Constitution of Spain

The Spanish Constitution^[a] is the democratic law and supreme law in the Kingdom of Spain. It was approved in a constitutional referendum in 1978, during the Spanish transition to democracy.

Spanish Constitution
Created	31 October 1978
Ratified	6 December 1978
Date effective	29 December 1978
System	Parliamentary monarchy
Government structure
Branches	3
Chambers	Bicameral
Executive	Government
History
Amendments	2
Last amended	27 September 2011
Location	Congress of Deputies
Author(s)	Fathers of the Constitution Gabriel Cisneros Laborda (UCD) Miguel Herrero y Rodríguez de Miñón (UCD) José Pedro Pérez-Llorca Rodrigo (UCD) Gregorio Peces-Barba Martínez (PSOE) Jordi Solé Tura (PCE) Manuel Fraga Iribarne (AP) Miquel Roca i Junyent (CDC)
Full text
Spanish Constitution of 1978 at Wikisource

Notes

1. Spanish Constitution in Spanish, Asturleonese, and Galician: Constitución Española; in Basque: Espainiako Konstituzioa; in Catalan: Constitució Espanyola; in Occitan: Constitucion espanhòla

Other websites

• Government of Spain website: The Spanish Constitution—(in English)