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 V 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.