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[[Curaçao]] is one of the three autonomous countries of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]] (with [[Aruba]] and [[Sint Maarten|Saint-Martin]]). It has a constitution ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''staatsregelingen'') which governs its constitutional organization and which has been approved by a country law ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''landverordening'') adopted by a two-thirds majority of the local parliament, in application of Chapter IV of the [[Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands]] ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Statuut voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden'') dating from 1954 and reformed in 2010.
The '''Constitution of Curaçao''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Staatsregeling van Curaçao''; {{Lang-pap|Konstitushon di Kòrsou}}) was adopted by a 15 to 6 vote majority in the island council of [[Curaçao]] on 5 September 2010. In the initial vote on the constitution in July, the two-thirds majority required was not reached, after which [[Curaçao general election, 2010|new elections were held on 27 August]]. The newly elected island council could then adopt the constitution with an ordinary majority.<ref>Island Council Curaçao votes for Constitution, Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep, September 5, 2010 [https://web.archive.org/web/20100911062910/http://www.rnw.nl/caribiana/bulletin/eilandsraad-curacao-stemt-voor-staatsregeling].</ref>
The constitution entered into force on 10 October 2010, on the date of the [[dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles]].
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