México Perfil Gobierno 2019

nombre: Mexico City (Ciudad de Mexico)

coordenadas geográficas: 19 26 N, 99 08 W

diferencia de tiempo: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in October

32 states (estados, singular - estado); Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Cuidad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas

16 Septiembre 1810 (declared independence from Spain); 27 Septiembre 1821 (recognized by Spain)

Día de la Independencia, 16 Septiembre (1810)

history: several previous; latest approved 5 Febrero 1917

amendments: proposed by the Congress of the Union; passage requires approval by at least two thirds of the members present and approval by a majority of the state legislatures; modificada many times, last in 2019 (2019)

18 años de edad; universal y obligatorio

jefe de estado: Presidente Andres Manuel LOPEZ OBRADOR (desde 1 December 2018); note - the president is both jefe de estado and jefe de gobierno

jefe de gobierno: Presidente Andres Manuel LOPEZ OBRADOR (desde 1 December 2018)

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

elections/appointments: president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a single 6-year term; election 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%