Governor of Nuevo León Term length Six years, non-renewable Inaugural holder José María Parás y Ballesteros Formation 1824 Website Official website
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.
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.
Martín de Zavala , 1625–1664León de Alza , 1665–1667Nicolás de Azcárraga , 1667–1676Domingo de Prudena , 1676–1681Blas de la Garza y Falcón , 1681Domingo de Videgaray y Zarza , 1681Francisco de la Calancha y Valenzuela , 1681Blas de la Garza Falcón , 1681Juan de Echeverría , 1681–1682Diego de Villarreal , 1682–1683Alonso de León , 1683–1684Antonio de Echevérez y Subiza , 1684–1687Francisco Cuervo y Valdés , 1687–1688Pedro Fernández de la Ventosa , 1688–1693Juan Pérez de Merino , 1693–1698Juan Francisco de Vergara y Mendoza 1698–1703Francisco Báez Treviño , 1703–1705Gregorio de Salinas Varona , 1705–1707Cipriano García de Pruneda , 1707–1708Luis García de Pruneda 1708–1710Francisco Mier y Torre, 1710–1714
Francisco Báez Treviño 1714–1718Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollón 1718Francisco de Barbadillo y Vitoria , 1719–1723Juan José de Arriaga y Brambila , 1723–1725Pedro de Sarabia Cortés , 1725–1729Bernardino de Meneses Monroy y Mendoza , 1730–1731Juan Antonio Fernández de Jáuregui y Urrutia , 1731–1740Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella , 1740–1746Vicente Bueno de Borbolla , 1746–1751Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella , 1752–1757Juan Manuel Muñoz de Villavicencio , 1757–1762Carlos de Velasco , 1762–1764Ignacio Ussel y Guimbarda , 1764–1772Francisco de Echegaray , 1772–1773Melchor Vidal de Lorca y Villena , 1773Vicente González de Santianes , 1773–1788Manuel Bahamonde y Villamil , 1788–1795Simón de Herrera y Leyva , 1795–1810Manuel de Santa María , 1810–1811José Santiago Villarreal , 1811Blas José Gómez de Castro , 1811–1813Ramón Díaz Bustamante , 1813José Antonio Mujica , 1814Froilán de Mier y Noguera , 1815Francisco Bruno Barreda , 1816 and 1818–1821Bernardo Villamil , 1817–1818
Independent Mexico
Juan de Echandía 1822[ a] Francisco de Mier y Noriega , 1823José Antonio Rodríguez , 1824José María Parás , 1825–1827Manuel Gómez Castro , 1827–1829Joaquín García , 1829–1833Manuel Gómez Castro, 1833
Manuel María de Llano , 1833–1834Juan Nepomuceno de la Garza y Evía , 1835–1837[ b] Joaquín García, 1837–1839
Manuel María de Llano, 1839–1845[ c]
José María Ortega , 1841Juan 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 , 1850–1851Agapito García Dávila , 1851–1853Mariano Morret , 1854Jerónimo Cardona , 1854–1855Santiago Vidaurri , 1855–1859[ e] José Silvestre Aramberri , 1859Santiago Vidaurri, 1860–1864[ f]
French intervention
Restored Republic
Jerónimo Treviño , 1867–1869Simón de la Garza Melo , 1869Lázaro Garza Ayala , 1869José Eleuterio González , 1870Jerónimo Treviño ; 1871, 1877 and 1913Genaro Garza García , 1871Lázaro Garza Ayala , 1872Narciso Dávila , 1872José Eleuterio González , 1872–1873Ramón Treviño , 1873José Eleuterio González , 1874Ramón Treviño , 1874Francisco González Doria , 1874Carlos Fuero , 1875–1876Narciso Dávila , 1876Canuto García , 1876Genaro Garza García 1876
Porfiriato
Genaro Garza García , 1877–1879Viviano L. Villareal , 1879–1881Genaro Garza García , 1881–1883Canuto García , 1883–1885Genaro Garza García , 1885Bernardo Reyes ; 1885–1887, 1889–1900, and 1903–1909Lázaro Garza Ayala , 1887–1889Pedro Benítez Leal , 1900–1902José María Mier , 1909–1910
Mexican Revolution
Leobardo Chapa , 1910–1911Viviano L. Villarreal , 1911–1913Salomé Botello , 1913–1914Antonio de la Paz Guerra , 1914Antonio L. Villarreal , 1914–1915Rafael Cepeda de la Fuente , 1915Felipe Ángeles , 1915Raúl Madero , 1915Ildefonso V. Vázquez , 1915Pablo A. de la Garza , 1915 and 1916Diódoro de la Garza , 1916Alfredo Recaut , 1917
Constitution of 1917
Nicéforo Zambrano , 1917–1919José E. Santos , 1919–1920Humberto Barros , 1920Felix G. Lozano , 1920Porfirio G. González , 1920 and 1923–1925Juan M. García , 1921Leocadio M. González , 1922Ramiro Támez , 1922 and 1923Pedro Guajardo , 1923Alfredo Pérez , 1923Anastacio Treviño Martínez , 1923José Juan Vallejo , 1923Jerónimo Siller , 1925–1927José Benítez , 1928Plutarco Elías Calles (son) , National Revolutionary Party , PNR, 1929Generoso Chapa Garza , PNR, 1929Aarón Sáenz , PNR, 1927 and 1929–1931Francisco A. Cárdenas , PNR, 1931–1933Pablo Quiroga , PNR, 1933–1935Ángel Santos Cervantes , PNR, 1935Gregorio Morales Sánchez , PNR, 1935–1936Anacleto Guerrero Guajardo , PNR, 1936–1939Bonifacio Salinas Leal , Party of the Mexican Revolution , PRM, 1939–1943Arturo B. de la Garza , PRM, 1943–1949Ignacio Morones Prieto PRI 1949–1952José S. Vivanco PRI 1952–1955Raúl Rangel Frías PRI 1955–1961Eduardo Livas Villarreal PRI 1961–1967Eduardo Elizondo PRI 1967–1971Luis M. Farías PRI 1971–1973Pedro Zorrilla Martínez PRI 1973–1979Alfonso Martínez Domínguez PRI 1979–1985Jorge Treviño PRI 1985–1991Sócrates Rizzo PRI 1991–1995Benjamín Clariond PRI 1995–1997Fernando Canales PAN 1997–2003Fernando Elizondo PAN 2003 (interim)José Natividad González Parás PRI 2003–2009Rodrigo 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
^ 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.
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This article originated as a translation of the corresponding article in the Spanish-language Wikipedia. That, in turn, gives the following sources:
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