Mexico Government 1997

Country name
conventional long form : United Mexican States
conventional short form: Mexico
local long form: Estados Unidos Mexicanos
local short form: Mexico

Data code MX

Government type federal republic operating under a centralized government

National capital Mexico

Administrative divisions 31 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal district* (distritofederal); Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche,Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Colima, Distrito Federal*, Durango,Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan de Ocampo, Morelos,Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro de Arteaga, Quintana Roo, SanLuis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz-Llave,Yucatan, Zacatecas

Independence 16 September 1810 (from Spain)

National holiday Independence Day, 16 September (1810)

Constitution 5 February 1917

Legal system mixture of US constitutional theory and civil law system; judicial reviewof legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Suffrage 18 years of age; universal and compulsory (but not enforced)

Executive branch
chief of state: President Ernesto ZEDILLO Ponce de Leon (since 1 December 1994); note- the president is both the chief of state and head of government
head of government : President Ernesto ZEDILLO Ponce de Leon (since 1 December 1994); note- the president is both the chief of state and head of government
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president
elections: president elected by popular vote for a six-year term; election lastheld 21 August 1994 (next to be held NA 2000)
election results: Ernesto ZEDILLO Ponce de Leon elected president; percent of vote - ErnestoZEDILLO Ponce de Leon (PRI) 50.18%, Cuauhtemoc CARDENAS Solorzano (PRD) 17.08%,Diego FERNANDEZ DE CEVALLOS (PAN) 26.69%, other 6.049%

Legislative branch bicameral National Congress or Congreso de la Union consists of theSenate or Camara de Senadores (128 seats, expanded from 64 seats at the lastelection; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) andthe Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (500 seats; members are directlyelected by popular vote to serve three-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 21 August 1994 (next to be held 6 July 1997 for one-quarterof the seats); Chamber of Deputies - last held 24 August 1994 (next to beheld 6 July 1997)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party in expanded Senate- PRI 93, PRD 25, PAN 10; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PRI 300, PAN 119, PRD 71, PT 10

Judicial branch Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia), judges are appointedby the president with consent of the Senate

Political parties and leaders (recognized parties) Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), HumbertoROQUE Villanueva; National Action Party (PAN), Felipe CALDERON Hinojosa; PopularSocialist Party (PPS), Indalecio SAYAGO Herrera; Democratic RevolutionaryParty (PRD), Andres Manuel LOPEZ Obrador; Cardenist Front for the NationalReconstruction Party (PFCRN), Rafael AGUILAR Talamantes; Democratic ForumParty (PFD), Pablo Emilio MADERO; Mexican Green Ecologist Party (PVEM), JorgeGONZALEZ Torres; Workers Party (PT), Alberto ANYA Gutierrez

Political pressure groups and leaders Roman Catholic Church; Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM); Confederationof Industrial Chambers (CONCAMIN); Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce(CONCANACO); National Peasant Confederation (CNC); Revolutionary Workers Party(PRT); Revolutionary Confederation of Workers and Peasants (CROC); RegionalConfederation of Mexican Workers (CROM); Confederation of Employers of theMexican Republic (COPARMEX); National Chamber of Transformation Industries(CANACINTRA); Coordinator for Foreign Trade Business Organizations (COECE);Federation of Unions Providing Goods and Services (FESEBES)

International organization participation AG (observer), APEC, BCIE, BIS (pending member), Caricom (observer),CCC, CDB, EBRD, ECLAC, FAO, G- 6, G-11, G-15, G-19, G-24, IADB, IAEA, IBRD,ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat,Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM (observer), OAS,OECD, OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO,WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in the US
chief of mission: Ambassador Jesus SILVA Herzog Flores
chancery: 1911 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
telephone: [1] (202) 728-1600
consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, El Paso, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami,New Orleans, New York, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, SanJuan (Puerto Rico)
consulate(s): Albuquerque, Austin, Boston, Brownsville (Texas), Calexico (California),Corpus Christi, Del Rio (Texas), Detroit, Eagle Pass (Texas), Fresno (California),Laredo, McAllen (Texas), Midland (Texas), Nogales (Arizona), Oxnard (California),Philadelphia, Sacramento, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Bernardino, San Jose,Santa Ana, Seattle

Diplomatic representation from the US
chief of mission: Ambassador James R. JONES
embassy: Paseo de la Reforma 305, Colonia Cuauhtemoc, 06500 Mexico, DistritoFederal
mailing address: P. O. Box 3087, Laredo, TX 78044-3087
telephone : [52] (5) 211-0042
FAX: [52] (5) 511-9980, 208-3373
consulate(s) general: Ciudad Juarez, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Tijuana
consulate(s): Hermosillo, Matamoros, Merida, Nuevo Laredo

Flag description three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red; thecoat of arms (an eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its beak) is centered in the white band

NOTE: The information regarding Mexico on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mexico Government 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mexico Government 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.