List of Presidents of Mexico
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Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

since independence in 1821.

Regency (1821-1822)

# | Regents Took office Left office
1 Agustin de Iturbide
Agustín de Iturbide
Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Aramburu , also known as Augustine I of Mexico, was a Mexican army general who built a successful political and military coalition that was able to march into Mexico City on 27 September 1821, decisively ending the Mexican War of Independence...

 
28 September 1821 18 May 1822
2 Juan O'Donojú y O'Rian
Juan O'Donojú
Juan O'Donojú y O'Rian was a Spanish military officer and jefe político superior of New Spain from July 21, 1821 to September 28, 1821, during Mexico's war of independence...

 
28 September 1821 8 October 1821
3 Antonio Pérez Martínez y Robles  8 October 1821 11 April 1822
4 Manuel de la Barcéna  28 September 1821 11 April 1822
5 José Isidro Yañez  28 September 1821 18 May 1822
6 Manuel Velázquez de León y Pérez  28 September 1821 11 April 1822
7 Miguel Valentín y Tamayo  11 April 1822 18 May 1822
8 Manuel de Heras Soto  11 April 1822 18 May 1822
9 Nicolás Bravo Rueda  11 April 1822 18 May 1822

Agustín I (1822-1823)

# | Emperor Reign Start Reign Ended Royal House | Consort
10 Agustín I  19 May 1822 19 March 1823 Iturbide
House of Iturbide
The House of Iturbide is the former Imperial House of Mexico. It was founded by Agustín de Iturbide in 1822 when the newly independent Mexican congress confirmed his title of Agustín I, Constitutional Emperor of Mexico...

 
Ana María de Huarte y Muñiz
Ana María de Huarte y Muñiz
Ana María Josefa Ramona de Huarte y Muñiz , was the consort of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide of Mexico. She was daughter of the nobleman Isidro Huarte, provincial intendant and descendant of the Marquis of Altamira....

 

Supreme Executive Power (1823-1824)

Supreme Executive Power was an organization that served as Executive
Executive (government)
Executive branch of Government is the part of government that has sole authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state bureaucracy. The division of power into separate branches of government is central to the idea of the separation of powers.In many countries, the term...

 to govern México
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 after the of Mexican Empire
First Mexican Empire
The Mexican Empire was the official name of independent Mexico under a monarchical regime from 1821 to 1823. The territory of the Mexican Empire included the continental intendencies and provinces of New Spain proper...

 of Agustín I
Agustín de Iturbide
Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Aramburu , also known as Augustine I of Mexico, was a Mexican army general who built a successful political and military coalition that was able to march into Mexico City on 27 September 1821, decisively ending the Mexican War of Independence...

, on 1823. The organization was responsible for convening the creation of the Federal Republic
Federation
A federation , also known as a federal state, is a type of sovereign state characterized by a union of partially self-governing states or regions united by a central government...

 and was in effect from April 1, 1823 to October 10, 1824.
Head of State Took office Left office Party
Pedro Celestino Negrete
Pedro Celestino Negrete
Pedro Celestino Negrete was a Spanish politician and military man who served as a member of the interim government of México after the abolition of the First Mexican Empire. He fought alongside of Agustín de Iturbide in the royalist army during the Mexican War of Independence...

 
31 March 1823 10 October 1824 Liberal
Guadalupe Victoria
Guadalupe Victoria
Guadalupe Victoria born José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix, was a Mexican politician and military man who fought for independence against the Spanish Empire in the Mexican War of Independence. He was a deputy for Durango and a member of the Supreme Executive Power...

 
31 March 1823 10 October 1824 Liberal
Nicolás Bravo
Nicolás Bravo
Nicolás Bravo was a Mexican politician and soldier. He distinguished himself in both offices during the 1846–1848 U.S. invasion of Mexico....

 
31 March 1823 10 October 1824 Conservative
Miguel Domínguez
Miguel Domínguez
José Miguel Domínguez Alemán was a Spanish colonial official in New Spain who played a part in the Mexican independence movement...

 
1 April 1823 10 October 1824 Conservative
José Mariano Michelena
José Mariano Michelena
José Mariano Michelena was a Spanish military officer in New Spain and Spain, a precursor of Mexican independence, and a politician in independent Mexico...

 
1 April 1823 10 October 1824 Conservative
Vicente Guerrero
Vicente Guerrero
Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña was one of the leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence, who fought against Spain for independence in the early 19th century, and served briefly as President of Mexico...

