The Constitution of Djibouti was adopted on 4 September 1992 and amended in 2010. It establishes a tripartite system with an executive headed by a president serving renewable five year terms, a unicameral National Assembly led by a prime minister whose deputies serve five year terms and must be at least twenty three years old, and a judiciary that includes a Supreme Court and a six judge Constitutional Council for judicial review, across ninety seven articles organized into thirteen titles. Islam is the designated state religion, and French and Arabic are the official languages.
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The Constitution of Djibouti was adopted on 4 September 1992 and amended in 2010.
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Wikidata Q2995075, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Arab League (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIn Group: Constitutions of Arab League Member States, lead states the League currently has 22 members including three non-Arab countries namely DjiboutiView the Source Central Intelligence Agency: Djibouti, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
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mixed system based primarily on the French civil code
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