The Principality of Andorra(Principat d'Andorra) is a co-principality with two co-princes with a ceremonial role, a parliament, the General Council, elected in free multi-party elections and a government responsible to the parliament.
This section gives an outline of the history of Andorra.
27 BC: Gaius Octavianus becomes sole ruler of Rome and as Augustus the first emperor.
395: After the death of emperor Theodosius I, the Roman Empire is partitioned in the (Eastern) Roman Empire and the (Western) Roman Empire. The region becomes part of the Western part of the Empire.
1866: The Council of the Land is replaced by the General Council, elected by suffrage limited to heads of family.
1933: The General Council is dissolved by the co-princes and re-elected by an extended, universal male suffrage.
1970: Andorra introduces universal suffrage. Only independent candidates can be candidates in the elections.
1982: The parliament gets legislative power. The government, is responsible to the parliament.
1993: With a new constitution Andorra becomes a parliamentary democracy, where the co-princes only have a ceremonial role, the parliament is elected in free multi-party elections and the government is responsible to the parliament. Political parties are legalized. Andorra joins the United Nations.