 
1 April 1823 10 October 1824 Liberal

Presidents of Mexico (1824-1858)

Between the time of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide's abdication (19 March 1823) and Guadalupe Victoria's assumption of the office of President (10 October 1824), there was a brief period when the executive power of the government was held by the Supreme Executive Power. At one time or another the members of this committee included Pedro Celestino Negrete
Pedro Celestino Negrete
Pedro Celestino Negrete was a Spanish politician and military man who served as a member of the interim government of México after the abolition of the First Mexican Empire. He fought alongside of Agustín de Iturbide in the royalist army during the Mexican War of Independence...

, José Mariano Michelena
José Mariano Michelena
José Mariano Michelena was a Spanish military officer in New Spain and Spain, a precursor of Mexican independence, and a politician in independent Mexico...

, Nicolás Bravo
Nicolás Bravo
Nicolás Bravo was a Mexican politician and soldier. He distinguished himself in both offices during the 1846–1848 U.S. invasion of Mexico....

, Miguel Domínguez
Miguel Domínguez
José Miguel Domínguez Alemán was a Spanish colonial official in New Spain who played a part in the Mexican independence movement...

, Vicente Guerrero
Vicente Guerrero
Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña was one of the leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence, who fought against Spain for independence in the early 19th century, and served briefly as President of Mexico...

 and Guadalupe Victoria
Guadalupe Victoria
Guadalupe Victoria born José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix, was a Mexican politician and military man who fought for independence against the Spanish Empire in the Mexican War of Independence. He was a deputy for Durango and a member of the Supreme Executive Power...

.
# | President Took office Left office Party
1 Guadalupe Victoria
Guadalupe Victoria
Guadalupe Victoria born José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix, was a Mexican politician and military man who fought for independence against the Spanish Empire in the Mexican War of Independence. He was a deputy for Durango and a member of the Supreme Executive Power...

 
10 October 1824 1 April 1829 Liberal
2 Vicente Guerrero
Vicente Guerrero
Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña was one of the leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence, who fought against Spain for independence in the early 19th century, and served briefly as President of Mexico...

 
1 April 1829 17 December 1829 Liberal
3 José María Bocanegra
José María Bocanegra
José María Bocanegra was a Mexican lawyer and politician who was briefly interim president of Mexico in 1829....

 
18 December 1829 23 December 1829 Liberal
Supreme Executive Power
Pedro Vélez
Pedro Vélez
José Pedro Antonio Vélez de Zúñiga was a Mexican politician and lawyer. He was also head of Governing Board of Mexico in 1829....

1, Lucas Alamán
Lucas Alamán
Lucas Ignacio Alamán y Escalada was a Mexican scientist, politician, historian and writer. He studied at the Real Colegio de Minas de la Nueva España. He frequently traveled on his credentials as a scientist and diplomat, becoming one of the most educated men in Mexico...

2 and Luis de Quintanar
Luis de Quintanar
José Luis de Quintanar Soto y Ruiz was a Royalist military officer in New Spain and a Mexican politician after independence....

2
23 December 1829 31 December 1829 Liberal1
Conservative2
4 Anastasio Bustamante
Anastasio Bustamante
Anastasio Bustamante y Oseguera was president of Mexico three times, from 1830 to 1832, from 1837 to 1839 and from 1839 to 1841. He was a Conservative. He first came to power by leading a coup against president Vicente Guerrero...

 
1 January 1830 13 August 1832 Conservative
5 Melchor Múzquiz
Melchor Múzquiz
Melchor de Eca y Múzquiz was a Mexican soldier and politician. From August to December 1832 he was president of Mexico....

 
14 August 1832 26 December 1832 Liberal
6 Manuel Gómez Pedraza
Manuel Gómez Pedraza
Manuel Gómez Pedraza was a Mexican general and president of the country from 1832 to 1833....

 
24 December 1832 1 April 1833 Liberal
7 Valentín Gómez Farías
Valentín Gómez Farías
Valentín Gómez Farías was several times acting President of Mexico in the 1830s and 1840s.Gomez Farias was one of the more important political figures in early Mexico. The first presidency of Santa Anna from 1833 to 1836 was a temporary victory for the Mexican Liberals...

 
1 April 1833 16 May 1833 Liberal
8 Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón , often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, known as "the Napoleon of the West," was a Mexican political leader, general, and president who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government...

 
16 May 1833 3 June 1833 Liberal-Conservative
9 Valentín Gómez Farías
Valentín Gómez Farías
Valentín Gómez Farías was several times acting President of Mexico in the 1830s and 1840s.Gomez Farias was one of the more important political figures in early Mexico. The first presidency of Santa Anna from 1833 to 1836 was a temporary victory for the Mexican Liberals...

