Constituent Congress of Mexico

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The Constituent Congress of Mexico was the sovereign assembly convened after the Mexican Revolution to draft and promulgate the 1917 Political Constitution that still underpins the country’s federal legal and political system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly
legislative body
alsoKnownAs Congreso Constituyente de 1916-1917
Congreso Constituyente de México
appliesToJurisdiction United Mexican States
linked to: Mexican Federation
category 1916 in Mexico
1917 in Mexico
Constituent assemblies
Mexican Revolution
Political history of Mexico
convenedBy Venustiano Carranza
country Mexico
dateOfPromulgatedConstitution 5 February 1917
dissolvedAfter promulgation of the 1917 Constitution
endTime 1917
hasLegalSuccessor Congress of the Union (Mexico)
hasMainMeetingPlace Teatro de la República
hasNumberOfDeputies approximately 219
hasScope federal legal and political system of Mexico
hasTask draft the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1917
promulgate a new federal constitution for Mexico
hasTypeOfSovereigntyClaim sovereign assembly
historicalPeriod post-Mexican Revolution era
influencedBy Constitution of 1857
demands of revolutionary factions in Mexico
languageOfWork Spanish
legalBasisForConvocation Carranza’s call of December 1916
legalDocumentProduced Political Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1917
locatedIn Querétaro
meetsIn Santiago de Querétaro
linked to: Querétaro City
partOf post-revolutionary state-building in Mexico
politicalOrientation plural, with strong Carrancista majority
reasonForConvocation need to create a new constitutional order after the Mexican Revolution
replaces Congress that produced the Constitution of 1857
selectionMethod elected deputies
significantEvent Mexican Revolution
significantOutcome establishment of social rights in Mexican constitutional law
expansion of presidential powers in Mexico
recognition of agrarian reform principles in Article 27 of the 1917 Constitution
recognition of labor rights in Article 123 of the 1917 Constitution
regulation of the relationship between church and state in Mexico
strengthening of federalism in Mexico
startTime 1916
subjectOf studies in Mexican constitutional history

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Title Four of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States enactedBy Constituent Congress of Mexico
subject linked to: Title Four
Constituent Congress of 1916–1917 alsoKnownAs Querétaro Constituent Congress
linked to: Constituent Congress of Mexico
Constitution of 1824 promulgatedBy Constituent Congress of Mexico
Constituent Congress of Mexico alsoKnownAs Congreso Constituyente de México
linked to: Constituent Congress of Mexico
Constitution Day (Mexico) relatedTo Querétaro Constitutional Congress
subject linked to: Constitution Day
linked to: Constituent Congress of Mexico