National Institutional Junta

National Institutional Junta Junta Nacional Instituyente
First Mexican Empire
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	2 November 1822
Disbanded	6 March 1823
Preceded by	Constituent Congress
Succeeded by	Constituent Congress (reinstallment)
Leadership
President	Juan Francisco de Castañiza
Seats	47
Meeting place
San Pedro and San Pablo College, Mexico City

The National Institutional Junta (Spanish: Junta Nacional Instituyente) was a legislative assembly established on 2 November 1822 by order of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide with the purpose of replacing the congress which he had dissolved. Iturbide declared that until a new congress could be convened, popular representation would reside within this Junta.^[1]

Its first session was held on 2 November 1822 in the San Pedro and San Pablo College, where Juan Francisco de Castañiza y González, Marquis of Castañiza, was named president of the same. Then, this Junta was in charge of several matters of immediate need and prepared a project for convening a new congress. The Junta ceased its work at the beginning of March 1823, when Agustín de Iturbide reinstated the first congress again.