 
3 June 1833 18 June 1833 Liberal
10 Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón , often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, known as "the Napoleon of the West," was a Mexican political leader, general, and president who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government...

 
18 June 1833 5 July 1833 Liberal-Conservative
11 Valentín Gómez Farías
Valentín Gómez Farías
Valentín Gómez Farías was several times acting President of Mexico in the 1830s and 1840s.Gomez Farias was one of the more important political figures in early Mexico. The first presidency of Santa Anna from 1833 to 1836 was a temporary victory for the Mexican Liberals...

 
5 July 1833 27 October 1833 Liberal
12 Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón , often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, known as "the Napoleon of the West," was a Mexican political leader, general, and president who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government...

 
27 October 1833 15 December 1833 Liberal-Conservative
13 Valentín Gómez Farías
Valentín Gómez Farías
Valentín Gómez Farías was several times acting President of Mexico in the 1830s and 1840s.Gomez Farias was one of the more important political figures in early Mexico. The first presidency of Santa Anna from 1833 to 1836 was a temporary victory for the Mexican Liberals...

 
16 December 1833 24 April 1834 Liberal
14 Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón , often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, known as "the Napoleon of the West," was a Mexican political leader, general, and president who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government...

 
24 April 1834 27 January 1835 Liberal-Conservative
15 Miguel Barragán
Miguel Barragán
Miguel Francisco Barragán Andrade was a Mexican general and a centralist politician. He served as Minister of War in the government of Antonio López de Santa Anna in 1833 and 1834, then as president of Mexico from January 28, 1835 to February 27, 1836.- The War of Independence and the First Empire...

 
28 January 1835 27 February 1836 Liberal
16 José Justo Corro
José Justo Corro
José Justo Corro was a Mexican lawyer, politician, and president of the Republic, from March 2, 1836 to April 19, 1837.-Background:...

 
2 March 1836 19 April 1837 Conservative
17 Anastasio Bustamante
Anastasio Bustamante
Anastasio Bustamante y Oseguera was president of Mexico three times, from 1830 to 1832, from 1837 to 1839 and from 1839 to 1841. He was a Conservative. He first came to power by leading a coup against president Vicente Guerrero...

 
19 April 1837 20 March 1839 Conservative
18 Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón , often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, known as "the Napoleon of the West," was a Mexican political leader, general, and president who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government...

 
20 March 1839 10 July 1839 Liberal-Conservative
19 Nicolás Bravo
Nicolás Bravo
Nicolás Bravo was a Mexican politician and soldier. He distinguished himself in both offices during the 1846–1848 U.S. invasion of Mexico....

 
10 July 1839 19 July 1839 Conservative
20 Anastasio Bustamante
Anastasio Bustamante
Anastasio Bustamante y Oseguera was president of Mexico three times, from 1830 to 1832, from 1837 to 1839 and from 1839 to 1841. He was a Conservative. He first came to power by leading a coup against president Vicente Guerrero...

 
19 July 1839 22 September 1841 Conservative
21 Francisco Javier Echeverría
Francisco Javier Echeverría
Francisco Javier Echeverría was a Mexican businessman, conservative and centralist politician. He served as president of Mexico in late 1841 for a few weeks.-Early years:...

 
22 September 1841 10 October 1841 Conservative
22 Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón , often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, known as "the Napoleon of the West," was a Mexican political leader, general, and president who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government...

 
10 October 1841 26 October 1842 Liberal-Conservative
23 Nicolás Bravo
Nicolás Bravo
Nicolás Bravo was a Mexican politician and soldier. He distinguished himself in both offices during the 1846–1848 U.S. invasion of Mexico....

 
26 October 1842 4 March 1843 Conservative
24 Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón , often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, known as "the Napoleon of the West," was a Mexican political leader, general, and president who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government...

 
4 March 1843 4 October 1843 Liberal-Conservative
25 Valentín Canalizo
Valentín Canalizo
Valentín Canalizo was a Mexican general and conservative politician. He was a supporter of a centralist national government and an obedient follower and confidante of General Antonio López de Santa Anna...

 
4 October 1843 4 June 1844 Conservative
26 Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón , often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, known as "the Napoleon of the West," was a Mexican political leader, general, and president who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government...

 
4 June 1844 12 September 1844 Liberal-Conservative
27 José Joaquín de Herrera  12 September 1844 21 September 1844 Liberal
28 Valentín Canalizo
Valentín Canalizo
Valentín Canalizo was a Mexican general and conservative politician. He was a supporter of a centralist national government and an obedient follower and confidante of General Antonio López de Santa Anna...

