Constitution of Portugal

The current Constitution of Portugal was adopted in 1976 after the Carnation Revolution.^[1]

Constitution of the Portuguese Republic
Overview
Jurisdiction	Portugal
Ratified	2 April 1976
Date effective	25 April 1976
System	Semi-presidential
Government structure
Branches	4
Head of state	President with significant reserve powers
Chambers	Unicameral (Assembly of the Republic)
Executive	Government, headed by a Prime Minister
Judiciary	Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of Justice and lower general courts, Supreme Administrative Court and lower administrative courts and Court of Auditors
Federalism	Unitary state, but the outermost archipelagoes enjoy self-government
Electoral college	No
Entrenchments	15 (14 material ones and a circumstantial one)
History
First legislature	3 June 1976
First executive	23 July 1976
Amendments	7
Last amended	2005
Author(s)	Constituent Assembly of Portugal
Signatories	Henrique de Barros and Francisco da Costa Gomes
Supersedes	Portuguese Constitution of 1933
Full text
Constitution of the Portuguese Republic at Wikisource