List of heads of state of Mexico

The Head of State of Mexico is the person who controls the executive power in the country. Under the current constitution, this responsibility lies with the President of the United Mexican States, who is head of the supreme executive power of the Mexican Union. Throughout its history, Mexico has had several forms of government. Under the federal constitutions, the title of President was the same as the current one. Under the Seven Laws (centralist), the chief executive was named President of the Republic. In addition, there have been two periods of monarchical rule, during which the executive was controlled by the Emperor of Mexico.

The chronology of the heads of state of Mexico is complicated due to the country's political instability during most of the nineteenth century and early decades of the twentieth century. With few exceptions, most of the Mexican presidents elected during this period did not complete their terms. Until the presidency of Lázaro Cárdenas, each president remained in office an average of fifteen months.

This list also includes the self-appointed presidents during civil wars and the collegiate bodies that performed the Mexican Executive duties during periods of transition.

First Mexican Empire (1821–1823)

Main article: First Mexican Empire

First Regency

After the end of the Mexican War of Independence, a Provisional Board of Governing consisting of thirty-four persons was set up. The Board decreed and signed the Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire and appointed a regency composed of six people.

Members		Took office	Left office	Tenure	Notes
	Juan O'Donojú	28 September 1821	8 October 1821		Died in office.
	Agustín de Iturbide		11 April 1822
	Manuel de la Barcéna
	José Isidro Yañez
50px	Manuel Velázquez de León
	Antonio Pérez Martínez	8 October 1821

Second Regency

Members		Took office	Left office	Tenure	Notes
	Agustín de Iturbide	11 April 1822	18 May 1822
	José Isidro Yañez
50px	Miguel Valentín
	Manuel de Heras
	Nicolás Bravo

Monarchy of Agustín de Iturbide I

Main article: First Mexican Empire

Emperor		Coat of arms	Reign start	Reign ended	Tenure	Royal house	Consort		Notes
	Agustín I (1783–1824)		19 May 1822	19 March 1823		Iturbide		Ana María (1786–1861)

Provisional Government (1823–1824)

Main article: Provisional Government of Mexico

The Provisional Government of 1823–1824 was an organization that served as the Executive in the government of Mexico after the abdication of Agustín I, monarch of Mexican Empire in 1823. The provisional government was responsible for convening the body that created the Federal Republic and existed from 1 April 1823 to 10 October 1824.

Provisional Government	Head of State		Took office	Left office	Tenure	Notes
100px		Nicolás Bravo	31 March 1823	10 October 1824
		Guadalupe Victoria
		Pedro Celestino Negrete
		José Mariano Michelena	1 April 1823	10 October 1824		Substitute member
		Miguel Domínguez				Substitute member
		Vicente Guerrero				Substitute member

First Federal Republic (1824–1835)

Main article: First Mexican Republic

The president and vice president did not run jointly and could be from different parties.

