Djibouti · Constitution
Constitution of the Republic of Djibouti
Adopted by referendum in September 1992, introducing multiparty politics after fifteen years of single-party rule. It establishes a directly elected President with substantial executive authority, a unicameral National Assembly, and an independent judiciary. The 2010 revision removed the two-term presidential limit while lowering the term from six years to five and creating an Ombudsman and a Court of Auditors, and the 2008 revision had already expanded the Assembly. Islam is declared the religion of the state, and the constitution guarantees freedom of religion.
The constitutional text
Adopted by referendum in September 1992, introducing multiparty politics after fifteen years of single-party rule. It establishes a directly elected President with substantial executive authority, a unicameral National Assembly, and an independent judiciary. The 2010 revision removed the two-term presidential limit while lowering the term from six years to five and creating an Ombudsman and a Court of Auditors, and the 2008 revision had already expanded the Assembly. Islam is declared the religion of the state, and the constitution guarantees freedom of religion.
Separation of powers
Unitary, with five regions and the capital district. Regional councils were introduced by the decentralisation laws of 2002 and hold limited local competences; there is no legislative devolution.
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