It comprises 140 deputies, who are elected by direct universal suffrage to serve four-year terms. (Prior to the election of the current Congress, there were only 113 deputies.)
Politics of Guatemala takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Guatemala is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
Guatemala has 22 administrative subdivisions (departments) administered by governors appointed by the president.
Guatemala City and 332 other municipalities are governed by popularly elected mayors or councils.
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The Congress of the Republic (Spanish: Congreso de la República) is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Guatemala.
Each of the country's 22 departments serves as a district, with the exception of the department of Guatemala, containing the capital, which, on account of its size, is divided into two (distrito central and distrito Guatemala).
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