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When was Paraguay's current constitution adopted?
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Paraguay's current constitution was adopted in 1992.1
Drafted by a Constituent Assembly elected in December 1991, this document replaced the 1967 constitution and established Paraguay as a representative and pluralist democracy. Among its significant provisions, the 1992 constitution explicitly prohibits the indefinite reelection of the president and abolished the death penalty.1