According to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of

Colima Colima (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Colima ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Colima), is one of the 31 states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and ...

, the exercise of the Executive Power of this Mexican entity is placed in a single individual, called the Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Colima who is chosen for a period of 6 years and is not eligible for reelection. The term of governor begins November 1 of the year of the election and finishes October 31 after six years have elapsed. The state of Colima was created in the year 1853, before during diverse periods of its history was a federal territory or department, by which the denomination of the holder of the Executive Power of the entity suffered various changes.

Governors of Colima from 1857

The individuals that have occupied the Governorship of the State of Colima, have been the following: * (1857): Manuel Álvarez * (1857): José Washington * (1857–1858): José Silverio Núñez * (1858): Ricardo Palacio * (1858–1859): Miguel Contreras Medellín * (1859): José Maria Mendoza * (1859): Manuel Salazar * (1859–1860): Jerónimo Calatayud * (1860–1862): Urbano Gómez * (1862): Salvador Brihuega * (1862): Manuel F. Toro * (1862): Florencio Villareal * (1862): Manuel F. Toro * (1862): Julio García * (1862–1864): Ramón R. De la Vega * (1864): Julio García * (1864–1867): José Maria Mendoza (Imperial prefect) * (1867–1869): Ramón R. De la Vega * (1869–1871): Francisco J. Cueva * (1871–1873):

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* (1873–1877): Filomeno Bravo * (1877–1879): Doroteo López * (1879): Pedro A. Galván * (1880–1883):

* (1883):

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* (1883–1886):

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* (1887–1893): Gildardo Gómez Campero * (1893–1902):

* (1900–1901):

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(Interim) * (1901–1902):

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* (1902–1911): Enrique O. de la Madrid * (1908–1910):

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Interino * (1911–1912):

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* (1912–1913):

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* (1913):

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* (1913): Roberto F. Barney Interino * (1913):

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* (1913): Julián Jaramillo * (1913–1914): Juan A. Hernández * (1914): Antonio Delgadillo * (1914): Juan G. Cabral (one day only) (Interim) * (1914–1917): Eduardo Ruiz (Interim) * (1917–1919): Felipe Valle (Interim) * (1917–1919): Francisco Ramírez Villarreal (Interim) * (1917–1919): Juan Jacobo Valadés (Interim) * (1917–1919): Esteban Baca Calderón (Interim) * (1917–1919): Miguel Orozco Camacho (Interim) * (1917–1919): Rafael Gómez Espinoza (Interim) * (1917–1919): Juan José Ríos (Interim) * (1917–1919): Enrique O. de la Madrid (Interim) * (1917–1919):

(Interim) * (1917–1919): Juan José Ríos * (1917–1919): Felipe Valle (Interim) * (1919–1923): Miguel Álvarez García (Interim) * (1923–1927): Gerardo Hurtado Sánchez (Interim) * (1925): Simón García (Interim) * (1925): Francisco Solórzano Béjar (Interim) * (1931): Pedro Torres Ortiz (Interim) * (1917–1931): Laureano Cervantes * (1931–1935): Salvador Saucedo * (1935):

* (1935–1939): Miguel G. Santa Ana * (1939–1943): Pedro Torres Ortíz * (1943–1949): Manuel Gudiño * (1949–1955): Jesús González Lugo * (1955–1961): Rodolfo Chávez Carrillo * (1961–1967): Francisco Velasco Curiel * (1967–1973): Pablo Silva García '' Antonio Barbosa Heldt was elected for the 1973–1979 term but died before taking office.'' * (1973–1974): Leonel Ramírez García * (1974–1979): Arturo Noriega Pizano * (1979–1985):

Griselda Álvarez Griselda Álvarez Ponce de León (5 April 1913 – 26 March 2009) was the first female governor in Mexico. Álvarez was Governor of the state of Colima from 1979 to 1985.Elías Zamora Verduzco * (1991–1997): Carlos de la Madrid Virgen * (1997–2003): Fernando Moreno Peña * (2003–2004): Carlos Flores Dueñas * (2004–2005):

Gustavo Vázquez Montes Gustavo Alberto Vázquez Montes (August 16, 1962 – February 24, 2005) was a Mexican politician. At the time of his death he was serving as the Governor of Colima, representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Vázquez Montes wa ...

* (2005):

Arnoldo Ochoa González Arnoldo Ochoa González (born January 27, 1951) is a Mexican politician, federal deputy and vice president of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico. He was an interim Governor of Colima after the death in an accident of Gustavo Vázquez. Before b ...

* (2005–2009):

Silverio Cavazos Jesús Silverio Cavazos Ceballos (15 December 1968 – 21 November 2010) was a Mexican politician, the Governor of Colima from 2005 to 2009, elected after the death of Gustavo Vázquez Montes. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary ...

* (2009–31 October 2015):

Mario Anguiano Moreno Mario Anguiano Moreno (born August 15, 1962 in Tinajas, Colima) is a Mexican politician and member of the who served as the Governor of Colima from 2009 to 2015. He also previously served as the municipal president of the state capital of Colim ...

* (31 October 2015–10 February 2016): Ramón Pérez Díaz * (11 February 2016– 31 October 2021):

José Ignacio Peralta José Ignacio Peralta Sánchez (born October 1, 1970) is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served as the Governor of Colima until 2021. Life Peralta was born in the state capital of Colima City and earned his bac ...

* (1 November 2021–present):

Indira Vizcaíno Silva Indira Vizcaíno Silva (born 14 January 1987) is a Mexican politician from the Morena party. From 2009 to 2012 she served as Deputy of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Colima. In 2021, she became the second female Governo ...

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1857 establishments in Mexico