# Governor of Campeche

The governor of Campeche, officially Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche (Spanish: Gobernador Constitucional del Estado de Campeche), is in charge the Executive branch of the State Government.

## Term

Governors are elected to serve for 6 years and they can not hold the title under any circumstance ever again. The governor takes office on the 15th day of September of the same electoral year and ends on September 14 six years after.

## List of governors

According to the historical records of the State, the following is the list of individuals who have held the office of governor since statehood:

## Nineteenth century

| No. | Portrait | Name | Governorship | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Notes |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Governorship | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Notes |
| 1 | | Pablo García Montilla | Constitutional | 26 March 1862 | 21 January 1864 | 1 year, 301 days | | |
| 1 | | Pablo García Montilla | Constitutional | 15 December 1867 | 1 June 1870 | 2 years, 169 days | | |
| 2 | | Tomás Anzar Barbachano | Provisional | 2 June 1870 | 19 July 1870 | 47 days | | |
| 3 | | Salvador Dondé | Interim | 19 Julio 1870 | 5 January 1871 | 171 days | | |
| 4 | | Joaquín Baranda Quijano | Constitutional (Extraordinary election) | 6 January 1871 | 15 September 1871 | 253 days | | |
| 4 | | Joaquín Baranda Quijano | Constitutional | 16 September 1871 | 15 September 1875 | 4 years, 0 days | | |
| 4 | | Joaquín Baranda Quijano | Constitutional | 16 September 1875 | 4 January 1877 | 1 year, 111 days | | |
| Elected under the Porfiriato |||||||||
| 5 | | Juan B. Zamudio | Interim | 5 January 1877 | 28 April 1877 | 114 days | | |
| 6 | | Marcelino Castilla | Constitutional (Extraordinary election) | 29 April 1877 | 15 September 1879 | 2 years, 140 days | | |
| 6 | | Marcelino Castilla | Constitutional | 16 September 1879 | 18 October 1880 | 1 year, 32 days | | |
| - | | Prudencio Pérez Rosado | Interim | 18 October 1880 | 30 November 1880 | 44 days | | President of the State Superior Court of Justice |
| 7 | | Arturo Shiels | Constitutional (Extraordinary election) | 1 December 1880 | 15 September 1883 | 3 years, 15 days | | |
| - | | Joaquín Baranda Quijano | Constitutional | 16 September 1883 | 15 November 1883 | 61 days | | |
| 8 | | Juan Montalvo Baranda | Constitutional (Extraordinary election) | 16 November 1883 | 15 September 1887 | 3 years, 304 days | | |
| 9 | | Juan Trinidad Ferrer | Constitutional | 16 September 1887 | 24 April 1888 | 222 days | | |
| 10 | | Onecíforo Durán | Interim | 25 April 1888 | 15 September 1888 | 144 days | | |
| 11 | | Joaquín Z. Kerlegand Flores | Constitutional (Extraordinary election) | 16 September 1888 | 15 September 1891 | 3 years, 0 days | | |
| 12 | | Leocadio Preve | Constitutional | 16 September 1891 | 15 September 1895 | 4 years, 0 days | | |
| - | | Juan Montalvo Baranda | Constitutional | 16 September 1895 | 19 November 1898 | 3 years, 64 days | | Died in office |
| 13 | | Carlos Gutiérrez Mac-Gregor | Interim | 19 November 1898 | 15 September de 1899 | 300 days | | |
| 13 | | Carlos Gutiérrez Mac-Gregor | Constitutional | 16 September 1899 | 2 de April 1902 | 2 years, 198 days | | |

