The governor, according to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of

Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...

in Mexico, the Executive Power is invested in one individual, called "''Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave''". The current governor is

Cuitláhuac García Jiménez Cuitláhuac García Jiménez (born 18 April 1968) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) who currently serves as Governor of Veracruz. Previously, he represented Veracruz as a federal deputy in the L ...

, who assumed the position on December 1, 2018. He is a member of the

National Regeneration Movement MORENA () is a major Mexican left-wing political party. It is described as an anti-neoliberal and populist party. It is the ruling party of Mexico since 2018. The name is an acronym for the Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (National Regener ...

Term

Governors are elected to serve for 6 years and they can not hold the title under any circumstance ever again. The governor takes office on the first day of December of the same electoral year and ends on November 30 six years after. The State of Veracruz was created on 1824, being one of the original States of the Federation, it has experienced all the political systems implemented in

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and

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, thus it has changed its name from "State of" to "Department of" to "State of" again.

List of governors

The list with all the governors of the State since 1825 follows.

Nineteenth century

Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz

* (1825 - 1828): Miguel Barragán * (1829 - 1829): Sebastián Camacho Castilla (First Term) * (1829 - 1829):

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(First Term) * (1829 - 1829): Sebastián Camacho Castilla (Second Term) * (1829 - 1829): Antonio López de Santa Anna (Second Term) * (1829 - 1830): Antonio López de Santa Anna (Third Term) * (1833 - 1833):

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(First Term) * (1833 - 1834): Antonio Juille y Moreno (Second Term)

Department of Veracruz

From 1834 to 1857 there are no popular-elected governors due to Santa Anna's

centralist Centralisation or centralization (see spelling differences) is the process by which the activities of an organisation, particularly those regarding planning and decision-making, framing strategy and policies become concentrated within a particu ...

'' Seven Laws''.

Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz

* (1857 - 1857): Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora (First Term) * (1857 - 1857):

José de Emparán 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 vernacu ...

(Interim Governor) * (1857 - 1861): Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora (Second Term) * (1861 - 1862): Ignacio de la Llave y Segura Zevallos

Veracruz in the Second Empire

From 1864 to 1867.

Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz-Llave

* (1867 - 1871): Francisco Hernández y Hernández (First Term) * (1871 - 1872): Francisco Hernández y Hernández (Second Term) * (1872 - 1875):

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* (1875 - 1876):

José María Mena Isassi 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 ...

* (1877 - 1880):

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* (1880 - 1883):

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* (1883 - 1884):

José Cortés Frías 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 ...

(Interim Governor) * (1884 - 1888):

Juan de la Luz Enríquez Lara ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

(First Term) * (1888 - 1892): Juan de la Luz Enríquez Lara (Second Term) * (1892 - 1892):

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(Interim Governor) * (1892 - 1892): Leandro M. Alcolea Sierra (Interim Governor) * (1892 - 1896): Teodoro A. Dehesa Méndez (First Term) * (1896 - 1900): Teodoro A. Dehesa Méndez (Second Term) * (1900 - 1904): Teodoro A. Dehesa Méndez (Third Term)

Twentieth century

* (1904 - 1908): Teodoro A. Dehesa Méndez (Fourth Term) * (1908 - 1911): Teodoro A. Dehesa Méndez (Fifth Term) * (1911 - 1911):

Emilio Léycegui Emilio may refer to: * Emilio Navaira, a Mexican-American singer often called "Emilio" * Emilio Piazza Memorial School, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State * Emilio (given name) * ''Emilio'' (film), a 2008 film by Kim Jorgensen See also * Emílio (dis ...

(Interim Governor) * (1911 - 1911):

León Aillaud León Aillaud Barreiro was an Interim Governor of the Mexican State of Veracruz in the period from June 22, 1911, to December 12, 1911. Early years Born in the city and port of Veracruz, in the year 1880. Did his primary school in his hometown ...

