1976 Portuguese Constitution

E12963

constitution legal document

The 1976 Portuguese Constitution is the democratic charter that established Portugal’s post-dictatorship political system, enshrining civil liberties, social rights, and a semi-presidential framework after the Carnation Revolution.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Constitution of the Portuguese Republic	55
Portuguese Constitution	15
Portuguese Constitution of 1976	11
Constitution of Portugal	8
1976 Constitution of Portugal	2
Constitution of 1976 (Portugal)	2
Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (1976)	2
Title II of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic	2
1976 Portuguese Constitution canonical	1
Constituent Assembly of the Portuguese Republic	1
Constituição da República Portuguesa	1
Constituição da República Portuguesa de 1976	1
Constitution of 1976 of Portugal	1
Constitution of Portugal of 1976	1
Constitution of the Portuguese Republic of 1976	1
Constitutional framework of Portugal	1
Portuguese Constitution of 1976 and subsequent electoral legislation	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T119275 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 1976 Portuguese Constitution
Context triple: [Carnation Revolution, followedBy, 1976 Portuguese Constitution]

A. March Constitution of 1921
The March Constitution of 1921 was the fundamental law of the Second Polish Republic that established Poland as a democratic parliamentary state after World War I.
B. April Constitution of 1935
The April Constitution of 1935 was the fundamental law of interwar Poland that significantly strengthened presidential powers and established an authoritarian framework in the Second Polish Republic.
C. Carnation Revolution
The Carnation Revolution was a largely bloodless military-led uprising in Portugal on April 25, 1974, that overthrew the Estado Novo dictatorship and paved the way for democracy and decolonization.
D. Constitution of Cuba
The Constitution of Cuba is the supreme legal document that defines the socialist political system, structure of government, and rights and duties of citizens in the Republic of Cuba.
E. Order of Liberty (Portugal)
The Order of Liberty is one of Portugal’s highest civil honors, awarded to individuals and institutions for exceptional contributions to democracy, freedom, and human rights.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 1976 Portuguese Constitution
Target entity description: The 1976 Portuguese Constitution is the democratic charter that established Portugal’s post-dictatorship political system, enshrining civil liberties, social rights, and a semi-presidential framework after the Carnation Revolution.

A. March Constitution of 1921
The March Constitution of 1921 was the fundamental law of the Second Polish Republic that established Poland as a democratic parliamentary state after World War I.
B. April Constitution of 1935
The April Constitution of 1935 was the fundamental law of interwar Poland that significantly strengthened presidential powers and established an authoritarian framework in the Second Polish Republic.
C. Carnation Revolution
The Carnation Revolution was a largely bloodless military-led uprising in Portugal on April 25, 1974, that overthrew the Estado Novo dictatorship and paved the way for democracy and decolonization.
D. Constitution of Cuba
The Constitution of Cuba is the supreme legal document that defines the socialist political system, structure of government, and rights and duties of citizens in the Republic of Cuba.
E. Order of Liberty (Portugal)
The Order of Liberty is one of Portugal’s highest civil honors, awarded to individuals and institutions for exceptional contributions to democracy, freedom, and human rights.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitution ⓘ legal document ⓘ
adoptedBy	Constituent Assembly of Portugal ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1976-04-25 ⓘ
containsPreamble	yes ⓘ
containsTitle	Economic, social and cultural rights ⓘ Fundamental rights and duties ⓘ Guarantee and revision of the Constitution ⓘ Organization of political power ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ
dateAdopted	1976-04-02 ⓘ
definesHeadOfGovernment	Prime Minister ⓘ
definesHeadOfState	President of the Republic ⓘ
definesTerritorialOrganization	unitary state ⓘ
enshrines	civil liberties ⓘ freedom of assembly ⓘ freedom of association ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ political rights ⓘ right to strike ⓘ social rights ⓘ universal suffrage ⓘ
establishedFormOfGovernment	parliamentary democracy ⓘ semi-presidential system ⓘ
establishesBranch	executive branch ⓘ judicial branch ⓘ legislative branch ⓘ
establishesCourt	Constitutional Court of Portugal ⓘ linked to: Constitutional Court
establishesLegislature	Assembly of the Republic ⓘ
guarantees	freedom of religion ⓘ freedom of the press ⓘ multi-party system ⓘ trade union freedom ⓘ
hasAmendment	1982 constitutional revision ⓘ 1989 constitutional revision ⓘ 1992 constitutional revision ⓘ 1997 constitutional revision ⓘ 2001 constitutional revision ⓘ 2004 constitutional revision ⓘ 2005 constitutional revision ⓘ 2010 constitutional revision ⓘ
historicalContext	post-Carnation Revolution ⓘ
ideologicalOrientationAtAdoption	democratic socialism ⓘ
language	Portuguese ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law ⓘ
prohibits	censorship ⓘ fascist organizations ⓘ
providesFor	autonomous regions ⓘ
providesForConstitutionalReview	Constitutional Court ⓘ
recognizesAutonomousRegion	Azores ⓘ Madeira ⓘ
replaced	Constitution of 1933 ⓘ
revisionMechanism	constitutional amendment by Assembly of the Republic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited