Governor of the State of Mexico
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The Governor of the State of Mexico (Spanish: Gobernador Constitucional del Estado de México) wields executive power in the State of Mexico (aka Edomex).
The Governor of the State of Mexico is directly elected by the citizens, using secret ballot
, to a six-year term with no possibility of reelection.
The Governor of the State of Mexico is directly elected by the citizens, using secret ballot
Secret ballot
The secret ballot is a voting method in which a voter's choices in an election or a referendum are anonymous. The key aim is to ensure the voter records a sincere choice by forestalling attempts to influence the voter by intimidation or bribery. The system is one means of achieving the goal of...
, to a six-year term with no possibility of reelection.
List of the governors of the State of Mexico
- (1913): José Refugio Velasco
- (1913–1914): Joaquín Beltrán Castañares
- (1914): Cristóbal Solano
- (1914): Francisco Murguía
- (1914): Rafael M. Hidalgo
- (1914–1915): Gustavo BazGustavo BazGustavo Baz Prada was a distinguished Mexican politician and medical doctor. He was Governor of the State of Mexico from 1914 to 1915 and from 1957 to 1963....
- (1915–1916): Pascual Morales y Molina
- (1916–1917): Rafael CepedaRafael CepedaRafael Cepeda Atiles a.k.a. "The Patriarch of the Bomba and Plena" was the patriarch of the Cepeda family, known internationally as the exponents of Afro-Puerto Rican folk music.-Early years:...
- (1917): Carlos Tejada
- (1917–1918): Agustín Millán ViveroAgustín Millán ViveroAgustín Millán Vivero was a Mexican general and politician.- Biography :Millán moved to Orizaba, when he was 20 years old, where he worked as a carpenter. In 1909, during the beginning revolution in Mexico, he joined the Partido Antireeleccionista , and supported Francisco I. Madero...
- (1918–1919): Joaquín García Luna
- (1919): Agustín Millán ViveroAgustín Millán ViveroAgustín Millán Vivero was a Mexican general and politician.- Biography :Millán moved to Orizaba, when he was 20 years old, where he worked as a carpenter. In 1909, during the beginning revolution in Mexico, he joined the Partido Antireeleccionista , and supported Francisco I. Madero...
- (1919–1920): Francisco Javier GaxiolaFrancisco Javier GaxiolaFrancisco Javier Gaxiola Castillo-Negrete was a Mexican lawyer, politician and diplomat....
- (1920): Agustín Millán ViveroAgustín Millán ViveroAgustín Millán Vivero was a Mexican general and politician.- Biography :Millán moved to Orizaba, when he was 20 years old, where he worked as a carpenter. In 1909, during the beginning revolution in Mexico, he joined the Partido Antireeleccionista , and supported Francisco I. Madero...
- (1920): Darío LópezDario LopezDario Lopez is a British entrepreneur best known for his business activities on eBay.- Early life :Lopez was born in Amarpur, Gulmi, Nepal, and studied at Green Lawns Academy in Balkhu and Holy Land International School, Baneshwor in Kathmandu...
- (1920–1921): Abundio Gómez
- (1921): Manuel Campos Mena
- (1921–1925): Abundio Gómez
- (1925–1929): Carlos Riva Palacio
- (1929–1933): Filiberto Gómez
- (1933–1935): José Luis Solórzano
- (1935–1937): Eucario López
- (1937–1941): Wenceslao Labra
- (1941–1942): Alfredo Zárate Albarrán
- (1942): José Luis Gutiérrez y Gutiérrez
- (1942–1945): Isidro FabelaIsidro FabelaIsidro Fabela Alfaro was a Mexican judge, politician, professor, writer, publisher, governor of the State of Mexico, and delegate to the now defunct League of Nations...
- (1945–1951): Alfredo del Mazo Vélez
- (1951–1957): Salvador Sánchez Colín
- (1957–1963): Gustavo BazGustavo BazGustavo Baz Prada was a distinguished Mexican politician and medical doctor. He was Governor of the State of Mexico from 1914 to 1915 and from 1957 to 1963....
- (1963–1969): Juan Fernández Albarrán
- (1969–1975): Carlos Hank GonzálezCarlos Hank GonzálezCarlos Hank González , nicknamed El Profesor , was a Mexican politician and influential businessman. Originally a teacher, he was an entrepreneur who built political contacts along with a business empire, leading to various government and political positions at the state and national level...
- (1975–1981): Jorge Jiménez Cantú
- (1981–1986): Alfredo del Mazo González
- (1986–1987): Alfredo Baranda García
- (1987–1989): Mario Ramón BetetaMario Ramón BetetaMario Ramón Beteta Monsalve was a Mexican economist who served as the last Secretary of Finance in the cabinet of President Luis Echeverría , as director-general of Pemex and as governor of the State of México .Beteta was born in Mexico City into a family led by General Ignacio Beteta, a...
- (1989–1993): Ignacio Pichardo PagazaIgnacio Pichardo PagazaIgnacio Pichardo Pagaza is a Mexican politician who served as Governor of the State of Mexico.Pichardo served in the Cabinet of President Miguel de la Madrid as general comptroller and in the cabinet of President Ernesto Zedillo as Secretary of Energy...
- (1993–1995): Emilio Chuayffet
- (1995–1999): César Camacho Quiróz
- (1999–2005): Arturo Montiel Rojas
- (2005–2011): Enrique Peña NietoEnrique Peña NietoEnrique Peña Nieto is a Mexican politician. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party , he served as governor of the State of Mexico from 2005 to 2011. On September 19, 2011, he announced his candidacy in the 2012 Mexican presidential election to succeed Felipe Calderón...
- (2011–2017): Eruviel Ávila VillegasEruviel Ávila VillegasEruviel Ávila Villegas is a Mexican politician, member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party , and current Governor of the State of Mexico...
See also
- List of Mexican state governors
- México state election, 2005México state election, 2005A gubernatorial election was held in the State of México on Sunday, 3 July 2005.Voters in Mexico's most populous state went to the polls to elect a governor to replace former incumbent Arturo Montiel Rojas of the Institutional Revolutionary Party ....