No.	President		Took office	Left office	Tenure	Political party	Vice President	Notes
1		Guadalupe Victoria (1786–1843)	10 October 1824	31 March 1829		Independent	Nicolás Bravo	First constitutionally elected President of Mexico, and the only President who completed his full term in almost 30 years of independent Mexico.
2		Vicente Guerrero (1782–1831)	1 April 1829	17 December 1829		Liberal Party	Anastasio Bustamante	He was appointed by Congress after the "resignation" of president-elect Manuel Gómez Pedraza.
3		José María Bocanegra (1787–1862)	17 December 1829	23 December 1829		Popular York Rite Party (part of the Liberal Party)	Vacant	He was appointed Interim President by Congress when Guerrero left office to fight the rebellion of his conservative Vice President Bustamante.
	100px	Vélez -Quintanar-Alaman (Triumvirate)	23 December 1829	31 December 1829	8 Days	Liberal Party	Vacant	Pedro Vélez president of the Supreme Court, he was appointed by the Council of Government as head of the executive triumvirate along with Lucas Alamán and Luis Quintanar.
4		Anastasio Bustamante (1780–1853)	1 January 1830	13 August 1832		Conservative Party	Vacant	As Vice President he assumed the presidency after the conservative coup against Guerrero.
5		Melchor Múzquiz (1790–1844)	14 August 1832	24 December 1832		Popular York Rite Party (part of the Liberal Party)	vacant	He was appointed Interim President by Congress when Bustamante left office to fight the rebellion of Santa Anna.
6	100px	Manuel Gómez Pedraza (1789–1851)	24 December 1832	31 March 1833		Federalist York Rite Party (part of the Liberal Party)	Vacant	He assumed the presidency to conclude the term he would have begun in 1829, had he not "resigned" prior to inauguration, as the winner of the elections of 1828.
7		Valentín Gómez Farías (1781–1858)	1 April 1833	16 May 1833		Liberal Party	Himself	As Vice President he assumed the presidency in place of Santa Anna, along with whom he was elected in the elections of 1833.
8	100px	Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876)	16 May 1833	3 June 1833		Liberal Party	Valentín Gómez Farías	He assumed the presidency as the constitutionally-elected president. He alternated in the presidency with Vice President Gómez Farías four more times until 24 April 1834.
		Valentín Gómez Farías (1781–1858)	3 June 1833	18 June 1833		Liberal Party	Himself
	100px	Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876)	18 June 1833	5 July 1833	17 days	Liberal Party	Valentín Gómez Farías
		Valentín Gómez Farías (1781–1858)	5 July 1833	27 October 1833	114 days	Liberal Party	Himself
	100px	Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876)	27 October 1833	15 December 1833	47 days	Conservative Party	Valentín Gómez Farías
		Valentín Gómez Farías (1781–1858)	16 December 1833	24 April 1834		Liberal Party	Himself	He promoted several liberal reforms that led to the discontent of conservatives and the church. Santa Anna took office again aligned with conservatives; Gómez Farías went into exile.
	100px	Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876)	24 April 1834	27 January 1835	288 days	Conservative Party	Valentín Gómez Farías	He cancelled the liberal reforms. On 27 January, the Sixth Constituent Congress dismissed Gómez Farías as Vice President.
9		Miguel Barragán (1789–1836)	28 January 1835	27 February 1836	1 year, 30 days	Liberal Party	Vacant	He was appointed Interim President by Congress when Santa Anna left office to fight the rebellion of Zacatecas. On 23 October, Congress enacted the Constitutional Basis, which voided the Constitution of 1824 and the federal system. He served both as the last president of the First Federal Republic and the first of the Centralist Republic.

Centralist Republic (1835–1846)

