Heads of State of Mexico
United Mexican States
President of the United Mexican States
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1794; d. June 21 1876.
Conservative Party
1833
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1794; d. June 21 1876.
Conservative Party
1833
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1794; d. June 21 1876.
Conservative Party
1833
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1794; d. June 21 1876.
Conservative Party
1834 – 1835
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (*interim)
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1794; d. June 21 1876.
Conservative Party
1839
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (*provisional)
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1794; d. June 21 1876.
Conservative Party
1841 – 1842
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (*provisional)
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1794; d. June 21 1876.
Conservative Party
1843
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (*provisional)
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1794; d. June 21 1876.
Conservative Party
1844
José Joaquín Antonio Florencio de Herrera y Ricardos
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1792; d. February 10 1854.
Liberal Party
1844
José Joaquín Antonio Florencio de Herrera y Ricardos
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1792; d. February 10 1854.
Liberal Party
1844 – 1845
José Mariano Epifanio Paredes y Arrillaga
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1797; d. September 7 1849.
Conservative Party
1845 – 1846
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (*interim)
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1794; d. June 21 1876.
Conservative Party
1847
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (*interim)
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1794; d. June 21 1876.
Conservative Party
1847
José Joaquín Antonio Florencio de Herrera y Ricardos
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1792; d. February 10 1854.
Liberal Party
1848 – 1851
José Mariano Martín Buenaventura Ignacio Nepomuceno García de Arista Nuez
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1802; d. August 7 1855.
Liberal Party
1851 – 1853
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1794; d. June 21 1876.
Conservative Party
1853 – 1855
Benito Pablo Juárez García
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1806; d. July 18 1872.
Liberal Party
1858 – 1864
Benito Pablo Juárez García
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1806; d. July 18 1872.
Liberal Party
1867 – 1872
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada y Corral
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1823; d. April 21 1889.
Liberal Party
1872 – 1876
José María Juan Nepomuceno Crisóforo Iglesias Inzáurraga
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1823; d. December 17 1891.
Liberal Party
1876
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1830; d. July 2 1915.
Liberal Party
1876
Juan Nepomuceno Laureano Méndez Sánchez
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1824; d. November 29 1894.
Liberal Party
1876 – 1877
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1830; d. July 2 1915.
Liberal Party
1877 – 1880
José Manuel del Refugio González Flores
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1833; d. May 8 1893.
Liberal Party
1880 – 1884
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1830; d. July 2 1915.
Liberal Party
1884 – 1911
Francisco León de la Barra y Quijano
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 16 1863; d. September 23 1939.
Independent
1911
Francisco Ignacio Madero González
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 30 1873; d. February 22 1913.
Progressive Constitutionalist Party
1911 – 1913
Pedro José Domingo de la Calzada Manuel María Lascuráin Paredes
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1856; d. July 21 1952.
Progressive Constitutionalist Party
1913
José Victoriano Huerta Márquez
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1850; d. January 13 1916.
Independent
1913 – 1914
Francisco Sebastián Carvajal y Gual
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1870; d. September 30 1932.
Independent
1914
Head of the Executive Power and First Chief of the Constitutional Army
José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1859; d. May 21 1920.
Liberal Constitutionalist Party
1914 – 1917
Presidents recognized by the Convention of Aguascalientes
Eulalio Gutiérrez Ortiz
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 2 1881; d. August 12 1939.
Independent
1914 – 1915
Roque Victoriano González Garza
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 23 1885; d. November 12 1962.
Independent
1915
Francisco Jerónimo de Jesús Lagos Cházaro Mortero
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1878; d. November 13 1932.
Independent
1915
United Mexican States (1917 – present)
Heads of State of the United Mexican States
The modern Mexican presidency is founded upon the 1917 Constitution of Mexico, adopted in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution. This constitution established a strong, single-executive presidential system, combining formal democratic structures with significant executive authority. The president of Mexico serves as both head of state and head of government, elected for a single six-year term (sexenio) with no possibility of re-election, a principle designed to prevent the return of long-term personal rule.
In its early decades, the presidency operated within a political system still shaped by the instability of the рost-revolutionary period. While the constitutional structure was in place, real power often depended on personal influence and revolutionary legitimacy. This was most evident during the so-called Maximato (1928–1934), when former president Plutarco Elías Calles exercised decisive influence over successive officeholders despite no longer holding the presidency himself.
President of the United Mexican States
José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1859; d. May 21 1920.
Liberal Constitutionalist Party
1917 – 1920
Felipe Adolfo de la Huerta Marcor
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1881; d. July 9 1955.
Liberal Constitutionalist Party
1920
Álvaro Obregón Salido
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 19 1880; d. July 17 1928.
Mexican Laborist Party
1920 – 1924
Plutarco Elías Calles
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 25 1877; d. October 19 1945.
Mexican Laborist Party
1924 – 1928
Emilio Cándido Portes Gil
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1890; d. December 10 1978.
National Revolutionary Party
1928 – 1930
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1877; d. November 4 1963.
National Revolutionary Party
1930 – 1932
Abelardo Rodríguez Luján
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1889; d. February 13 1967.
National Revolutionary Party
1932 – 1934
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1895; d. October 19 1970.
National Revolutionary Party
1934 – 1940
Manuel Ávila Camacho
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1897; d. October 13 1955.
Party of the Mexican Revolution
1940 – 1946
Miguel Alemán Valdés
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 29 1900; d. May 14 1983.
Institutional Revolutionary Party
1946 – 1952
Adolfo Tomás Ruiz Cortines
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1889; d. December 3 1973.
Institutional Revolutionary Party
1952 – 1958
Adolfo López Mateos
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1909; d. September 22 1969.
Institutional Revolutionary Party
1958 – 1964
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Bolaños
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1911; d. July 15 1979.
Institutional Revolutionary Party
1964 – 1970
Luis Echeverría Álvarez
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1922; d. July 8 2022.
Institutional Revolutionary Party
1970 – 1976
José Guillermo Abel López Portillo
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 16 1920; d. February 17 2004.
Institutional Revolutionary Party
1976 – 1982
Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 12 1934; d. April 1 2012.
Institutional Revolutionary Party
1982 – 1988
Carlos Salinas de Gotari
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1948.
Institutional Revolutionary Party
1988 – 1994
Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1951.
Institutional Revolutionary Party
1994 – 2000
Vicente Fox Quesada
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1942.
National Action Party
2000 – 2006
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1962.
National Action Party
2006 – 2012
Enrique Peña Nieto
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1966.
Institutional Revolutionary Party
2012 – 2018
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1953.
National Regeneration Movement
2018 – 2024
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1962.
Presidential elections contested: 2024 Mexican presidential election as National Regeneration Movement (Morena) presidential nominee (won).
Other prominent offices: Head of Government of Mexico City (2018 – 2023).
National Regeneration Movement
2024 – present