The politics of Mexico take place in a framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic whose government is based on a congressional system, whereby the President of Mexico is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. The federal government represents the United Mexican States and is divided into three branches: executive, legislative and judicial, as established by the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, published in 1917. The constituent states of the federation must also have a republican form of government based on a congressional system as established by their respective constitutions.
The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 and held uninterrupted power in the country for 71 years, from 1929 to 2000, first as the National Revolutionary Party, then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution and finally as the PRI beginning in 1946.
Adolfo López Mateos was a Mexican politician who became a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), after earlier opposing its precursor in 1929. He was elected President of Mexico, serving from 1958 to 1964.
The Party of the Democratic Revolution is a social democratic political party in Mexico. The PRD originated from the Democratic Current, a political faction formed in 1986 from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). The PRD was formed after the contested general election in 1988, which the PRD's immediate predecessor, the National Democratic Front, believed was rigged by the PRI. This sparked a movement away from the PRI's authoritarian rule.
The Congress of the Union, formally known as the General Congress of the United Mexican States, is the legislature of the federal government of Mexico consisting of two chambers: the Senate of the Republic and the Chamber of Deputies. Its 628 members meet in Mexico City.
General elections were held in Mexico on Sunday, July 2, 2000. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic to serve a six-year term, replacing then Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León ; the election system ran under plurality voting; 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies for a three-year term; and 128 members of the Senate for six-year terms.
Elections in Mexico are held every 6 years to elect a president and every 3 years to elect a legislature. These elections determine who, on the national level, takes the position of the head of state – the president – as well as the legislature.
The Labor Party is a political party in Mexico. It was founded on 8 December 1990. The party is currently led by Alberto Anaya.
Jesús Enrique Jackson Ramírez was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from the first electoral region to the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress.
The National Social Security Workers Union is a Mexican labor union representing employees of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS).
Jesús Ricardo Canavati Tafich is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He currently serves in the Chamber of Deputies of the Mexican Congress as an Ecologist Green Party of Mexico proportional representation deputy.
The New Alliance Party is a state-level political party in Mexico founded in 2005.
Rafael Aguilar Talamantes was a Mexican politician.
The National Educational Workers Union is a trade union which represents teachers in Mexico. Its current Secretary-General and President is Mtro. Alfonso Cepeda Salas
General elections were held in Mexico on 4 July 1976. José López Portillo was the only candidate in the presidential election, and was elected unopposed. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 195 of the 237 seats, as well as winning all 64 seats in the Senate election. Voter turnout was 64.6% in the Senate election and 62.0% in the Chamber election.
Luis Maldonado Venegas was a Mexican politician and attorney, affiliated to the Party of the Democratic Revolution and served as a proportional representation federal deputy representing Mexico City and the fourth electoral region in the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress. Maldonado also served as the national president of the Convergencia political party and represented it in both houses of Congress.
Pablo Escudero Morales is a Mexican politician and lawyer, member of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) and former federal deputy and senator. From 2016 to 2017, he served as President of the Senate of Mexico.
Marco Antonio García Ayala is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He is a federal deputy representing Baja California and the first electoral region in the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress.
Javier Guerrero García is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He currently represents Coahuila and the second electoral region as a deputy in the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress.
The LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress is the current meeting of the Mexican Congress of the Union that convened on 1 September 2018 and will end on 31 August 2021. It is composed of the 500 federal deputies and 128 senators elected in the 2018 Mexican general election. While the deputies will serve only in the LXIV Legislature, the senators, elected to six-year terms, will also form the Senate in the LXV Legislature, which will convene in 2021.