Main article: Centralist Republic of Mexico

No.	President		Took office	Left office	Tenure	Political party	Notes
9		Miguel Barragán (1789–1836)	28 January 1835	27 February 1836	1 year, 30 days	Liberal Party	He left office because of a serious illness. He died two days later.
10		José Justo Corro (1794–1864)	27 February 1836	19 April 1837	1 year, 51 days	Conservative Party	He was appointed Interim President by Congress to conclude the presidential term. During his term, he enacted the Seven Laws and Spain recognized the Independence of Mexico.
		Anastasio Bustamante (1780–1853)	19 April 1837	18 March 1839		Conservative Party	He took office as constitutional elected president. He was elected in the elections of 1837 for an eight years term.
	100px	Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876)	18 March 1839	10 July 1839	115 days	Conservative Party	He was appointed interim president by the Supreme Conservative Power when Bustamante left office to fight federalist rebellions.
11		Nicolás Bravo (1786–1854)	11 July 1839	19 July 1839	8 days	Conservative Party	He was appointed substitute president when Santa Anna left office.
		Anastasio Bustamante (1780–1853)	19 July 1839	22 September 1841	2 years, 65 days	Conservative Party	He reassumed the presidency.
12		Francisco Javier Echeverría (1797–1852)	22 September 1841	10 October 1841	18 days	Conservative Party	He was appointed interim president when Bustamante left office to fight a rebellion headed by Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga, Santa Anna, and Gabriel Valencia. He resigned after the triumph of the rebellion.
	100px	Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876)	10 October 1841	26 October 1842	1 year, 16 days	Conservative Party	He was appointed provisional president by a Junta de Representantes de los Departamentos (Board of Representatives of the Departments).
		Nicolás Bravo (1786–1854)	26 October 1842	4 March 1843		Conservative Party	He was appointed substitute president by Santa Anna when he left office.
	100px	Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876)	4 March 1843	4 October 1843	224 days	Conservative Party	He reassumed the presidency as provisional president.
13		Valentín Canalizo (1794–1850)	4 October 1843	4 June 1844	244 days	Conservative Party	He was appointed interim president by Santa Anna when he left office.
	100px	Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876)	4 June 1844	12 September 1844	100 days	Conservative Party	He reassumed the presidency after being elected constitutional president by Congress on 2 January 1844.
14		José Joaquín de Herrera (1792–1854)	12 September 1844	21 September 1844	9 days	Liberal Party	He was appointed substitute president by Congress to replace the interim president Valentin Canalizo.
		Valentín Canalizo (1794–1850)	21 September 1844	6 December 1844	76 days	Conservative Party	He assumed the presidency as interim president.
		José Joaquín de Herrera (1792–1854)	6 December 1844	30 December 1845	1 year, 24 days	Liberal Party	He was appointed interim, and after, constitutional president by Senate after Canalizo was arrested for trying to dissolve the Congress.
15	100px	Mariano Paredes (1797–1849)	31 December 1845	28 July 1846		Conservative Party	He assumed office via a coup against De Herrera. On 12 June, he was appointed interim president.
							Vice President Nicolás Bravo
		Nicolás Bravo (1786–1854)	28 July 1846	4 August 1846	7 days	Conservative Party	He took office when Paredes left the presidency to fight the Americans in the Mexican–American War. He was deposed by a federalist rebellion led by Jose Mariano Salas and Valentin Gomez Farias.
16		José Mariano Salas (1797–1867)	5 August 1846	23 December 1846	140 days	Conservative Party	He assumed office as provisional president after the triumph of the federalist rebellion (Plan de la Ciudadela). He put in force the Constitution of 1824 on 22 August. He served both as last president of the Centralist Republic and first of the Second Federal Republic.

Second Federal Republic (1846–1863)

