Chilean Council of State

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The Chilean Council of State (Spanish : Consejo de Estado) was a body set up in 1976 by the junta of General Augusto Pinochet in order to legitimise military rule. It produced a constitution which was approved in a 1980 plebiscite that had significant allegations of fraud.

The Council of State was created by Constitutional Act #1 (Spanish : Acta Constitutional No. 1) as a civilian advisory body for the military junta without any executive power. Former President Jorge Alessandri was appointed as its president, and Gabriel González Videla was also a member of the council.

The 1980 Chilean constitution was originally drafted by the Constituent Commission, then modified and ratified by the Council of State before being sent for the plebiscite. [1]

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  1. ↑ Barros, Robert (2002-07-04). Constitutionalism and Dictatorship: Pinochet, the Junta, and the 1980 Constitution. Cambridge University Press. pp. 160–169, 229–230. ISBN   978-1-139-43362-4.


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