 
21 September 1844 6 December 1844 Conservative
29 José Joaquín de Herrera  7 December 1844 30 December 1845 Liberal
30 Gabriel Valencia
Gabriel Valencia
Gabriel Valencia was a Mexican soldier in the early years of the Republic. From December 30, 1845 to January 2, 1846 he served as interim president of Mexico....

 
30 December 1845 2 January 1846 Liberal
31 Mariano Paredes  4 January 1846 28 July 1846 Conservative
32 José Mariano Salas  5 August 1846 23 December 1846 Conservative
33 Valentín Gómez Farías
Valentín Gómez Farías
Valentín Gómez Farías was several times acting President of Mexico in the 1830s and 1840s.Gomez Farias was one of the more important political figures in early Mexico. The first presidency of Santa Anna from 1833 to 1836 was a temporary victory for the Mexican Liberals...

 
24 December 1846 21 March 1847 Liberal
34 Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón , often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, known as "the Napoleon of the West," was a Mexican political leader, general, and president who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government...

 
21 March 1847 2 April 1847 Liberal-Conservative
35 Pedro María de Anaya  2 April 1847 20 May 1847 Liberal
36 Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón , often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, known as "the Napoleon of the West," was a Mexican political leader, general, and president who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government...

 
20 May 1847 15 September 1847 Liberal-Conservative
37 Manuel de la Peña y Peña  26 September 1847 13 November 1847 Liberal
38 Pedro María de Anaya  13 November 1847 8 January 1848 Liberal
39 Manuel de la Peña y Peña  8 January 1848 3 June 1848 Liberal
40 José Joaquín de Herrera  3 June 1848 15 January 1851 Liberal
41 Mariano Arista
Mariano Arista
Mariano Arista was a noted veteran of many of Mexico's nineteenth century wars who served as president of Mexico from 15 January 1851 to 6 January 1853....

 
15 January 1851 6 January 1853 Liberal
42 Juan Bautista Ceballos
Juan Bautista Ceballos
Juan Bautista Ceballos was interim president of Mexico from January 6 to February 8 of 1853. He was a moderate Liberal....

 
6 January 1853 8 February 1853 Liberal
43 Manuel María Lombardini  8 February 1853 20 April 1853 Conservative
44 Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón , often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, known as "the Napoleon of the West," was a Mexican political leader, general, and president who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government...

 
20 April 1853 9 August 1855 Liberal-Conservative
45 Martín Carrera
Martín Carrera
Martín Carrera Sabat was a Mexican general and interim president of the country for about a month in 1855. He was a moderate Liberal....

 
15 August 1855 12 September 1855 Liberal
46 Rómulo Díaz de la Vega
Rómulo Díaz de la Vega
Rómulo Díaz de la Vega was interim president of Mexico in 1855. He studied military science and rose to the rank of general.He was captured at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma....

 
12 September 1855 3 October 1855 Conservative
47 Juan Álvarez
Juan Álvarez
Juan Nepomuceno Álvarez Hurtado was a general and interim president of Mexico for a few months in 1855. He fought in all the major wars of Mexico, from the War of Independence through the Pastry War, the Mexican-American War, and the War of the Reform to the war against the French Intervention...

 
4 October 1855 11 December 1855 Liberal
48 Ignacio Comonfort
Ignacio Comonfort
Ignacio Gregorio Comonfort de los Ríos was a Mexican politician and military officer who served as President of Mexico....

 
15 September 1855 21 January 1858 Liberal

Liberal Presidents of Mexico during the Reform War
Reform War
The Reform War in Mexico is one of the episodes of the long struggle between Liberal and Conservative forces that dominated the country’s history in the 19th century. The Liberals wanted a federalist government, limiting traditional Catholic Church and military influence in the country...

 (1858-1864)

President Took office Left office Party
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...

 
19 January 1858 10 April 1864 Liberal

Conservative Presidents of Mexico during the Reform War
Reform War
The Reform War in Mexico is one of the episodes of the long struggle between Liberal and Conservative forces that dominated the country’s history in the 19th century. The Liberals wanted a federalist government, limiting traditional Catholic Church and military influence in the country...

 (1858-1862)

# | President Took office Left office Party
49 Félix Zuloaga
Félix María Zuloaga
Félix María Zuloaga Trillo was a Mexican general and a Conservative leader in the War of Reform. In the late 1850s and early 1860s, Zuloaga served as unconstitutional interim conservative president of Mexico .-Early years:Zuloaga was born in Álamos, Sonora...

