Politics of Mexico

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Politics of Mexico Política de México
Seal of the Government of Mexico
Polity type	Federal presidential constitutional republic
Constitution	Political Constitution of the United Mexican States
Legislative branch
Name	Congress of the Union
Type	Bicameral
Meeting place	Legislative Palace of San Lázaro
Upper house
Name	Senate of the Republic
Presiding officer	Gerardo Fernández Noroña, President of the Senate of the Republic
Lower house
Name	Chamber of Deputies
Presiding officer	Sergio Gutiérrez Luna, President of the Chamber of Deputies
Executive branch
Head of state and government
Title	President
Currently	Claudia Sheinbaum
Appointer	Direct popular vote
Cabinet
Name	Cabinet of Mexico
Leader	President
Appointer	President
Headquarters	National Palace
Ministries	19
Judicial branch
Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
Chief judge	Norma Lucía Piña Hernández
Federal Electoral Tribunal
Chief judge	Mónica Aralí Soto Fregoso [es]

Politics of Mexico
Federal government Constitution of Mexico (history) Human rights LGBT rights Law Abortion Labor Nationality Capital punishment Life imprisonment Gun politics
Executive President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum (MORENA) List of heads of state Federal government Cabinet
Legislature Congress of the Union LXVI Legislature of the Mexican Congress Senate of the Republic President of the Senate Gerardo Fernández Noroña (MORENA) Chamber of Deputies President of the Chamber Sergio Gutiérrez Luna (MORENA) Federal electoral districts
Judiciary Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation Federal Electoral Tribunal
Elections Recent major elections General: 2006, 2012, 2018, and 2024 Legislative: 2003, 2009, 2015 and 2021 Gubernatorial: 2010 and 2021 Instituto Nacional Electoral
Political parties National Action Institutional Revolutionary Ecologist Green Labor Party Citizens' Movement National Regeneration Movement
Administrative divisions States Governors State legislatures Municipalities
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minister: Marcelo Ebrard) Diplomatic missions of Mexico / in Mexico Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
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The politics of Mexico function within the framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic whose government is based on a multi-party congressional system, where the President of Mexico is both head of state and head of government. The federal government represents the United Mexican States. It is divided into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, established by the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, published in 1917. The constituent states of the federation must also have a republican government based on a congressional system established by their respective constitutions.^[1]

Executive power is exercised by the executive branch, headed by the President, who is advised by a cabinet of secretaries independent of the legislature. Legislative power is vested in the Congress of the Union, a two-chamber legislature comprising the Senate of the Republic and the Chamber of Deputies. Judicial power is exercised by the judiciary, consisting of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, the Council of the Federal Judiciary, and the collegiate, unitary, and district tribunals.