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The Mexican state of Nuevo León 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 regime of the time.
Governor of Nuevo León | |
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Gobernador de Nuevo León | |
since 2 December 2023 | |
Term length | Six years, non-renewable |
Inaugural holder | José María Parás y Ballesteros |
Formation | 1824 |
Website | Official website |
Under the current regime, executive power rests in a governor, who is directly elected by the citizens, using a secret ballot, 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
edit- Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva, 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, 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, 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
edit- Juan de Echandía 1822[a]
- 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[b]
- Joaquín García, 1837–1839
- Manuel María de Llano, 1839–1845[c]
- José María Ortega, 1841
- Juan Nepomuceno de la Garza y Evía, 1845–1846
- Pedro de Ampudia, 1846[d]
- 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, 1854–1855
- Santiago Vidaurri, 1855–1859[e]
- José Silvestre Aramberri, 1859
- Santiago Vidaurri, 1860–1864[f]
French intervention
edit- Jesús María Benítez y Pinillos, 1864
- Mariano Escobedo, 1865
- Simón de la Garza Melo, 1865
- Mariano Escobedo, 1866
- Manuel Z. Gómez, 1866–1867
Restored Republic
edit- Jerónimo Treviño, 1867–1869
- Simón de la Garza Melo, 1869
- Lázaro Garza Ayala, 1869
- José Eleuterio González, 1870
- Jerónimo Treviño; 1871, 1877 and 1913
- Genaro Garza García, 1871
- Lázaro Garza Ayala, 1872
- Narciso Dávila, 1872
- José Eleuterio González, 1872–1873
- Ramón Treviño, 1873
- José Eleuterio González, 1874
- Ramón Treviño, 1874
- Francisco González Doria, 1874
- Carlos Fuero, 1875–1876
- Narciso Dávila, 1876
- Canuto García, 1876
- Genaro Garza García 1876
Porfiriato
edit- Genaro Garza García, 1877–1879
- Viviano L. Villareal, 1879–1881
- Genaro Garza García, 1881–1883
- Canuto García, 1883–1885
- Genaro Garza García, 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
edit- 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, 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
edit- 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 PRI 1949–1952
- José S. Vivanco PRI 1952–1955
- Raúl Rangel Frías PRI 1955–1961
- Eduardo Livas Villarreal PRI 1961–1967
- Eduardo Elizondo PRI 1967–1971
- Luis M. Farías PRI 1971–1973
- Pedro Zorrilla Martínez PRI 1973–1979
- Alfonso Martínez Domínguez PRI 1979–1985
- Jorge Treviño PRI 1985–1991
- Sócrates Rizzo PRI 1991–1995
- Benjamín Clariond PRI 1995–1997
- Fernando Canales PAN 1997–2003
- Fernando Elizondo PAN 2003 (interim)
- José Natividad González Parás PRI 2003–2009
- Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz PRI 2009–2015[g]
- Jaime "El Bronco" Rodríguez Calderón, Independent (2015–2017)
- Manuel Florentino González Flores, Independent, interim governor (2018)[h]
- Jaime "El Bronco" Rodríguez Calderón, Independent (2018–2021)
- Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda MC (2021–present).[4]
References
editFootnotes
edit- ^ State of Nuevo León established
- ^ The state was demoted to a Department in 1835.
- ^ The unrecognized Republic of the Rio Grande, including part of Nuevo León, was briefly established in 1840.
- ^ The North American Intervention and occupation was 1846-1848.
- ^ Statehood was restored with the Plan de Monterrey. Coahuila was annexed and the Republic of the Sierra Madre was declared in 1856.
- ^ The separatists were defeated and Nuevo León was reincorporated as a Mexican state in 1864.
- ^ On January 27, 2017, Rodrigo Medina was declared a criminal and incarcerated in the Penal de Topo Chico in Monterrey for crimes committed during his time as governor.[2][3]
- ^ Manuel Florentino González Flores served as interim governor while Jaime Rodríguez Calderón ran for President from January 1 to July 2, 2018.
Citations
edit- ^ "Samuel García abandona candidatura presidencial; regresa como gobernador de Nuevo León". 2 December 2023.
- ^ Garza, Luciano Campos (27 July 2016). "Rodrigo Medina, a un paso de la cárcel". Proceso Portal de Noticias (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved September 5, 2020.
- ^ "Cómo es la cárcel dónde está preso Rodrigo Medina". Publimetro Test (in Spanish). Jan 26, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
- ^ Cubero, César (13 June 2021). "¿Quién es Samuel García, gobernador electo de Nuevo León?". Milenio. Monterrey. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
Sources
edit- This article originated as a translation of the corresponding article in the Spanish-language Wikipedia. That, in turn, gives the following sources:
External links
edit- Media related to Governors of Nuevo León at Wikimedia Commons