The governor of the State of Yucatan is the head of the

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Yucatán Yucatán (, also , , ; yua, Yúukatan ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán,; yua, link=no, Xóot' Noj Lu'umil Yúukatan. is one of the 31 states which comprise the political divisions of Mexico, federal entities of Mexico. I ...

, elected to a six-year-term and not eligible for reelection. The figure of the governor is established on the Constitution of the State of Yucatan on its Title Fifth. The term of the Governor begins on October 1 of the year of the election and finishes September 30, six years later. The same constitution empowers those individuals to be elected governor who have held the title of executive power but in a different way to the popular election, namely the interim, or temporary replacements. The latter has caused controversies and political conflicts, because in the view of several instances is in conflict with a precept of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States that stipulates that no state governor may hold power for more than six years.Political Constitution of the State of Yucatan
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List of governors of Yucatan

The state of Yucatán was created on January 31, 1824, being one of the original states of the federation, which along their history has passed through all the systems of government in place in Mexico: the federal system as the central system, so that the name of the entity has varied between state and department; varying with it, the name of the holder of the executive branch of the State. Individuals who have occupied the governorship in the state of Yucatán, in its various denominations, have been:

16th century

* (1526 - 1540):

Francisco de Montejo Francisco de Montejo (; 1479 – 1553) was a Spanish conquistador in Mexico and Central America. Early years Francisco de Montejo was born about 1473 to a family of lesser Spanish nobility in Salamanca, Spain. He never documented his parentage ...

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. * (1540 - 1546):

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. Captain General. * (1546 - 1549):

. Adelantado. * (1550 - 1552): Gaspar Juárez de Ávila- First Mayor * (1552 - 1553): Tomás López Medel * (1553 - 1554):

. Captain General and governor. * (1554 - 1554): Francisco Tamayo Pacheco * (1554 - 1555): Álvaro Carvajal * (1555 - 1558): Alonso Ortiz Delgueta * (1558 - 1559): Juan de Paredes * (1560 - 1560): García Jufré de Loaiza * (1561 - 1564):

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- First Mayor appointed directly by the king. * (1565 - 1571): Luis de Céspedes y Oviedo (first Captain General of Yucatán). * (1571 - 1572): Diego de Santillán * (1573 - 1576): Francisco de Velásquez Gijón * (1577 - 1581): Guillén de las Casas * (1582 - 1592): Francisco de Solís * (1593 - 1596): Alonso Ordóñez de Nevares * (1596 - 1597): Carlos de Sámano y Quiñónez

17th century

* (1598 - 1604): Diego Fernández de Velasco * (1604 - 1612): Carlos de Luna y Arellano * (1612 - 1617): Antonio de Figueroa y Bravo * (1617 - 1619): Francisco Ramírez Briceño (first Captain General of Yucatán) * (1620 - 1621): Arias de Lozada y Taboada * (1621 - 1628): Diego de Cárdenas * (1628 - 1630):

Juan de Vargas Machuca ''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 ...

* (1630 - 1631): Íñigo de Argüello y Carvajal,

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of Real Audiencia de México * (1631 - 1633):

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(interim) * (1633 - 1635):

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* (1635 - 1636):

(interim) * (1636 - 1636):

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* (1636 - 1643):

Diego Zapata de Cárdenas Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: ''Tiago'' and ''Didacus''. E ...

* (1643 - 1644):

Francisco Núñez Melián Francisco Núñez Melián (died 13 April 1644) was a Spanish adventurer and royal administrator. In 1626, he led an expedition to locate the wrecks of the two ships ''Nuestra Señora de Atocha'' and '' Santa Margarita''. On 3 June 1626 one of his ...

* (1644 - 1645):

Enrique Dávila Pacheco Enrique Dávila Pacheco (15?? – 1663) was a royal ambassador of Spain, Acting Governor and Captain General of Yucatán, Governor of Nueva Vizcaya and Governor of Tlaxcala. He was appointed to the position of Governor of Nueva Vizcaya by King Phil ...

(interim) * (1645 - 1648):

Esteban de Azcárraga Esteban () is a Spanish male given name, derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos) and related to the English names Steven and Stephen. Although in its original pronunciation the accent is on the penultimate syllable, English-speakers tend t ...

