Country name:
conventional long form: Federated Mexican Empire
conventional short form: Mexico
local long form: Empire Mexicain Fédéré
local short form: Mexico
Government type:
Federation; Consitutional Monarchy
Capital:
Mexico City
Administrative divisions:
8 departments Aguascalientes, Department of the United Provinces of California, Department of New Mexico, Department of the Sonoran State, Department of the Free State of East Tejas; Department of Coahilua & West Tejas, Department of Oaxaca, and the Department of the Free and Independent State of Meridia.
Independence:
16 September 1810 (from Spain)
National holiday:
17, June (Emperor's birthday)
Constitution:
6 April 1937
Legal system:
civil law system, with regional applications with a mixture of English Comman Law, and the French Civi Code.
Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Executive branch:
chief of state: HIM Emperor Giuseppe IV(since February 9, 2005); note - the chief of state is not the head of government
head of government: Prime Minister Fransico Santos (since 1 December 2000);
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the Emperor by selectees from Prime Minister; note - appointment of attorney general requires consent of the Senate
elections: none; the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually the prime minister
Legislative branch:
bicameral Parliament comprised of Senate(consists of departmentally selected senators, hereditary peers, life peers, and clergy) and House of Deptuies(500 seats since 2005 elections; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms unless the House is dissolved earlier)
elections: Senate- no elections (note - in 1999, as provided by the Senate Act, elections were held in the Senate to determine the 85 hereditary peers who would remain there; pending further reforms, elections are held only as vacancies in the hereditary peerage arise); House of Deptuies- last held 5 May 2005 (next to be held by May 2010)
election results: House of Deputies - percent of vote by party - Imperial Liberal 35.2%, Imperialist 32.3%, Consitutional Monarchist 22%,
note: in 1998 elections were held for an Upper California Assembly (because of unresolved disputes among existing parties, the transfer of power from Mexico City to Upper California came only at the end of 1999 and has been suspended four times the latest occurring in October 2002); in 1999 there were elections for a new New Mexican Parliament and a new Texan (Tejan) Assembly.
Judicial branch:
Suprema Corte de Justicia Nacional (justices or ministros are appointed by the Emperor, his only power not subject to the Senate or Assembly)
Political parties and leaders:
Imperial Liberal Party of Mexico [Dante DELGADO Ranauro]; United Mexican Republic Party [Roberto MADRAZO Pintado]; Imperial Liberal Party [Jorge Emilio GONZALEZ Martinez]; Constitutional Monarchist Party [Luis Felipe BRAVO Mena]; Imperialist Party[Leonel GODOY]; United Workers of the Mexican Empire Party[Alberto ANAYA Gutierrez]
Flag description:
three horizontal bands of white (hoist side), red, and green; the coat of arms (a crowned and imperially decorated eagle on a cactus) is centered in the red band. On either corner (top right, and bottom left) is the Imperial Stamp of Giuseppe I, borrowed from Austrian designs.
conventional long form: Federated Mexican Empire
conventional short form: Mexico
local long form: Empire Mexicain Fédéré
local short form: Mexico
Government type:
Federation; Consitutional Monarchy
Capital:
Mexico City
Administrative divisions:
8 departments Aguascalientes, Department of the United Provinces of California, Department of New Mexico, Department of the Sonoran State, Department of the Free State of East Tejas; Department of Coahilua & West Tejas, Department of Oaxaca, and the Department of the Free and Independent State of Meridia.
Independence:
16 September 1810 (from Spain)
National holiday:
17, June (Emperor's birthday)
Constitution:
6 April 1937
Legal system:
civil law system, with regional applications with a mixture of English Comman Law, and the French Civi Code.
Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Executive branch:
chief of state: HIM Emperor Giuseppe IV(since February 9, 2005); note - the chief of state is not the head of government
head of government: Prime Minister Fransico Santos (since 1 December 2000);
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the Emperor by selectees from Prime Minister; note - appointment of attorney general requires consent of the Senate
elections: none; the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually the prime minister
Legislative branch:
bicameral Parliament comprised of Senate(consists of departmentally selected senators, hereditary peers, life peers, and clergy) and House of Deptuies(500 seats since 2005 elections; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms unless the House is dissolved earlier)
elections: Senate- no elections (note - in 1999, as provided by the Senate Act, elections were held in the Senate to determine the 85 hereditary peers who would remain there; pending further reforms, elections are held only as vacancies in the hereditary peerage arise); House of Deptuies- last held 5 May 2005 (next to be held by May 2010)
election results: House of Deputies - percent of vote by party - Imperial Liberal 35.2%, Imperialist 32.3%, Consitutional Monarchist 22%,
note: in 1998 elections were held for an Upper California Assembly (because of unresolved disputes among existing parties, the transfer of power from Mexico City to Upper California came only at the end of 1999 and has been suspended four times the latest occurring in October 2002); in 1999 there were elections for a new New Mexican Parliament and a new Texan (Tejan) Assembly.
Judicial branch:
Suprema Corte de Justicia Nacional (justices or ministros are appointed by the Emperor, his only power not subject to the Senate or Assembly)
Political parties and leaders:
Imperial Liberal Party of Mexico [Dante DELGADO Ranauro]; United Mexican Republic Party [Roberto MADRAZO Pintado]; Imperial Liberal Party [Jorge Emilio GONZALEZ Martinez]; Constitutional Monarchist Party [Luis Felipe BRAVO Mena]; Imperialist Party[Leonel GODOY]; United Workers of the Mexican Empire Party[Alberto ANAYA Gutierrez]
Flag description:
three horizontal bands of white (hoist side), red, and green; the coat of arms (a crowned and imperially decorated eagle on a cactus) is centered in the red band. On either corner (top right, and bottom left) is the Imperial Stamp of Giuseppe I, borrowed from Austrian designs.