(Interim Governor) * (1911 - 1912): Manuel María Alegre (Interim Governor) * (1912 - 1912): Francisco Lagos Cházaro Mortero * (1912 - 1913): Antonio Pérez Rivera * (1917 - 1917): Mauro Loyo Sánchez (Interim Governor) * (1917 - 1920): Cándido Aguilar Vargas * (1920 - 1924):

Adalberto Tejeda Olivares Sixto Adalberto Tejeda Olivares (28 March 1883 – 8 September 1960) was a Mexican politician, who served two terms (1920–1924 and 1928–1932) as Governor of Veracruz. He was born in Chicontepec de Tejeda, Veracruz. During the Mexican Revoluti ...

(First Term) * (1924 - 1927):

Heriberto Jara Corona General Heriberto Jara Corona (July 10, 1879 – April 17, 1968) was a Mexican revolutionary and politician who served as Governor of Veracruz. Heriberto Jara was born in the town of Nogales, in the state of Veracruz, to Emilio Jara Andrade a ...

* (1927 - 1928): Abel S. Rodríguez * (1928 - 1932): Adalberto Tejeda Olivares (Second Term) * (1932 - 1935): Gonzalo Vázquez Vela, National Revolutionary Party, PNR * (1935 - 1936): Guillermo Rebolledo (Interim Governor), PNR * (1936 - 1936):

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(Interim Governor), PNR * (1936 - 1939):

Miguel Alemán Valdés Miguel Alemán Valdés (; 29 September 1900 – 14 May 1983) was a Mexican politician who served a full term as the President of Mexico from 1946 to 1952, the first civilian president after a string of revolutionary generals. His administr ...

, PNR * (1939 - 1940): Fernando Casas Alemán (Interim Governor) * (1940 - 1944): Jorge Cerdán Lara, Party of the Mexican Revolution, PRM * (1944 - 1948): Adolfo Ruíz Cortines, PRM * (1948 - 1950): Ángel Carvajal Bernal (Interim Governor) * (1950 - 1956): Marco Antonio Muñoz Turnbull * (1956 - 1962): Antonio María Quirasco * (1962 - 1968): Fernando López Arias * (1968 - 1974):

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* (1974 - 1980): Rafael Hernández Ochoa * (1980 - 1986): Agustín Acosta Lagunes * (1986 - 1988):

Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios (October 26, 1927 – October 30, 2000) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was in charge of the Dirección Federal de Seguridad secret police at the midst of th ...

* (1988 - 1992):

Dante Delgado Rannauro Dante Alfonso Delgado Rannauro (born 23 December 1950) is a Mexican politician, lawyer, and diplomat who is the national coordinator and co-founder of the Citizens' Movement political party. He has served as Interim Governor of Veracruz, as A ...

(Interim Governor) * (1992 - 1998): Patricio Chirinos Calero * (1998 - 2004):

Miguel Alemán Velasco Miguel Alemán Velasco (born 18 March 1932 in Veracruz) is a Mexican politician, businessman and philanthropist. He is a former senator and governor of Veracruz. Alemán Velasco is the son of former Mexican president Miguel Alemán Valdés ...

Twenty-first century

Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave

* (2004 - 2010):

Fidel Herrera Beltrán Fidel Herrera Beltrán ( Nopaltepec, Veracruz, March 7, 1949) is a Mexican politician and former governor of the state of Veracruz. A member of Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he was elected governor in 2004. Prior to that, he was depu ...

* (2010 - 2016):

Javier Duarte de Ochoa Javier Duarte de Ochoa (born 19 September 1973) is a Mexican politician formerly affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as Governor of Veracruz from 2010 to 2016. He also served as congressman during the LXI Leg ...

** Note: In October 2016, Duarte was declared a criminal by the Mexican government and was arrested in April 2017. The PRI issued an apology and expelled him from the political party. * (October 12 - November 30, 2016): Flavino Ríos Alvarado (interim) * (2016 - 2018): Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares * (2018 - ):

References

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