Middle East

Approved by referendum in December 1979 after the revolution, and revised in 1989, the Iranian Constitution fuses republican insti...

Issued by royal decree in March 1992, the Basic Law of Governance is not a constitution in the popular sovereignty sense, since th...

Approved by referendum in January 2014 after the removal of President Morsi, Egypts constitution extended presidential terms to fo...

Ratified by referendum in October 2005, the Iraqi Constitution created a federal parliamentary system with a semi autonomous Kurdi...

Promulgated May 23, 1926 under the French mandate, the Lebanese Constitution established a parliamentary republic, but its lived c...

Adopted by referendum in November 1982 under the military junta after the 1980 coup, the Turkish Constitution vested strong powers...

Israel has no single entrenched constitution, the 1948 declaration of independence notwithstanding, a compromise between religious...

In force since January 8, 1952, the Jordanian Constitution creates a hereditary monarchy with a bicameral parliament, an appointed...

Adopted December 2, 1971 at the union of six emirates, joined by Ras Al Khaimah in 1972, the UAE Constitution establishes a federa...

Promulgated November 11, 1962, Kuwaits constitution creates a constitutional monarchy with an elected National Assembly of fifty m...

Adopted January 26, 2014 by Tunisia's constituent assembly with near unanimity, the constitution was hailed as the Arab worlds mos...

Drafted by a committee under president Kais Saied and approved by referendum July 25, 2022 on about 30 percent turnout, the Tunisi...

Adopted by referendum July 1, 2011 after February 20 protests, the Moroccan Constitution responded to the Arab Spring with anticip...

Approved by referendum November 1, 2020 amid the hirak protest aftermath and low turnout around 23 percent, the Algerian Constitut...

Drafted under the reforming statesman Midhat Pasha, the constitution was promulgated by Sultan Abdul Hamid II on December 23, 1876...

Mass protests and sit ins by merchants, clerics, and reformers forced Mozaffar ad-Din Shah to accept an elected assembly in 1906, ...