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Executive
Branch
President Felipe Calderón is the
head of the Executive branch
President
Felipe Calderon
Information
and to make a request directly to President
http://peticiones.presidencia.gob.mx/
President of Mexico
Term of
office: December 1, 2006 – 2012
Preceded by: President Vicente Fox
Succeeded by: incumbent
Date of birth: August 18, 1962
Place of birth: Morelia, Michoacan
Political Party: National Action Party
MÉXICO CITY, Federal
District, December 1, 2006.
FAQ: What are the
requirements to be President of Mexico?
Answer: The
Constitution of Mexico, in Article 82 establishes the
requirements for being President; they are as follows: (When
it says Mexican by birth, that does not mean he/she must be
born in Mexico. Anyone born outside of Mexico with at least
one parent that is a Mexican national, is considered a
Mexican citizen by birth, Art. 33)
I. Be a Mexican citizen by
birth, in full enjoyment of their rights, child of a Mexican
father or a Mexican Mother and have resided in the country
at least twenty years.
II. Have completed 35 years of age, at the time of the
election;
III. Have resided in the country for one year prior to the
day of the election. The absence from the country for up to
thirty days, does not interrupt residency.
IV. Not belong to any ecclesiastical state or be a minister
of any religion.
V. Not be in active service, in the case of the Army, for
six months before the day of the election.
VI. Not be Secretary or Under Secretary of State, Attorney
General of the Republic, governor of any State, or Head of
the Government of the Federal District, unless separated
from their position six months before the day of the
election; and
VII. Not fall under any of the reasons for ineligibility
established in Article 83.
PRESIDENT FELIPE CALDERÓN HINOJOSA, during the Ceremony of the
Transmission of Executive Power, that took place in the
Legislative Palace of San Lázaro.
President Felipe Calderon
taking office Dec. 1, 2006
"I swear to keep and
protect the Political Constitution of the United Mexican
States and the laws that emanate from it, and to loyally and
patriotically carry out the responsibility of President of
the Republic that the people have conferred on me, looking
at all times to the welfare and prosperity of the Union, and
if I do not, may the Nation demand it of me."
For more information
about President Felipe
Calderon in English, visit his official web site
http://www.felipe.org.mx/fc/html/eng/index.htm
Mexico is a Federal
Representative democratic republic with three branches of
power, Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary
The Executive branch under
the President is responsible for administration and
oversight to Mexican laws.
President Felipe Calderon's Cabinet (Secretarías) is responsible for the
oversight to compliance to laws.
The cabinet is called a
Secretaría,
the head of the Secretaría
is the Secretario
The
following have been named to be part of Calderon's Cabinet.
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