Main article: Second Federal Republic of Mexico

No.	President		Took office	Left office	Tenure	Political party	Notes
16		José Mariano Salas (1797–1867)	5 August 1846	23 December 1846	140 days	Conservative Party	After he restored federalism, he called elections. Santa Anna won the election and was appointed interim president by Congress and Valentin Gomez Farias as vice president.
		Valentín Gómez Farías (1781–1858)	23 December 1846	21 March 1847		Liberal Party	As vice president, he took office in place of Santa Anna, who was fighting the invading U.S. Army in the Mexican–American War.
	100px	Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876)	21 March 1847	2 April 1847	12 days	Conservative Party	He took office as elected interim president.
							Vice President Valentín Gómez Farías
17		Pedro María de Anaya (1795–1854)	2 April 1847	20 May 1847	48 days	Liberal Party	Santa Anna left office to fight in the Mexican–American War. Congress abolished the vice presidency and he was appointed as substitute president.
	100px	Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876)	20 May 1847	15 September 1847	135 days	Conservative Party	He reassumed the presidency when De Anaya left office to fight in the Mexican–American War.
18	100px	Manuel de la Peña y Peña (1789–1850)	16 September 1847	13 November 1847	65 days	Liberal Party	As president of the Supreme Court, he assumed the presidency after Santa Anna's resignation.
		Pedro María de Anaya (1795–1854)	13 November 1847	8 January 1848	46 days	Liberal Party	He was appointed interim president by Congress when De la Peña y Peña left office in order to negotiate peace with the United States.
	100px	Manuel de la Peña y Peña (1789–1850)	8 January 1848	3 June 1848		Liberal Party	He reassumed office as provisional president when De Anaya resigned after refusing to give any land to the United States. During his term, he signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
		José Joaquín de Herrera (1792–1854)	3 June 1848	15 January 1851	3 years, 247 days	Liberal Party	He was the second president to finish his term and peacefully turned over the presidency to the winner of the elections of 1850, General Mariano Arista.
19		Mariano Arista (1802–1855)	15 January 1851	5 January 1853	2 years, 90 days	Liberal Party	He resigned when Congress refused to give him extraordinary powers to fight the rebellion of Plan del Hospicio, the goal of which was to bring to Santa Anna once again to the presidency.
20		Juan Bautista Ceballos (1811–1859)	5 January 1853	7 February 1853	33 days	Liberal Party	As president of the Supreme Court, he was proposed by President Arista as his successor and confirmed the same day as interim president by Congress.
21		Manuel María Lombardini (1802–1853)	8 February 1853	20 April 1853	72 days	Conservative Party	He was appointed provisional president by Congress when Ceballos resigned because of the rebellion of Plan del Hospicio.
	100px	Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876)	20 April 1853	9 August 1855	2 years, 110 days	Conservative Party	He swore as President but ruled as dictator. He called himself "Su Alteza Serenisima" (Serene Highness). The Mexican National Anthem was composed during his presidency.
22		Martín Carrera (1806–1871)	9 August 1855	12 September 1855	34 days	Conservative Party	He was appointed interim president after the triumph of the Plan of Ayutla but he took office until 15 August.
23		Rómulo Díaz de la Vega (1800–1877)	12 September 1855	4 October 1855	22 days	Conservative Party	He served as de facto president after Carrera's resignation.
24	100px	Juan Álvarez (1790–1867)	4 October 1855	11 December 1855	69 days	Liberal Party	He was appointed interim president by a council integrated with one representative of each state after the triumph of the Revolution of Ayutla.
25		Ignacio Comonfort (1812–1863)	11 December 1855	17 December 1857	6 days	Liberal Party	He was appointed interim president by Juan Alvarez when he resigned. He became constitutional president on 1 December 1857.

Reform War 1858-60

Main article: Reform War

There were two rival governments during the civil war of the Reform, which the liberals won.

President recognized by the Liberals

No.	President		Took office	Left office	Tenure	Political party	Notes
26		Benito Juárez (1806–1872)	18 December 1857	18 July 1872	15 years, 212 days	Liberal Party	As president of the Supreme Court, he became interim president after the self-coup of Ignacio Comonfort against the Constitution of 1857. He was arrested and freed by Comonfort. He established a liberal constitutional government on 18 January 1858. The struggle between the Liberal and Conservative forces is known as Reform War.

Presidents recognized by the Conservatives

No.	President		Took office	Left office	Tenure	Political party	Notes
25		Ignacio Comonfort (1812–1863)	17 December 1857	21 January 1858	35 days	Liberal Party	After the declaration of Plan of Tacubaya, Congress declared that he was no longer president but he was recognized by conservatives as president with absolute powers.
27		Félix María Zuloaga (1813–1898)	11 January 1858	24 December 1858		Conservative Party	After disowning Comonfort, Zuloaga was appointed president by the Conservative Party.
28		Manuel Robles Pezuela (1817–1862)	24 December 1858	23 January 1859	30 days	Conservative Party	He assumed the conservative presidency with the support of the Plan de Navidad.
		Félix María Zuloaga (1813–1898)	24 January 1859	1 February 1859	8 days	Conservative Party	He was restored to the presidency by counter-rebellion led by Miguel Miramón.
29		Miguel Miramón (1831–1867)	2 February 1859	13 August 1860	1 year, 201 days	Conservative Party	He assumed the conservative presidency as substitute when Zuloaga left office.
30		José Ignacio Pavón (1791–1866)	13 August 1860	15 August 1860	2 days	Conservative Party	As president of the Supreme Court of the conservative government, he took office for two days when Miramón left office.
		Miguel Miramón (1831–1867)	15 August 1860	24 December 1860	131 days	Conservative Party	He took office as interim president of the conservative government after he was elected by a group of "Representatives of the States" who supported the conservatives. He was defeated at the Battle of Calpulalpan, resigned the presidency and fled the country.
		Félix María Zuloaga (1813–1898)	23 May 1861	28 December 1862	1 year, 229 days	Conservative Party	Despite having been defeated, the conservatives appointed Zuloaga as president until 28 December, when they recognized the Regency who was seeking to reestablish the Mexican Empire.

