The CIA World Factbook Edition 1992 Government
Constitution In 36 editions of 36.
Constitution was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1992 edition carries it in 230 entries, in its Government section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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- 230
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
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Africa
55 entriesBurundi
- 20 November 1981;
- suspended following the coup of 3 September 1987;
- a constitutional committee was charged with drafting a new constitution created in February 1991;
- a referendum on the new constitution scheduled for March 1992
Cape Verde now Cabo Verde
7 September 1980; amended 12 February 1981, December 1988, and 28 September 1990 (legalized opposition parties)
Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 24 June 1967, amended August 1974, revised 15 February 1978;
- amended April 1990;
- new constitution to be promulgated in 1992
Swaziland now Eswatini
- none;
- constitution of 6 September 1968 was suspended on 12 April 1973;
- a new constitution was promulgated 13 October 1978, but has not been formally presented to the people
Kenya
12 December 1963, amended as a republic 1964; reissued with amendments 1979, 1983, 1986, 1988, and 1991
Mali
- 2 June 1974, effective 19 June 1979;
- amended September 1981 and March 1985;
- new constitution presented during national reform conference in August 1991;
- a constitutional referendum is scheduled for 16 January 1992
Mauritania
- currently 12 July 1991;
- 20 May 1961 Constitution abrogated after coup of 10 July 1978;
- provisional constitution published 17 December 1980 but abandoned in 1981;
- constitutional charter published 27 February 1985 after Taya came to power;
- latest constitution approved after general referendum 12 July 1991
Sudan
12 April 1973, suspended following coup of 6 April 1985; interim constitution of 10 October 1985 suspended following coup of 30 June 1989
Tanzania
15 March 1984 (Zanzibar has its own Constitution but remains subject to provisions of the union Constitution)
Togo
- 1980 constitution nullified during national reform conference;
- transition constitution adopted 24 August 1991;
- multiparty draft constitution sent to High Council of the Republic for approval in November 1991, scheduled to be put to public referendum in NA 1992
Antarctic Region
1 entryArctic Region
2 entriesAsia
22 entriesAfghanistan
the old Communist-era constitution probably will be replaced with an Islamic constitution
Bangladesh
4 November 1972, effective 16 December 1972, suspended following coup of 24 March 1982, restored 10 November 1986, amended NA March 1991
Kyrgyzstan
adopted NA, effective 20 April 1978, amended 23 September 1989; note - new constitution is being drafted
Central America and the Caribbean
31 entriesHaiti
- 27 August 1983, suspended February 1986;
- draft constitution approved March 1987, suspended June 1988, most articles reinstated March 1989;
- October 1991, government claims to be observing the Constitution
Turks and Caicos Islands
introduced 30 August 1976, suspended in 1986, and a Constitutional Commission is currently reviewing its contents
Europe
45 entriesAlbania
an interim basic law was approved by the People's Assembly on 29 April 1991; a new constitution is to be drafted for adoption in 1992
Belgium
7 February 1831, last revised 8-9 August 1980; the government is in the process of revising the Constitution with the aim of federalizing the Belgian state
Czechoslovakia
- 11 July 1960;
- amended in 1968 and 1970;
- new Czech, Slovak, and federal constitutions to be drafted in 1992
Hungary
- 18 August 1949, effective 20 August 1949, revised 19 April 1972;
- 18 October 1989 revision ensured legal rights for individuals and constitutional checks on the authority of the prime minister and also established the principle of parliamentary oversight
Lithuania
NA; Constitutional Commission has drafted a new constitution that will be sent to Parliament for ratification
Moldova
formulating a new constitution; old constitution is still in effect but has been heavily amended during the past few years
Middle East
15 entriesCyprus
- 16 August 1960;
- negotiations to create the basis for a new or revised constitution to govern the island and to better relations between Greek and Turkish Cypriots have been held intermittently;
- in 1975 Turkish Cypriots created their own Constitution and governing bodies within the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus, which was renamed the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 1983;
- a new Constitution for the Turkish area passed by referendum in May 1985
Iran
2-3 December 1979; revised 1989 to expand powers of the presidency and eliminate the prime ministership
Iraq
22 September 1968, effective 16 July 1970 (interim Constitution); new constitution drafted in 1990 but not adopted
Israel
no formal constitution; some of the functions of a constitution are filled by the Declaration of Establishment (1948), the basic laws of the parliament (Knesset), and the Israeli citizenship law
North America
5 entriesCanada
amended British North America Act 1867 patriated to Canada 17 April 1982; charter of rights and unwritten customs
Oceania
25 entriesAmerican Samoa
ratified 1966, in effect 1967; note - a comprehensive revision is awaiting ratification by the US Congress (1992)
Fiji
10 October 1970 (suspended 1 October 1987); a new Constitution was proposed on 23 September 1988 and promulgated on 25 July 1990
New Zealand
- no formal, written constitution;
- consists of various documents, including certain acts of the UK and New Zealand Parliaments;
- Constitution Act 1986 was to have come into force 1 January 1987, but has not been enacted
South America
14 entriesParaguay
25 August 1967; Constituent Assembly rewrote the Constitution that was promulgated on 20 June 1992
Peru
28 July 1980 (often referred to as the 1979 Constitution because the Constituent Assembly met in 1979, but the Constitution actually took effect the following year); suspended 5 April 1992
Uruguay
27 November 1966, effective February 1967, suspended 27 June 1973, new constitution rejected by referendum 30 November 1980
Southeast Asia
15 entriesBrunei
29 September 1959 (some provisions suspended under a State of Emergency since December 1962, others since independence on 1 January 1984)
Hong Kong
- unwritten;
- partly statutes, partly common law and practice;
- new Basic Law approved in March 1990 in preparation for 1997
Indonesia
August 1945, abrogated by Federal Constitution of 1949 and Provisional Constitution of 1950, restored 5 July 1959
Macau
17 February 1976, Organic Law of Macau; basic law drafted primarily by Beijing awaiting final approval
Malaysia
31 August 1957, amended 16 September 1963 when Federation of Malaya became Federation of Malaysia
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1992, “Constitution”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/constitution/1992.