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Mexico

Chamber of Deputies Senate

Chamber of Deputies

Political system: Presidential system
Structure of parliament: Bicameral
IPU membership: Yes

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Historical data on women

Data on women’s right to vote and to stand for election, the date at which the first woman entered parliament, and female Heads of State or Government

Women's suffrage

Notes: No information available
Year of first woman in parliament: 1952

Notes: 1952: The first ever woman in the Parliament of Mexico was appointed after the creation of a new state, Baja California; the first elected women in Parliament were in July 1955, 4 women out of 162 Lower House members; the first women in the Upper House were elected in July 1964, 2 women out of 60 Upper House members
Year of first woman speaker: 1994

Women’s right to vote

Women’s right to vote: 1947
National or local: National
Restricted or universal suffrage: Universal

Women’s right to stand for election

Women's right to stand for election: 1953
National or local: National
Restricted or universal: No information available