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TheGreek Constitution of 1911 was a major step forward in theconstitutional history of Greece. Following the rise to power ofEleftherios Venizelos after theGoudi revolt in 1909, Venizelos set about attempting to reform the state. The main outcome of this was a major revision to theGreek Constitution of 1864.
The most noteworthy amendments to theConstitution of 1864 concerning the protection ofhuman rights, were the more effective protection of personal security, equality intax burdens, of the right to assemble and of the inviolability of the domicile. Furthermore, the Constitution facilitated expropriation to allocate property tolandless farmers, while judicially protecting property rights.[1]
Other important changes included the institution of an Electoral Court for the settlement of election disputes stemming from the parliamentary elections, the addition of new conflicts for MPs, the re-establishment of the State Council as the highest administrative court (which, however, was constituted and operated only under theConstitution of 1927), the improvement of the protection of judicial independence and the establishment of the non-removability of public employees. Finally, for the first time, the Constitution provided for mandatory and free education for all,[2] and declaredKatharevousa (i.e. archaising "purified" Greek) as the"official language of the Nation".
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