The National Regeneration Movement, known by its initials MORENA, is a political party of Mexico, a federal presidential republic. The Factbook archive lists it as the Movement for National Regeneration and shows it as the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies after the 2 June 2024 election, with 236 of the 500 seats, ahead of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico with 77 and the National Action Party with 72. Its candidates won two presidential elections in the archive's record: Andrés Manuel López Obrador in 2018 with 53.2 percent of the vote and Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo in 2024 with 59.4 percent.
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Institution TypePolitical Party Organization 1 Founded Year Connections
Governing Party Of
Source Claudia Sheinbaum (Wikipedia)
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1. National Regeneration Movement (CIA World Factbook archive, Mexico)
Government: executive branch election results
2018: Andrés Manuel LÓPEZ OBRADOR elected president
Part Of: Mexico, Government: parties
National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) (236); Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) (77); National Action Party (PAN) (72); Labour Party (PT) (51); Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) (35); Citizens' Movement (MC) (27); Other (2)
In Group: Parties of Presidential Republics, Government: government type
Government.Government type.text: federal presidential republic
View the Source2. Wilson Center Mexico Institute: Movimiento de Regeneracion Nacional (Morena) Explainer
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Morena, Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional (National Regeneration Movement), was created in 2014 as Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) led an exodus of politicians from across the entire political spectrum into a new political party.
Claudia Sheinbaum (Wikipedia)
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Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (born 24 June 1962) is a Mexican politician, energy and climate change scientist, and academic who has been serving as the 66th president of Mexico since 2024. She is the first woman and the first person with Jewish heritage to hold the office. A member of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), she previously served as Head of Government of Mexico City from 2018 to 2023.
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