# Manzanillo Municipality, Colima

Manzanillo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Colima, being the largest, most populous, and westernmost municipality in Colima. The municipal seat lies at Manzanillo. The municipality covers an area of 1,578.3 km$^2$ (609.4 sq mi), which also includes the remote Revillagigedo Islands.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 161,420.

## Government
### Municipal presidents

Before Manzanillo was declared a municipality, there were governments headed by prefects and political directors :
| Term | Municipal president | Political party | Note |
| 1854-1867 | Ramón Esparza | | Sole mayor |
| 1867-1868 | Ponciano Ruiz | | |
| 1868-1871 | Casimiro Arzac Arana | | Political director |
| 1871 | Celedonio R. Cárdenas | | Political prefect |
| 1871-1872 | José Ramírez | | Political prefect |
| 1872-1873 | Celedonio R. Cárdenas | | Political prefect |
| One-year term governments, 1873-1946 There were no presidents of the City Council until June 20, 1873, when by instructions of the governor of Colima Francisco Santa Cruz, through decree 147 published in the Official State Gazette, the municipality of Manzanillo was erected. Eight days after the statute was announced, elections were called to elect the first representative of the municipal administration, resulting in the election of businessman Ponciano Ruiz, taking office in August of the same year. From then until 1946, the terms of government of the municipal presidents were one year and with the possibility of being reelected ||||
| 1873 | Ponciano Ruiz | | |
| 1873-1874 | Plácido Gómez Palencia | | |
| 1874-1876 | Celedonio R. Cárdenas | | |
| 1876-1877 | J. Jesús Alcaraz | | |
| 1877-1878 | Pánfilo Dueñas | | |
| 1878-1879 | José Castillo | | |
| 1879 | Carlos M. Arana | | |
| 1879-1880 | Carlos Acevedo | | |
| 1880-1881 | Francisco Palencia | | |
| 1881 | Candelario de la Torre | | |
| 1881-1882 | Remigio Parra | | |
| 1882 | Candelario de la Torre | | |
| 1882-1883 | Ponciano Ruiz | | |
| 1883 | Francisco Palencia | | |
| 1883-1884 | Carlos Barreto | | |
| 1884-1886 | José María Bazán | | |
| 1886-1887 | Fernando Solórzano | | |
| 1887-1888 | José María Bazán | | |
| 1888-1889 | Remigio Parra | | |
| 1889-1890 | Basilio Castell Figueroa | | |
| 1890-1892 | Remigio Parra | | |
| 1892-1893 | Aniceto Virgen | | |
| 1893 | Pedro Ramírez | | |
| 1893 | José Refugio Sánchez | | |
| 1893-1894 | Teodoro Padilla | | |
| 1894-1895 | Juan Torres | | |
| 1895-1896 | Teodoro Padilla | | |
| 1896-1897 | Francisco R. Ramírez | | |
| 1897 | Teodoro Padilla | | |
| 1897-1898 | Francisco R. Ramírez | | |
| 1898 | Blas Ruiz | | |
| 1898-1899 | Donaciano Corona | | |
| 1899-1901 | Basilio Castell Figueroa | | |
| 1901-1903 | Teodoro Padilla | | |
| 1903-1905 | Juan Bejarano | | |
| 1905-1909 | Emiliano García | | |
| 1909-1911 | Manuel Negrete | | |
| 1911 | José María Bueno | | |
| 1911-1912 | Leoncio Figueroa | | |
| 1912 | Félix J. Piz | | |
| 1912-1913 | Teodoro Padilla | | |
| 1913-1914 | José María Sánchez Díaz | | |
| 1914 | Luis G. Sánchez | | |
| 1914-1915 | Salvador F. Reséndiz | | |
| 1915-1916 | Luis G. Sánchez | | |
| 1916-1917 | Luis Mancilla | | |
| 1917-1918 | José H.Moreno | | |
| 1918 | A. A. Higinio Pérez Ochoa | | |
| 1918-1919 | Arturo Vargas | | |
| 1919-1920 | A. A. Higinio Pérez Ochoa | | |
| 1920-1921 | Isaac R. Chávez | | |
| 1921-1922 | Eusebio Zaragoza | | |
| 1922-1923 | Isaac R. Chávez | | |
| 1923 | Víctor Sevilla Ramírez | | |
| 1923-1924 | Ricardo Ruelas | | |
| 1924 | José Casillas | | |
| 1924-1925 | Marcelino Gallardo | | |
| 1925-1926 | Herminio Barreda Mora | | |
| 1926 | José María Salazar Ureña | | |
| 1926-1928 | Benjamín Rodríguez Lozano | | |
| 1928 | Felipe Rocha | | |
