuania edit

Luxembourg edit

  • Constitution of Luxembourg

North Macedonia edit

Madagascar edit

  • Constitution of Madagascar

Malawi edit

  • Constitution of Malawi

Malaysia edit

Maldives edit

  • Constitution of the Republic of Maldives

Mali edit

Malta edit

Marshall Islands edit

  • Constitution of the Republic of the Marshall Islands

Mauritania edit

  • Constitution of Mauritania

Mauritius edit

  • Constitution of Mauritius

Mexico edit

Micronesia, Federated States of edit

Moldova edit

Transnistria edit

Monaco edit

Mongolia edit

  • Constitution of Mongolia

Montenegro edit

Morocco edit

  • Constitution of Morocco

Mozambique edit

  • Constitution of Mozambique

Myanmar edit

Namibia edit

Nauru edit

Nepal edit

Netherlands edit

  • Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Nicaragua edit

  • Constitution of Nicaragua

Niger edit

  • Constitution of Niger

Nigeria edit

Niue edit

  • Niue Constitution Act 1974

Norway edit

Oman edit

Pakistan edit

Palau edit

Palestine edit

Panama edit

  • Constitution of Panama

Papua New Guinea edit

Paraguay edit

Peru edit

  • Constitution of Peru

The Philippines edit

Poland edit

Portugal edit

Qatar edit

Romania edit

Russia edit

Rwanda edit

Saint Kitts and Nevis edit

  • Constitution of the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis

Saint Lucia edit

  • Constitution of Saint Lucia

Samoa edit

  • Constitution of the Independent State of Samoa

São Tomé and Príncipe edit

  • Constitution of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe

Saudi Arabia edit

Senegal edit

  • Constitution of Senegal

Serbia edit

Seychelles edit

  • Constitution of Seychelles

Sierra Leone edit

  • Constitution of Sierra Leone

Singapore edit

Slovakia edit

  • Constitution of the Slovak Republic

Slovenia edit

Solomon Islands edit

  • Constitution of Solomon Islands

Somalia edit

  • Provisional Constitution of the Federal Republic of Somalia

Somaliland edit

  • Constitution of Somaliland

South Africa edit

South Sudan edit

  • Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan

Spain edit

Sri Lanka edit

Sudan edit

  • Interim National Constitution of the Republic of Sudan, 2005

Suriname edit

  • Constitution of Suriname

Sweden edit

Switzerland edit

Syria edit

  • Constitution of Syria (2012)

Taiwan edit

Tajikistan edit

  • Constitution of Tajikistan

Tanzania edit

  • Constitution of Tanzania

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

Trinidad and Tobago edit

Tunisia edit

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

Turkey edit

Turkmenistan edit

Tuvalu edit

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

Uganda edit

Ukraine edit

United Arab Emirates edit

United States edit

Uruguay edit

  • Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay

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

North Vietnam edit

  • Constitution of North Vietnam (1959)

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

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

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

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

Proposed amendments:

United Kingdom edit

Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies edit

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

Constitutions of former countries edit

Confederate States edit

Czechoslovakia edit

German Democratic Republic edit

Iroquois Confederacy edit

Senegambia edit

Republic of Texas edit

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics edit

Yugoslavia edit

Zimbabwe-Rhodesia edit

Constitutions of unrecognized entities edit

Sealand edit

About constitutions edit