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Congress of Guatemala

Index Congress of Guatemala

The Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República) is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Guatemala. [1]

54 relations: Alta Verapaz Department, Baja Verapaz Department, Chamber of Deputies, Chimaltenango Department, Chiquimula Department, Closed list, Commitment, Renewal and Order, Convergence (Guatemala), Departments of Guatemala, El Progreso Department, Encuentro por Guatemala, Escuintla Department, Fuerza (political party), Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala Department, Guatemalan general election, 2015, Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity, Huehuetenango Department, Independent politician, Institutional Republican Party, Izabal Department, Jalapa Department, Jutiapa Department, Legislature, List of legislatures by country, List of Presidents of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala, Movimiento Nueva República, National Advancement Party, National Change Union, National Convergence Front, National Unity of Hope, Patriotic Party (Guatemala), Petén Department, Politics of Guatemala, Proportional representation, Quetzaltenango Department, Quiché Department, Reform Movement (Guatemala), Renewed Democratic Liberty, Retalhuleu Department, Sacatepéquez Department, San Marcos Department, Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala, Sololá Department, Suchitepéquez Department, Todos (political party), Totonicapán Department, Unicameralism, Unionist Party (Guatemala), ..., Universal suffrage, Vision with Values, Winaq, Zacapa Department. Expand index (4 more) »

Alta Verapaz Department

Alta Verapaz is a department in the north central part of Guatemala.

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Baja Verapaz Department

Baja Verapaz is a department in Guatemala.

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Chamber of Deputies

The chamber of deputies is the legislative body such as the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or also a unicameral legislature.

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Chimaltenango Department

Chimaltenango is a department of Guatemala.

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Chiquimula Department

Chiquimula is a department of Guatemala, in Central America.

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Closed list

Closed list describes the variant of party-list proportional representation where voters can (effectively) only vote for political parties as a whole and thus have no influence on the party-supplied order in which party candidates are elected.

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Commitment, Renewal and Order

Commitment, Renewal and Order (Compromiso, Renovación y Orden, CREO) is a political party in Guatemala.

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Convergence (Guatemala)

Convergence (Convergencia) is a socialist political party in Guatemala.

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Departments of Guatemala

Guatemala is divided into 22 departments (Spanish: departamentos) which are in turn divided into 340 municipalities.

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El Progreso Department

El Progreso is a department in Guatemala.

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Encuentro por Guatemala

Encuentro por Guatemala ("EG")– a Spanish name variously translated as "Encounter for Guatemala" (for example, by the BBC and CNN), or as "Together for Guatemala" (Reuters) – is a Guatemalan political party; encuentro may also translate as "gathering", "meeting", or "union".

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Escuintla Department

Escuintla is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala.

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Fuerza (political party)

Fuerza (lit. Force) is a political party in Guatemala.

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Guatemala

Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala (República de Guatemala), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, Honduras to the east and El Salvador to the southeast.

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Guatemala City

Guatemala City (Ciudad de Guatemala), locally known as Guatemala or Guate, officially Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción (New Guatemala of the Assumption), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala, and the most populous in Central America.

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Guatemala Department

Guatemala is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala.

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Guatemalan general election, 2015

General elections were held in Guatemala on 6 September 2015 to elect the President and Vice President, all 158 Congress deputies, all 20 deputies to the Central American Parliament, and mayors and councils for all 338 municipalities in the country.

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Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity

The Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (in Spanish: Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca, URNG-MAIZ or most commonly URNG) is a Guatemalan political party that started as a guerrilla movement but laid down its arms in 1996 and became a legal political party in 1998 after the peace process which ended the Guatemalan Civil War.

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Huehuetenango Department

Huehuetenango is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala.

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Independent politician

An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated with any political party.

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Institutional Republican Party

The Institutional Republican Party (Partido Republicano Institucional), until 2013 known as the Guatemalan Republican Front (Frente Republicano Guatemalteco), was a right-wing political party in Guatemala.

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Izabal Department

Izabal is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala.

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Jalapa Department

Jalapa is a department of Guatemala, in the south east-of the republic.

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Jutiapa Department

Jutiapa is a department of Guatemala that borders along El Salvador and the Pacific Ocean.

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Legislature

A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city.

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List of legislatures by country

This is a list of legislatures by country.

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List of Presidents of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala

The President of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala is the presiding officer of the legislature.

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Movimiento Nueva República

Movimiento Nueva República (MNR) was a socialist Guatemalan political party, led by former congressman Aníbal García.

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National Advancement Party

The National Advancement Party (Partido de Avanzada Nacional) is a conservative political party in Guatemala.

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National Change Union

The National Change Union (Unión del Cambio Nacional) is a right-wing political party in Guatemala.

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National Convergence Front

The National Convergence Front (Frente de Convergencia Nacional, FCN–Nación) was a political party in Guatemala.

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National Unity of Hope

The National Unity of Hope (Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza or UNE) is a political party in Guatemala.

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Patriotic Party (Guatemala)

The Patriotic Party (Partido Patriota, PP) was a conservative political party in Guatemala.

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Petén Department

Petén is a department of the Republic of Guatemala.

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Politics of Guatemala

Politics of Guatemala takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, where by the President of Guatemala is both head of state, head of government, and of a multi-party system.

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Proportional representation

Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems by which divisions into an electorate are reflected proportionately into the elected body.

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Quetzaltenango Department

Quetzaltenango is a department in the western highlands of Guatemala.

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Quiché Department

Quiché is a department of Guatemala.

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Reform Movement (Guatemala)

The Reform Movement (Movimiento Reformador) is a liberal party in Guatemala.

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Renewed Democratic Liberty

Renewed Democratic Liberty (Libertad Democrática Renovada, Spanish acronym: LIDER, alternative translations: Democratic Freedom Revival, Renewed Democratic Liberation) was a centre-right political party in Guatemala.

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Retalhuleu Department

Retalhuleu is a department located in the south-west of Guatemala, extending from the mountains to the Pacific Ocean coast.

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Sacatepéquez Department

Sacatepéquez is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala.

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San Marcos Department

San Marcos is a department in northwestern Guatemala, on the Pacific Ocean and along the western Guatemala-Mexico border.

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Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala

Santa Rosa is a department in Guatemala.

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Sololá Department

Sololá is a department in the west of Guatemala.

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Suchitepéquez Department

Suchitepéquez is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala.

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Todos (political party)

Todos (lit. All) is a political party in Guatemala.

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Totonicapán Department

Totonicapán is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala.

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Unicameralism

In government, unicameralism (Latin uni, one + camera, chamber) is the practice of having one legislative or parliamentary chamber.

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Unionist Party (Guatemala)

The Unionist Party (Partido Unionista) is a conservative political party in Guatemala, who advocates the re-creation of a Central American union.

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Universal suffrage

The concept of universal suffrage, also known as general suffrage or common suffrage, consists of the right to vote of all adult citizens, regardless of property ownership, income, race, or ethnicity, subject only to minor exceptions.

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Vision with Values

Vision with Values (Visión con Valores, ViVa) is a political party in Guatemala.

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Winaq

Winaq is a left-wing political party in Guatemala whose most notable member is Rigoberta Menchú, who is ethnically K'iche'.

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Zacapa Department

Zacapa is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala.

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Redirects here:

Congress of guatemala, Congress of the Republic of Guatemala, Guatemalan Congress, Guatemalan National Congress, National Congress (Guatemala), National Congress of Guatemala, Parliament of Guatemala.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_Guatemala

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