 
21 January 1858 24 December 1858 Conservative
50 Manuel Robles Pezuela
Manuel Robles Pezuela
Manuel Robles Pezuela . He was unconstitutional provisional President of Mexico from 1858 to 1859 on the conservatory side in the Mexican War of the Reform, serving by appointment of a military junta in opposition to the constitutional President, Benito Juárez who was the head of the liberal...

 
24 December 1858 21 January 1859 Conservative
51 José Mariano Salas  21 January 1859 2 February 1859 Conservative
* Félix Zuloaga
Félix María Zuloaga
Félix María Zuloaga Trillo was a Mexican general and a Conservative leader in the War of Reform. In the late 1850s and early 1860s, Zuloaga served as unconstitutional interim conservative president of Mexico .-Early years:Zuloaga was born in Álamos, Sonora...

 
24 January 1859 1 February 1859 Conservative
52 Miguel Miramón
Miguel Miramón
Miguel Gregorio de la Luz Atenógenes Miramón y Tarelo was a Mexican conservative general. He served as unconstitutional interim conservative president of Mexico .Miramón was born in Mexico City into a family of French heritage...

 
2 February 1859 12 August 1860 Conservative
53 José Ignacio Pavón
José Ignacio Pavón
José Ignacio Pavón was a Mexican lawyer, jurist and politician. From August 13, 1860 to August 15, 1860, he served as unconstitutional interim conservative president of Mexico .Pavón was born in Veracruz, where he began his studies...

 
13 August 1860 15 August 1860 Conservative
54 Miguel Miramón
Miguel Miramón
Miguel Gregorio de la Luz Atenógenes Miramón y Tarelo was a Mexican conservative general. He served as unconstitutional interim conservative president of Mexico .Miramón was born in Mexico City into a family of French heritage...

 
15 August 1860 24 December 1860 Conservative
55 Félix Zuloaga
Félix María Zuloaga
Félix María Zuloaga Trillo was a Mexican general and a Conservative leader in the War of Reform. In the late 1850s and early 1860s, Zuloaga served as unconstitutional interim conservative president of Mexico .-Early years:Zuloaga was born in Álamos, Sonora...

 
28 December 1860 28 December 1862 Conservative

Second Mexican Empire
Second Mexican Empire
The Second Mexican Empire was the name of Mexico under the regime established from 1864 to 1867. It was created by Napoleon III of France, who attempted to use the Mexican adventure to recapture some of the grandeur of earlier Napoleonic times...

 (1863-1867)

Between 21 April 1862 to 12 January 1863 Juan Nepomuceno Almonte
Juan Almonte
Juan Nepomuceno Almonte was a 19th century Mexican official, soldier and diplomat. He was a veteran of the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution...

 was recognized by the conservatives as the Supreme head of the Mexican Nation and between 20 June 1863 to 25 June 1863, Teodosio Lares was the president the Assembly Superior of Government of Mexico. In 25 June 1863, the Supreme Executive Power was integrated, and this organization was responsible for convening the creation of the Second Mexican Empire with a creation of the Regency.

Regency (1863-1864)

# | Regents Took office Left office Party
11 Juan Nepomuceno Almonte
Juan Almonte
Juan Nepomuceno Almonte was a 19th century Mexican official, soldier and diplomat. He was a veteran of the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution...

 
11 Jul 1863 10 April 1864 Conservative
José Mariano Salas  11 Jul 1863 10 April 1864 Conservative
Juan Bautista de Ormaechea y Ernaiz  11 Jul 1863 10 April 1864 Conservative
Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos
Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos
Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos was a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, lawyer and doctor of canon law, and politician...

 
11 Jul 1863 10 April 1864 Conservative
José Ignacio Pavón
José Ignacio Pavón
José Ignacio Pavón was a Mexican lawyer, jurist and politician. From August 13, 1860 to August 15, 1860, he served as unconstitutional interim conservative president of Mexico .Pavón was born in Veracruz, where he began his studies...

 
11 Jul 1863 10 April 1864 Conservative

Maximilian I (1864-1867)

# | Emperor Reign Start Reign Ended Royal House | Consort
16 Maximilian I  10 April 1864 15 May 1867 Habsburg  Charlotte of Belgium
Charlotte of Belgium
Charlotte of Belgium is remembered today as Carlota of Mexico as empress consort of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico, ex-Archduke of Austria.-Princess of Belgium:The only daughter of Leopold I, King of the Belgians by his second wife,...

 

Presidents of Mexico (1867-1911)

# | President Took office Left office Party
56 Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...

 
15 May 1867 18 July 1872 Liberal
57 Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada y Corral was a jurist and Liberal president of Mexico.-Background:...

