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The Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2008)

The Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar is the supreme law of Myanmar. Myanmar's first constitution was enacted for the Union of Burma in 1947. After the 1962 Burmese coup d'état, a second constitution was enacted in 1974. The country has been ruled by military juntas for most of its history. The 2008 Constitution, the country's third and current constitution, was published in September 2008 after a referendum.

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Field Value
Geographic area (spatial range)
  • Myanmar
Issuing agency/parties
  • State Peace and Development Council
Language
  • English
Formal type of document Constitution
Topics Government
License Creative Commons Attribution
Copyright No
Status Adopted, validated, in effect
Adoption date/Enacted/Promulgation date/Signing date May 29, 2008
Effective/Enforced Date January 31, 2011
Publication reference The official gazette
Links to source www.myanmarconstitutionaltribunal.org
Keywords constitution
Date uploaded October 2, 2017, 06:00 (UTC)
Date modified December 21, 2019, 15:32 (UTC)