Constitution of Georgia (country)
The Constitution of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს კონსტიტუცია, sakartvelos k'onst'it'utsia) is the supreme law of Georgia. It was approved by the Parliament of Georgia on 24 August 1995 and entered into force on 17 October 1995. The Constitution replaced the Decree on State Power of November 1992 which had functioned as an interim basic law following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
| Constitution of Georgia | |
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Constitution of Georgia In The Parliament | |
| Overview | |
| Original title | (in Georgian) საქართველოს კონსტიტუცია |
| Jurisdiction | Georgia |
| Created | 2 July 1995 |
| Ratified | 24 August 1995 |
| Date effective | 17 October 1995 |
| System | Unitary parliamentary republic (According to the last Amendment) |
| Government structure | |
| Branches | Three (executive, legislature and judiciary) |
| Chambers | Unicameral |
| Executive | Prime Minister-led Cabinet of Ministers responsible to the Parliament; President as ceremonial head of state (According to the last Amendment) |
| Judiciary | Supreme, Appellate, City/Magistrate Constitutional |
| History | |
| Amendments | 36 |
| Last amended | June 29, 2020 |
| Location | The Parliament of Georgia |
| Author(s) | State Constitutional Commission of Georgia |
| Signatories | The members of State Constitutional Commission and Parliament of Georgia |
| Full text | |
| Constitution of Georgia (1995) at Wikisource | |
| (in Georgian) საქართველოს კონსტიტუცია at Georgian Wikisource | |
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Politics of Georgia |
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