# President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party

The president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), formally referred to as the President of the National Executive Committee of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, holds the highest leadership position within the party. The current president is Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas, who assumed office on 11 August 2024, having previously served as president from 2019 until July 2024.
The PRI was founded in 1929 by former President Plutarco Elías Calles under the name National Revolutionary Party (PNR). It was later renamed the Party of the Mexican Revolution (PRM) in 1938 before adopting its current name in 1946. Throughout its history, the PRI has had 57 presidents.

## Presidents of the Institutional Revolutionary Party

A list of presidents (including interim leaders) since the party's founding as the National Revolutionary Party in 1929.

### National Revolutionary Party (1929–1938)

| No. | President | Secretary-General | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office |
| No. | President | Secretary-General | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | Manuel Pérez Treviño | Luis L. León [es] | 4 March 1929 | 11 February 1930 | 344 days |
| 2 | Basilio Badillo | Matías Rodríguez Melgarejo [es] | 11 February 1930 | 22 April 1930 | 70 days |
| 3 | Emilio Portes Gil | Genaro V. Vásquez | 22 April 1930 | 15 October 1930 | 176 days |
| 4 | Lázaro Cárdenas | Silvestre Guerrero | 15 October 1930 | 25 August 1931 | 314 days |
| 5 | Manuel Pérez Treviño | Pascual Ortiz Rubio | 28 August 1931 | 12 May 1933 | 1 year, 260 days |
| 6 | Melchor Ortega | Fernando Moctezuma | 12 May 1933 | 9 June 1933 | 28 days |
| 7 | Carlos Riva Palacio | Federico Medrano V. | 25 August 1933 | 14 December 1934 | 1 year, 111 days |
| 8 | Matías Ramos Santos | Antonio I. Villalobos [es] | 14 December 1934 | 15 June 1935 | 183 days |
| 8 | Matías Ramos Santos | José María Dávila | 14 December 1934 | 15 June 1935 | 183 days |
| 9 | Emilio Portes Gil | Genaro V. Vásquez | 15 June 1935 | 26 August 1936 | 1 year, 72 days |
| 10 | Silvano Barba González [es] | Esteban García de Alba | 26 August 1936 | 2 April 1938 | 1 year, 219 days |

### Party of the Mexican Revolution (1938–1946)

| No. | President | Secretary-General | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office |
| No. | President | Secretary-General | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 11 | Luis I. Rodríguez [es] | Esteban García de Alba | 2 April 1938 | 19 June 1939 | 1 year, 78 days |
| 12 | Heriberto Jara Corona | Gustavo Cárdenas Huerta | 19 June 1939 | 2 December 1940 | 1 year, 166 days |
| 13 | Antonio I. Villalobos [es] | Florencio Padilla | 2 December 1940 | 19 January 1946 | 5 years, 48 days |
| 13 | Antonio I. Villalobos [es] | Gustavo Cárdenas Huerta | 2 December 1940 | 19 January 1946 | 5 years, 48 days |

