Governor of Nuevo León

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 residency in Nuevo León.

The governor's term begins on October 4 and finishes on October 3 6 years later. Elections occur 3 years before/after presidential elections.

Nuevo Reino de León

1. Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva, 1580–1588
2. Diego de Montemayor, 1588–1610
3. Diego de Montemayor (el mozo), 1610–1611
4. Diego Rodríguez, 1612–1614
5. Agustín de Zavala, 1614–1625
6. Martín de Zavala, 1625–1664
7. León de Alza, 1665–1667
8. Nicolás de Azcárraga, 1667–1676
9. Domingo de Prudena, 1676–1681
10. Blas de la Garza y Falcón, 1681
11. Domingo de Videgaray y Zarza, 1681
12. Francisco de la Calancha y Valenzuela, 1681
13. Blas de la Garza Falcón, 1681
14. Juan de Echeverría, 1681–1682
15. Diego de Villarreal, 1682–1683
16. Alonso de León, 1683–1684
17. Antonio de Echevérez y Subiza, 1684–1687
18. Francisco Cuervo de Valdés, 1687–1688
19. Pedro Fernández de la Ventosa, 1688–1693
20. Juan Pérez de Merino, 1693–1698
21. Juan Francisco de Vergara y Mendoza 1698–1703
22. Francisco Báez Treviño, 1703–1705
23. Gregorio de Salinas Varona, 1705–1707
24. Cipriano García de Pruneda, 1707–1708
25. Luis García de Pruneda 1708–1710
26. Francisco Mier y Torre, 1710–1714
27. Francisco Báez Treviño 1714–1718
28. Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollón 1718
29. Francisco de Barbadillo y Vitoria, 1719–1723
30. Juan José de Arriaga y Brambila, 1723–1725
31. Pedro de Sarabia Cortés, 1725–1729
32. Bernardino de Meneses Monroy y Mendoza, 1730–1731
33. Juan Antonio Fernández de Jáuregui y Urrutia, 1731–1740
34. Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella, 1740–1746
35. Vicente Bueno de Borbolla, 1746–1751
36. Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella, 1752–1757
37. Juan Manuel Muñoz de Villavicencio, 1757–1762
38. Carlos de Velasco, 1762–1764
39. Ignacio Ussel y Guimbarda, 1764–1772
40. Francisco de Echegaray, 1772–1773
41. Melchor Vidal de Lorca y Villena, 1773
42. Vicente González de Santianes, 1773–1788
43. Manuel Bahamonde y Villamil, 1788–1795
44. Simón de Herrera y Leyva, 1795–1810

Mexican War of Independence

1. Manuel de Santa María, 1810–1811
2. José Santiago Villarreal, 1811
3. Blas José Gómez de Castro, 1811–1813
4. Ramón Díaz Bustamante, 1813
5. José Antonio Mujica, 1814
6. Froilán de Mier y Noguera, 1815
7. Francisco Bruno Barreda, 1816 and 1818–1821
8. Bernardo Villamil, 1817–1818

First Mexican Republic

1. Juan de Echandía 1822
2. Francisco de Mier y Noriega, 1823
3. José Antonio Rodríguez, 1824
4. José María Parás, 1825–1827 and 1848–1850.
5. Manuel Gómez Castro, 1827–1829 and 1833.
6. Joaquín García, 1829–1833 and 1837–1839.
7. Manuel María de Llano, 1833–1834 and 1839–1845.
8. Juan Nepomuceno de la Garza y Evía, 1835–1837 and 1845–1846.
9. José María Ortega, 1841
10. Pedro de Ampudia, 1846 and 1853–1854
11. Pedro José García, 1850–1851

Separatist attempts

1. Agapito García Dávila, 1851–1853
2. Mariano Morret, 1854
3. Jerónimo Cardona, 1854–1855
4. Santiago Vidaurri, 1855–1859 and 1860–1864.
5. José Silvestre Aramberri, 1859

