6-607: Juan Carlos Pérez Góngora (born 27 August 1960) is a Mexican lawyer and politician who served in the lower house of the Mexican Congress from 2003 to 2006. Pérez Góngora received a bachelor's degree in accounting from the Universidad Regiomontana (UR) and a master's degree in taxes from the Instituto de Especialización para Ejecutivos , AC (IEE). He also has pursued doctorate studies at
12-717: Is composed of one federal deputy (in Spanish: diputado federal ) for approximately every 250,000 citizens. The Chamber has 500 members, elected using the parallel voting system. Elections are held every three years. Of these, 300 "majority deputies" are directly elected by plurality from single-member districts , known as federal electoral districts (with each state divided into at least two districts). The remaining 200 "plurinominal deputies" are assigned through rules of proportional representation in five multi-state, 40-seat electoral regions ( circunscripciones ). These seats are not tied to districts; rather, they are allocated to
18-719: Is the lower house of the Congress of the Union , the bicameral parliament of Mexico . The other chamber is the Senate . The structure and responsibilities of both chambers of Congress are defined in Articles 50 to 70 of the constitution . A bicameral legislature, including the Chamber of Deputies, was established on 4 October 1824. A unicameral congress was in place from 7 September 1857 to 13 November 1874. The Chamber of Deputies
24-568: The Universidad Regiomontana. He served as president of the Chamber of Commerce of Monterrey (Cámara de Comercio de Monterrey or CANACO) from 1993 to 1999. Pérez Góngora was the PRI candidate for the 2009 San Pedro Garza García municipal presidency election. Chamber of Deputies of Mexico Opposition (136) The Chamber of Deputies ( Spanish : Cámara de Diputados , pronounced [ˈkamaɾa ðe ðipuˈtaðos] )
30-488: The legislature. Thus, the Chamber of Deputies was one of the few legislative bodies in the world that was completely renewed at an election. However, this changed with the 2018 elections, and deputies are now permitted to run for re-election three times consecutively. A deputy who has served two terms may serve again after sitting out one term. Congressional elections held halfway into the six-year presidential mandate are known as mid-term elections. The current composition of
36-441: The parties based on each party's share of the vote in the corresponding circunscripción . The 200 plurinominal deputies are intended to counterbalance the sectional interests of the district-based deputies. Substitutes are elected at the same time as each deputy, so special elections are rare. From 1917 to 2015, deputies were barred from serving consecutive terms in accordance with the constitutional ban on immediate re-election to
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