 
19 July 1872 20 November 1876 Liberal
58 José María Iglesias
José María Iglesias
José María Iglesias Inzaurraga was a Mexican lawyer, professor, journalist and politician. From October 31, 1876 to January 23, 1877 he claimed the interim presidency of Mexico...

 
31 October 1876 15 March 1877 Liberal
59 Porfirio Díaz
Porfirio Díaz
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican-American War volunteer and French intervention hero, an accomplished general and the President of Mexico continuously from 1876 to 1911, with the exception of a brief term in 1876 when he left Juan N...

 
28 November 1876 6 December 1876 Liberal
60 Juan N. Méndez
Juan N. Méndez
Juan Nepomuceno Méndez was a Mexican general, a Liberal politician and confidante of Porfirio Díaz, and interim president of the Republic for a few months during the Porfiriato...

 
6 December 1876 17 February 1877 Liberal
61 Porfirio Díaz
Porfirio Díaz
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican-American War volunteer and French intervention hero, an accomplished general and the President of Mexico continuously from 1876 to 1911, with the exception of a brief term in 1876 when he left Juan N...

 
17 February 1877 30 November 1880 Liberal
62 Manuel González  1 December 1880 30 November 1884 Liberal
63 Porfirio Díaz
Porfirio Díaz
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican-American War volunteer and French intervention hero, an accomplished general and the President of Mexico continuously from 1876 to 1911, with the exception of a brief term in 1876 when he left Juan N...

 
1 December 1884 25 May 1911 Liberal

Presidents of Mexico during the Mexican Revolution
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle that started in 1910, with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio Díaz. The Revolution was characterized by several socialist, liberal, anarchist, populist, and agrarianist movements. Over time the Revolution...

 (1911-1920)

# | President Took office Left office Party
64 Francisco León de la Barra
Francisco León de la Barra
Francisco León de la Barra y Quijano was a Mexican political figure and diplomat, who served as interim president of Mexico from May 25 to November 6, 1911....

 
25 May 1911 6 November 1911 Democratic Liberal (PLD)
65 Francisco I. Madero
Francisco I. Madero
Francisco Ignacio Madero González was a politician, writer and revolutionary who served as President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913. As a respectable upper-class politician, he supplied a center around which opposition to the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz could coalesce...

 
6 November 1911 19 February 1913 Anti-reelectionist
Progressive Constitutional (PCP)
66 Pedro Lascuráin
Pedro Lascuráin
Pedro José Domingo de la Calzada Manuel María Lascuráin Paredes was both Mexico's and the world's briefest-ever serving president....

 
19 February 1913 Anti-reelectionist
Progressive Constitutional (PCP)
67 Victoriano Huerta
Victoriano Huerta
José Victoriano Huerta Márquez was a Mexican military officer and president of Mexico. Huerta's supporters were known as Huertistas during the Mexican Revolution...

 
19 February 1913 15 July 1914 Democratic Liberal (PDL)
68 Francisco S. Carvajal
Francisco S. Carvajal
Francisco Sebastián Carvajal y Gual was a Mexican lawyer and politician who served briefly as president in 1914. In his role as foreign minister, he succeeded Victoriano Huerta as president upon the latter's resignation.Born in 1870 in Campeche, Carvajal studied jurisprudence...

 
15 July 1914 13 August 1914 Democratic Liberal (PLD)
69 Venustiano Carranza
Venustiano Carranza
Venustiano Carranza de la Garza, was one of the leaders of the Mexican Revolution. He ultimately became President of Mexico following the overthrow of the dictatorial Huerta regime in the summer of 1914 and during his administration the current constitution of Mexico was drafted...

 
20 August 1914 24 May 1920 Liberal Constitutionalist (PLC)
* Eulalio Gutiérrez
Eulalio Gutiérrez
Eulalio Gutiérrez Ortiz was elected provisional president of Mexico during the Aguascalientes Convention and led the country for a few months between November 6, 1914, and January 16, 1915....

 
6 November 1914 16 January 1915 No Party
Conventionists
Conventionists (Mexico)
The Conventionists were a faction led by Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata which grew in opposition to the Constitutionalists of Venustiano Carranza and Álvaro Obregón during the Mexican Revolution. It was named for the Convention of Aguascalientes of October to November 1914.Obregón defeated the...

Roque González Garza
Roque González Garza
Roque González Garza was a Mexican general and acting president of the Republic from January to June 1915....