### Institutional Revolutionary Party (1946–present)
#### 20th century

| No. | President | Secretary-General | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office |
| No. | President | Secretary-General | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 14 | Rafael P. Gamboa Cano [es] | Ernesto P. Uruchurtu [es] | 19 January 1946 | 5 December 1946 | 320 days |
| 15 | Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada [es] | Teófilo Borunda | 4 December 1946 | 4 December 1952 | 6 years |
| 15 | Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada [es] | José López Bermúdez | 4 December 1946 | 4 December 1952 | 6 years |
| 15 | Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada [es] | Adolfo López Mateos | 4 December 1946 | 4 December 1952 | 6 years |
| 16 | Gabriel Leyva Velázquez | José Gómez Esparza | 4 December 1952 | 26 April 1956 | 3 years, 144 days |
| 17 | Agustín Olachea Avilés [es] | Rafael Corrales Ayala | 26 April 1956 | 3 December 1958 | 2 years, 221 days |
| 18 | Alfonso Corona del Rosal | Juan Fernández Albarrán | 4 December 1958 | 1 December 1964 | 5 years, 363 days |
| 18 | Alfonso Corona del Rosal | Rodolfo González Guevara [es] | 4 December 1958 | 1 December 1964 | 5 years, 363 days |
| 19 | Carlos A. Madrazo | Lauro Ortega Martínez | 6 December 1964 | 22 November 1965 | 351 days |
| 20 | Lauro Ortega Martínez | Fernando Díaz Durán | 22 November 1965 | 27 February 1968 | 2 years, 97 days |
| 21 | Alfonso Martínez Domínguez | Enrique Olivares Santana | 27 February 1968 | 7 December 1970 | 2 years, 283 days |
| 22 | Manuel Sánchez Vite [es] | Vicente Fuentes Díaz [es] | 7 December 1970 | 21 February 1972 | 1 year, 76 days |
| 23 | Jesús Reyes Heroles | Enrique González Pedrero | 21 February 1972 | 25 September 1975 | 3 years, 216 days |
| 24 | Porfirio Muñoz Ledo | Augusto Gómez Villanueva | 25 September 1975 | 4 December 1976 | 1 year, 70 days |
| 25 | Carlos Sansores Pérez | Juan Sabines Gutiérrez | 4 December 1976 | 8 February 1979 | 2 years, 66 days |
| 26 | Gustavo Carvajal Moreno | José de las Fuentes Rodríguez | 8 February 1979 | 19 March 1981 | 2 years, 39 days |
| 27 | Javier García Paniagua | Guillermo Cosío Vidaurri | 19 March 1981 | 14 October 1981 | 209 days |
| 28 | Pedro Ojeda Paullada [es] | Manuel Bartlett | 14 October 1981 | 2 December 1982 | 1 year, 49 days |
| 29 | Adolfo Lugo Verduzco | Mario Vargas Saldaña | 2 December 1982 | 8 October 1986 | 3 years, 310 days |
| 29 | Adolfo Lugo Verduzco | Francisco Luna Kan | 2 December 1982 | 8 October 1986 | 3 years, 310 days |
| 29 | Adolfo Lugo Verduzco | Irma Cué Sarquis | 2 December 1982 | 8 October 1986 | 3 years, 310 days |
| 30 | Jorge de la Vega Domínguez [es] | Irma Cué Sarquis | 8 October 1986 | 3 December 1988 | 2 years, 56 days |
| 30 | Jorge de la Vega Domínguez [es] | Humberto Lugo Gil | 8 October 1986 | 3 December 1988 | 2 years, 56 days |
| 30 | Jorge de la Vega Domínguez [es] | Manuel Camacho Solís | 8 October 1986 | 3 December 1988 | 2 years, 56 days |
| 31 | Luis Donaldo Colosio | Rafael Rodríguez Barrera | 3 December 1988 | 13 April 1992 | 3 years, 132 days |
| 32 | Rafael Rodríguez Barrera | Beatriz Paredes Rangel | 13 April 1992 | 14 May 1992 | 31 days |
| 33 | Genaro Borrego Estrada | Beatriz Paredes Rangel | 14 May 1992 | 30 March 1993 | 320 days |
| 33 | Genaro Borrego Estrada | José Luis Lamadrid Sauza | 14 May 1992 | 30 March 1993 | 320 days |
| 34 | Fernando Ortiz Arana | José Luis Lamadrid Sauza | 30 March 1993 | 13 May 1994 | 1 year, 44 days |
| 35 | Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza | José Francisco Ruiz Massieu | 13 May 1994 | 3 December 1994 | 204 days |
| 35 | Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza | María de los Ángeles Moreno | 13 May 1994 | 3 December 1994 | 204 days |
| 36 | María de los Ángeles Moreno | Esteban Moctezuma | 3 December 1994 | 19 August 1995 | 259 days |
| 36 | María de los Ángeles Moreno | Pedro Joaquín Coldwell | 3 December 1994 | 19 August 1995 | 259 days |
| 37 | Santiago Oñate Laborde | Juan Sigfrido Millán Lizárraga | 19 August 1995 | 13 December 1996 | 1 year, 116 days |
| 38 | Humberto Roque Villanueva | Juan Sigfrido Millán Lizárraga | 15 December 1996 | 11 September 1997 | 270 days |
| 39 | Mariano Palacios Alcocer | Carlos Rojas Gutiérrez | 11 September 1997 | 31 March 1999 | 1 year, 201 days |
| 39 | Mariano Palacios Alcocer | Rosario Green | 11 September 1997 | 31 March 1999 | 1 year, 201 days |
| 40 | José Antonio González Fernández [es] | Dulce María Sauri Riancho | 1 April 1999 | 30 November 1999 | 243 days |

