Cuban Constitution of 1901

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The Cuban Constitution of 1901 was the founding republican charter of Cuba, drafted under strong U.S. influence after independence from Spain and establishing the framework for the island’s early 20th-century political system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution
founding document
adoptedOn 1901-02-21
allowed U.S. intervention in Cuba under certain conditions
lease of naval bases to the United States
alsoKnownAs Cuban Constitution of 1901
surface form: Constitución de Cuba de 1901
cameIntoForceOn 1902-05-20
containsProvision civil rights guarantees
executive veto power
judicial independence
legislative bicameralism
municipal autonomy
separation of powers
suffrage for adult males
country Cuba
createdBody Cuban Congress
Cuban House of Representatives
Cuban Senate
People’s Supreme Court of Cuba
surface form: Supreme Court of Cuba
createdOffice President of the Republic of Cuba
surface form: President of Cuba

First Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba
surface form: Vice President of Cuba
definedCapital Havana, Cuba
surface form: Havana
definedState Cuba
surface form: Republic of Cuba
draftedBy Cuban Constitution of 1901 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cuban Constitutional Convention of 1900–1901
draftedUnderInfluenceOf United States of America
surface form: United States
draftingPeriod 1900-11-05/1901-02-21
effectiveUntil 1940-10-10
establishedBranch executive branch
judicial branch
legislative branch
establishedFormOfGovernment presidential republic
firstPresidentUnder Tomás Estrada Palma
guaranteedRight due process of law
freedom of assembly
freedom of association
freedom of expression
inviolability of domicile
historicalContext U.S. Military Government in Cuba
surface form: U.S. military occupation of Cuba (1899–1902)

post–Spanish-American War period
incorporatedByReference Platt Amendment
influencedBy Spanish constitutional tradition
United States Constitution
language Spanish
legalForm republican constitution
linkedInstrument Platt Amendment
locationOfDrafting Havana, Cuba
surface form: Havana
restrictedRight voting rights for women
supersededBy Cuban Constitution of 1940
territorialScope Cuba
surface form: Republic of Cuba
typeOfSuffrage limited male suffrage

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Platt Amendment incorporatedInto Cuban Constitution of 1901
Gerardo Machado government basedOn Cuban Constitution of 1901
Army Appropriations Act of 1901 influenced Cuban Constitution of 1901
Cuban Constitution of 1901 alsoKnownAs Cuban Constitution of 1901
this entity surface form: Constitución de Cuba de 1901
Cuban Constitution of 1901 draftedBy Cuban Constitution of 1901 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cuban Constitutional Convention of 1900–1901