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The Constitution of Chile is the governing document that codifies the structure of the government of Chile. The Chilean Constitution of 1980 is the current in-force constitution of Chile. Previous actual or proposed constitutions of Chile include: Chilean Constitution of 1833, the constitution used from 1833 to 1925; Chilean Constitution of ...
The Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile of 1980 (Spanish: Constitución Política de la República de Chile) is the fundamental law in force in Chile.It was approved and promulgated under the military dictatorship headed by Augusto Pinochet, being ratified by the Chilean citizenry through a referendum on September 11, 1980, although being held under restrictions and without ...
English: Official version of the Proposal of a New Political Constitution for the Republic of Chile, written in 2022 by the Constitutional Convention. The Regulations of the Constitutional Convention establish that all its documents are in the public domain: Article 109.- Public domain.
A constitutional referendum was held in Chile on 17 December 2023, [1] [2] to determine whether the public approved a new constitution drafted by an appointed committee of experts and amended by an elected Constitutional Council. [3] The new text of the constitution was approved by the Council on 30 October and put to a vote on 17 December. [4]
The proposed Political Constitution of 2022 was drafted by the Constitutional Convention, a body specifically elected for this purpose as outlined in Chapter XV of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile of 1980. The Convention's sole mandate was to prepare the proposed text, without assuming powers from other state bodies. [31]
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Gabriel Boric on Tuesday called for a national plebiscite on a second proposal to replace the country's dictatorship-era constitution.
The Constitution of Chile was approved in a national plebiscite in September 1980, during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, and came into effect in March 1981. After Pinochet was voted out of office in 1988 , the Constitution was amended the following year to simplify the process for future amendments.
Chile has written a new constitution that — if approved in a Sept. 4 plebiscite — will give extraordinary political powers to indigenous minorities. But there are growing concerns about ...