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A constitutional referendum was held in the [[Republics of Russia|Russian republic]] of [[Chechnya]] on 2 December 2007, together with the [[2007 Russian legislative election|Russian parliamentary elections]].<ref>[http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11921416 Interfax > Politics<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525090404/http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11921416 |date=May 25, 2011 }}</ref> Among the changes proposed were:

* extension of the mandates of [[Head of the Chechen Republic|president]] from four to five years and of [[Parliament of the Chechen Republic|parliament]] from four to five years;
* removing restrictions on presidential terms
* adopting a [[unicameral]] parliament with 41 MPs (instead of the 58 MPs the lower house had up to that date);
* let future constitutional changes be decided by parliament.<ref>[http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=3018380 derStandard.at<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

The referendum succeeded with 85% of the vote in favour.<ref>[http://www.iwpr.net/?p=crs&s=f&o=341239&apc_state=henh Chechnya: Kadyrov to Rule for Years<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Politics of Chechnya]]

==References==
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