Governor of Sonora

List of governors of the Mexican state of Sonora since 1911:

• 2021–present Alfonso Durazo MORENA
• 2015–2021 Claudia Pavlovich Arellano PRI
• 2009–2015 Guillermo Padrés Elías PAN^[a]
• 2003–2009 Eduardo Bours Castelo PRI
• 1997–2003 Armando López Nogales PRI
• 1991–1997 Manlio Fabio Beltrones Rivera PRI
• 1991–1991 Mario Morúa Johnson
• 1985–1991 Rodolfo Félix Valdés PRI
• 1979–1985 Samuel Ocaña García PRI
• 1975–1979 Alejandro Carrillo Marcor PRI
• 1973–1975 Carlos Armando Biebrich Torres PRI
• 1967–1973 Faustino Félix Serna PRI
• 1961–1967 Luis Encinas Johnson PRI
• 1955–1961 Álvaro Obregón Tapia PRI
• 1949–1955 Ignacio Soto PRI
• 1948–1949 Horacio Sobarzo PRI
• 1943–1948 Abelardo L. Rodríguez, Party of the Mexican Revolution, PRM
• 1939–1943 Anselmo Macías Valenzuela, PRM
• 1937–1939 Román Yocupicio Valenzuela, National Revolutionary Party, PNR
• 1935–1937 Ramón Ramos, PNR
• 1931–1935 Rodolfo Elías Calles, PNR
• 1929–1931 Francisco S. Elías, PNR
• 1927–1929 Fausto Topete
• 1923–1927 Alejo Bay
• 1919–1923 Adolfo de la Huerta
• 1915–1919 Plutarco Elías Calles
• 1911–1915 José María Maytorena

Governor of Sonora
Incumbent Alfonso Durazo since September 13, 2021
Residence	Hermosillo
Term length	6 years

See also

• List of Mexican state governors
• Politics of Mexico

Notes

1. Since October 2016, Guillermo Padrés has officially been declared a criminal by the Mexican government and is currently considered to be a criminal on the run with his whereabouts unknown.^[1][2] The PAN apologized for supporting him and expelled him for their political party.^[3]