French intervention

1. Jesús María Benítez y Pinillos, 1864
2. Mariano Escobedo, 1865
3. Simón de la Garza Melo, 1865
4. Mariano Escobedo, 1866
5. Manuel Z. Gómez, 1866–1867

Second Mexican Republic

• Jerónimo Treviño, 1867–1869
• Simón de la Garza Melo, 1869
• Lázaro Garza Ayala, 1869
• José Eleuterio González, 1870
• Jerónimo Treviño; 1871, 1877 and 1913
• Genaro Garza García, 1871
• Lázaro Garza Ayala, 1872
• Narciso Dávila, 1872
• José Eleuterio González, 1872–1873
• Ramón Treviño, 1873
• José Eleuterio González, 1874
• Ramón Treviño, 1874
• Francisco González Doria, 1874
• Carlos Fuero, 1875–1876
• Narciso Dávila, 1876
• Canuto García, 1876
• Genaro Garza García 1876

Under Porfirio Díaz

• Genaro Garza García, 1877–1879
• Viviano L. Villareal, 1879–1881
• Genaro Garza García, 1881–1883
• Canuto García, 1883–1885
• Genaro Garza García, 1885
• Bernardo Reyes; 1885–1887, 1889–1900, and 1903–1909
• Lázaro Garza Ayala, 1887–1889
• Pedro Benítez Leal, 1900–1902
• José María Mier, 1909–1910

Mexican Revolution

1. Leobardo Chapa, 1910–1911
2. Viviano L. Villarreal, 1911–1913
3. Salomé Botello, 1913–1914
4. Antonio de la Paz Guerra, 1914
5. Antonio I Villarreal, 1914–1915
6. Rafael Cepeda de la Fuente, 1915
7. Felipe Ángeles, 1915
8. Raúl Madero, 1915
9. Ildefonso V. Vázquez, 1915
10. Pablo A. de la Garza, 1915 and 1916
11. Diódoro dela Garza, 1916
12. Alfredo Recaut, 1917

Constitution

1. Nicéforo Zambrano, 1917–1919
2. José E. Santos, 1919–1920
3. Humberto Barros, 1920
4. Felix G. Lozano, 1920
5. Porfirio G. González, 1920 and 1923–1925
6. Juan M. García, 1921
7. Leocadio M. González, 1922
8. Ramiro Támez, 1922 and 1923
9. Pedro Guajardo, 1923
10. Alfredo Pérez, 1923
11. Anastacio Treviño Martínez, 1923
12. José Juan Vallejo, 1923
13. Jerónimo Siller, 1925–1927
14. José Benítez, 1928

Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)

1. Plutarco Elías Calles (son), 1929
2. Generoso Chapa Garza, 1929
3. Aarón Sáenz, 1927 and 1929–1931
4. Francisco A. Cárdenas, 1931–1933
5. Pablo Quiroga, 1933–1935
6. Ángel Santos Cervantes, 1935
7. Gregorio Morales Sánchez, 1935–1936
8. Anacleto Guerrero Guajardo, 1936–1939
9. Bonifacio Salinas Leal, 1939–1943
10. Arturo B. de la Garza, 1943–1949
11. Ignacio Morones Prieto, 1949–1952
12. José S. Vivanco, 1952–1955
13. Raúl Rangel Frías, 1955–1961
14. Eduardo Livas Villarreal, 1961–1967
15. Eduardo Elizondo, 1967–1971
16. Luis M. Farías, 1971–1973
17. Pedro Zorrilla Martínez, 1973–1979
18. Alfonso Martínez Domínguez, 1979–1985
19. Jorge Treviño, 1985–1991
20. Sócrates Rizzo, 1991–1995
21. Benjamín Clariond, 1995–1997

Multi-party

1. Fernando Canales, PAN, 1997–2003
2. Fernando Elizondo, PAN, 2003 (interim)
3. José Natividad González Parás, PRI, 2003–2009
4. Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz, PRI, 2009–2015

Sources

• This article originated as a translation of the corresponding article in the Spanish-language Wikipedia. That, in turn, gives the following sources:
  • La Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Nuevo León
  • Israel Cavazos: Breve historia de Nuevo León