The Constitution of Greece

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( / Sýntagma), was created by the Fifth Revisional Parliament of the Hellenes and entered into force in 1975. It has been revised three times since, most significantly in 1986, and also in 2001 and in 2008. The Constitutional history of Greece

Constitutional history of Greece

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 goes back to the Greek War of Independence

Greek War of Independence

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, during which the first three revolutionary Greek constitutions were adopted. Syntagma Square

Syntagma Square

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 (Plateia Syntagmatos) in Athens

Athens

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 is named after the first constitution adopted in the modern Greek State.
The Constitution consists of 120 articles and it is set out in 4 parts:

• The first part (articles 1-3), Basic provisions, establishes Greece as a president
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  ial parliamentary
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   democracy
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  (or republic
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  – the Greek
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   δημοκρατία can be translated both ways), and confirms the prevalence of the Orthodox Church
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   in Greece.
• The second part (articles 4-25) concerns individual and social rights, whose protection has been reinforced after the Revision of 2001.