#### 21st century

| No. | President | Secretary-General | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office |
| No. | President | Secretary-General | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 41 | Dulce María Sauri Riancho | Esteban Moctezuma | 1 December 1999 | 4 March 2002 | 2 years, 93 days |
| 41 | Dulce María Sauri Riancho | Rodolfo Echeverría Ruiz | 1 December 1999 | 4 March 2002 | 2 years, 93 days |
| 41 | Dulce María Sauri Riancho | Jesús Murillo Karam | 1 December 1999 | 4 March 2002 | 2 years, 93 days |
| 41 | Dulce María Sauri Riancho | Sergio García Ramírez | 1 December 1999 | 4 March 2002 | 2 years, 93 days |
| 42 | Roberto Madrazo | Elba Esther Gordillo | 4 March 2002 | 31 August 2005 | 3 years, 180 days |
| 43 | Mariano Palacios Alcocer | César Augusto Santiago | 31 August 2005 | 3 March 2007 | 1 year, 184 days |
| 43 | Mariano Palacios Alcocer | Rosario Green | 31 August 2005 | 3 March 2007 | 1 year, 184 days |
| 44 | Beatriz Paredes Rangel | Jesús Murillo Karam | 4 March 2007 | 4 March 2011 | 4 years |
| 45 | Humberto Moreira | Cristina Díaz | 4 March 2011 | 2 December 2011 | 273 days |
| 46 | Cristina Díaz | Herself | 2 December 2011 | 8 December 2011 | 6 days |
| 47 | Pedro Joaquín Coldwell | Cristina Díaz | 8 December 2011 | 30 November 2012 | 358 days |
| 48 | Cristina Díaz | Herself | 30 November 2012 | 11 December 2012 | 11 days |
| 49 | César Camacho Quiroz | Ivonne Ortega Pacheco | 11 December 2012 | 20 August 2015 | 2 years, 252 days |
| 50 | Manlio Fabio Beltrones | Carolina Monroy del Mazo | 20 August 2015 | 20 June 2016 | 305 days |
| 51 | Carolina Monroy del Mazo | Williams Ochoa | 21 June 2016 | 12 July 2016 | 21 days |
| 52 | Enrique Ochoa Reza | Carolina Monroy del Mazo | 13 July 2016 | 2 May 2018 | 1 year, 293 days |
| 52 | Enrique Ochoa Reza | Claudia Ruiz Massieu | 13 July 2016 | 2 May 2018 | 1 year, 293 days |
| 53 | René Juárez Cisneros | Claudia Ruiz Massieu | 2 May 2018 | 16 July 2018 | 75 days |
| 54 | Claudia Ruiz Massieu | Rubén Moreira Valdez | 16 July 2018 | 18 August 2019 | 1 year, 33 days |
| 54 | Claudia Ruiz Massieu | Arturo Zamora Jiménez | 16 July 2018 | 18 August 2019 | 1 year, 33 days |
| 55 | Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas | Carolina Viggiano | 18 August 2019 | 19 July 2024 | 4 years, 336 days |
| 56 | Graciela Ortiz González | Miguel Alonso Reyes | 19 July 2024 | 11 August 2024 | 23 days |
| 57 | Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas | Carolina Viggiano | 11 August 2024 | Incumbent | 159 days |