The

Mexican state The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a separate en ...

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. Wit ...

has been governed by more than a hundred individuals in its history, who have had various titles and degrees of responsibility depending on the prevailing political

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of the time. Under the current regime, executive power rests in a

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, who is directly elected by the citizens, using a

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, to a six-year term with no possibility of reelection. The position is open only to a Mexican citizen by birth, at least 30 years old with at least five years of residency in Nuevo León. The governor's term begins on October 4 and finishes six years later on October 3. Elections occur 3 years before/after presidential elections.

Nuevo Reino de León

Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva Luis de Carvajal (sometimes Luis de Carabajal y de la Cueva) ( – 13 February 1591) was governor of the Spanish province of Nuevo León in present-day Mexico, slave trader, and the first Spanish subject known to have entered Texas from Mexico a ...

, 1580–1588 * Diego de Montemayor, 1588–1610 * Diego de Montemayor (el mozo), 1610–1611 * Diego Rodríguez, 1612–1614 * Agustín de Zavala, 1614–1625 * Martín de Zavala, 1625–1664 * León de Alza, 1665–1667 * Nicolás de Azcárraga, 1667–1676 * Domingo de Prudena, 1676–1681 * Blas de la Garza y Falcón, 1681 * Domingo de Videgaray y Zarza, 1681 * Francisco de la Calancha y Valenzuela, 1681 * Blas de la Garza Falcón, 1681 * Juan de Echeverría, 1681–1682 * Diego de Villarreal, 1682–1683 *

Alonso de León Alonso de León "El Mozo" (c. 1639–1691) was explorer and governor, who led several expeditions into the area that is now northeastern Mexico and southern Texas. Early life Alonso de León González was born in 1639, in the settlement of Ca ...

, 1683–1684 * Antonio de Echevérez y Subiza, 1684–1687 * Francisco Cuervo y Valdés, 1687–1688 * Pedro Fernández de la Ventosa, 1688–1693 * Juan Pérez de Merino, 1693–1698 * Juan Francisco de Vergara y Mendoza 1698–1703 * Francisco Báez Treviño, 1703–1705 *

Gregorio de Salinas Varona Gregorio de Salinas Varona (1647 or 1650 in Tormé, Burgos, Spain – 1720 in Mexico City, New Spain) was a noble and Spanish administrator who served as governor in Texas, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon (the latter two localized in Mexico), Honduras and ...

, 1705–1707 * Cipriano García de Pruneda, 1707–1708 * Luis García de Pruneda 1708–1710 * Francisco Mier y Torre, 1710–1714 * Francisco Báez Treviño 1714–1718 * Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollón 1718 * Francisco de Barbadillo y Vitoria, 1719–1723 * Juan José de Arriaga y Brambila, 1723–1725 * Pedro de Sarabia Cortés, 1725–1729 * Bernardino de Meneses Monroy y Mendoza, 1730–1731 * Juan Antonio Fernández de Jáuregui y Urrutia, 1731–1740 * Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella, 1740–1746 * Vicente Bueno de Borbolla, 1746–1751 * Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella, 1752–1757 * Juan Manuel Muñoz de Villavicencio, 1757–1762 * Carlos de Velasco, 1762–1764 * Ignacio Ussel y Guimbarda, 1764–1772 * Francisco de Echegaray, 1772–1773 * Melchor Vidal de Lorca y Villena, 1773 * Vicente González de Santianes, 1773–1788 * Manuel Bahamonde y Villamil, 1788–1795 * Simón de Herrera y Leyva, 1795–1810 * Manuel de Santa María, 1810–1811 * José Santiago Villarreal, 1811 * Blas José Gómez de Castro, 1811–1813 * Ramón Díaz Bustamante, 1813 * José Antonio Mujica, 1814 * Froilán de Mier y Noguera, 1815 * Francisco Bruno Barreda, 1816 and 1818–1821 * Bernardo Villamil, 1817–1818

Independent Mexico

* Juan de Echandía 1822 * Francisco de Mier y Noriega, 1823 * José Antonio Rodríguez, 1824 * José María Parás, 1825–1827 * Manuel Gómez Castro, 1827–1829 * Joaquín García, 1829–1833 * Manuel Gómez Castro, 1833 * Manuel María de Llano, 1833–1834 * Juan Nepomuceno de la Garza y Evía, 1835–1837 * Joaquín García, 1837–1839 * Manuel María de Llano, 1839–1845 * José María Ortega, 1841 *Juan Nepomuceno de la Garza y Evía, 1845–1846 *

Pedro de Ampudia Pedro Nolasco Martín José María de la Candelaria Francisco Javier Ampudia y Grimarest (January 30, 1805 – August 7, 1868) was born in Havana, Cuba, and served Mexico as a Northern army officer for most of his life. At various points he w ...

, 1846 * José María Parás, 1848–1850 *Pedro de Ampudia, 1853–1854 * Pedro José García, 1850–1851 * Agapito García Dávila, 1851–1853 * Mariano Morret, 1854 *

Jerónimo Cardona Jerónimo (European Portuguese and Spanish) or Jerônimo (Brazilian Portuguese) may refer to: * Jerónimo (name), a given or surname, Jerome in English ** Jeronimo (singer) (born 1990), Dutch pop singer and actor * Jeronimo (band), German band of ...

, 1854–1855 * Santiago Vidaurri, 1855–1859 * José Silvestre Aramberri, 1859 *Santiago Vidaurri, 1860–1864

French intervention

* Jesús María Benítez y Pinillos, 1864 *

Mariano Escobedo Mariano Antonio Guadalupe Escobedo de la Peña (16 January 1826 – 22 May 1902) was a Mexican Army general and Governor of Nuevo León. Early life Mariano Escobedo was born in San Pablo de los Labradores (which is today known as Galeana), ...

