Mexico

Senate

Political system
Presidential system
Structure of parliament
Bicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Administration

Parliamentary and State budget

Legal document(s) specifying parliament’s power over its budget
Constitution
Standing Orders of Parliament
Other

Notes: Budget and Fiscal Responsibility Law

Responsibility for preparing the proposal for the parliamentary budget
Parliament and the Executive together
Decision-making about the maximum amount of the parliamentary budget
Parliament decides the maximum amount of the budget
Decision-making about the allocation of the parliamentary budget
Parliament decides how to allocate the budget
National currency
Mexican Pesos (MXN)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
9.660
(2023)
Parliament’s budget, per year
Parliament’s budget, per year in PPP
1,537,923,259
(2023)
Offices included in the parliamentary budget
Supreme Audit Institution/National Audit Office
Budget for the chamber
4,728,651,347 MXN
(2023)
Chamber budget, per year in PPP
455,554,080
There is a separate budget for each chamber in a bicameral parliament
Yes
(2023)
State budget, per year
8,299,647,800,000 MXN
(2023)
Proportion of the State budget devoted to parliament, per year
0.002
(2023)

Parliamentary staff

The parliamentary administration is independent from the government
Yes
Parliament has control over the recruitment of parliamentary staff
Yes
There is one or more gender equality policy that applies to the parliamentary administration
Yes
Links to gender equality policies
Number of staff employed by the parliament (FTE)
No information available
Number of staff employed by the chamber (FTE)
1,280
(2023)
Not applicable. The staff work for the entire parliament.
No

Secretary General

Authority that selects the Secretary General
Bureau/Parliamentary board
Chamber/Parliament votes to approve the selection of the Secretary General
No
Length of term of the Secretary General
No fixed term
Previous occupation of the current Secretary General
Other

Notes: Secretary of Administration and Government Innovation of Tabasco State and Private Secretary of the Federal Minister of the Interior.

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No