Portuguese Constitution of 1933

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The Portuguese Constitution of 1933 was the foundational legal charter of António de Oliveira Salazar’s Estado Novo regime, establishing an authoritarian, corporatist state that curtailed democratic freedoms and centralized power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution
foundational legal charter
abrogationDate 1976-04-25
appliesToJurisdiction Portugal
surface form: Portuguese Republic
associatedWithLeader António de Oliveira Salazar
cameIntoForce 1933-04-11
characteristic corporate representation of interests
strong executive power
subordination of judiciary
weak legislature
concentratedPowerIn President of the Council of Ministers
country Portugal
effectiveUntil 1976
electoralSystem limited suffrage
established Corporative Chamber
Council of State
National Assembly
corporatist chambers
followedBy 1976 Portuguese Constitution
surface form: Portuguese Constitution of 1976
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the Council of Ministers
headOfStateTitle President of the Republic
historicalPeriod Cold War (later phase of its application)
interwar period
ideology Catholic integralism
authoritarianism
conservatism
corporatism
inception 1933
language Portuguese
legalForm authoritarian constitution
legalStatus supreme law of Portugal (1933–1976)
limited parliamentary sovereignty
overturnedByEvent Carnation Revolution
partySystem single-party dominant system
politicalSystemEstablished Estado Novo regime
surface form: Estado Novo
precededBy Portuguese Constitution of 1911
promulgationDate 1933-03-11
providedFor censorship framework
corporate organization of professions
referendum mechanism (limited)
state control over economy
recognizedParty União Nacional
regimeType Estado Novo regime
replaced Constitution of 1911
restricted freedom of association
freedom of expression
freedom of the press
political pluralism
trade union freedoms
strengthened executive dominance

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Estado Novo regime notableLaw Portuguese Constitution of 1933
subject surface form: Estado Novo (Portugal)
Constitution of 1933 shortName Portuguese Constitution of 1933
Constitution of 1933 alsoKnownAs Portuguese Constitution of 1933
this entity surface form: Constituição Política da República Portuguesa de 1933
Assembleia Nacional constitutionalBasis Portuguese Constitution of 1933
this entity surface form: Estado Novo constitution
Assembleia Nacional governedBy Portuguese Constitution of 1933
this entity surface form: Constitution of 1933 of Portugal
New State establishedBy Portuguese Constitution of 1933
subject surface form: New State (Portugal)
this entity surface form: Constitution of 1933 (Portugal)
New State constitution Portuguese Constitution of 1933
subject surface form: New State (Portugal)
this entity surface form: Constitution of 1933 (Portugal)
Portuguese Constitution of 1911 hasLegalSuccessor Portuguese Constitution of 1933