Mexican federal system

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The Mexican federal system is a form of government in which power is constitutionally divided between a central national authority and individual states, each with its own institutions and degree of autonomy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal system
form of government
allocatesPowers concurrent powers
exclusive federal powers
residual state powers
constitutionalAdoptionDate 1917-02-05
constitutionalBasis Political Constitution of the United Mexican States
country Mexico
currentFrameworkFrom Constitution of 1917
disputeResolutionMechanism constitutional controversies before the Supreme Court
divisionOfPowers separation of powers between executive, legislative, and judicial branches
electoralSystemFeature mixed electoral system for Congress
multi-party system
enteredIntoForce 1917-02-05
federalCapitalStatus Mexico City as a federal entity
federalInterventionMechanism facultad de desaparición de poderes in states under certain conditions
fiscalStructure federal tax collection with revenue-sharing to states
guarantees state legislative, executive, and judicial institutions
hasBranch executive branch
judicial branch
legislative branch
hasCentralAuthority federal government of Mexico
hasNumberOfStates 31 states and Mexico City
32 federal entities
hasSubnationalUnits Mexican states
linked to: States of Mexico
headOfGovernment President of Mexico
headOfState President of Mexico
highestCourt Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
includesEntity Aguascalientes
Baja California
Baja California Sur
Campeche
linked to: Campeche state

Chiapas
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Colima
Durango
Guanajuato
Guerrero
Hidalgo
Jalisco
Mexico City
Michoacán
Morelos
México state
Nayarit
Nuevo León
Oaxaca
Puebla
linked to: Puebla (state)

Querétaro
Quintana Roo
San Luis Potosí
Sinaloa
Sonora
Tabasco
Tamaulipas
Tlaxcala
Veracruz
Yucatán
linked to: Yucatán state

Zacatecas
influencedBy 19th-century Mexican liberalism
inspiredBy United States federal model
keyReformPeriod Reform War and Constitution of 1857
linked to: Reform War
languageOfConstitution Spanish
legalSystem civil law tradition
legislature Congress of the Union
limitsStatePowers supremacy of the federal constitution
lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies
municipalAutonomyRecognized yes
municipalLevel municipios as basic units of local government
predecessor unitary system under the Porfiriato
stateAutonomyIn internal administration
local legislation
local taxation within constitutional limits
subnationalConstitutions each state has its own constitution
upperHouse Senate of the Republic

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Congress of Yucatán isPartOf Mexican federal system
Congreso del Estado de Veracruz partOf Mexican federal system
Rebellion of Zacatecas follows Federalist–centralist political conflict in Mexico
linked to: Mexican federal system
Constitution of the State of Guanajuato partOf Mexican federal constitutional order
linked to: Mexican federal system
Government of the State of Puebla subdivisionOf Mexican federal system
Government of Tabasco partOf Federal system of Mexico
linked to: Mexican federal system