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Political Structure in Mexico

Democracy with Three Branches of Government

Mexico’s seventy years of one-party rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party came to an end with the institution of a democracy and the 2000 election of President Vincente Fox of the National Action Party.  The commitment of Mexico’s people to the democratic process is evidenced by the peaceful transition of the current president, President Felipe Calderón, in the closely contested 2006 election following President Vincent Fox’s term in office. 

The Largest National Political Parties of Mexico

• National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional) (PAN)
• Party of the Democratic Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Democrática) (PRD)
• Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) (PRI)

Three Branches of Government (Checks-and-Balance)

Mexico’s basic governmental composition consists of three branches of government which acts as a checks-and balance system.  This three-branch checks-and-balance model is found at the federal, state, and municipal levels of government:

• Executive Branch
• Legislative Branch
• Judicial Branch