Congress of Guanajuato
The Congress of the State of Guanajuato (Spanish: Congreso del Estado de Guanajuato) is the legislative branch of the government of the State of Guanajuato. The Congress is the governmental deliberative body of Guanajuato, which is equal to, and independent of, the executive.
Congress of the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato | |
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| LXIV Legislature | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | October 1, 1826 |
| Leadership | |
President | |
Vice president | Martha Isabel Delgado Zárate, PAN |
Secretary | Germán Cervantes Vega, PAN |
Vice secretary | María Carmen Vaca González, MORENA |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 36 |
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Political groups | [2] |
Length of term | 3 years |
| Authority | Title V, Chapter II, Section 1 of the Political Constitution of the State of Guanajuato[3] |
| Salary | 178,000 MXN[4] |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post for 22 electoral district seats and Mixed-member proportional representation for 14 proportional representation seats | |
Last election | July 1, 2018 |
| Meeting place | |
| Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico | |
| Website | |
| Website of the Congress of Guanajuato | |
The Congress is unicameral and its current session consists of 36 local deputies (22 elected by the first-past-the-post system and 14 by proportional representation). Deputies are elected to serve for a three-year term.
Since its installation the congress has been renewed 63 times, hence the current session of the Congress of Guanajuato (whose term lasts form to 2018 to 2021) is known as the LXIV Legislature.
References
- "Mesa Directiva". congresogto.gob.mx/mesa. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- El Universal (2018). "Asigna Sala Superior, plurinominales al PRI en Congreso de Guanajuato". Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- "Título Quinto, Capítulo II, Sección primera de la Constitución Política del Estado de Guanajuato" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- "Diputados de Guanajuato los mejores pagados y los más "codos"". Retrieved 4 June 2018.
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