Governor of Veracruz

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.

Governor of Veracruz
Gobernador de Veracruz
Incumbent Rocío Nahle García since December 1, 2024
Member of	CONAGO
Residence	State Government Palace
Seat	Xalapa-Enríquez
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	Six years, non-renewable.
Constituting instrument	State Constitution
Inaugural holder	Miguel Barragán
Formation	20 May 1825
Salary	MXN$58,801.96[1]
Website	veracruz.gob.mx/gobiernover/gobernador/

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

• (1904 - 1908): Teodoro A. Dehesa Méndez (Fourth Term)
• (1908 - 1911): Teodoro A. Dehesa Méndez (Fifth Term)
• (1911 - 1911): Emilio Léycegui (Interim Governor)
• (1911 - 1911): León Aillaud (Interim Governor)
• (1911 - 1912): Manuel María Alegre (Interim Governor)
• (1912 - 1912): Francisco Lagos Cházaro Mortero
• (1912 - 1913): Antonio Pérez Rivera
• (1917 - 1917): Mauro Loyo Sánchez (Interim Governor)
• (1917 - 1920): Cándido Aguilar Vargas
• (1920 - 1924): Adalberto Tejeda Olivares (First Term)
• (1924 - 1927): Heriberto Jara Corona
• (1927 - 1928): Abel S. Rodríguez
• (1928 - 1932): Adalberto Tejeda Olivares (Second Term)
• (1932 - 1935): Gonzalo Vázquez Vela, National Revolutionary Party, PNR
• (1935 - 1936): Guillermo Rebolledo (Interim Governor), PNR
• (1936 - 1936): Ignacio Herrera Tejeda (Interim Governor), PNR
• (1936 - 1939): Miguel Alemán Valdés, PNR
• (1939 - 1940): Fernando Casas Alemán (Interim Governor)
• (1940 - 1944): Jorge Cerdán Lara, Party of the Mexican Revolution, PRM
• (1944 - 1948): Adolfo Ruíz Cortines, PRM
• (1948 - 1950): Ángel Carvajal Bernal (Interim Governor)
• (1950 - 1956): Marco Antonio Muñoz Turnbull PRI
• (1956 - 1962): Antonio María Quirasco PRI
• (1962 - 1968): Fernando López Arias PRI
• (1968 - 1974): Rafael Murillo Vidal PRI
• (1974 - 1980): Rafael Hernández Ochoa PRI
• (1980 - 1986): Agustín Acosta Lagunes PRI
• (1986 - 1988): Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios PRI
• (1988 - 1992): Dante Delgado Rannauro (Interim Governor) PRI
• (1992 - 1998): Patricio Chirinos Calero PRI
• (1998 - 2004): Miguel Alemán Velasco PRI

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	146 days	Morena

See also

• List of Mexican state governors
• State of Veracruz