Second Mexican Empire (1863–1867)

Main article: Second Mexican Empire

Regency

On 22 June 1863, a "Superior Governing Board" was established. On 11 July, the Board became the Regency of the Empire.

Regent		Took office	Left office	Tenure	Political party	Notes
	Juan Nepomuceno Almonte	11 July 1863	10 April 1864		Conservative Party
	José Mariano Salas
	Pelagio Antonio de Labastida	19 October 1863

Maximilian I

Emperor		Coat of arms	Reign start	Reign ended	Tenure	Royal house	Consort
	Maximilian I (1832–1867)		10 April 1864	19 June 1867	3 years, 70 days	Habsburg-Lorraine	110px	Carlota (1840–1927)

Restored Republic (1867–1876)

Main article: Restored Republic (Mexico)

No.	President		Took office	Left office	Tenure	Political party	Notes
26		Benito Juárez (1806–1872)	18 December 1857	11 June 1861	15 years, 212 days	Liberal Party	The first term he was interim president during the Reform War. The second term resulted from his being appointed constitutional president by Congress after the elections of 1861. His constitutional period began on 1 December. The third term was an extension of the second, a consequence of the invasion. The fourth and fifth terms followed the triumph of the Republic.
			11 June 1861	30 November 1865
			1 December 1865	30 November 1867
			1 December 1867	30 November 1871
			1 December 1871	18 July 1872
31		Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1823–1889)	18 July 1872	30 November 1872	4 years, 125 days	Liberal Party	As president of the Supreme Court, he became interim president after the death of Juarez. He was the winner or the extraordinary election of 1872 and became constitutional president. He was overthrown by the Revolution of Tuxtepec and left office ten days before the end of his constitutional term.
			1 December 1872	20 November 1876
32		José María Iglesias (1823–1891)	26 October 1876	28 November 1876	33 days	Liberal Party	As president of the Supreme Court, he voided, on grounds of fraud, the reelection of Lerdo de Tejada after Congress had declared this reelection valid, and then declared himself interim president. When Lerdo de Tejada went to exile on 20 November, he became constitutional interim president.

Porfiriato (1876–1911)

Main article: Porfiriato

No.	President		Took office	Left office	Tenure	Political party	Notes
33		Porfirio Díaz (1830–1915)	28 November 1876	6 December 1876	8 days	Liberal Party	He became provisional president when Iglesias went to exile.
34		Juan Nepomuceno Méndez (1820–1894)	6 December 1876	17 February 1877	72 days	Liberal Party	He was appointed substitute president by Díaz when he left office to fight the supporters of Lerdo de Tejada.
		Porfirio Díaz (1830–1915)	17 February 1877	30 November 1880	3 years, 296 days	Liberal Party	He reassumed the presidency. On 2 May, he was appointed constitutional president by Congress.
35		Manuel González Flores (1833–1893)	1 December 1880	30 November 1884	4 years	Liberal Party	He was the winner of the 1880 general election.
	100px	Porfirio Díaz (1830–1915)	1 December 1884	30 November 1888	27 years, 176 days	National Porfirist Party National Reelectionist Party	He was the winner of the general election in 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904 and 1910. He resigned during his 7th term after the triumph of the Mexican Revolution.
			1 December 1888	30 November 1892
			1 December 1892	30 November 1896
			1 December 1896	30 November 1900
			1 December 1900	30 November 1904
			1 December 1904	30 November 1910			Vice President Ramón Corral (since 1904)
			1 December 1910	25 May 1911

