Constituent Congress of Mexico

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The Constituent Congress of Mexico was the sovereign assembly convened after the Mexican Revolution to draft and promulgate the 1917 Political Constitution that still underpins the country’s federal legal and political system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Congreso Constituyente de 1916-1917 ⓘ
Congreso Constituyente de México ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United Mexican States ⓘ
linked to: Mexican Federation
category 1916 in Mexico ⓘ
1917 in Mexico ⓘ
Constituent assemblies ⓘ
Mexican Revolution ⓘ
Political history of Mexico ⓘ
convenedBy Venustiano Carranza ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
dateOfPromulgatedConstitution 5 February 1917 ⓘ
dissolvedAfter promulgation of the 1917 Constitution ⓘ
endTime 1917 ⓘ
hasLegalSuccessor Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
hasMainMeetingPlace Teatro de la República ⓘ
hasNumberOfDeputies approximately 219 ⓘ
hasScope federal legal and political system of Mexico ⓘ
hasTask draft the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1917 ⓘ
promulgate a new federal constitution for Mexico ⓘ
hasTypeOfSovereigntyClaim sovereign assembly ⓘ
historicalPeriod post-Mexican Revolution era ⓘ
influencedBy Constitution of 1857 ⓘ
demands of revolutionary factions in Mexico ⓘ
languageOfWork Spanish ⓘ
legalBasisForConvocation Carranza’s call of December 1916 ⓘ
legalDocumentProduced Political Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1917 ⓘ
locatedIn Querétaro ⓘ
meetsIn Santiago de Querétaro ⓘ
linked to: Querétaro City
partOf post-revolutionary state-building in Mexico ⓘ
politicalOrientation plural, with strong Carrancista majority ⓘ
reasonForConvocation need to create a new constitutional order after the Mexican Revolution ⓘ
replaces Congress that produced the Constitution of 1857 ⓘ
selectionMethod elected deputies ⓘ
significantEvent Mexican Revolution ⓘ
significantOutcome establishment of social rights in Mexican constitutional law ⓘ
expansion of presidential powers in Mexico ⓘ
recognition of agrarian reform principles in Article 27 of the 1917 Constitution ⓘ
recognition of labor rights in Article 123 of the 1917 Constitution ⓘ
regulation of the relationship between church and state in Mexico ⓘ
strengthening of federalism in Mexico ⓘ
startTime 1916 ⓘ
subjectOf studies in Mexican constitutional history ⓘ

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Title Four of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States → enactedBy → Constituent Congress of Mexico ⓘ
subject linked to: Title Four
Constituent Congress of 1916–1917 → alsoKnownAs → Querétaro Constituent Congress ⓘ
linked to: Constituent Congress of Mexico
Constitution of 1824 → promulgatedBy → Constituent Congress of Mexico ⓘ
Constituent Congress of Mexico → alsoKnownAs → Congreso Constituyente de México ⓘ
linked to: Constituent Congress of Mexico
Constitution Day (Mexico) → relatedTo → Querétaro Constitutional Congress ⓘ
subject linked to: Constitution Day
linked to: Constituent Congress of Mexico