The Constitution of 1833 was the constitution used in Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

 from 1833 to 1925 when it was replaced by the Constitution of 1925

Chilean Constitution of 1925

The Constitution of 1925 was the constitution in force in Chile between 1925 and 1973 when the Government Junta suspended it. In the 1920s Chile suffered from a severe social and economic crisis that led to the loss of prestige for old ruling class, labeled oligarchy in Chilean historiography, and...

. One of the most long-lived constitutions of Latin America

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

 it was used to endorse both an authoritarian presidentialist system and from 1891 onwards a oligarchic parliamentary system.

The constitution emerged after the Chilean Civil War of 1829 in which the conservative Pelucones

Pelucones

thumb|180px|[[Mariano Egaña]], was a notable Pelucón, politically he felt affinity to [[constitutional monarchy]] as [[form of government]]Pelucones was the name used to refer to Chilean aristocratic conservatives in early 19th century...

 (Whigs) defeated a the Pipiolos

Pipiolos

thumb|180px|[[Ramón Freire]], hero of the [[Chilean War of Independence]] and head of state between 1823 and 1826 and again in 1827, was an icon of the Pipiolo movementPipiolos was the name used to refer to Chilean upper class liberals in early 19th century...

 (liberals). Its main ideologues where Mariano Egaña

Mariano Egaña

Mariano Egaña Fabres was a Chilean lawyer, conservative politician and the main writer of the Chilean Constitution of 1833....

, Manuel José Gandarillas and Diego Portales

Diego Portales

Diego José Pedro Víctor Portales Palazuelos was a Chilean statesman and entrepreneur. As a minister of president José Joaquín Prieto Diego Portales played a pivotal role in shaping the state and government politics in the 19th century, delivering with the Constitution of 1833 the framework of the...

 all whom saw from a conservative point of view the necessity of an unitarian state under a strong leadership. The first president to be elected under the constitution was the general José Joaquín Prieto

José Joaquín Prieto

José Joaquín Prieto Vial was a Chilean military and political figure. He was twice President of Chile between 1831 and 1841. José Joaquín Prieto was of Spanish and Basque descent.-Early life:...

. The constitution allowed for 5 year terms with the possibility of one reelection which resulted in 3 consecutive conservative presidents ruling Chile each for 10 years. Mariano Egaña had initially aimed at not putting any restriction on reelection.

Chilean liberals considered the constitution authoritarian and made attempts to overthrow the government, during the failed Revolution of 1851

Revolution of 1851

The Revolution of 1851 was an attempt to overthrow the conservative government by Chilean liberals.In the elections of 1851 the conservative candidate José María de la Cruz Prieto lost against another conservative, Manuel Montt in Concepción...

 liberals in La Serena declared the constitution abolished. After the first liberal 10-year long government the constitution was amended in 1871 to eliminate reelections.

After the Chilean Civil War of 1891

Chilean Civil War

The Chilean Civil War of 1891 was an armed conflict between forces supporting Congress and forces supporting the sitting President, José Manuel Balmaceda. The war saw a confrontation between the Chilean Army and the Chilean Navy, which had sided with the president and the congress, respectively...

 the constitution was amended in 1891, 1892 and 1893, and was interpreted
to endorse a parliamentary system. Chilean historiography refers to this period as the "pseudo-parliamentary epoch".

It was not until the turmoils of the 1920s that the constitution was replaced by the Constitution of 1925

Chilean Constitution of 1925

The Constitution of 1925 was the constitution in force in Chile between 1925 and 1973 when the Government Junta suspended it. In the 1920s Chile suffered from a severe social and economic crisis that led to the loss of prestige for old ruling class, labeled oligarchy in Chilean historiography, and...

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See also

• Chilean Constitution of 1925
  Chilean Constitution of 1925
  The Constitution of 1925 was the constitution in force in Chile between 1925 and 1973 when the Government Junta suspended it. In the 1920s Chile suffered from a severe social and economic crisis that led to the loss of prestige for old ruling class, labeled oligarchy in Chilean historiography, and...
  
  
• Chilean Constitution of 1980
  Constitution of Chile
  In its temporary dispositions, the document ordered the transition from the former military government, with Augusto Pinochet as President of the Republic, and the Legislative Power of the Military Junta , to a civil one, with a time frame of eight...
  
  
• Liberal Party (Chile)
  Liberal Party (Chile)
  The Liberal Party of Chile was a Chilean political party created by a faction of pipiolos in 1849. After the conservative victory in the Chilean Civil War of 1829 the liberals became the principal opposition party to the Conservative Party...
  
  
• Chilean Civil Code