Constitution of Uruguay of 1997

The 1997 Constitution of Uruguay refers to the 1967 Constitution with amendments.

Its actual name should be: the Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, with the amendments as approved in popular plebiscites of 26 November 1989, of 26 November 1994, of 8 December 1996, and of 31 October 2004.[1] The most relevant of them was that of 1996, which came into force in the following year; due to its changes to the electoral system, it is usually considered a new Constitution,[2] the country's seventh (following those of 1830, 1918, 1934, 1942, 1952 and 1967).

  1. ^ "Constitución vigente" (in Spanish). Poder Legislativo de Uruguay. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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