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andorra
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KC Creagan-Fox
⟶ Updated 20 Mar 2018 ⟶
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Events
1970 - Women given the vote.
1982 - First executive branch of government - "Govern" in Catalan - takes office. Its head is elected by Council of the Land.
1990 - Andorra signs customs union with EU.
1993 March - First constitution adopted by referendum. Document reduces feudal powers of two princes. New executive, legislative and judicial arms of government are set up. Andorra joins United Nations. France, Spain establish embassies.
1993 December - First general elections under new constitution. Ribas Reig elected as premier in January.
2005 July - Cooperation agreement with EU comes into effect
2013 June - Andorra introduces personal income tax for the first time as it faces pressure from the European Union to tackle tax evasion.
2016 February - US lifts sanctions imposed in 2015 on Andorra's fourth-largest bank, the Banca Privada d'Andorra, for money-laundering.
Periods
1936-1939French troops sent to protect Andorra from spillover from the Spanish Civil War.
1939-1945 Andorra is neutral during the Second World War, becomes important smuggling route from Vichy France into neutral Spain