Revolution (1911–1928)

Main article: Mexican Revolution

Parties

      Progressive Constitutionalist Party
      Independent

No.	President		Took office	Left office	Tenure	Notes
36		Francisco León de la Barra (1863–1939)	25 May 1911	5 November 1911	164 days	According to the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez, he assumed office as interim president. Immediately called for elections.
37		Francisco I. Madero (1873–1913)	6 November 1911	19 February 1913	1 years, 106 days	He was the winner of the 1911 general election. He was overthrown by a coup known as the Ten Tragic Days organized by Victoriano Huerta, Félix Díaz and the U.S. ambassador Henry L. Wilson. He was murdered two days later along with the vice president Pino Suárez.
						Vice President José María Pino Suárez
38		Pedro Lascuráin (1856–1952)	19 February 1913		about 45 minutes	As Secretary of Foreign Affairs, he assumed office as interim president according to the constitution. In about 45 minutes, he appointed Victoriano Huerta as Secretary of the Interior and then resigned the Presidency.
39		Victoriano Huerta (1850–1916)	19 February 1913	15 July 1914	1 year, 139 days	He assumed office via a coup against Francisco I. Madero. He was defeated by the Constitutional Army led by Governor of Coahuila, Venustiano Carranza.
40		Francisco S. Carvajal (1870–1932)	15 July 1914	13 August 1914	29 days	He assumed office as Interim President after the resignation of Huerta. He resigned after the signing of the Treaties of Teoloyucan.

Presidents recognized by the Convention of Aguascalientes

Main article: Convention of Aguascalientes

The Conventionists were followers of revolutionary generals Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. They fought a civil war with the followers of revolutionaries under Venustiano Carranza.

No.	President		Took office	Left office	Tenure	Notes
41		Eulalio Gutiérrez (1881–1939)	6 November 1914	16 January 1915	71 days	He was appointed provisional president.
42		Roque González Garza (1885–1962)	16 January 1915	10 June 1915	115 days	He was appointed provisional president after Gutierrez left Mexico City.
43		Francisco Lagos Cházaro (1878–1932)	10 June 1915	10 October 1915	122 days	He assumed office as provisional president when González Garza resigned.

Constitutionalist victory and restoration of democracy

The revolutionary Constitutionalist Army under the authority "First Chief" Venustiano Carranza defeated the Army of the Convention in 1915, with a new constitution drafted in 1916-17.

Parties

      Liberal Constitutionalist Party
      Laborist Party

No.	President		Took office	Left office	Tenure	Notes
44		Venustiano Carranza (1859–1920)	Head of the Executive Power First Chief of the Constitutional Army		2 years, 261 days	He served as Head of the Executive Power after the resignation of Carvajal. He did not immediately call for presidential elections, which he had promised under the Plan of Guadalupe but ruled as the "pre-constitutional" head of government. He convoked a Constituent Convention which enacted the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States. He won the 1917 general election and took office as Constitutional President on 1 May 1917. He died during the Rebellion of Agua Prieta, led by three revolutionary generals.
			13 August 1914	30 April 1917
			President of Mexico		3 years, 21 days
			1 May 1917	21 May 1920
45	100px	Adolfo de la Huerta (1881–1955)	1 June 1920	30 November 1920	182 days	He was one of the leaders of the coup against Carranza, who had attempted to impose a civilian successor in 1920. De la Huerta was appointed provisional president by Congress.
46	100px	Álvaro Obregón (1880–1928)	1 December 1920	30 November 1924	4 years	He was the most successful general of the Constitutionalist Army and joined the rebellion against Carranza. When elections were held in the aftermath of the coup, he was the winner of the 1920 general election. Obregón designated Plutarco Elías Calles as his successor; fellow Sonoran general Adolfo de la Huerta rebelled with considerable revolutionary army support, but Obregón crushed the rebellion.
47	100px	Plutarco Elías Calles (1877–1945)	1 December 1924	30 November 1928	4 years	He was the winner of the 1924 general election. He changed the constitution to allow non-consecutive election of a president, allowing Obregón to run again in 1928. Obregón was re-elected but was assassinated before being sworn in. Calles then founded the political party that managed presidential succession until 2000.