## Twentieth century

| No. | Portrait | Name | Governorship | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Notes |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Governorship | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Notes |
| 14 | | José Castellot | Interim | 2 April 1902 | 24 May 1902 | 53 days | | |
| 14 | | José Castellot | Constitutional | 25 May 1902 | 9 August 1902 | 76 days | | |
| 15 | | Luis García Mézquita | Interim | 9 August 1902 | 15 September 1903 | 1 year, 38 days | | Died in office |
| 15 | | Luis García Mézquita | Constitutional | 16 September 1903 | 15 June 1905 | 1 year, 272 days | | Died in office |
| - | | José A. Ruz | Acting Governor | 15 June 1905 | 21 June 1905 | 6 days | | |
| 16 | | Tomás Aznar y Cano | Interim | 21 June 1905 | 2 September 1905 | 74 days | | |
| 16 | | Tomás Aznar y Cano | Constitutional (Extraordinary election) | 3 September 1905 | 15 September 1907 | 2 years, 13 days | | |
| 16 | | Tomás Aznar y Cano | Constitutional | 16 September 1907 | 9 August 1910 | 2 years, 327 days | | |
| 17 | | José García Gual | Interim | 9 August 1910 | 25 May 1911 | 289 days | | |
| Elected during the Mexican Revolution |||||||||
| 18 | | Gustavo Suzarte Campos | Interim | 25 May 1911 | 15 June 1911 | 21 days | | |
| 19 | | Román Sabas Flores | Interim | 16 June 1911 | 27 June 1911 | 5 days | | |
| 20 | | Urbano Espinoza | Interim | 27 June 1911 | 15 September 1911 | 81 days | | |
| 21 | | Manuel Castilla Brito | Constitutional | 16 September 1911 | 11 June 1913 | 1 year, 361 days | | |
| - | | Felipe Bueno Castilla | Provisional | 12 June 1913 | 30 June 1913 | 19 days | | President of the State Superior Court of Justice |
| 22 | | Manuel Rojas Moreno | Interim | 1 July 1913 | 3 July 1913 | 3 days | | |
| 23 | | Manuel Rivera | Interim | 4 July 1913 | 14 February 1914 | 226 days | | |
| 23 | | Manuel Rivera | Constitutional (Extraordinary election) | 15 February 1914 | 4 September 1914 | 202 days | | |
| 24 | | Eduardo Hurtado Aubry | Interim | 5 September 1914 | 9 September 1914 | 5 days | | |
| 25 | | Joaquín Mucel Acereto | Provisional | 10 September 1914 | 23 June 1917 | 2 years, 287 days | | |
| 25 | | Joaquín Mucel Acereto | Constitutional (Extraordinary election) | 24 June 1917 | 15 September 1919 | 2 years, 84 days | | |
| 26 | | Enrique Arias Solís | Constitutional | 16 September 1919 | 15 May 1920 | 243 days | | |
| - | | Eduardo Arceo Zumárraga | Provisional | 16 May 1920 | 25 July 1920 | 71 days | | |
| Elected under the post-revolutionary period |||||||||
| - | | Gonzalo Sales Guerrero | Substitute | 26 July 1920 | 3 January 1921 | 161 days | | |
| - | | Eduardo Arceo Zumárraga | Provisional | 4 January 1921 | 16 February 1921 | 44 days | | |
| 27 | | Enrique Gómez Briceño | Constitutional (Extraordinary election) | 17 February 1921 | 11 August 1921 | 175 days | | |
| - | | Guillermo Ferrer Vega | Provisional | 11 August 1921 | 24 November 1921 | 106 days | | |
| 28 | | Ramón Félix Flores | Constitutional (Extraordinary election) | 25 November 1921 | 15 September 1923 | 1 year, 295 days | Partido Socialista Agrario de Campeche (PSAC) | |
| 29 | | Ángel Castillo Lanz | Constitutional | 16 September 1923 | 15 September 1927 | 4 years, 0 days | PSAC | |
| 30 | | Silvestre Pavón Silva | Constitutional | 16 September 1927 | 19 November 1928 | 1 year, 65 days | | |
| 31 | | Pedro Tello Andureza | Interim | 20 November 1928 | 28 November 1928 | 8 days | | |
| 32 | | Ramiro Bojórquez Castillo | Interim | 28 November 1928 | 28 December 1928 | 30 days | National Revolutionary Party (PNR) | |
| 32 | | Ramiro Bojórquez Castillo | Substitute | 28 December 1928 | 31 May 1931 | 2 years, 154 days | National Revolutionary Party (PNR) | |
| 33 | | Fausto Bojórquez Castillo | Substitute Interim | 12 June 1931 | 15 September 1931 | 96 days | PNR | |
| 34 | | Benjamín Romero Esquivel | Constitutional | 16 September 1931 | 15 September 1935 | 4 years, 0 days | PNR | |
| 35 | | Eduardo R. Mena Córdova | Constitutional | 16 September 1935 | 15 September 1939 | 4 years, 0 days | Mexican Revolution Party (PRM) | |
| 36 | | Héctor Pérez Martínez | Constitutional | 16 September 1939 | 15 September 1943 | 4 years, 0 days | PRM | |
| Six-year terms |||||||||
| 37 | | Eduardo J. Lavalle Urbina | Constitutional | 16 September 1943 | 15 September 1949 | 6 years, 0 days | PRM | |
| 38 | | Manuel Jesús López Hernández | Constitutional | 16 September 1949 | 15 September 1955 | 6 years, 0 days | Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) | |
| 39 | | Alberto Trueba Urbina | Constitutional | 16 September 1955 | 15 September 1961 | 6 years, 0 days | PRI | |
| 40 | | José Ortiz Ávila | Constitutional | 16 September 1961 | 15 September 1967 | 6 years, 0 days | PRI | |
| 41 | | Carlos Sansores Pérez | Constitutional | 16 September 1967 | 2 March 1973 | 5 years, 168 days | PRI | Left governorship to become a federal deputy |
| 42 | | Carlos Pérez Cámara | Interim | 3 March 1973 | 13 August 1973 | 164 days | PRI | |
| 42 | | Carlos Pérez Cámara | Substitute | 14 August 1973 | 15 September 1973 | 33 days | PRI | |
| 43 | | Rafael Rodríguez Barrera | Constitutional | 16 September 1973 | 15 September 1979 | 6 years, 0 days | PRI | |
| 44 | | Eugenio Echeverría Castellot | Constitutional | 16 September 1979 | 15 September 1985 | 6 years, 0 days | PRI | |
| 45 | | Abelardo Carrillo Zavala | Constitutional | 16 September 1985 | 15 September 1991 | 6 years, 0 days | PRI | |
| 46 | | Jorge Salomón Azar García | Constitutional | 16 September 1991 | 15 September 1997 | 6 years, 0 days | PRI | |
| 47 | | José Antonio González Curi | Constitutional | 16 September 1997 | 15 September 2003 | 6 years, 0 days | PRI | |

## Twenty-first century

| No. | Portrait | Name | Governorship | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Notes |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Governorship | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Notes |
| 48 | | Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez | Constitutional | 16 September 2003 | 15 September 2009 | 6 years, 0 days | PRI | |
| 49 | | Fernando Ortega Bernés | Constitutional | 16 September 2009 | 15 September 2015 | 6 years, 0 days | PRI | |
| 50 | | Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas | Constitutional | 16 September 2015 | 13 July 2019 | 3 years, 300 days | PRI | Left governorship to become national president of the PRI |
| 51 | | Carlos Miguel Aysa González | Interim | 13 July 2019 | 14 September 2021 | 2 years, 64 days | PRI |
| 52 | | Layda Sansores | Constitutional | 15 September 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 40 days | Morena | |