Constitution of the Fifth Republic

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legal document national constitution

The Constitution of the Fifth Republic is the foundational legal charter of modern France, establishing its semi-presidential system of government and defining the powers and relationships of its main political institutions.

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Constitution of the Fifth French Republic 21
Constitution of the French Fifth Republic 16
Constitution of the Fifth Republic canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal document ⓘ
national constitution ⓘ
adoptedBy referendum in France ⓘ
adoptedOn 1958-10-04 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
surface form: French Constitution of 1958
amended 1962 ⓘ
2000 ⓘ
2008 ⓘ
articleCountApproximate 92 articles ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 1958-10-04 ⓘ
containsProvisionOn constitutional amendments ⓘ
international treaties ⓘ
parliamentary elections ⓘ
presidential election ⓘ
referendums ⓘ
state of emergency ⓘ
country France ⓘ
definesInstitution Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
Council of Ministers of France ⓘ
Economic, Social and Environmental Council of France ⓘ
Government of France ⓘ
High Court of Justice of France ⓘ
National Assembly of France ⓘ
Parliament of France ⓘ
Senate of France ⓘ
definesOffice President of the French Republic ⓘ
Prime Minister of France ⓘ
definesRelationshipBetween Government of France and Parliament of France ⓘ
National Assembly of France and Senate of France ⓘ
President of the French Republic and Government of France ⓘ
draftedBy Michel Debré ⓘ
draftedUnder Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
establishesBranch executive branch ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ
establishesFormOfGovernment semi-presidential system ⓘ
grantsPower Constitutional Council of France to review constitutionality of laws ⓘ
Government of France to initiate legislation ⓘ
Parliament of France to pass statutes ⓘ
President of the French Republic to call referendums ⓘ
President of the French Republic to dissolve the National Assembly ⓘ
hasPreamble French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789

Preamble of the Constitution of 1946 ⓘ
introduced direct universal suffrage for presidential election in 1962 ⓘ
jurisdiction French Republic ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of France ⓘ
originalPresidentialTermLength 7 years ⓘ
precededBy Constitution of the Fifth Republic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the Fourth Republic
recognizes fundamental rights and freedoms ⓘ
setsPresidentialTermLength 5 years ⓘ

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Prime Minister of France → legalBasis → Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 21 of the Constitution of France
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this entity surface form: Constitution of the Fourth Republic
Constitution of the Fifth Republic → alsoKnownAs → Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Constitution of 1958
Parliament of France → legalBasis → Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Fifth French Republic
Parliament of France → constitutionalArticleDefiningPowers → Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Title IV of the Constitution of France
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this entity surface form: Title VII of the Constitution of France
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this entity surface form: French 1958 Constitution
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this entity surface form: Constitution of the French Fifth Republic
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this entity surface form: Constitution of the Fifth French Republic
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subject surface form: President of the Council of Ministers (France)
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