Editing Constitution of Greece (section)

{{Short description|Fundamental law of Greece, in effect since 1974}}
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{{Infobox constitution
|name=The Constitution of Hellenic Republic
|image = [[File:Coat of arms of Greece.svg|150px]]
|caption = [[Coat of arms of Greece]]
|supersedes=Constitution of 1952
|chambers=Unicameral ([[Hellenic Parliament]])
|head_of_state=[[President of the Hellenic Republic]]{{efn|holds legislative and executive powers according to article 26, paragraphs 1 and 2}}
|number_amendments= 4 ([[Greek constitutional amendment of 1986|1986]], [[Greek constitutional amendment of 2001|2001]], [[Greek constitutional amendment of 2008|2008]], 2019)
|date_last_amended=25 November 2019 (published 24 December)
|title_orig = Σύνταγμα της Ελλάδος (1975, 1986)<br />Σύνταγμα της Ελλάδας (2001, 2008, 2019)
|orig_lang_code=el-GR
|jurisdiction=Greece
|branches=3
|system=[[Unitary state|Unitary]], [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary]], constitutional [[republic]]
|executive=[[President of Greece]] <br /> [[Government of Greece]]
|courts=[[Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece]] <br /> [[Court of Audit (Greece)|Court of Audit]]<br /> [[Council of State (Greece)|Supreme Administrative Court]] <br />  [[Supreme Special Court]] <br /> Administrative, civil and criminal courts
|wikisource = Constitution of Greece
|date_effective=June 11, 1975}}
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The '''Constitution of Greece''' ({{langx|el|Σύνταγμα της Ελλάδας|Syntagma tis Elladas}}) was created by the Fifth Revisionary [[Hellenic Parliament|Parliament of the Hellenes]] in 1974, after the fall of the [[Greek military junta]] and the start of the [[Third Hellenic Republic]]. It came into force on 11 June 1975 (adopted two days prior) and has been [[Constitutional amendment|amended]] in [[Greek constitutional amendment of 1986|1986]], [[Greek constitutional amendment of 2001|2001]], [[Greek constitutional amendment of 2008|2008]] and 2019.

The [[constitutional history of Greece]] goes back to the [[Greek War of Independence]] (1821&ndash;1832), during which the first three Greek constitutions were adopted by the revolutionary [[Greek national assemblies|national assemblies]]. [[Syntagma Square]] (''Plateia Syntagmatos'') in [[Athens]] is named after the first constitution adopted in the modern Greek State.