Mexico Government

What is the capital of Mexico?

Country Name Mexico
Full Country Name United Mexican States
Local - Long Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Local - Short México
Etymology- history of name Named after the Mexica, the largest and most powerful branch of the Aztecs; the meaning of the name is uncertain
Government Type Federal presidential republic
Capital Name Mexico City (Ciudad de Mexico)
Capital - geographic coordinate 19 26 N, 99 08 W
Capital Time Difference UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

Note: Mexico has four time zones
Daylight Savings Time +1hr, begins first Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in October
Independence 16 September 1810 (declared); 27 September 1821 (recognized by Spain)
National Holiday Independence Day, 16 September (1810)
Constitution Several previous; latest approved 5 February 1917; amended many times, last in 2015

Mexico Capital City Map

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Mexico Government and Politics

Who is the president of Mexico?

Executive Branch: Chief of state: President Andres Manuel LOPEZ OBRADOR (since 1 December 2018); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government

Head of government: President Andres Manuel LOPEZ OBRADOR (since 1 December 2018)

Cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president; note - appointment of the attorney general, the head of the Bank of Mexico, and senior treasury officials require the consent of the Senate

Elections/Appointments: The president is directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a single 6-year term; the election was last held on 1 July 2018 (next to be held in July 2024)

Election results: Andres Manuel LOPEZ OBRADOR elected president; percent of vote - Andres Manuel LOPEZ OBRADOR (MORENA) 53.2%, Ricardo ANAYA (PAN) 22.3%, Jose Antonio MEADE Kuribrena (PRI) 16.4%, Jaime RODRIGUEZ Calderon 5.2% (independent), other 2.9%
Citizenship Criteria: Citizenship by birth: yes

Citizenship by descent: yes

Dual citizenship recognized: not specified

Residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years
Legal System: Civil law system with US constitutional law influence; judicial review of legislative acts
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Legislative Branch: Description: bicameral National Congress or Congreso de la Union consists of:

Senate or Camara de Senadores (128 seats; 96 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 32 directly elected in a single, nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms)

Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (500 seats; 300 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 200 directly elected in a single, nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 3-year terms)

Elections:

Senate - last held on 1 July 2018 (next to be held on 1 July 2024)

Chamber of Deputies - last held on 1 July 2018 (next to be held on 1 July 2021)

Election Results:

Senate - percent of vote by party - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MORENA 58, PAN 22, PRI 14, PRD 9, MC 7, PT 7, PES 5, PVEM 5, PNA/PANAL 1; composition - men 65, women 63, percent of women 49.3%

Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MORENA 193, PAN 79, PT 61, PES 58, PRI 42, MC 26, PRD 23, PVEM 17, PNA/PANAL 1; composition - men 259, women 241, percent of women 48.2%; note - total National Congress percent of women 48.4%

Note: for the 2018 election, senators will be eligible for a second term, and deputies up to 4 consecutive terms
Judicial Branch: Highest court(s): Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)

Judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by a two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate; justices serve for life; Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by a two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate; superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a 4-year term; other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, 9-year terms

Subordinate courts: federal level includes the circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state and district level courts
Regions or States: 31 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 city* (ciudad); Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Colima, Cuidad de Mexico*, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (Veracruz), Yucatan, Zacatecas
Political Parties and Leaders: Citizen's Movement (Movimiento Ciudadano) or MC [Dante DELGADO Rannaoro]

Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) or PRI [Cesar CAMACHO Quiroz]

Labor Party (Partido del Trabajo) or PT [Alberto ANAYA Gutierrez]

Mexican Green Ecological Party (Partido Verde Ecologista de Mexico) or PVEM [Jorge Emilio GONZALEZ Torres]

Movement for National Regeneration (Movimiento Regeneracion Nacional) or MORENA [Marti BATRES]

National Action Party (Partido Accion Nacional) or PAN [Gustavo MADERO Munoz]

New Alliance Party (Partido Nueva Alianza) or PNA/PANAL [Luis CASTRO Obregon]

Party of the Democratic Revolution (Partido de la Revolucion Democratica) or PRD [Jesus ZAMBRANO Grijalva]

Social Encounter Party (Partido Encuentro Social) or PES [Hugo Eric FLORES Cervantes]
International Law Organization Participation: Accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
International Organization Participation: APEC, Australia Group, BCIE, BIS, CAN (observer), Caricom (observer), CD, CDB, CE (observer), CELAC, CSN (observer), EBRD, FAO, FATF, G-3, G-15, G-20, G-24, G-5, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA, MIGA, NAFTA, NAM (observer), NEA, NSG, OAS, OECD, OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance, Paris Club (associate), PCA, SICA (observer), UN, UNASUR (observer), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina (observer), UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Diplomatic Representation in the US: Chief of Mission: Ambassador Carlos Manuel SADA Solana (since 25 May 2016)

Chancery: 1911 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006

Telephone: [1] (202) 728-1600

FAX: [1] (202) 728-1698

Consulate(s) General: Atlanta (GA), Austin (TX), Boston (MA), Chicago (IL), Dallas (TX), Denver (CO), El Paso (TX), Houston (TX), Laredo (TX), Los Angeles (CA), Miami (FL), New York (NY), Nogales (AZ), Phoenix (AZ), Sacramento (CA), San Antonio (TX), San Diego (CA), San Francisco (CA), San Jose (CA), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Saint Paul (MN)

Consulate(s): Albuquerque (NM), Anchorage (AK), Boise (ID), Brownsville (TX), Calexico (CA), Del Rio (TX), Detroit (MI), Douglas (AZ), Eagle Pass (TX), Fresno (CA), Indianapolis (IN), Kansas City (MO), Las Vegas (NV), Little Rock (AR), McAllen (TX), Minneapolis (MN), New Orleans (LA), Omaha (NE), Orlando (FL), Oxnard (CA), Philadelphia (PA), Portland (OR), Presidio (TX), Raleigh (NC), Salt Lake City (UT), San Bernardino (CA), Santa Ana (CA), Seattle (WA), Tucson (AZ), Yuma (AZ); note - Washington DC Consular Section is located in a separate building from the Mexican Embassy and has jurisdiction over DC, parts of Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia
Diplomatic Representation from US: Chief of Mission: Ambassador Roberta JACOBSON (since 20 June 2016)

Embassy: Paseo de la Reforma 305, Colonia Cuauhtémoc, 06500 Mexico, Distrito Federal

Mailing Address: P. O. Box 9000, Brownsville, TX 78520-9000

Telephone: [52] (55) 5080-2000

FAX: [52] (55) 5080-2834

Consulate(s) General: Ciudad Juarez, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Matamoros, Merida, Monterrey, Nogales, Nuevo Laredo, Tijuana
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