Federal government of Mexico - wikipedia Federal government of Mexico Federal Government of Mexico Gobierno Federal de México Seal of the Government Formation 1824 ; 194 years ago ( 1824 ) Founding document Constitution of Mexico Jurisdiction United Mexican States Website http://www.gob.mx/ Legislative branch Legislature Congress of the Union Meeting place Palacio del Senado ( Senate ) Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro ( Deputies ) Executive branch Leader President of Mexico Headquarters Los Pinos Main organ Cabinet Judicial branch Court Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation Seat Mexico, D.F. The Federal government of Mexico ( alternately known as the Government of the Republic or Gobierno de la República ) is the national government of the United Mexican States, the central government established by its constitution to share sovereignty over the republic with the governments of the 31 individual Mexican states, and to represent such governments before international bodies such as the United Nations. The Mexican federal government has three branches : executive, legislative, and judicial and functions per the Constitution of the United Mexican States, as enacted in 1917, and as amended. The executive power is exercised by the executive branch, which is headed by the president and his Cabinet, which, together, are independent of the legislature. Legislative power is vested upon the Congress of the Union, a bicameral legislature comprising the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Judicial power is exercised by the judiciary, consisting of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, the Council of the Federal Judiciary, and the collegiate, unitary, and district courts. Contents 1 The powers of the union 1.1 Legislative Branch 1.2 Executive branch 1.3 Judicial branch 1.4 Mexico City ( formerly Federal District ) 2 See also 3 References and notes 4 External links The powers of the Union The federal government, known as the Supreme Power of the Federation, is constituted by the Powers of the Union : the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. Mexico City, as the capital of the federation is the Federal District, the seat of the powers of the Union. All branches of government are independent ; no two separate branches must be vested upon a single person or institution, and the legislative power must not be vested upon a single individual. Legislative branch Main article : Congress of Mexico San Lázaro Palace, the Chamber of Deputies, Congress of the Union The legislative power is vested upon the Congress of the Union, a bicameral congress comprising the Senate ( Spanish : Cámara de Senadores or Senado ) and the Chamber of Deputies ( Spanish : Cámara de Diputados ). The powers of the Congress include the right to pass laws, impose taxes, declare war, approve the national budget, approve or reject treaties and conventions made with foreign countries, and ratify diplomatic appointments. The Senate addresses all matters that concerning foreign policy, approves international agreements, and confirms presidential appointments. The Chamber of Deputies is formed by 500 representatives of the nation. All deputies are elected in free universal elections every three years, in parallel voting : 300 deputies are elected in single - seat constituencies by first - past - the - post plurality ( called uninominal deputies ), and the remaining 200 are elected by the principle of proportional representation ( called plurinominal deputies ) with closed - party lists for which the country is divided into five constituencies or plurinominal circumscriptions. Deputies can not be reelected for the next immediate term. Being a supplementary system ( PM ) of parallel voting, proportionality is only confined to the plurinominal seats. However, to prevent a party to be overrepresented, several restrictions to the assignation of plurinominal seats are applied : A party must obtain at least 2 % of votes to be assigned a plurinominal seat ; A party 's percentage of deputies in the Chamber ( uninominal and plurinominal together ) can not be more than 8 % greater than the percentage of votes the party obtained in the elections ; No party can have more than 300 seats ( uninominal and plurinominal together ), even if the party gets more than 52 % of the votes. Senate The Senate consists of 128 representatives of the constituent states of the federation. All senators are elected in free universal elections every six years through a parallel voting system as well : 64 senators are elected by first - past - the - post plurality, two per state and two for the Federal District elected jointly ; 32 senators are assigned through the principle of `` first minority '', that is, they are awarded to the first runner - up party for each constituent state and the Federal District ; and 32 are elected by proportional representation with closed - party lists, for which the country forms a single constituency. Executive branch Main article : President of Mexico Judicial branch See also : Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation Mexico This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Mexico Constitution Law Constitution ( history ) Human rights LGBT rights Law Abortion Labor Nationality Capital punishment Life imprisonment Gun politics Executive President ( list ) Enrique Peña Nieto Federal government Cabinet Legislative Congress ( current ) Senate Chamber of Deputies Federal electoral districts Judiciary Supreme Court of Justice Federal Electoral Tribunal Administrative divisions States Governors Municipalities Elections Recent major elections General : 2006 2012 2018 Legislative : 2003 2009 2015 Gubernatorial : 2010 Federal Electoral Institute Political parties Institutional Revolutionary National Action Democratic Revolution Labor Party National Regeneration Ecologist Green Citizens ' Movement New Alliance Foreign relations Other countries Atlas The judiciary consists of The Supreme Court of Justice, composed of eleven judges or ministers appointed by the President with Congress approval, who interpret laws and judge cases of federal competency. Other institutions of the judiciary are the Electoral Tribunal, collegiate, unitary and district tribunals, and the Council of the Federal Judiciary. The ministers of the Supreme Court will serve for 15 years and can not be appointed to serve more than once. Mexico City ( formerly Federal District ) Mexico City does not belong to any state in particular, but to the federation, being the capital of the country and seat of the powers of the Union. As such, it is constituted as a Federal District, ultimately administered by the Powers of the Union. Nonetheless, since the late 1990s certain autonomy and powers have been gradually devolved. The executive power is vested upon a head of government elected by first - past - the - post plurality. The legislative power is vested upon a unicameral Legislative Assembly. The judicial power is exercised by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice and the Judiciary Council. The Federal District was divided into delegaciones or boroughs. Though not fully equivalent to a municipality in that they do not have regulatory powers, they have gained limited autonomy in recent years, and the representatives to the head of government are now elected by the citizens as well. In 2016, the name was changed to Mexico City and the 16 delegations were transformed into municipalities, each one with its own mayor. See also State governments of Mexico Constitution of Mexico Politics of Mexico Law of Mexico References and notes Jump up ^ The composition, responsibilities and requirements of the legislative power are outlined in articles 50 to 79 of the Political Constipoo of the United Mexican States Archived November 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ The composition, responsibilities and requirements of the judicial power are outlined in articles 94 to 107of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States Archived November 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ The form of government of the Federal District is outlined in the 112th article of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States. 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Question: mexico is divided into 1 federal district and how many states brainly
Answer: 31