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The 1992 '''Constitution of [[Mali]]''' was approved by a [[referendum]] on 12 January 1992 after being drawn up by a national conference in August 1991. The constitution provides for [[Multi-party system|multi party]] democracy within a [[semi-presidential]] system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etat.sciencespobordeaux.fr/_anglais/institutionnel/mali.html|title=Mali: Institutional Situation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207115040/http://www.etat.sciencespobordeaux.fr/_anglais/institutionnel/mali.html|archive-date=2012-02-07}} {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613100326/http://www.etat.sciencespobordeaux.fr/_anglais/institutionnel/mali.html |date=2007-06-13 }}</ref>
It was briefly suspended after the [[2012 Mali coup d'état|2012 military coup]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Look | first=Anne | title=Uncertainty Reigns in Mali | website=VOA | date=2012-03-23 | url=https://www.voanews.com/a/uncertainty-reigns-in-mali-144018866/179366.html | access-date=2023-04-22}}</ref>

==Background==
The original Malian constitution was abrogated on 6 December 1968 after a military ''[[coup d'état]]'' and replaced by a new fundamental law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etat.sciencespobordeaux.fr/_anglais/chronologie/mali.html|title=Mali: key events|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704160651/http://www.etat.sciencespobordeaux.fr/_anglais/chronologie/mali.html |archive-date=2007-07-04 }}</ref> A new constitution adopted in 1974 after a referendum on 2 June 1974 created a one party state while moving the state from military rule.<ref name="state.gov">{{Cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2828.htm|title=US Department of State: Background Note: Mali}}</ref>  This constitution lasted until the overthrow of [[Moussa Traoré]] in a coup d'état in 1991.

The new regime under [[Amadou Toumani Touré]] moved to establish a national conference which drew up the new constitution in August 1991. This constitution was overwhelmingly approved by referendum on 12 January 1992 with over 98% of those voting approving the constitution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://africanelections.tripod.com/ml.html|title=Elections in Mali|website=africanelections.tripod.com}}</ref>

==Features==
Under the constitution the [[President of Mali|president]] is the chief of state and head of the armed forces. He is elected to a five-year term, with a limit of two terms, and appoints the [[Prime Minister of Mali|prime minister]] as head of the government. The Prime Minister is responsible to the [[National Assembly of Mali]] and can be removed by a [[Motion of no confidence|no confidence vote]]. The constitution provides for multi party democracy with the only prohibition against parties on ethnic, gender, regional or religious grounds.<ref name="state.gov"/>

The constitution states that Mali adheres to the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] and the [[African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights]]. It guarantees the right to strike and the independence of the judiciary. The Constitutional Court decides whether laws abide by the constitution and guarantees the liberties and fundamental rights of the people of Mali.

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==External links==
*[http://confinder.richmond.edu/admin/docs/Mali.pdf English translation of Constitution of Mali] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329163633/http://confinder.richmond.edu/admin/docs/Mali.pdf |date=2017-03-29 }}

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