, 1865 * Simón de la Garza Melo, 1865 *

, 1866 * Manuel Z. Gómez, 1866–1867

Restored Republic

Jerónimo Treviño José Jerónimo de los Dolores Treviño y Leal, commonly known as Jerónimo Treviño was a prominent Mexican General and politician. He was a veteran of the Reform War and the Second French intervention in Mexico which he gained fame for his par ...

, 1867–1869 * Simón de la Garza Melo, 1869 * Lázaro Garza Ayala, 1869 *

José Eleuterio González Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez Mendoza (born 20 February 1813, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) was a Mexican physician and philanthropist, founder of the UANL and the Hospital Universitario José V VCVBEleuterio González. His father was Matías Gonz ...

, 1870 *

; 1871, 1877 and 1913 *

Genaro Garza García Genaro (from the Latin Januarius, meaning "devoted to Janus") may refer to *Genaro (given name) *Genaro (surname) Genaro (from the Latin Januarius, meaning "devoted to Janus In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus ( ; la, Ianvs ) is the g ...

, 1871 * Lázaro Garza Ayala, 1872 * Narciso Dávila, 1872 *

, 1872–1873 * Ramón Treviño, 1873 *

, 1874 * Ramón Treviño, 1874 * Francisco González Doria, 1874 * Carlos Fuero, 1875–1876 * Narciso Dávila, 1876 * Canuto García, 1876 *

1876

Porfiriato

, 1877–1879 * Viviano L. Villareal, 1879–1881 *

, 1881–1883 * Canuto García, 1883–1885 *

, 1885 * Bernardo Reyes; 1885–1887, 1889–1900, and 1903–1909 * Lázaro Garza Ayala, 1887–1889 * Pedro Benítez Leal, 1900–1902 * José María Mier, 1909–1910

Mexican Revolution

* Leobardo Chapa, 1910–1911 * Viviano L. Villarreal, 1911–1913 * Salomé Botello, 1913–1914 * Antonio de la Paz Guerra, 1914 * Antonio L. Villarreal, 1914–1915 * Rafael Cepeda de la Fuente, 1915 *

Felipe Ángeles Felipe Ángeles Ramírez (1868–1919) was a Mexican military officer and revolutionary during the era of the Mexican Revolution. Having risen to the rank of colonel of artillery in the Federal Army of the Porfiriato, Ángeles was promoted to g ...

, 1915 * Raúl Madero, 1915 * Ildefonso V. Vázquez, 1915 * Pablo A. de la Garza, 1915 and 1916 * Diódoro de la Garza, 1916 * Alfredo Recaut, 1917

Constitution of 1917

# Nicéforo Zambrano, 1917–1919 # José E. Santos, 1919–1920 # Humberto Barros, 1920 # Felix G. Lozano, 1920 # Porfirio G. González, 1920 and 1923–1925 # Juan M. García, 1921 # Leocadio M. González, 1922 # Ramiro Támez, 1922 and 1923 # Pedro Guajardo, 1923 # Alfredo Pérez, 1923 # Anastacio Treviño Martínez, 1923 # José Juan Vallejo, 1923 # Jerónimo Siller, 1925–1927 # José Benítez, 1928 # Plutarco Elías Calles (son), National Revolutionary Party, PNR, 1929 # Generoso Chapa Garza, PNR, 1929 # Aarón Sáenz, PNR, 1927 and 1929–1931 # Francisco A. Cárdenas, PNR, 1931–1933 # Pablo Quiroga, PNR, 1933–1935 # Ángel Santos Cervantes, PNR, 1935 # Gregorio Morales Sánchez, PNR, 1935–1936 # Anacleto Guerrero Guajardo, PNR, 1936–1939 # Bonifacio Salinas Leal, Party of the Mexican Revolution, PRM, 1939–1943 # Arturo B. de la Garza, PRM, 1943–1949 # Ignacio Morones Prieto 1949–1952 # José S. Vivanco 1952–1955 # Raúl Rangel Frías 1955–1961 # Eduardo Livas Villarreal 1961–1967 # Eduardo Elizondo 1967–1971 # Luis M. Farías 1971–1973 # Pedro Zorrilla Martínez 1973–1979 #

Alfonso Martínez Domínguez Alfonso Martínez Domínguez (January 7, 1922 – November 6, 2002) was a Mexican governor of Nuevo León from 1979 to 1985. Personal life Son of physician Alfonso Martinez de la Garza and Margarita Rafaela Dominguez Samaniego; grandson of ...

1979–1985 # Jorge Treviño 1985–1991 #

Sócrates Rizzo Sócrates Cuauhtémoc Rizzo García (born September 14, 1945 in Linares, Nuevo León) is a Mexican people, Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He is a former federal Congressman (1985–1989), mayor o ...

1991–1995 # Benjamín Clariond 1995–1997 # Fernando Canales 1997–2003 # Fernando Elizondo 2003 (interim) # José Natividad González Parás 2003–2009 # Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz 2009–2015 # Jaime "El Bronco" Rodríguez Calderón, Independent (2015–2017) # Manuel Florentino González Flores, Independent, interim governor (2018) # Jaime "El Bronco" Rodríguez Calderón, Independent (2018–2021) # Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda (2021–present).

References

Footnotes

Citations

Sources

*This article originated as a translation of the corresponding article in the Spanish-language Wikipedia. That, in turn, gives the following sources:
La Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Nuevo León

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Governor Of Nuevo Leon *

1580 establishments in the Spanish Empire