__NOTOC__The current Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile, approved by Chilean voters in a controversial and tightly controlled plebiscite on September 11, 1980, under the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, partially effective March 11, 1981, fully effective 11 March 1990 and amended considerably on August 17, 1989 ( via referendum ) and on September 22, 2005 ( legislatively ), and also in 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, replaced the earlier constitution of 1925.

Following the return of the Labour Party to government in 1997, Dewar became the Secretary of State for Scotland and campaigned for a ' Yes-Yes ' vote in the successful referendum on Scottish devolution.

On 11 September 1997, the 700th anniversary of Battle of Stirling Bridge, the Blair led Labour government again held a referendum on the issue of devolution.

* 1997 – After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.

The Assembly was created by the Government of Wales Act 1998, which followed a referendum in 1997.

In 1995 a national referendum extended Karimov ’ s term of office from 1997 to 2000.

In March 1995, Karimov took another step in the same direction by securing a 99 % majority in a referendum on extending his term as president from the prescribed next election in 1997 to 2000.

This plan, its further detail fleshed out in the 1997 Houston Agreement, hinged upon Morocco's agreement to a referendum on independence or unification with Morocco voted by the Sahrawi population.

In late 1997 a referendum was held on the issue which resulted a " yes " vote.

In 1997, following the election of a Labour government committed to devolution for Wales, a further referendum was narrowly won, establishing the National Assembly for Wales.

The Council of Europe has barred Belarus from membership since 1997 for undemocratic voting irregularities in the November 1996 constitutional referendum and parliament by-elections.

* Anchorage, Alaska rejected cameras in a 1997 referendum

While the Welsh Assembly was formed as a result of a very slim majority in the 1997 referendum, support has since grown for the Welsh Assembly, and in favour of Wales having an Assembly.

The introduction of the National Assembly for Wales and the Welsh Assembly Government following the devolution referendum of 1997 was the beginning of a new era.

Wyden personally opposes assisted suicide and stated he voted against the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, first enacted in Oregon in 1997, each time in appeared on the ballot by voter referendum.

A referendum in 1997 -- seven years after the end of Communist rule -- proposed to restore the monarchy in the person of Zog's son Leka Zogu who, since 1961, has been styled " Leka I, King of the Albanians ".

In 1997, Dom Duarte also suggested a referendum on the independence of East Timor to the Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Habibie.

It achieved a certain notoriety when its citizens held a referendum on January 21, 1997, to turn the village into the Le Royaume de L ' Anse-Saint-Jean, the continent's first " municipal monarchy.

Polisario agreed to add autonomy as per the Moroccan proposal to a referendum ballot, but refused to relinquish the concept of an independence referendum itself, as agreed in 1991 and 1997.

Sillars used his column in The Sun to make clear such concerns and accordingly advised people to abstain from voting in the 1997 referendum which endorsed the principle of devolution.

The Act was introduced by the Labour government in 1998 after the Scotland referendum, 1997 showed that Scotland was in favour of both of the set questions, firstly for the creation of a parliament for Scotland and secondly, that this parliament should have tax varying powers.

During his tenure at the helm of CBC's flagship newscast beginning May 1, 1988 ( as co-anchor of CBC Prime Time News from November 1992 to fall 1995, and as sole anchor of The National otherwise ), he has covered Canadian news stories including federal elections, party leadership conventions, the Meech Lake Accord negotiations, the Charlottetown Accord and its referendum, the 1995 Quebec referendum, floods in Manitoba in 1997, ice storms in Ontario and Quebec in 1998, the six days in September 2000 that marked the death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau, the 2003 blackout across much of Eastern North America and the death and state funeral of Jack Layton.

* 1930 – Terry Nation, Welsh novelist and screenwriter ( d. 1997 )

Welsh rock band Super Furry Animals have a song on the 1997 album " Radiator " called " Chupacabras ".

* Welsh International Open, a tennis tournament held only in 1997

In an earlier allegation, published by Kitty Kelley in 1997, Elizabeth's mother is said to have been a Welsh maid.

* 1997: Welsh Kenneth J. Wilshire ( Wales )

From 1997 to 2001, Ainger served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Wales Office ( and its predecessor the Welsh Office ), serving three successive Welsh Secretaries ( Ron Davies, Alun Michael and Paul Murphy ).

* Freddie Welsh ( 1997 )

Thomas ' opposition to Welsh nationalism was finally expressed in hostility to the Blair government's devolution proposals of 1997.

It was at one time owned by the Charrington Brewery, when it was known as The Welsh Harp ; in 1995 the name was abbreviated to just The Harp, before Charrington sold it to Punch Taverns in 1997.

He was also Chairman of the House of Commons Select Committee on Public Administration ( 1997 – 1999 ), and Opposition Front Bench Spokesman on Energy ( 1988 – 92 ) and Welsh Affairs ( 1992 – 1997 ).

