Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Paraguay on 7 May 1967. The Colorado Party won 80 of the 120 seats. Voter turnout was 68.9%. Following...

However within ten years of adoption the Constitutional Governmental Regulations, both Consul Yegros and the Paraguayan legislature had been eliminated and...

Paraguay elects on the national level a head of state — the president — and a legislature. The president of Paraguay is elected for a five-year term by...

November 1912 – 16 August 2006) was a Paraguayan army officer, politician, and dictator who served as President of Paraguay from 15 August 1954 until his overthrow...

violent policies. In August 1967, after the Constitutional Assembly elections a new Constitution created the two-house Paraguayan legislature and formally...

previous general election in 2017 also saw the consolidation of much of the country's centre-left into a newly strengthened Constitutional Democratic Party...

from 1865 to 1871, during the Paraguayan War, when the imperial government suspended constitutional guarantees. The Assembly was deactivated with the Proclamation...

local elections today. Prefectural and municipal assemblies are unicameral, the National Diet is bicameral, with the two houses on independent election cycles...

20 of the 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. In the Constitutional Assembly elections in 1967 the party won just eight of the 120 seats, finishing third...

In 1967 members of the PLR also returned to Paraguay to participate in the Constitutional Assembly elections that year. They won 29 of the 120 seats, overtaking...

Alfredo Stroessner. In the 1967 Constitutional Assembly elections, it won three of the 120 seats. In the general elections the following year, the party...

the formation of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on 2 October 2017. Opposition politicians claim Abe called the election partly to evade further...

the President played by Cliff Robertson is given a life term by a constitutional amendment after an earthquake ravages Los Angeles and leads to the President's...

wage a war against the Paraguayan leader Francisco Solano López. The resulting Paraguayan War ended with the invasion of Paraguay and its defeat by the...

opposition to the Seiyūkai (1913–1916) Constitutional Assembly (Kenseikai, the core group of the constitutional movement in the Taishō era (1916–1927)...

Government, which served as the country's executive directory from 1955 to 1967. The first president of this list is Fructuoso Rivera, who held the office...

conditions. He died in December 1967, six months after taking office. His constitutional successor, President Jorge Pacheco Areco (1967–1972) banned the Socialist...

municipal elections on March 20, 1930. Women's suffrage was achieved for parliamentary elections on December 5, 1934, through a constitutional amendment...

power. Constitutional governments came to power through means prescribed by the Constitution of the time, typically through democratic election or by constitutional...

2023); after election loss  Israel: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Ongoing events, since he assumed office on December 29, 2022) Constitutional coup Democratic...

When elected to serve on the 1967 Constitutional Assembly, she worked to have basic human rights added to the Paraguayan Constitution. One of the founders...

first true presidential system was developed during the United States Constitutional Convention in 1787. Drawing inspiration from the previous colonial governments...

electorate (unlike a citizens' assembly), they distort the wishes and power of the electorate. Supporters argue the democratic election of governing representatives...

following condemnation from the OAS General Assembly of Foreign Ministers of the outcome of the 2021 election. 2023: Nicaragua completed its withdrawal...

only a ceremonial role acting under the sovereignty of the people for constitutional monarchy. The constitution, also known as the MacArthur Constitution...

defeated in 2008 election. BN regained power in 2009 as a result of 2009 Perak constitutional crisis, and won the 2013 Perak state election. BN would lose...

Olazaba assumed this position, so that this force also abandoned its constitutional position. On Monday February 12, Bordaberry went to the "Cap. Juan Manuel...

titular head of the combined Assembly. The judiciary consists of the Supreme Court of Justice, the Plurinational Constitutional Court, the Judiciary Council...

President Omar Bongo in 1967 and, following his death in 2009, by his son Ali Bongo Ondimba. Ali Bongo was re-elected in an election in 2016 which prompted...

of Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akayev, and set new elections. This is the fourth colour revolution. 2005: Paraguayan People's Army insurgency. 2005: 15 April Intifada...