Congress of Tlaxcala | |
Native Name: | Congreso del Estado de Tlaxcala |
Native Name Lang: | ES |
Foundation: | 1857 |
House Type: | Unicameral |
Leader1 Type: | President |
Leader1: | Laura Alejandra Ramírez Ortiz |
Leader2 Type: | Vice President |
Leader2: | José Gilberto Temoltzin Martínez |
Party2: | PAN |
Leader3 Type: | First Secretary |
Leader3: | Maribel León Cruz |
Party3: | PVEM |
Leader4 Type: | Second secretary |
Leader4: | Lorena Ruiz García |
Party4: | PT |
Leader5 Type: | First Pro-secretary |
Leader5: | Brenda Cecilia Villantes Rodríguez |
Party5: | MORENA |
Leader6 Type: | Second Pro-secretary |
Leader6: | Jorge Caballero Román |
Party6: | MORENA |
Members: | 25 |
Voting System1: | First-past-the-post for 15 electoral district seats and Mixed-member proportional representation for 10 proportional representation seats |
Next Election1: | 2027 |
Authority: | Title IV, Chapter I, Article 31 of the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala |
Session Room: | File:LegPalaceTlaxcala.JPG |
Session Res: | 200 |
Session Alt: | Legislative Palace of Tlaxcala |
Meeting Place: | Legislative Palace, Tlaxcala City, Tlaxcala, Mexico |
Website: | Congress of the State of Tlaxcala |
The Congress of the State of Tlaxcala (es|Congreso del Estado de Tlaxcala) is the legislative branch of the government of the State of Tlaxcala. The Congress is the governmental deliberative body of Tlaxcala, which is equal to, and independent of, the executive.
The Congress is unicameral and consists of 25 deputies.[1] [2] 15 deputies are elected on a first-past-the-post basis, one for each district in which the entity is divided, while 10 are elected through a system of proportional representation.[3] Deputies are elected to serve for a three-year term.[1]