Constitution of Timor-Leste

Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Portuguese: Constituição da República Democrática de Timor-Leste
Tetum: Konstituisaun Repúblika Demokrátika Timor-Leste
Preamble and article 1.
Created2002
Ratified20 May 2002
Author(s)Constituent Assembly of Timor-Leste
SignatoriesConstituent Assembly
PurposeNational constitution

The Constitution of Timor-Leste entered into force on 20 May 2002, and was the country's first constitution after it gained independence from Portugal in 1975 and from Indonesia, which invaded East Timor on 7 December 1975 and left in 1999 following a UN-sponsored referendum.

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