Citizens' Movement (Mexico)
Citizens' Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Ciudadano) is a Mexican centre-left political party. The party was founded on August 1, 1999, under the name Convergence for Democracy by civil society members and former members of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. In August 2002, it shortened its name to Convergence, and in 2011, it changed its name to Citizens' Movement.
Citizens' Movement Movimiento Ciudadano | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Dante Delgado Rannauro |
| Founder | Dante Delgado Rannauro |
| Founded | 1 August 1999 (as CpD) 16 August 2002 (as CON) 31 July 2011 (as MC) |
| Split from | PRI |
| Headquarters | Louisiana 113 Nápoles, Benito Juárez, 03810 Mexico City |
| Newspaper | El Ciudadano |
| Youth wing | Youth in Movement |
| Membership (2023) | 384,005 |
| Ideology | Social democracy Progressivism Participatory democracy Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | Alliance for Mexico (1999–2001) Coalition for the Good of All (2005–2006) Progressive Movement (2011–2012) Por México al Frente (2017–2018) |
| International affiliation | Progressive Alliance |
| Continental affiliation | COPPPAL |
| Colours | Orange and White |
| Chamber of Deputies | 28 / 500 |
| Senate | 12 / 128 |
| Governorships | 2 / 32 |
| State legislatures | 37 / 1,124 |
| Website | |
| Party website | |
It is a minor political force in the country, only receiving around 7% of the votes cast in the 2021 legislative election. As of 2023, it has 384,005 members, and its members are known as emecistas.
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