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Mexican Heads of State Since Independence


Emperor Agustín de Iturbide,1822-23

The Republic

Guadalupe Victoria (Félix Fernández), 1824-29
Vicente Guerrero, 1829
José María Bocanegra (interim) 1829
Pedro Vélez, Luis Quintanar, and 1829 Lucas Alamán, triumvirate
Anastasio Bustamante.1830-32, 1837-39, and 1842
Melchor Muzquiz (interim) 1832
Manuel Gómez Pedraza 1833
Antonio López de Santa Anna,variously from 1833 to 1855
Valentín Gómez Farías, 1833, 1834, and 1847
Miguel Barragán 1835-36
José Justo Corro 1836-37
Nicolas Bravo variously from 1839 to 1846
Javier Echeverría 1841
Valentín Canalizo 1844
José Joaquín Herrera ( interim ) 1844, 1845, and 1848-51
Maríano Paredes Arrillaga 1846
Maríano Salas 1846
Pedro María Anaya 1847 and 1848
Manuel de la Peña y Peña 1847 and 1848
Maríano Arista 1851-53
Juan Bautista Ceballos (interim) 1853
Manuel María Lombardini 1853
Martín Carrera (interim) 1855
Romulo Díaz de la Vega 1855

THE REFORMA AND THE FRENCH INTERVENTION

Juan Alvarez, 1855
Ignacio Comonfort, 1855-58

Liberal Government Benito Juárez, 1855-72

Conservative Government Felix Zuloaga,1858 and 1859
Manuel Robles Pezuela 1858
Miguel Miramón, 1859-60
Ignacio Pavón 1860
Conservative Junta 1860- 64

Emperor Maximilian von Hapsburg, 1864-67

THE RESTORED REPUBLIC

Benito Juárez 1867-72
Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada, 1872-76

THE PORFIRIATO

Juan N. Mendez 1876
Porfirio Díaz , 1876-80; 1884-1911
Manuel González 1880-84

THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION

Francisco León de la Barra (interim) l913
Francisco I. Madero, 1911-1913
Pedro Lascuraín (interim) 1913
Victoriano Huerta (interim), 1913-14
Francisco S. Carbajal (interim) 1914
Venustiano Carranza, 1914; 1915-20
Eulalio Gutiérrez (interim, named by the 1914 Convention of Aguascalientes)
Roque González Garza 1914
Francisco Lagos Chazaro 1915

THE SONORAN DYNASTY

dolfo de la Huerta (interim ), 1920
Alvaro Obregón, 1920-24
Plutarco Elías Calles, 1924-28

THE MAXIMATO

Emilio Portes Gil (interim), 1928-30
Pascual Ortiz Rubio, 1930-32
Abelardo L. Rodríguez (interim,1932-34

REVOLUTIONARY RENEWAL

Lázaro Cárdenas, 1934-40

THE INSTITUTIONALIZED REVOLUTION

Manuel Avila Camacho,1940-46
Miguel Alemán Valdes, 1946-52
Adolfo Ruíz Cortines, 1952-58
Adolfo López Mateos , 1958-64
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, 1964-70
Luis Echeverría Alvarez. 1970-76
José López Portillo , 1976-82
Miguel de la Madrid , 1982-88
Carlos Salinas de Gortari, l988-94
Ernesto Zedillo, 1994-2000

The Age of the Partido Acción Nacional

Vicente Fox Quesada, 2000-2006
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa 2006-2012

Partido Revolucionario Institucional

Enrique Peña Nieto 2012-2018

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