Governor of Veracruz

Governor of Veracruz
Gobernador de Veracruz
since December 1, 2024
Member ofCONAGO
ResidenceState Government Palace
SeatXalapa-Enríquez
AppointerPopular vote
Term lengthSix years, non-renewable.
Constituting instrumentState Constitution
Inaugural holderMiguel Barragán
Formation20 May 1825
SalaryMXN$58,801.96[1]
Websiteveracruz.gob.mx/gobiernover/gobernador/

The governor, according to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave 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 Rocío Nahle García, who assumed the position on December 1, 2024. She is a member of the National Regeneration Movement and the first woman to hold the office.

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 Mexico, federalism and centralism, 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

  • (1824 – 1824): Guadalupe Victoria
  • (1824 – 1825): Miguel Barragán (provisional)
  • (1825 – 1829): Miguel Barragán
  • (1829 – 1829): Sebastián Camacho Castilla (First Term)
  • (1829 – 1829): Antonio López de Santa Anna (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): Antonio Juille y Moreno (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 Seven Laws.

Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz

  • (1857 - 1857): Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora (First Term)
  • (1857 - 1857): José de Emparán (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): Francisco Landero y Cos
  • (1875 - 1876): José María Mena Isassi
  • (1877 - 1880): Luis Mier y Terán
  • (1880 - 1883): Apolinar Castillo
  • (1883 - 1884): José Cortés Frías (Interim Governor)
  • (1884 - 1888): Juan de la Luz Enríquez Lara (First Term)
  • (1888 - 1892): Juan de la Luz Enríquez Lara (Second Term)
  • (1892 - 1892): Manuel Leví (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

Twenty-first century

Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave

No. Portrait Name Governorship Term of office Political party Notes
Took office Left office Time in office
Fidel Herrera Beltrán Constitutional 1 December 2004 30 November 2010 6 years, 0 days PRI
Javier Duarte de Ochoa Constitutional 1 December 2010 12 October 2016 5 years, 316 days PRI In October 2016, Duarte was declared a criminal by the Mexican government and was arrested in April 2017.[2][3] The PRI issued an apology and expelled him from the political party.[4]
Flavino Ríos Alvarado Substitute 12 October 2016 30 November 2016 50 days PRI
Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares Constitutional 1 December 2016 30 November 2018 2 years, 0 days PAN Governorship lasted only 2 years to align state elections with federal general elections
Cuitláhuac García Jiménez Constitutional 1 December 2018 30 November 2024 6 years, 0 days Morena
Rocío Nahle García Constitutional 1 December 2024 Incumbent 113 days Morena

See also

References

  1. ^ "Decreto de Presupuesto de Egresos para el Ejercicio Fiscal 2022" [Expenditure Budget Decree for Fiscal Year 2022] (PDF). Congreso del Estado de Veracruz. 2021-12-30. p. 26. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  2. ^ Perez, Sonia; Orsi, Peter (16 April 2017). "Fugitive Mexican ex-Gov. Javier Duarte detained in Guatemala". Associated Press. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  3. ^ FGR México [@PGR_mx] (2017-01-07). "#Recompensa ¿Tienes información que ayude a la localización y aprehensión de #JavierDuarte?" [#Reward Do you have information to help locate and arrest of #JavierDuarte?] (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2022-08-07. Retrieved 2024-10-31 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "PRI expulsa a Javier Duarte" [PRI expels Javier Duarte]. Forbes México (in Spanish). 2016-10-26. Archived from the original on 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2024-10-31.