The governor of the State of Mexico (Spanish: Gobernador Constitucional del Estado de México) wields executive power in the

State of Mexico The State of Mexico ( es, Estado de México; ), officially just Mexico ( es, México), is one of the 32 federal entities of the United Mexican States. Commonly known as Edomex (from ) to distinguish it from the name of the whole country, it is ...

(a.k.a. Edomex). The Governor of the State of Mexico is directly elected by the citizens, using

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, to a six-year term with no possibility of reelection.

List of the governors of the State of Mexico

*(1827–1828):

Lorenzo de Zavala Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y Sanchez (October 3, 1788 - November 15, 1836), known simply as Lorenzo de Zavala, was a Mexican and later Tejano physician, politician, diplomat and author. Born in Yucatán under Spanish rule, he was clo ...

*(1913): José Refugio Velasco *(1913–1914): Joaquín Beltrán Castañares *(1914): Cristóbal Solano *(1914):

Francisco Murguía Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father o ...

*(1914): Rafael M. Hidalgo *(1914–1915):

Gustavo Baz Gustavo Baz Prada (Tlalnepantla, 31 January 1894 – Mexico City, 12 October 1987) was a Mexican politician and medical doctor. He was Governor of the State of Mexico from 1914 to 1915 and from 1957 to 1963.Anzaldo, p. 255. Life Baz Prada's ...

*(1915–1916): Pascual Morales y Molina *(1916–1917): Rafael Cepeda *(1917):

Carlos Tejada Carlos Arturo Tejeda Rivera (born July 28, 1980) is a volleyball player from Venezuela, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic playing as a wing-spiker. In the fin ...

*(1917–1918):

Agustín Millán Vivero Agustín Millán Vivero (July 24, 1879 in Texcaltitlán – March 18, 1920) 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 revo ...

*(1918–1919):

Joaquín García Luna Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim. Given name * Joaquín (footballer, born 1956), Spanish football midfielder * Joaquín (footballer, born 1981), Spanish football winger * Joaquín (footballer, born 1982), ...

*(1919):

*(1919–1920):

Francisco Javier Gaxiola Francisco Javier Gaxiola Castillo-Negrete (January 31, 1870 – November 18, 1933) was a Mexican lawyer, politician and diplomat. Gaxiola was born in Sinaloa de Leyva, and taught in superior-level institutions of law in the Estado de Méxic ...

*(1920):

Darío López Dario is a masculine given name, etymologically related to Darius. Given name *Dario Allevi (born 1965), Italian politician *Dario Argento (born 1940), Italian film director * Dario Badinelli (born 1946), Italian triple jumper *Dario Bellezza (1 ...

*(1920–1921): Abundio Gómez *(1921): Manuel Campos Mena *(1921–1925): Abundio Gómez *(1925–1929): Carlos Riva Palacio *(1929–1933): Filiberto Gómez, National Revolutionary Party, PNR *(1933–1935):

José Luis Solórzano José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

, PNR *(1935–1937): Eucario López, PNR *(1937–1941):

Wenceslao Labra Wenceslao is a Spanish masculine given name, derived from Wenceslaus, itself a Latinized version of the Slavic names Vyacheslav, Václav, Wacław, Więcesław, Ventsislav etc. It may refer to: * Wences Casares (born 1974), Argentine entrepreneur * ...

, PNR *(1941–1942):

Alfredo Zárate Albarrán Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and a common Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name. People with the given name include: *Alfredo (born 1946), Brazilian footballer born as Alfredo Mostarda Filho ...

, Party of the Mexican Revolution, PRM *(1942): José Luis Gutiérrez y Gutiérrez, PRM *(1942–1945): Isidro Fabela, PRM *(1945–1951): Alfredo del Mazo Vélez, PRM *(1951–1957): Salvador Sánchez Colín *(1957–1963):

*(1963–1969): Juan Fernández Albarrán *(1969–1975):

Carlos Hank González Carlos Hank González (August 27, 1927–August 11, 2001), nicknamed ''El Profesor'' ("The Professor"), was a Mexican politician and businessman. Originally a teacher, he was an entrepreneur who built political contacts along with businesse ...

*(1975–1981):

Jorge Jiménez Cantú Jorge Jiménez Cantú (1914–2005) was a Mexican physician and politician who served as Secretary of Health and Welfare and Governor of the State of Mexico between 1975 and 1981. Early life

In 1931, he joined the National Preparatory ...

*(1981–1986):

Alfredo del Mazo González Alfredo Hilario Isidro del Mazo González (31 December 1943 – 10 January 2019) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Early life He was the Governor of the State of Mexico from 1981 to 1986 and th ...

*(1986–1987): Alfredo Baranda García *(1987–1989):

Mario Ramón Beteta Mario Ramón Beteta Monsalve (7 July 1925 – 5 October 2004) was a Mexican economist who served as the last Secretary of Finance in the cabinet of President Luis Echeverría (1975–76), as director-general of Pemex (1982–87) and as gove ...

*(1989–1993):

Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza (13 November 1935 – 14 April 2020) was a Mexican politician who served as Governor of the State of Mexico. Early life Pichardo served in the Cabinet of President Miguel de la Madrid as general comptroller and in the ...

*(1993–1995):

Emilio Chuayffet Emilio Chuayffet Chemor (born 3 October 1951) is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party since 1969. He previously held the office of Governor of the State of Mexico from 1993 to 1995 and Secreta ...

*(1995–1999): César Camacho Quiroz *(1999–2005):

Arturo Montiel Rojas Arturo Montiel Rojas (born October 15, 1943) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was a governor of the State of México and a federal deputy. Early life and education Montiel is the son of Greg ...

*(2005–2011): Enrique Peña Nieto *(2011–2017):

Eruviel Ávila Villegas Eruviel Ávila Villegas (born May 1, 1969) is a Mexican politician, member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional, PRI), and the Governor of the State of Mexico from 2011 to 2017. Before that, he was Mayo ...

*(2017–present): Alfredo del Mazo Maza

List of the governors of the State of Mexico

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