2008 Constitution of Myanmar

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The 2008 Constitution of Myanmar is the military-drafted supreme law that structured the country’s political system, entrenched significant military power, and laid the framework for its subsequent quasi-civilian governments.

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national constitution ⓘ
supreme law ⓘ
adoptedBy Myanmar ⓘ
adoptionMethod constitutional referendum ⓘ
adoptionYear 2008 ⓘ
allowsAppointmentOf military representatives in legislature ⓘ
amendmentRequirement more than 75% of parliamentary votes ⓘ
nationwide referendum for key provisions ⓘ
containsChapterOn executive branch ⓘ
fundamental rights and duties of citizens ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ
containsProvisionOn state of emergency ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
criticizedFor entrenching military dominance in politics ⓘ
lack of genuine democratic safeguards ⓘ
definesStateStructureAs Union ⓘ
draftedBy State Peace and Development Council ⓘ
Tatmadaw ⓘ
effectiveDate 2011 ⓘ
effectOnAmendmentPower gives military veto over constitutional amendments ⓘ
emergencyPowersGivenTo Commander‑in‑Chief of Defence Services ⓘ
entrenchesPowerOf Commander‑in‑Chief of Defence Services ⓘ
Myanmar Armed Forces ⓘ
establishesBody Constitutional Tribunal of the Union ⓘ
House of Nationalities ⓘ
House of Representatives ⓘ
President of Myanmar ⓘ
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ⓘ
Union Election Commission ⓘ
givesAppointmentPowerTo Commander‑in‑Chief of Defence Services ⓘ
givesMilitaryControlOver Ministry of Border Affairs ⓘ
Ministry of Defence ⓘ
Ministry of Home Affairs ⓘ
influencedPoliticalEra quasi‑civilian governments after 2011 ⓘ
language Burmese ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Myanmar ⓘ
presidentialEligibilityRule spouses or children of foreign citizens barred ⓘ
providesFor bicameral legislature ⓘ
multi‑party system ⓘ
recognizesAdministrativeUnits Regions ⓘ
Self‑Administered Divisions ⓘ
Self‑Administered Zones ⓘ
States ⓘ
Union Territory ⓘ
replaced 1974 Constitution of Burma ⓘ
reservedSeatPercentageInHouses 25% ⓘ
reservesParliamentarySeatsFor military ⓘ
restrictsEligibilityOf Aung San Suu Kyi for presidency ⓘ
setsTermLengthFor President of Myanmar ⓘ
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ⓘ
termLengthOfParliament 5 years ⓘ
termLengthOfPresident 5 years ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assembly of the Union → establishedBy → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
Assembly of the Union → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Assembly of the Union → canAmend → Constitution of Myanmar (with special procedures) ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
State Counsellor of Myanmar → createdBy → Assembly of the Union of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Government of Myanmar → constitutionalDocument → Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Government of Myanmar → constitutionalDocument → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
Government of Myanmar → establishedUnder → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
State Peace and Development Council → constitutionalFramework → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
subject linked to: SPDC
Tatmadaw → legalBasisForPoliticalRole → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
2010 Myanmar general election → legalFramework → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
State Administration Council → legalBasisClaimed → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw → legalBasisClaim → 2010 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Pa'O people → recognizedIn → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
Kayin State Government → legalBasis → Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burma → legalBasis → Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw → establishedBy → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
House of Nationalities → createdBy → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
House of Nationalities → governsUnder → Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
President of Myanmar (through presidential electoral college) → createdBy → Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2008) ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Pyithu Hluttaw → establishedBy → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
Chief Minister of Yangon Region → legalBasis → Constitution of Myanmar (2008) ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Chief Minister of Yangon Region → officeCreatedUnder → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
Yangon Region Hluttaw → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Myanmar (2008) ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Yangon Region Hluttaw → subordinateTo → Union-level constitutional framework of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Ministry of Home Affairs of Myanmar → legalBasis → Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
2015 Myanmar general election → affectedBy → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
State Counsellor Law → relatedDocument → Constitution of Myanmar (2008) ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
President of Myanmar → constitutingInstrument → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
President of Myanmar → officeCreatedUnder → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services → constitutionalBasis → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
Assembly of the Union of Myanmar → constitutionalBasis → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
Union Government of Myanmar → legalBasis → Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
subject linked to: Union Government
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
judicial branch of Myanmar → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Myanmar 2008 ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
judicial branch of Myanmar → subjectTo → Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Amyotha Hluttaw → constitutionalBasis → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
Amyotha Hluttaw → governingLaw → Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Supreme Court of the Union → legalAuthority → Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Supreme Court of the Union → establishedBy → Constitution of Myanmar (2008) ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Ministry of Defence (Myanmar) → legalBasis → Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Union Solidarity and Development Party → supports → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
Union Election Commission of Myanmar → legalBasis → Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Union Election Commission of Myanmar → establishedUnder → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
Region and State Hluttaws → legalBasis → Constitution of Myanmar 2008 ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Region and State Hluttaws → establishedBy → Constitution of Myanmar 2008 ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Region and State Hluttaws → subjectTo → Constitutional limits of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
Political Parties Registration Law (Myanmar) → linkedTo → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
Thein Sein administration → constitutionalFramework → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
House of Representatives (Myanmar) → createdBy → 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
subject linked to: House of Representatives
House of Representatives (Myanmar) → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
subject linked to: House of Representatives
linked to: 2008 Constitution of Myanmar