Constituent Assembly (Peru)

Constituent Assembly
Asamblea Constituyente
Republic of Peru
Type
Type
History
Established 28 July 1978
Disbanded 28 July 1980
Preceded by Congress of the Republic of Peru
Succeeded by Congress of the Republic of Peru
Leadership
President of the Constituent Assembly
Seats 100
Meeting place
Legislative Palace (Peru)

The Constituent Assembly was the tenth Constituent Assembly of Peru, convened by the government of General Francisco Morales Bermudez to facilitate the return of democracy following a decade of the self-styled Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces. It was settled on July 28, 1978 and was led by Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, historical leader of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance. Its main mission was to develop a new constitution replacing the old 1933 Constitution. This new Constitution was enacted and promulgated on July 12, 1979, and entered into force on July 28, 1980, on the opening of the constitutional government of the architect Fernando Belaúnde Terry. It was replaced 14 years later by the 1993 Constitution.

Composition and Structure

Board

Representatives

Peruvian Aprista Party
Christian People's Party
Popular Workers Student Farmers Front
Peruvian Communist Party
Revolutionary Socialist Party
Popular Democratic Union
Workers and Farmers National Front
Christian Democrat Party
Peruvian Democratic Movement
Odriist National Union

Innovations of the Constitution

The main innovations of this Constitution, compared to its predecessor, were:

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