Mexico

GOVT 122: Comparative Politics
Sweet Briar College
Instructor: Dr. Andrew Clem
For use of enrolled SBC students ONLY.

Years	Leader(s)
1950-	Aleman, Ruiz Cortines
1955-	Ruiz Cortines, Lopez Mateos
1960-	Lopez Mateos
1965-	Diaz Ordaz
1970-	Echeverria
1975-	Lopez Portillo
1980-	Lopez Portillo, de la Madrid
1985-	de la Madrid, Salinas
1990-	Salinas
1995-	Zedillo
2000-	Fox
2005-	Fox, Calderon
Years indicated above are approximate. For more detail, see the Foreign Leaders page, with a year-by-year chronology.

Basic facts:
Political system:	Presidential republic
National leader:	Pres. Felipe Calderon (2006-)
Structure:	Federal: 31 states
Regime founded:	1919 Constitution
Democracy:	Semi-established
Population:	109 million
Per capita GDP:	$10,700
Distinctive features: Indian separatism; Zapatista rebels Corruption of post-revolutionary regime (PRI) Oil and economic nationalism Catholicism is not established, as it is in most of Latin America. Emigration & narco-trafficking issues with U.S.

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Name	Party of Democratic Revolution (PRD)	Others	Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)	National Action Party (PAN)
Seats*:	127	60	106	207

NOTES: * Seats in lower house.
SOURCES: Mark Kessleman, et al., Introduction to Comparative Politics; CIA World Factbook, various newspapers.