Constitutions adopted in the postwar decades, in the era of reconstruction, decolonization and the Cold War, including the charters of Japan, Italy, West Germany, India and the new states that followed. A document belongs here when its cited article dates its adoption or promulgation from 1946 to 1989. The group sits under the Constitutions and Founding Charters subcategory of the Political Atlas and helps a reader browse that subcategory by when each one was adopted or decided. Each member is placed on the strength of the article it cites, so a reader can follow the grouping back to a stated source.
All Constitutions of 1946 to 1989
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Constitution of India (Wikipedia)
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The Constituent Assembly of India adopted the constitution on 26 November 1949 and became effective on 26 January 1950.
Constitution of Japan (Wikipedia)
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Written primarily by American civilian officials during the occupation of Japan after World War II, it was adopted on 3 November 1946 and came into effect on 3 May 1947, succeeding the Meiji Constitution of 1889.
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (Wikipedia)
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The West German constitution was adopted in Bonn on 8 May 1949 and came into effect on 23 May after having been approved by the occupying western Allies of World War II on 12 May.
Constitution of France (Wikipedia)
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The current Constitution of France was adopted on 4 October 1958.
Constitution of Iran (Wikipedia)
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It was adopted by referendum on 2 and 3 December 1979, and went into force replacing the Constitution of 1906.
Constitution of Italy (Wikipedia)
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The Constitution of the Italian Republic (Italian: Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana) was ratified on 22 December 1947 by the Constituent Assembly, with 453 votes in favour and 62 against, before coming into force on 1 January 1948, one century after the previous Constitution of the Kingdom of Italy had been enacted.
Constitution of Brazil (Wikipedia)
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The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil or 1988 Federal Constitution (Portuguese: Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil ou Constituição Federal de 1988) is the supreme law of Brazil.
Constitution of Spain (Wikipedia)
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It was enacted after its approval in 1978 in a constitutional referendum; it represents the culmination of the Spanish transition to democracy.
Wikipedia: Constitution of the People's Republic of China
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The current constitution was adopted by the 5th National People's Congress on 4 December 1982, which was adopted during the reform and opening up.
Constitution of North Korea (Wikipedia)
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It was originally adopted as the Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea by the 6th Supreme People's Assembly at its first session on 27 December 1972, and has been amended and supplemented in 1992, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019 (twice), 2023, 2024, 2025. and 2026.
Constitution of South Korea (Wikipedia)
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It was promulgated on 17 July 1948, and was amended nine times with the last revision of the constitution amended on 29 October 1987.
Constitution of Pakistan (Wikipedia)
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The Constitution of Pakistan (Urdu: آئینِ پاکستان, romanised: Ā'īn-e-Pākistān; also known as the 1973 Constitution) is the supreme law of Pakistan.
Constitution of Bangladesh (Wikipedia)
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The constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh on 4 November 1972, it came into effect on 16 December 1972.
Constitution of Turkey (Wikipedia)
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The Constitution of Turkey, formally known as the Constitution of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Anayasası), and informally as the Constitution of 1982 (Turkish: 1982 Anayasası), is Turkey's fundamental law.
Constitution of Chile (Wikipedia)
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The Chilean Constitution of 1980 is the current in-force constitution of Chile.
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