 
16 January 1915 10 June 1915
Francisco Lagos Cházaro
Francisco Lagos Cházaro
Francisco Jerónimo de Jesús Lagos Cházaro Mortero was acting President of Mexico designated by the Convention of Aguascalientes from June 10, 1915 to October 10, 1915....

 
10 June 1915 10 October 1915
70 Adolfo de la Huerta
Adolfo de la Huerta
Felipe Adolfo de la Huerta Marcor was a Mexican politician and interim President of Mexico from June 1 to December 1, 1920....

 
24 May 1920 30 November 1920 Liberal Constitutionalist (PLC)

Presidents of Mexico since the Mexican Revolution
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle that started in 1910, with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio Díaz. The Revolution was characterized by several socialist, liberal, anarchist, populist, and agrarianist movements. Over time the Revolution...

 (since 1920)

# | President Elected Took office Left office Party
71 Álvaro Obregón
Álvaro Obregón
General Álvaro Obregón Salido was the President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924. He was assassinated in 1928, shortly after winning election to another presidential term....

 
1920
Mexican general election, 1920
General elections were held in Mexico on October 26, 1920. The result was a victory for Álvaro Obregón, who received 95.8% of the vote.-President:...

 
1 December 1920 30 November 1924 Mexican Laborist Party (PLM)
72 Plutarco Elías Calles
Plutarco Elías Calles
Plutarco Elías Calles was a Mexican general and politician. He was president of Mexico from 1924 to 1928, but he continued to be the de facto ruler from 1928–1935, a period known as the maximato...

 
1924
Mexican general election, 1924
General elections were held in Mexico in 1924. Plutarco Elías Calles won the presidential elections with 84.1% of the vote.-President:...

 
1 December 1924 30 November 1928 Mexican Laborist Party (PLM)
73 Emilio Portes Gil
Emilio Portes Gil
Emilio Cándido Portes Gil was President of Mexico from 1928 to 1930.-Biography:Portes Gil was born in Ciudad Victoria, the capital of the state of Tamaulipas in northeast Mexico....

 
1928
Mexican general election, 1928
General elections were held in Mexico in 1928. Emilio Portes Gil was the only candidate in the presidential elections, and was elected unopposed.-President:...

 
1 December 1928 5 February 1930 National Revolutionary Party (PNR)
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...

74 Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Pascual Ortiz Rubio was a Mexican politician. He was born in Morelia, Michoacán as the son of Pascual Ortiz de Ayala y Huerta and Lenor Rubio Cornelis...

 
1929
Mexican general election, 1929
General elections were held in Mexico in 1929. The presidential elections were won by Pascual Ortiz Rubio, who received 93.6% of the vote.-President:...

 
5 February 1930 2 September 1932 National Revolutionary Party (PNR)
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...

75 Abelardo L. Rodríguez
Abelardo L. Rodríguez
Abelardo Rodríguez Luján, commonly known as Abelardo L. Rodríguez was the interim president of Mexico from 1932–1934, completing the term of Pascual Ortiz after his resignation.-Early life:...

 
2 September 1932 30 November 1934 National Revolutionary Party (PNR)
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...

76 Lázaro Cárdenas
Lázaro Cárdenas
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río was President of Mexico from 1934 to 1940.-Early life:Lázaro Cárdenas was born on May 21, 1895 in a lower-middle class family in the village of Jiquilpan, Michoacán. He supported his family from age 16 after the death of his father...

 
1934
Mexican general election, 1934
General elections were held in Mexico on 1 July 1934. The presidential elections were won by Lázaro Cárdenas, who received 98.2% of the vote.-President:...

 
1 December 1934 30 November 1940 National Revolutionary Party (PNR)
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...

77 Manuel Ávila Camacho
Manuel Ávila Camacho
Manuel Ávila Camacho served as the President of Mexico from 1940 to 1946.Manuel Ávila was born in the city of Teziutlán, a small town in Puebla, to middle-class parents, Manuel Ávila Castillo and Eufrosina Camacho Bello. He had several siblings, among them sister María Jovita Ávila Camacho and...

 
1940
Mexican general election, 1940
General elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1940. The presidential elections were won by Manuel Avila Camacho, who received 93.9% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Party of the Mexican Revolution won all but one of the 173 seats....

 
1 December 1940 30 November 1946 Party of the Mexican Revolution (PRM)
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...

78 Miguel Alemán Valdés
Miguel Alemán Valdés
Miguel Alemán Valdés served as the President of Mexico from 1946 to 1952.-Life:Alemán was born in Sayula in the state of Veracruz as the son of General Miguel Alemán González and Tomasa Valdés Ledezma...

