Politics and government of Nuevo León
Title | Positions | Period |
---|---|---|
Governor | 1 | 6 years |
Mayors | 51 | 3 years |
State deputies | 26 | 3 years |
Federal deputies | 12 | 3 years |
Senators (federal) | 2 | 6 years |
Next state election | July 2021 |
The governmental structures of
Executive power
Party | Percentage | Votes |
---|---|---|
PAN | 33.80 | 491,973 |
FC
|
56.66 | 824,567 |
PRD
|
1.03 | 14,934 |
PT
|
4.99 | 72,620 |
PSN | 0.18 | 2,592 |
PAS | 0.13 | 1,959 |
MU | 0.25 | 3,710 |
Null ballots | 2.95 | 42,989 |
Total | 100 | 1,455,344 |
Executive power rests in a governor, who is directly elected by the citizens, using a secret ballot, to a 6-year term with no possibility of reelection. The position is open only to a Mexican citizen by birth, at least 30 years old with at least 5 years residency in Nuevo León. As of 2021[update], the office is held by Samuel García Sepúlveda of the Citizen's Movement. The executive branch includes various institutions, which can be divided into two basic types: centralized public administration and parastatal public administration. Centralized public administration consists of the state-level secretaries of departments, statewide procurement, and their subordinates. Parastatal public administration consists of decentralized public entities, such as enterprises in which the state government has majority control and public trusteeships.
Nuevo León has not always had a democratically elected governor; see
Legislative power
Party | Directly elected | Plurinominal | Total |
---|---|---|---|
PRI | . | . | 15 |
PAN | . | . | 22 |
PT | 0 | 2 | 2 |
PANAL | 0 | 2 | 2 |
PRD | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 26 | 16 | 42 |
Legislative power rests in a
Judicial power
Judicial power is invested in the Superior Court of Justice of Nuevo León, along with 7 ministers elected to a Consejo de la Judicatura for a term of 10 years, with the possibility of succeeding themselves once. These are elected by the state congress from a list presented by the governor. The Tribunal and the Council supervise 12 judicial districts. Membership of the Tribunal is limited to Mexican citizens by birth, at least 35 years old, with at least ten years practicing law with the title of Licenciado en Derecho, and at least 5 years residency in Nuevo León. The Presiding Minister Gustavo Adolfo Guerrero Gutiérrez was elected on August 1, 2007.
Political parties
In accord with article 40 of the State Electoral Law, official recognition of a political party is determined by the
Municipalities
Nuevo León consists of 51 autonomous municipalities, each headed by a mayor ('presidente municipal / alcalde) with a 3-year term; mayors can serve no more than two consecutive terms. Mayors must be Mexican citizens by birth, at least 21 years old with at least one-year residency in the municipality. As of 2004[update], the municipalities are:
- Abasolo
- Agualeguas
- Los Aldamas
- Allende
- Anáhuac
- Apodaca
- Aramberri
- Bustamante
- Cadereyta Jiménez
- El Carmen
- Cerralvo
- China
- Ciénega de Flores
- Doctor Arroyo
- Doctor Coss
- Doctor González
- Escobedo
- Galeana
- García
- General Bravo
- General Terán
- General Treviño
- Guadalupe
- Los Herreras
- Hidalgo
- Higueras
- Hualahuises
- Iturbide
- Juárez
- Lampazos de Naranjo
- Linares
- Marín
- Melchor Ocampo
- Mier y Noriega
- Mina
- Montemorelos
- Monterrey (capital)
- Parás
- Pesquería
- Los Ramones
- Rayones
- Sabinas Hidalgo
- Salinas Victoria
- San Nicolás de los Garza
- San Pedro Garza García
- Santa Catarina
- Santiago
- Vallecillo
- Villaldama
- Zaragoza
- General Zuazua.
Citizenship
According to the state constitution, a Nuevoleonese citizen is a person who was either born in Nuevo León or a Mexican citizen who has maintained residency in the state for more than two years and has not indicated to the municipal authorities a desire to preserve his/her previous citizenship. Citizenship can be lost or suspended, among other reasons, for being or becoming a Mexican army officer in charge of federal troops entering or stationed inside the state borders or for committing certain crimes. Noble titles are not recognized and individual rights and freedoms are protected by the Title I of the state constitution.
References
This article draws heavily on the corresponding article in the Spanish-language Wikipedia.
External links
- (in Spanish) State Congress de Nuevo León
- (in Spanish) Portal of the Nuevo León government
- (in Spanish) State Electoral Commission of Nuevo León
- (in Spanish) Constitution of Nuevo León
- (in Spanish) Encyclopedia of Mexican Municipalities: Nuevo León