Constitution of 4 October 1958

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The Constitution of 4 October 1958 is the fundamental law that established France’s Fifth Republic and defined its semi-presidential system of government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fundamental law ⓘ
national constitution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
French Constitution of 1958 ⓘ
amendedBy constitutional revision of 1962 ⓘ
constitutional revision of 2000 ⓘ
constitutional revision of 2008 ⓘ
approvedBy French referendum of 28 September 1958 ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 1958-10-04 ⓘ
contains Preamble ⓘ
Title I: On Sovereignty ⓘ
Title II: The President of the Republic ⓘ
Title III: The Government ⓘ
Title IV: Parliament ⓘ
Title IX: The High Court ⓘ
Title V: Relations between Parliament and the Government ⓘ
Title VI: Treaties and International Agreements ⓘ
Title VII: The Constitutional Council ⓘ
Title VIII: Judicial Authority ⓘ
Title X: Criminal liability of the Government ⓘ
Title XI: The Economic, Social and Environmental Council ⓘ
Title XII: Territorial Communities ⓘ
Title XIII: Transitional Provisions ⓘ
Title XIV: French Community (originally) ⓘ
Title XV: The European Union ⓘ
Title XVI: Amendment of the Constitution ⓘ
Title XVII: Overseas Territories (as amended) ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateAdopted 1958-10-04 ⓘ
definesGovernmentSystem semi-presidential system ⓘ
definesRoleOf Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
Council of Ministers of France ⓘ
Council of State of France ⓘ
Government of France ⓘ
National Assembly of France ⓘ
Parliament of France ⓘ
President of the French Republic ⓘ
Prime Minister of France ⓘ
Senate of France ⓘ
draftedUnderLeadershipOf Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
established Fifth French Republic ⓘ
establishesPrincipleOf direct election of the President (after 1962 revision) ⓘ
parliamentary responsibility of the Government ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
jurisdiction French overseas territories ⓘ
metropolitan France ⓘ
linked to: Metropolitan France
language French ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
preambleRefersTo Charter for the Environment of 2004 ⓘ
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789 ⓘ
Preamble of the Constitution of 27 October 1946 ⓘ
precededBy Fourth French Republic constitution ⓘ
principalDrafter Michel Debré ⓘ
replaced Constitution of 27 October 1946 ⓘ

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French Fifth Republic → foundingLegalInstrument → Constitution of 4 October 1958 ⓘ
French Community → legalBasis → French Constitution of 1958 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 4 October 1958
French republicanism → legalFoundation → French Constitution of 1958 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 4 October 1958
Conseil des ministres → relatedTo → French Constitution of 1958 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 4 October 1958
Conseiller constitutionnel → legalBasis → Constitution of 4 October 1958 ⓘ
French 1946 Constitution → successor → French 1958 Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 4 October 1958
French 1946 Constitution → cameIntoForceBefore → French 1958 Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 4 October 1958
Drafting of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic → legalBasis → Constitutional Law of 3 June 1958 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 4 October 1958
Constitution of 4 October 1958 → alsoKnownAs → French Constitution of 1958 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 4 October 1958
16e législature de la Ve République → constitutionDeRéférence → Constitution française de 1958 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 4 October 1958
French constitutional bloc → includesText → Constitution of 4 October 1958 ⓘ
Chun Doo-hwan → implemented → Fifth Republic Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 4 October 1958
Organic Law on New Caledonia (1999) → relatedTo → French Constitution of 1958 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 4 October 1958
President of the Constitutional Council → createdBy → Constitution of 4 October 1958 ⓘ
Preamble of the 1946 Constitution of France → incorporatedInto → Constitution of 4 October 1958 ⓘ
Constitutional Committee → abolishedBy → Constitution of 4 October 1958 ⓘ
Title XIII: Transitional Provisions → partOf → Constitution of 4 October 1958 ⓘ
Title XIII: Transitional Provisions → relatedTo → Title XII of the Constitution of 4 October 1958 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 4 October 1958
Charter for the Environment of 2004 → partOf → French Constitution of 1958 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 4 October 1958