Portuguese Constitution of 1933

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The Portuguese Constitution of 1933 was the foundational legal charter of António de Oliveira Salazar’s Estado Novo regime, establishing an authoritarian, corporatist state that curtailed democratic freedoms and centralized power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
foundational legal charter ⓘ
abrogationDate 1976-04-25 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Portuguese Republic ⓘ
linked to: Portugal
associatedWithLeader António de Oliveira Salazar ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1933-04-11 ⓘ
characteristic corporate representation of interests ⓘ
strong executive power ⓘ
subordination of judiciary ⓘ
weak legislature ⓘ
concentratedPowerIn President of the Council of Ministers ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
effectiveUntil 1976 ⓘ
electoralSystem limited suffrage ⓘ
established Corporative Chamber ⓘ
Council of State ⓘ
National Assembly ⓘ
corporatist chambers ⓘ
followedBy Portuguese Constitution of 1976 ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the Council of Ministers ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of the Republic ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War (later phase of its application) ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
ideology Catholic integralism ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
corporatism ⓘ
inception 1933 ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
legalForm authoritarian constitution ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Portugal (1933–1976) ⓘ
limited parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
overturnedByEvent Carnation Revolution ⓘ
partySystem single-party dominant system ⓘ
politicalSystemEstablished Estado Novo ⓘ
linked to: Estado Novo regime
precededBy Portuguese Constitution of 1911 ⓘ
promulgationDate 1933-03-11 ⓘ
providedFor censorship framework ⓘ
corporate organization of professions ⓘ
referendum mechanism (limited) ⓘ
state control over economy ⓘ
recognizedParty União Nacional ⓘ
regimeType Estado Novo regime ⓘ
replaced Constitution of 1911 ⓘ
restricted freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
political pluralism ⓘ
trade union freedoms ⓘ
strengthened executive dominance ⓘ

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Estado Novo (Portugal) → notableLaw → Portuguese Constitution of 1933 ⓘ
subject linked to: Estado Novo regime
Constitution of 1933 → shortName → Portuguese Constitution of 1933 ⓘ
Constitution of 1933 → alsoKnownAs → Constituição Política da República Portuguesa de 1933 ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese Constitution of 1933
Assembleia Nacional → constitutionalBasis → Estado Novo constitution ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese Constitution of 1933
Assembleia Nacional → governedBy → Constitution of 1933 of Portugal ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese Constitution of 1933
New State (Portugal) → establishedBy → Constitution of 1933 (Portugal) ⓘ
subject linked to: New State
linked to: Portuguese Constitution of 1933
New State (Portugal) → constitution → Constitution of 1933 (Portugal) ⓘ
subject linked to: New State
linked to: Portuguese Constitution of 1933
Portuguese Constitution of 1911 → hasLegalSuccessor → Portuguese Constitution of 1933 ⓘ
President of the Senate of the Republic (Portugal) → abolishedAsResultOf → Constitution of 1933 in Portugal ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese Constitution of 1933
1958 Portuguese presidential election → legalFramework → Constitution of 1933 (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese Constitution of 1933