Mexico

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The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, or SCJN) is the highest federal court in the United Mexican States. It consists of a President of the Supreme Court (Chief Justice) and ten Ministers (Associate Justices) who are confirmed by the Senate from a list proposed by the President of the Republic. The President of the United Mexican States is the head of state of Mexico. ... Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (b. ... The Mexican Executive Cabinet is a part of the executive branch of the Mexican government. ... Congress (formally: Congreso de la Unión or Congress of the Union) is the legislative branch of the Mexican government. ... The Senate (Spanish: Cámara de Senadores or Senado) is the upper house of Mexicos bicameral Congress. ... The Chamber of Deputies (Spanish: Cámara de Diputados) is the lower house of Mexicos bicameral legislature, the Congress of the Union. ... The LX Legislature (60th) of the Congress of Mexico is meeting from September 1, 2006, to September 1, 2009. ... This article lists political parties in Mexico. ... Politics of Mexico Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Mexico ... The general election was held in Mexico on Wednesday, July 6, 1988. ... On Sunday August 18, 1991 they were held in Mexico legislative elections, in which they were chosen to federal level: 32 Senators. ... The general election was held in Mexico on Sunday, August 21, 1994. ... On Sunday July 6, 1997 they were held in Mexico legislative elections, in which they were chosen to federal level: 32 Senators. ... Mexico held a general election on Sunday, 2 July 2000. ... A number of elections, both federal and local, took place in Mexico during 2003: // Chamber of Deputies – 500 federal deputies Governor, state congress, and mayors See: 2003 Colima state election Governor, state congress, and mayors See: 2003 Nuevo León state election Governor, state congress, and mayors See: 2003 Sonora... A number of local elections took place in Mexico during 2004: // Governor, state congress, and mayors See: 2004 Chihuahua state election Governor, state congress, and mayors See: 2004 Durango state election Governor, state congress, and mayors See: 2004 Zacatecas state election Governor, state congress, and mayors See: 2004 Aguascalientes state... A number of local elections took place in Mexico during 2005: // Governor, five mayors, and 21 (15+6) local deputies See: 2005 Baja California Sur state election Governor, mayors, and local congress See: 2005 Guerrero state election Governor, eight mayors, and 25 (15+10) local deputies See: 2005 Quintana Roo... A number of elections on the federal and local level took place in Mexico during 2006. ... A number of elections on the local level are scheduled to take place in Mexico during 2007. ... The Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) is an autonomous, public organization responsible for organizing federal elections in Mexico, that is, those related to the election of president of the United Mexican States and to the election of Lower and Upper Chamber members that constitute the Mexican Union Congress. ... The United Mexican States or Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México) is a federal republic made up of 31 states (estados) and one Federal District, (Distrito Federal), which contains the capital, Mexico City. ... Traditionally, the Government of Mexico has sought to maintain its interests abroad and project its influence largely through moral persuasion. ... The Mexican military forces are composed of the Mexican Army (which includes the Mexican Air Force as a subordinate entity) and the Mexican Navy. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... The term federal court, when used by itself, can refer to: Any court of the national government in a country that has a federal system such as that of the United States (United States federal courts) or Mexico In some countries, a particular court, for example, the Federal Court of... The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth- or other countries with an Anglosaxon type of justice, such as the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of New Zealand, the Supreme... Associate Justice or Puisne (pronounced puny) Justice is the title for a member of a judicial panel who is not the Chief Justice. ... The Senate (Spanish: Cámara de Senadores or Senado) is the upper house of Mexicos bicameral Congress. ... The President of the United Mexican States is the head of state of Mexico. ...

Justices of the SCJN serve for fifteen years and are not eligible to serve a second term. From among their number, the justices elect the President of the Court to serve a four-year period; a given justice may serve more than one term as president, but not in consecutive periods.

Current composition

Justices of the SCJN are:

• Chief Justice Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia
• Justice Mariano Azuela Güitrón
• Justice José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo
• Justice Juan N. Silva Meza
• Justice Genaro David Góngora Pimentel
• Justice Sergio Salvador Aguirre Anguiano
• Justice Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero Dávila de García Villegas
• Justice José Ramón Cossío Díaz
• Justice Margarita Beatriz Luna Ramos
• Justice Sergio Armando Valls Hernández
• Justice José Fernando Franco González-Salas

Mariano Azuela Güitrón (b. ... Justice Genaro David Góngora Pimentel (born September 8, 1937) is a Mexican jurist who has been a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) since 1995 and served as its President (Chief Justice) from 1999 to 2003. ... Justice Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero Dávila de García Villegas is a mexican jurist who has been a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) since january 1995. ... Justice Margarita Beatriz Luna Ramos (born January 4, 1956) is a mexican jurist who has been a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) since february 2004. ... Sergio Armando Valls Hernández (born May 20, 1941) is a mexican jurist who has been a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation since 2004. ... Justice José Fernando Franco González-Salas is a Mexican jurist who has been a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) since December 2006. ...

External links

• (Spanish) Official site

• Justice in Mexico Project