The President of the Chamber of Deputies (Spanish: ''Presidente de la Cámara de Diputados'') is the presiding officer of the

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. This position is analogous to the

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in other legislatures. The incumbent president is

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. The president is elected for a one-year term. One of the main characteristics of the position is assuming the role of President of the Congress of the Union during joint-sessions of General Congress, including: the ceremonial opening of ordinary (and extraordinary) legislative periods, the inaugural ceremony of the

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where this presiding officer receives the

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from the outgoing president to deliver it to the incoming president, and the reception of the President of Mexico's yearly government report at the beginning of every legislative year (traditionally a

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to Congress but also delivered in writing without the President's attendance since 2007) as well as delivering the official response (''contestación'') to the speech on behalf of Congress.

List of presidents of the Chamber of Deputies

Mexico (1822–1824)

During

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Mexico (1825–1853)

During the

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and

Second Federal Republic of Mexico ) , common_languages = Spanish (official), Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya, Mixtecan languages, Zapotec languages , religion = Roman Catholicism (official religion until 1857) , currency = Mexican real , gov ...

Mexico 1856–1857

Presidents of the Constituent Congress of 1857.

Mexico 1857–1863

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies under the

Constitution of 1857 The Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1857 ( es, Constitución Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos de 1857), often called simply the Constitution of 1857, was the liberal constitution promulgated in 1857 by Constituent Co ...

Mexico 1867–1917

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies after the

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Modern Mexico after 1917

After the 1917

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was taken into use. http://www.diputados.gob.mx/documentos/RECO.pdf

References

{{reflist Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)

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