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 Cuitláhuac García Jiménez, who assumed the position on December 1, 2018. He is a member of the National Regeneration Movement.

Governor of Veracruz
Incumbent
Cuitláhuac García Jiménez
since December 1, 2018
Term lengthSix years, non-renewable.

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, Federal and Central, 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.

Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz
  • (1825 - 1828): 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 the Santa Anna's centralist Siete Leyes (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 - 871): 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

Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave

See also

References
  1. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/16/fugitive-mexican-governor-javier-duarte-arrested-alleged-corruption/
  2. PGR México [@PGR_mx] (7 January 2017). "#Recompensa ¿Tienes información que ayude a la localización y aprehensión de #JavierDuarte?" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. http://www.reforma.com/aplicacioneslibre/preacceso/articulo/default.aspx?id=970766&urlredirect=http://www.reforma.com/aplicaciones/articulo/default.aspx?id=970766
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