* (1648 - 1650):

(interim) * (1650 - 1652):

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* (1652 - 1653):

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(interim) * (1653 - 1654):

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(interim) * (1655 - 1660): Francisco de Bazán * (1660 - 1662): José Campero de Sorredevilla * (1663 - 1664): Juan Francisco de Esquivel y la Rosa (interim) * (1664 - 1664): Rodrigo Flores de Aldana * (1664 - 1667): Juan Francisco de Esquivel y la Rosa (interim) * (1667 - 1669): Rodrigo Flores de Aldana * (1669 - 1670): Frutos Delgado (interim) * (1670 - 1672): Fernando Francisco de Escobedo * (1672 - 1674): Miguel Franco Cordóñez de Soto ( Miguel Francisco Cordonio de Sola) * (1674 - 1677): Sancho Fernández de Angulo y Sandoval * (1677 - 1679): Antonio de Layseca y Alvarado * (1679 - 1680): Juan de Aréchiga (interim) * (1680 - 1683): Antonio de Layseca y Alvarado * (1683 - 1688): Juan Bruno Téllez de Guzmán * (1688 - 1692): Juan José de la Bárcena * (1693 - 1695): Roque de Soberanis y Centeno * (1695 - 1696):

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* (1696 - 1699): Roque de Soberanis y Centeno * (1699 - 1703):

18th century

* (1703 - 1706): Álvaro de Rivaguda (interim) * (1706 - 1708):

* (1708 - 1712): Fernando de Meneses y Bravo de Saravia * (1712 - 1715): Alonso de Meneses y Bravo de Saravia * (1715 - 1720): Juan José de Vértiz y Hontañón * (1720 - 1724): Antonio Cortaire y Terreros * (1725 - 1733): Antonio de Figueroa y Silva * (1733 - 1734): Juan Francisco Fernández de Sabariego * (1734 - 1736): Santiago de Aguirre (interim) * (1736 - 1742): Manuel Salcedo * (1743 - 1750): Antonio Benavides Bazán y Molina * (1750 - 1752): Juan José de Clou * (1752 - 1758): Melchor de Navarrete * (1758 - 1761):

Alonso Fernández de Heredia Alonso Fernández de Heredia (died March 19, 1782) was a Spanish Captain General and administrator who governed Honduras (1747), Florida (1751–1758), Yucatan (in modern-day Mexico; 1758–?), the Captaincy General of Guatemala (1761–1771) ...

* (1761 - 1762): José Crespo y Honorato. Put down the rebellion and determined the torture and death of

Jacinto Canek Jacinto Canek or Jacinto Uc de los Santos (c. 1731 in barrio de San Román, Campeche City, City of Campeche, New Spain – December 14, 1761 in Mérida, Yucatán, Mérida, New Spain), was an 18th-century Maya peoples, Maya revolutionary who fo ...

, leader Maya. * (1762 - 1763): Antonio Ainz de Ureta (interim) * (1763 - 1763): José Álvarez (substitute) * (1763 - 1764): Felipe Ramírez de Estenoz * (1764 - 1764): José Álvarez (substitute) * (1764 - 1770): Cristóbal de Zayas (interim) * (1771 - 1776): Antonio de Oliver * (1777 - 1777): Alonso Manuel Peón * (1778 - 1778): Hugo O'Conor Cunco y Fali * (1779 - 1779): Alonso Manuel Peón (substitute) * (1779 - 1782): Roberto Rivas Betancourt (interim) * (1783 - 1789): José Merino y Ceballos * (1789 - 1792): Lucas de Gálvez * (1792 - 1792): Alonso Manuel Peón (substitute) * (1792 - 1793): José Sabido Vargas (interim) * (1793 - 1800): Arturo O'Neill y O'Kelly

19th century

* (1800 - 1810): Benito Pérez Valdelomar (start of war of independence of México) * (1811 - 1812): Justo Serrano (lieutenant governor and acting governor, con Antonio Bolo) * (1812 - 1812): Miguel de Castro y Araoz (King's lieutenant governor and acting governor) * (1812 - 1815): Manuel Artazo y Torredemer * (1815 - 1819): Miguel de Castro y Araoz * (1820 - 1820): Mariano Carrillo de Albornoz * (1821 - 1821): Juan María Echeverri y Manrique de Lara (last Spanish governor of Yucatán, from 1 January 1821 to November 8 of that year) * (1821 - 1822): Pedro Bolio y Torrecillas. independent Mexico, pre-constitutional period. * (1822 - 1822): Benito Aznar * (1822 - 1823): Melchor Álvarez. pre-constitutional period. * (1823 - 1823): Pedro Bolio y Torrecillas * (June 1, 1823 - April 23, 1824): Interim Governing Board, chaired by José Segundo Carvajal Cavero * (1824 - 1824): Francisco Antonio de Tarrazo (interim)

From independence to the Mexican Revolution

* José Tiburcio López Constante 1825 * Santiago Méndez Ibarra 5 terms, 1840s-1850s * Miguel Barbachano 5 terms, 1841-1853 * Crescencio José Pinel * Manuel Cepeda Peraza 1860s * General Protasio Guerra 1877 * José María Iturralde 1878 * Manuel Romero Ancona 1878-1882 * General Octavio Rosado 1882-1886 * General Guillermo Palomino 1886-1889 * Juan Pío Manzano 1889-1890 *

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1890-1894 * Carlos Peón Machado 1894-1897 * José María Iturralde 1897-1898 * General Francisco "Pancho" Cantón 1898-1902 * José María Iturralde 1897-1898 *

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1902-1910 *

Enrique Muñoz Arístegui Enrique Muñoz Arístegui (1856-1936) was a Mexican industrialist and politician. He lived in Mérida, Yucatán. He was three times the governor of Yucatán The governor of the State of Yucatan is the head of the executive branch of the Mexican ...

