Governor of Nuevo León
Incumbent Jaime Rodríguez Calderón since 2 July 2018
Term length	Six years, non-renewable.
Inaugural holder	José María Parás y Ballesteros
Formation	1824
Website	Official website

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 six years later. Elections occur 3 years before/after presidential elections.

Nuevo Reino de León[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

• 
  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[edit]

• 
  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[edit]

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 L. 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 de la Garza, 1916


12. 
    Alfredo Recaut, 1917

Constitution[edit]

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)[edit]

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[edit]

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 (Note: On January 27, 2017, Rodrigo Medina has officially been declared a criminal and incarcerated in the Penal de Topo Chico in Monterrey by the Mexican authorities for crimes committed during his time as Governor.^[1] The PRI yet to issue an apology and expel him from the political party.)

Independent (No political party)[edit]

• 
  Jaime "El Bronco" Rodríguez Calderón, Independent (2015–2017)


• 
  Manuel Florentino González Flores, Independent, interim governor (2018)


• Jaime "El Bronco" Rodríguez Calderón, Independent (2018–present)

References[edit]

Sources[edit]

• 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
  
  
  
  

External links[edit]

• 
  Media related to Governors of Nuevo León at Wikimedia Commons