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  3. medium.com › lessons-from-history › 8-oldest8 Oldest Monarchies in The World That Still Exist - Medium

    Sep 24, 2021 · In 1849, Denmark became a constitutional monarchy when the first democratic constitution was approved, which significantly curtailed the Danish monarchs' absolutist powers.

  4. www.worldatlas.com › articles › oldest-constitutionsOldest Constitutions Still Being Used Today - WorldAtlas

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    • San Marino (October, 1600) The Republic of San Marino is believed to have the oldest surviving Constitution in the world. However, instead of being a single document, the Constitution of San Marino is comprised by a series of six books written in Latin, collectively referred to as the "Statutes of 1600".
    • United States (June, 1788) The United States Constitution is one of the most well known constitutions in the world, and is the supreme law of the United States of America.
    • The Netherlands (March, 1814) The Constitution of the Netherlands was adopted in March of 1814, and it declared the country as a hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary form of government.
    • Norway (May, 1814) After 434 years of a Danish-Norwegian monarchial union, Norway finally became its own sovereign state with the adoption of the Norwegian Constitution on the 17th of May, 1814.

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  6. www.oldest.org › politics › democracies10 Oldest Democracies in The World (Updated 2024)

    • United States of America. Date of Current Constitution: June 21, 1788. Official Form of Government: Federal presidential constitutional republic. Current Leader(s) (as of 2021): President Joe Biden.
    • Kingdom of Norway. Date of Current Constitution: May 17, 1814. Official Form of Government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Current Leader(s) (as of 2021): King Harald V and Prime Minister Erna Solberg.
    • The Netherlands. Date of Current Constitution: March 29, 1815. Official Form of Government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Current Leader(s) (as of 2021): King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
    • Belgium. Date of Current Constitution: February 7, 1831. Official Form of Government: Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Current Leader(s) (as of 2021): King Philippe and Prime Minister Alexander De Croo.

  7. www.statista.com › constitutions-world-oldestChart: The World's Oldest Constitutions | Statista

    Sep 17, 2021 · As this infographic shows, that makes the U.S. Constitution one of the oldest still in place in the world today. The UK has the oldest existing constitution if you count the Magna Carta from 1215.

  8. www.newsweek.com › modern-day-dynasties-stillModern-Day Dynasties Still Ruling the World - Newsweek

    Aug 7, 2019 · The oldest continuing hereditary monarchy in the world, the Yamato family has ruled Japan since 660 B.C. and, until the end of World War II, was the wealthiest ruling family in the world.

  9. www.thevintagenews.com › oldest-living-monarchiesThe World's 3 Oldest Living Monarchies | The Vintage News

    Dec 1, 2018 · During the Middle Ages, monarchies were almost the only type of government in Europe, and the monarchs who ruled them had absolute power within the borders of their kingdoms. Let’s look at three of the oldest continuing monarchies.

  10. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2021/03/29When Constitutions Took Over the World | The New Yorker

    Mar 22, 2021 · In 1949, the year after Kurt Gödel became a U.S. citizen, Linda Colley was born in the United Kingdom, a country without a written constitution. Colley, one of the world’s most acclaimed ...