Nepal's constitution came into effect on 20 September 2015, drafted by a Second Constituent Assembly after an earlier assembly failed to complete a document and following the disruption of the April 2015 earthquake, and it replaced the Interim Constitution that had governed Nepal since January 2007. It was endorsed by 538 of 598 Constituent Assembly members and establishes a federal democratic republic with three tiers of government, federal, state and local, a parliamentary system led by a prime minister with a ceremonial president as head of state, and a bicameral federal legislature of a 275-member House of Representatives and a 59-member National Assembly across 308 articles.
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Era (category)21st Century (2000-Present) 1 Legal Status
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Nepal, found in there.
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1. Constitution of Nepal (Wikipedia)
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Nepal is governed according to the Constitution which came into effect on 20 September 2015, replacing the Interim Constitution of 2007.
Wikidata: Constitution of Nepal
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WikipediaIn Group: Constitutions of SAARC Member States, lead states SAARC comprises eight sovereign states with full membership including NepalView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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