Chile entry plebiscite approves new constitution process
The Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile of 1980 is the fundamental law currently in force in Chile. It was drafted under the military dictatorship headed by Augusto Pinochet, approved in a disputed plebiscite on September 11, 1980, and formally promulgated on October 21, 1980, with an original text of 120 articles and 29 transitory provisions.
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The Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile of 1980 is the fundamental law currently in force in Chile. It was drafted under the military dictatorship headed by Augusto Pinochet, approved in a disputed plebiscite on September 11, 1980, and formally promulgated on October 21, 1980, with an original text of 120 articles and 29 transitory provisions. The constitution took effect under a transitional regime on March 11, 1981, and entered into full force on March 11, 1990, with the return to electoral democracy.
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Factrail. (2026). Chile entry plebiscite approves new constitution process. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/chile-entry-plebiscite-approves-new-constitution-process-2020-10
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