French constitutional law of 23 July 2008

The Constitutional law on the Modernisation of the Institutions of the Fifth Republic (French: loi constitutionnelle de modernisation des institutions de la Ve République) was enacted into French constitutional law by the Parliament of France in July 2008, to reform state institutions.

Inter alia, the law introduced a limit of two terms for the President of France, recognised regional languages as part of the nation's heritage, and established the position of Defender of Rights.

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