Maximato (1928–1934)

Main article: Maximato

President-elect Obregón was assassinated before he was inaugurated for a six-year presidential term. Calles brought together revolutionaries to found a political party. Calles could not succeed himself as president, but he remained the power behind the presidency as the jefe máximo (maximum chief).

Party

      National Revolutionary Party

No.	President		Took office	Left office	Tenure	Notes
48	100px	Emilio Portes Gil (1890–1978)	1 December 1928	4 February 1930	1 year, 65 days	He was appointed interim president by Congress, after the assassination of the winner of the 1928 general election, president-elect Álvaro Obregón.
49		Pascual Ortiz Rubio (1877–1963)	5 February 1930	4 September 1932	2 years, 213 days	He was the winner of the 1929 general election. He resigned due to the intervention of Calles in his government.
50	100px	Abelardo L. Rodríguez (1889–1967)	4 September 1932	30 November 1934	2 years, 87 days	He was appointed substitute president by Congress to conclude the 1928–1934 term.

Modern Mexico (1934–present)

Main article: Sexenio (Mexico)

After the constitutional reform of 1926, the presidential term in Mexico was extended to six years starting in 1928; with a formal ban on reelection. After the 1934 general election, all the presidents have completed their six-year terms.

Parties

      Institutional Revolutionary Party
      National Action Party
      National Regeneration Movement

No.	President		Took office	Left office	Tenure	Election
51	100px	Lázaro Cárdenas (1895–1970)	1 December 1934	30 November 1940	6 years	1934
52	100px	Manuel Ávila Camacho (1896–1955)	1 December 1940	30 November 1946	6 years	1940
53	100px	Miguel Alemán Valdés (1900–1983)	1 December 1946	30 November 1952	6 years	1946
54	100px	Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (1889–1973)	1 December 1952	30 November 1958	6 years	1952
55	100px	Adolfo López Mateos (1910–1969)	1 December 1958	30 November 1964	6 years	1958
56	100px	Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1911–1979)	1 December 1964	30 November 1970	6 years	1964
57	100px	Luis Echeverría (born 1922)	1 December 1970	30 November 1976	6 years	1970
58	100px	José López Portillo y Pacheco (1920–2004)	1 December 1976	30 November 1982	6 years	1976 (uncontested)
59		Miguel de la Madrid (1934–2012)	1 December 1982	30 November 1988	6 years	1982
60	100px	Carlos Salinas de Gortari (born 1948)	1 December 1988	30 November 1994	6 years	1988
61	100px	Ernesto Zedillo (born 1951)	1 December 1994	30 November 2000	6 years	1994
62	100px	Vicente Fox (born 1942)	1 December 2000	30 November 2006	6 years	2000
63		Felipe Calderón (born 1962)	1 December 2006	30 November 2012	6 years	2006
64		Enrique Peña Nieto (born 1966)	1 December 2012	30 November 2018	6 years	2012
65	100px	Andrés Manuel López Obrador (born 1953)	1 December 2018	Incumbent (Term ends 30 September 2024)		2018

Presidents who died in office

President	Term of office	Date of death	Notes
Benito Juárez	1857–1872	18 July 1872 (aged 66)	Only President of Mexico who died of natural causes while in office.
Venustiano Carranza	1914–1920	21 May 1920 (aged 60)	Only President of Mexico to be assassinated while in office.

Timeline

See also

• President of Mexico
• Emperor of Mexico
• First Lady of Mexico
• Politics of Mexico
• History of Mexico
  • Aztec Empire
    • Tenochtitlan
      • List of Tenochtitlan rulers
  • New Spain
    • List of viceroys of New Spain

External links

• Lista de gobernantes de México Official List