President of Mexico

The President of United Mexican States is the head of state of Mexico. Under the Constitution, the president is also the head of government and the commander-in-chief of the Mexican army, navy, and air force.

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Head of state - Mexico - Constitution - Head of government

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Currently, the office of the president is considered to be revolutionary, in that he is the inheritor of the Mexican Revolution and the powers of office are derived from the Revolutionary Constitution of 1917. Another legacy of the Revolution is its ban on re-election. The constitution and the office of the president closely follow the presidential system of government.

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Mexican Revolution - Revolutionary Constitution of 1917 - Presidential system

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Mexico has had a very difficult history, and has not always enjoyed government by a constitutional president, having other types of heads of state, including dictators and emperors. However, since the end of the Revolution, Mexico has had a presidential system, and since the 1990s, the system has been increasingly democratic.

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Dictator - Emperors - 1990s

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