Constitution of 1844 (Greece)

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Greek constitution constitution

The Constitution of 1844 (Greece) was the first constitutional charter of the modern Greek kingdom to establish a constitutional monarchy with a representative parliament following the 1843 uprising.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Greek Constitution of 1844	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek constitution ⓘ constitution ⓘ
adoptedIn	Athens ⓘ
aimedTo	institutionalize representative government ⓘ limit royal absolutism ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Syntagma of 1844 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1844 ⓘ March 1844 ⓘ
containsProvision	civil rights guarantees ⓘ equality before the law for Greek citizens ⓘ freedom of religion (for recognized faiths) ⓘ freedom of the press ⓘ inviolability of the home ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
draftedBy	National Assembly of 1843–1844 ⓘ
establishedFormOfGovernment	constitutional monarchy ⓘ representative monarchy ⓘ
establishedInstitution	Chamber of Deputies ⓘ Senate of Greece ⓘ parliament ⓘ
follows	3 September 1843 uprising ⓘ September 1843 Revolution ⓘ
headOfState	King Otto of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	early constitutionalism in modern Greece ⓘ
historicalPeriod	reign of King Otto ⓘ
inspiredBy	Constitution of Belgium ⓘ surface form: Belgian Constitution of 1831 French constitutional charters of 1814 and 1830 ⓘ
introducedPrinciple	hereditary monarchy ⓘ popular representation ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
languageOfDocument	Greek ⓘ
legalStatus	fundamental law of the Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
legislatureType	bicameral legislature ⓘ
lowerHouse	Vouli (Chamber of Deputies) ⓘ
monarchRetainedPowers	executive power ⓘ right to appoint ministers ⓘ right to dissolve parliament ⓘ
precededBy	absolute monarchy of King Otto ⓘ
promulgatedBy	King Otto of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Constitution of 1864 (Greece) ⓘ
stateReligion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
subjectOf	Greek constitutional history ⓘ
upperHouse	Gerousia ⓘ surface form: Gerousia (Senate)
validUntil	1864 ⓘ
votingSystem	census suffrage ⓘ male suffrage with property qualifications ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Otto of Greece → grantedConstitution → Constitution of 1844 (Greece) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Constitution of 1844

Constitution of Greece → historicalPredecessor → Constitution of 1844 (Greece) ⓘ

Constitution of 1864 (Greece) → influencedBy → Constitution of 1844 (Greece) ⓘ

Constitution of Troezen of 1827 → precedes → Constitution of 1844 (Greece) ⓘ

Constitution of 1864 (Greece) → replaced → Constitution of 1844 (Greece) ⓘ

Constitution of 1827 (Troezen) → replacedBy → Constitution of 1844 (Greece) ⓘ