| 1928-1929 | Enrique Silva | | |
| 1929-1930 | Benjamín Rodríguez Solórzano | PNR | |
| 1930-1931 | Ricardo Véjar | PNR | |
| 1931 | Evaristo Brizuela | PNR | |
| 1931-1932 | José J. Parra | PNR | |
| 1932-1933 | Crescenciano Gallardo | PNR | |
| 1933-1934 | Miguel Saucedo | PNR | |
| 1934-1935 | Domingo Ramírez Chávez | PNR | |
| 1935-1936 | Pantaleón Hernández | PNR | |
| 1936-1937 | José Casillas Ugarte | PNR | |
| 1937-1938 | Carlos Magallón | PNR | |
| 1938-1939 | Librado R. García | PNR PRM | |
| 1939-1940 | Saturnino Rodríguez Ortiz | PRM | |
| 1940 | Leonardo Jaramillo | PRM | |
| 1941 | Juan Pérez Arce | PRM | |
| 1942 | Homobono Llamas García | PRM | |
| 1943-1945 | Francisco Pizano Hernández | PRM | |
| 1945 | Herminio Barreda Mora | PRM | |
| Triennial governments (1946-present) Starting in 1946, the period of government of the municipal presidents was raised to three years. However, for 1955 adjustments were made so that the terms of the municipal administrations were concurrent with those of the state governor. At this stage, several elected presidents requested a license to compete for other positions of popular election, for which they had to be replaced in their position, except for Professor Alberto Larios Gaytán, who died in office ||||
| 1946-1948 | Fernando Solórzano Alatorre | PRI | |
| 1949-1951 | Herminio Barreda Mora | PRI | |
| 1952-1954 | Alfredo Woodward Téllez | PRI | |
| 1954 | Daniel Sánchez Velasco | PRI | Acting municipal president |
| 1955 | Felipe Guzmán Mesina | PRI | |
| 1956-1958 | Javier Mata Vargas | PRI | |
| 1959-1960 | Miguel Sandoval Sevilla | PRI | |
| 1961 | Manuel Bonilla Valle | PRI | |
| 1962-1964 | Benito Rincón López | PRI | |
| 1965-1967 | Luis García Castillo | PRI | |
| 1968-1970 | Arturo Castro Guízar | PRI | |
| 1971-1973 | Ramón Navarro Hernández | PRI | |
| 1974-1976 | Aquileo Díaz Virgen | PRI | |
| 1977-1979 | Jorge Armando Gaytán Gudiño | PRI | |
| 1980-1982 | Alberto Larios Gaytán | PRI | Died in office |
| 1982 | Humberto Ramírez Palacios | PRI | Acting municipal president |
| 1983-1986 | Elías Zamora Verduzco | PRI | |
| 1986 | Ramón Chulines Maldonado | PRI | |
| 1986-1988 | Cecilio Lepe Bautista | PRI | |
| 1989-1991 | Alejandro Meillón Sánchez | PRI | |
| 1992-1994 | Porfirio Gaytán Gudiño | PRI | |
| 1995-1997 | José Luis Navarrete Caudillo | PRI | |
| 1998-2000 | Martha Leticia Sosa Govea | PAN | |
| 2001-2003 | Rogelio Humberto Rueda Sánchez | PRI | |
| ??/04/2003-14/10/2003 | Sara Patricia Garibay Velasco | PRI | Acting municipal president |
| 15/10/2003-18/05/2006 | Nabor Ochoa López | PAN | |
| 19/05/2006-14/10/2006 | Alicia Mandujano Contreras | PAN | Acting municipal president |
| 2006-2009 | Virgilio Mendoza Amezcua | PAN | |
| 25/05/2009-14/10/2009 | María Isabel Rivera Solórzano | PAN | Acting municipal president |
| 2009-2012 | Nabor Ochoa López | PRI | |
| 21/01/2012-14/10/2012 | Rosario Yeme López | PRI | Acting municipal president |
| 15/10/2012-08/03/2015 | Virgilio Mendoza Amezcua | PAN | He applied for a temporary leave |
| 08/03/2015-14/10/2015 | J. Antonio Álvarez Macías | PAN | Acting municipal president |
| 15/10/2015-08/03/2018 | Gabriela Benavides Cobos | PAN | She applied for a temporary leave to run for the Senate |
| 08/03/2018-14/10/2018 | Enrique García | PVEM | Acting municipal president |
| 15/10/2018-31/03/2021 | Griselda Martínez Martínez | Morena | She applied for a temporary leave, to run for reelection |
| 01/04/2021-2021 | Rosacruz Rodríguez Pizano | Morena | Acting municipal president |
| 15/10/2021-14-10-2024 | Griselda Martínez Martínez | Morena | She was reelected on 06/06/2021 |
| 15/10/2024- | Rosa María Bayardo Cabrera [es] | Morena PVEM PT | Coalition "Sigamos Haciendo Historia en Colima" (Let's Keep Making History) |