 
1946
Mexican general election, 1946
General elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1946. The presidential elections were won by Miguel Alemán Valdés, who received 77.9% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 141 of the 147 seats.-President:...

 
1 December 1946 30 November 1952 Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...

79 Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines was President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958, representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party he was one of the oldest presidents of Mexico...

 
1952
Mexican general election, 1952
General elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1952. The presidential elections were won by Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, who received 74.3% of the vote...

 
1 December 1952 30 November 1958 Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...

80 Adolfo López Mateos
Adolfo López Mateos
Adolfo López Mateos was a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served as President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964...

 
1958
Mexican general election, 1958
General elections were held in Mexico on 6 July 1958. The presidential elections were won by Adolfo López Mateos, who received 90.4% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 153 of the 162 seats.-President:...

 
1 December 1958 30 November 1964 Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...

81 Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Bolaños served as the President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970.- Political career :Díaz Ordaz was born in San Andrés Chalchícomula . His father, Ramón Díaz Ordaz Redonet, worked as an accountant, while his mother, Sabina Bolaños Cacho de Díaz Ordaz, worked as a school teacher...

 
1964
Mexican general election, 1964
General elections were held in Mexico on 5 July 1964. The presidential elections were won by Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, who received 90.4% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 175 of the 210 seats.-President:...

 
1 December 1964 30 November 1970 Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...

82 Luis Echeverría
Luis Echeverría
Luis Echeverría Álvarez served as President of Mexico from 1970 to 1976.-Early history:Echeverría joined the faculty of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1947 and taught political theory...

 
1970
Mexican general election, 1970
General elections were held in Mexico on 5 July 1970. The presidential elections were won by Luis Echeverría Álvarez, who received 86.0% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 178 of the 213 seats, as well as winning all 64 seats in the Senate...

 
1 December 1970 30 November 1976 Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...

83 José López Portillo
José López Portillo
José López Portillo y Pacheco was the President of Mexico from 1976 to 1982.Born in Mexico City, López Portillo studied Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico before beginning his political career with the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1959.He held several positions in the...

 
1976
Mexican general election, 1976
General elections were held in Mexico on 4 July 1976. José López Portillo was the only candidate in the presidential election, and was elected unopposed. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 195 of the 237 seats, as well as winning all 64 seats in the...

 
1 December 1976 30 November 1982 Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...

84 Miguel de la Madrid
Miguel de la Madrid
Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served as President of Mexico from 1982 to 1988.-Biography:...

 
1982
Mexican general election, 1982
General elections were held in Mexico on 4 July 1982. The presidential elections were won by Miguel de la Madrid, who received 74.3% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 299 of the 372 seats, as well as winning 63 of the 64 seats in the Senate...

 
1 December 1982 30 November 1988 Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...

85 Carlos Salinas de Gortari  1988
Mexican general election, 1988
General elections were held in Mexico on July 6, 1988. The presidential elections were won by Carlos Salinas de Gortari, who received 50.7% of the vote, the lowest for a winning candidate since direct elections were introduced for the presidency in 1917...

 
1 December 1988 30 November 1994 Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...

86 Ernesto Zedillo
Ernesto Zedillo
Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León is a Mexican economist and politician. He served as President of Mexico from December 1, 1994 to November 30, 2000, as the last of the uninterrupted seventy year line of Mexican presidents from the Institutional Revolutionary Party...

 
1994
Mexican general election, 1994
General elections were held in Mexico on 21 August 1994. The presidential elections resulted in a victory for Ernesto Zedillo of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, whilst the PRI won 300 of the 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 95 of the 128 seats in the Senate...

 
1 December 1994 30 November 2000 Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...

87 Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox Quesada is a Mexican former politician who served as President of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006 and currently serves as co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organization of Christian democratic political parties.Fox was elected...

 
2000
Mexican general election, 2000
General elections were held in Mexico on 6 July 2000. The presidential elections were won by Vicente Fox of the Alliance for Change, who received 43.4% of the vote, the first time the opposition had won an election since the Mexican Revolution...

 
1 December 2000 30 November 2006 National Action Party (PAN)
National Action Party (Mexico)
The National Action Party , is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Centre-Right in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the...

88 Felipe Calderón
Felipe Calderón
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for a single six-year term through 2012...

 
2006
Mexican general election, 2006
A general election was held in Mexico on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the federal level:*A new President of the Republic to serve a six-year term, replacing then Mexican President Vicente Fox .*500 members to serve for a...

 
1 December 2006 Incumbent
(term expires 30 November 2012)
National Action Party (PAN)
National Action Party (Mexico)
The National Action Party , is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Centre-Right in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the...


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