Constitution of the Marshall Islands
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The Constitution of the Marshall Islands is the supreme law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, in force from 1 May 1979.[1]
Its text is both English and Marshallese.
The Constitution was approved on 1 March 1979 by constitutional referendum, by 63% of voters.
Before the Marshall Islands become an independent state (1986), the Marshallese decided to have their own constitutional law in 1966. In 1976, a Constitutional Convention was organized with 46 elected members. This Convention drafted the Constitution of 1979, having into consideration a future independence status.[2]