Tenet held the position as the DCI from July 1997 to July 2004, making him the second-longest-serving director in the agency's history – behind Allen Welsh Dulles – as well as one of the few DCIs to serve under two U. S. presidents of opposing political parties.

After Labour's victory in the 1997 general election he joined the government, first at the Welsh Office 1997-1999, then as minister of state at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1999-2001.

The Welsh company ceased trading in 1997 and Electronic Arts acquired the rights to the name.

A brief respite in 1994 / 95 saw Thursdays finish as high as fourth in the Welsh League Division One before a further damaging exodus of quality players led to a dreadful season in 1997 / 98 when they secured only three points and conceded an astonishing 210 goals in thirty six league fixtures.

The 1997 – 98 season the club finished seventh in the League of Wales, thus gaining entry into the FAW Premier Cup, and also reached the final of the Welsh Cup for the first time as Connah's Quay Nomads.

Cwmbrân had another taste of European football in 1997 in the European Cup Winners Cup, having lost 1-2 to newly crowned champions Barry Town in the Welsh Cup final.

* Welsh Cup runners-up 1997, 2000, 2003

Following the referendum on Welsh devolution in 1997, the Welsh Office was formally disbanded on 1 July 1999 and the majority of its powers were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales.

From 1992 to 1997, Italy faced significant challenges, as voters, disenchanted with past political paralysis, massive government debt, extensive corruption, and organized crime's considerable influence — collectively called Tangentopoli after being uncovered by Mani pulite — demanded political, economic, and ethical reforms.

A proposal for a ward based council, in which the mayor and vice mayor would continue to be elected at-large, was rejected by Roanoke voters in 1997, but ward system advocates still contend that the at-large system results in a disproportionate number of council members coming from affluent neighborhoods and that electing some or all council members on a ward basis would result in a more equal representation of all areas of the city.

It has also provided big votes for independent conservative Third Party candidates opposing liberal Republicans, particularly in 1997, when 13 % of county voters backed two conservative independent candidates against incumbent Governor Christine Todd Whitman.

She was recalled by the voters of Gilmer County, who elected Rayburn Smith in July 1997.

After a 12-year battle with the County of Sacramento, the Citrus Heights voters approved the measure to incorporate the City on November 5, 1996, effective January 1, 1997.

In 1997, voters approved a proposition to unify the city and county governments creating the Unified Government of Wyandotte County.

In 1997, Loch Arbour voters rejected a ballot proposal that would have it merge back into Ocean Township by an 88-69 margin, and proposals to merge with Allenhurst or Interlaken failed by a nearly 10-1 margin.

During these years, the NDP began to bleed support and activists to the Greens who reached 5 % in the polls in the fall of 1997 and 11 % by the fall of 1998 ; however, by far the majority of the NDP's former voters deserted the party for the centre-right BC Liberals.

After its 1997 general election defeat, the Conservative Party began decisive moves towards becoming more centrist ; the 2002 – 2003 party chairman, Theresa May, would later state that it had been perceived by voters as the " Nasty Party ".

The two sides agreed to equal control over an arena in a deal signed in 1997, but the proposal was rejected by city voters in a 1999 referendum.

Prior to the 1997 municipal elections, the regional chairman was elected to the position from within the regional council — in that year, the position became generally elected by all voters in the regional municipality.

In the 2003 state elections to the Upper Austrian Landtag, the SPÖ was able to raise its voters share from 27 % ( 1997 ) by 11. 3 % to 38. 3 %.

When constituency boundaries were revised for the 1997 election, he moved with his key rural voters into the new Charnwood Constituency.

However, in Ausser Rhoden this institution was abolished by a ballot on 29 September 1997 by 54 % of the voters ( 61 % of the electorate voted ).

In the second round of elections, held in December 1997, he won 59. 23 % by official count, while 50. 98 % voters turned out.

In 1997, Hellyer formed the Canadian Action Party ( CAP ) to provide voters with an economic nationalist option following the collapse of the National Party of Canada.

Measure 51, referred in the wake of Washington v. Glucksberg by the state legislature in November, 1997, sought to repeal the Death with Dignity act, but was rejected by 60 % of voters.

Due to competition with the Liberals for left-leaning voters, the New Democrats had mixed successes in the next several elections, winning 21 in 1997 but dropping back to 13 in 2000, unable to approach their high water mark showing until 2006.

His 1997 election followed boundary changes which saw the previous incumbent, Conservative Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell move with his key rural voters to the newly created Charnwood constituency.

Measure 50 was a revised version of the law, which also passed, after being referred to the voters by the 1997 state legislature.

The law enacted by Measure 47 was amended in 1997, when the Oregon Legislative Assembly referred Measure 50 to voters to clarify that Measure 47 was intended to limit increases in real-estate assessments to 3 percent per year.

Since the 1990s the left has dominated as the Old City of Toronto shifted to the left, but amalgamation in 1997 added many suburban areas with more right-leaning voters.

It came into being after a referendum for its creation ( Referendum 48 ) was approved by Washington state voters on June 17, 1997.