List of Mexican state governors

State governments by party (as of 2005-2006)

The United Mexican States ("Mexico") is a federal republic comprising 31 states and one federal district (the Mexican Federal District, or Distrito Federal, which contains the capital, Mexico City).

According to the 1917 Constitution, executive power in each of those states is deposited in a governor, who is elected for a six-year term by direct, popular, secret universal suffrage.The Head of Government of the Federal District is not considered a governorship, but the position is included on this list of governors for the sake of completeness.
 

State	Governor	Took office on Date elected	Party
Aguascalientes past governors> Luis Armando Reynoso | 2004-12-01 2004-08-01 | PAN
Baja California past governors> Eugenio Elorduy Walther | 2001-11-01 2001-07-08| PAN
Baja California Sur  past governors> Narciso Agúndez Montaño | 2005-04-05 2005-02-06| PRD, PT
Campeche past governors> Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez | 2003-09-16| PRI
Chiapas past governors> Pablo Salazar Mendiguchia | 2000-12-08 2000-08-20| PRD, PAN, PT, PVEM
Chihuahua past governors> José Reyes Baeza Terrazas | 2004-10-03 2004-07-04 election article | PRI
Coahuila past governors> Humberto Moreira Valdés | 2005-12-01 2005-09-25 | PRI
Colima past governors> Silverio Cavazos (elected to replace Gustavo Vázquez Montes, killed in an aviation accident on 2005-02-25)| 2005-05-05 2005-04-10 election article | PRI, PVEM, PT
Distrito Federal past heads of govt.> Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez (interim replacing Andrés Manuel López Obrador)| 2005-08-02 | PRD
Durango past governors> Ismael Hernández | 2004-09-15 2004-07-04 election article | PRI
Guanajuato past governors> Juan Carlos Romero Hicks| 2000-09-26 2000-07-02| PAN
Guerrero past governors> Carlos Zeferino Torreblanca| 2005-04-01 2005-02-06	PRD
Hidalgo past governors> Miguel Osorio Chong| 2005-04-01 2005-02-20| PRI
Jalisco past governors> Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña| 2001-03-01 2000-11-12| PAN
México past governors> Enrique Peña Nieto| 2005-09-15| PRI
Michoacán past governors> Lázaro Cárdenas Batel| 2002-02-15| PRD
Morelos past governors> Sergio Estrada Cajigal| 2000-10-01| PAN
Nayarit past governors> Ney González Sánchez| 2005-09-19 2005-07-03| PRI
Nuevo León past governors> José Natividad González Parás| 2003-10-04 2003-07-06 election article | PRI, PVEM, FC
Oaxaca past governors> Ulises Ruiz Ortiz| 2004-12-01 2004-08-01 election article | PRI, PVEM, PT
Puebla past governors> Mario Marín Torres| 2005-02-01 2004-11-14| PRI
Querétaro past governors> Francisco Garrido Patrón | 2003-10-01| PAN
Quintana Roo past governors> Félix González Canto| 2005-04-05 2005-02-06| PRI
San Luis Potosí past governors> Jesús Marcelo de los Santos | 2003-09-26 | PAN
Sinaloa past governors> Jesús Aguilar Padilla| 2005-01-01 2004-11-14 | PRI
Sonora past governors> José Eduardo Bours Castelo| 2003-10-22| PRI
Tabasco past governors> Manuel Andrade Díaz| 2002-01-01| PRI
Tamaulipas past governors> Eugenio Hernández Flores| 2005-02-04 2004-11-14 election article | PRI
Tlaxcala past governors> Héctor Ortiz Ortiz| 2005-01-14 2004-11-14| PAN, PT
Veracruz past governors> Fidel Herrera Beltrán| 2004-12-01 2004-09-05 | PRI
Yucatán past governors> Patricio Patrón| 2001-08-01| PAN, PRD, PT, PVEM
Zacatecas past governors> Amalia García|  2004-09-12  2004-07-04 election article | PRD