(acting) 1907-1910 *

José María Pino Suárez José María Pino Suárez (; September 8, 1869 – February 22, 1913) was a Mexican statesman, lawyer, writer and newspaper proprietor who was a key figure of the Mexican Revolution and served as the 7th and last Vice President of Mexico fro ...

1911 * Jesús L. González 1911 * Nicolás Cámara Vales * Agustín Patrón Correa * Nicolás Cámara Vales * Fernando Solís León * Arcadio Escobedo * Felipe G. Solís * Eugenio Rascón * Prisciliano Cortés * Eleuterio Ávila * Toribio de los Santos * Abel Ortiz Argumedo * Salvador Alvarado Rubio 1915-1918 * Carlos Castro Morales * Enrique Recio * Francisco Vega Loyo *

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* Antonio Ancona Albertos * Hircano Ayuso O'Horibe *

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Governors of the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatan since the Revolution

* (1922–1924):

Felipe Carrillo Puerto Felipe Carrillo Puerto (8 November 1874 – 3 January 1924) was a Mexican journalist, politician and revolutionary who became known for his efforts at reconciliation between the Yucatec Maya and the Mexican government after the Caste War. He ...

* (1924): Juan Ricárdez Broca (usurper) * (1924): Miguel Cantón (acting) * (1924–1926): José María Iturralde Traconis * (1926–1930): Álvaro Torre Díaz * (1930–1934): Bartolomé García Correa, National Revolutionary Party, PNR * (1934–1935): César Alayola Barrera, PNR * (1935–1936): Fernando Cárdenas, PNR * (1936–1938): Florencio Palomo Valencia, PNR * (1938–1942): Humberto Canto Echeverría, Party of the Mexican Revolution, PRM * (1942–1946): Ernesto Novelo Torres, PRM * (1946–1951): José González Beytia * (1951–1952): Humberto Esquivel Medina * (1952–1953): Tomás Marentes Miranda * (1953–1958): Víctor Mena Palomo * (1958–1964): Agustín Franco Aguilar * (1964–1970): Luis Torres Mesías * (1970–1976): Carlos Loret de Mola Mediz * (1976–1982):

Francisco Luna Kan Francisco Epigmenio Luna Kan (born 3 December 1925) is a Mexican politician. Francisco Luna Kan was governor of the state of Yucatán (state), Yucatán from 1976 to 1982. Born in Mérida, Yucatán, he was a practicing doctor of medicine then ta ...

* (1982–1984): Graciliano Alpuche Pinzón * (1984–1988): Víctor Cervera Pacheco * (1988–1991): Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer * (1991–1993):

Dulce María Sauri Riancho Dulce María Sauri Riancho (born 1951 in Mérida, Yucatán) is a Mexican politician who was the first woman to serve as governor of Yucatán, from 1991 through 1994. She served as a congresswoman of the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress, ...

* (1993–1994): Ricardo Ávila Heredia * (1994–1995): Federico Granja Ricalde * (1995–2001): Víctor Cervera Pacheco * (2001–2007): Patricio Patrón Laviada * (2007–2012):

Ivonne Ortega Pacheco Ivonne Aracely Ortega Pacheco (born November 27, 1972) is a Mexican politician from Yucatán affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), former Governor of Yucatán and current federal deputy to the LXIII Legislature of the Mexic ...

* (2012–2018): Rolando Zapata Bello * (2018–2024):

Mauricio Vila Dosal Mauricio Vila Dosal (born March 30, 1980 in Merida, México) is a Mexican politician currently serving as the Governor of Yucatán. Prior to this, he was the Mayor of Mérida. Biography He is a law graduate of the Universidad Marista de ...

References

* "Table of Yucatan's Governors During the Porfiriato," in Alan Wells and Gilbert Joseph, ''Summer of Discontent, Seasons of Upheaval: Elite Politics and Rural Insurgency in Yucatán, 1876-1915'' (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996), 23. {{DEFAULTSORT:Governor Of Yucatan * Yucatan 1546 establishments in New Spain