# Governor of Nuevo León

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 of residency in Nuevo León.
The governor's term begins on October 4 and finishes six years later on October 3. Elections occur 3 years before/after presidential elections.

## Nuevo Reino de León

* Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva, 1580–1588
* Diego de Montemayor, 1588–1610
* Diego de Montemayor (el mozo), 1610–1611
* Diego Rodríguez, 1612–1614
* Agustín de Zavala, 1614–1625
* Martín de Zavala, 1625–1664
* León de Alza, 1665–1667
* Nicolás de Azcárraga, 1667–1676
* Domingo de Prudena, 1676–1681
* Blas de la Garza y Falcón, 1681
* Domingo de Videgaray y Zarza, 1681
* Francisco de la Calancha y Valenzuela, 1681
* Blas de la Garza Falcón, 1681
* Juan de Echeverría, 1681–1682
* Diego de Villarreal, 1682–1683
* Alonso de León, 1683–1684
* Antonio de Echevérez y Subiza, 1684–1687
* Francisco Cuervo y Valdés, 1687–1688
* Pedro Fernández de la Ventosa, 1688–1693
* Juan Pérez de Merino, 1693–1698
* Juan Francisco de Vergara y Mendoza 1698–1703
* Francisco Báez Treviño, 1703–1705
* Gregorio de Salinas Varona, 1705–1707
* Cipriano García de Pruneda, 1707–1708
* Luis García de Pruneda 1708–1710
* Francisco Mier y Torre, 1710–1714
* Francisco Báez Treviño 1714–1718
* Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollón 1718
* Francisco de Barbadillo y Vitoria, 1719–1723
* Juan José de Arriaga y Brambila, 1723–1725
* Pedro de Sarabia Cortés, 1725–1729
* Bernardino de Meneses Monroy y Mendoza, 1730–1731
* Juan Antonio Fernández de Jáuregui y Urrutia, 1731–1740
* Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella, 1740–1746
* Vicente Bueno de Borbolla, 1746–1751
* Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella, 1752–1757
* Juan Manuel Muñoz de Villavicencio, 1757–1762
* Carlos de Velasco, 1762–1764
* Ignacio Ussel y Guimbarda, 1764–1772
* Francisco de Echegaray, 1772–1773
* Melchor Vidal de Lorca y Villena, 1773
* Vicente González de Santianes, 1773–1788
* Manuel Bahamonde y Villamil, 1788–1795
* Simón de Herrera y Leyva, 1795–1810
* Manuel de Santa María, 1810–1811
* José Santiago Villarreal, 1811
* Blas José Gómez de Castro, 1811–1813
* Ramón Díaz Bustamante, 1813
* José Antonio Mujica, 1814
* Froilán de Mier y Noguera, 1815
* Francisco Bruno Barreda, 1816 and 1818–1821
* Bernardo Villamil, 1817–1818

## Independent Mexico

* Juan de Echandía 1822
* Francisco de Mier y Noriega, 1823
* José Antonio Rodríguez, 1824
* José María Parás, 1825–1827
* Manuel Gómez Castro, 1827–1829
* Joaquín García, 1829–1833
* Manuel Gómez Castro, 1833
* Manuel María de Llano, 1833–1834
* Juan Nepomuceno de la Garza y Evía, 1835–1837
* Joaquín García, 1837–1839
* Manuel María de Llano, 1839–1845
* José María Ortega, 1841
* Juan Nepomuceno de la Garza y Evía, 1845–1846
* Pedro de Ampudia, 1846
* José María Parás, 1848–1850
* Pedro de Ampudia, 1853–1854
* Pedro José García, 1850–1851
* Agapito García Dávila, 1851–1853
* Mariano Morret, 1854
* Jerónimo Cardona, 1854–1855
* Santiago Vidaurri, 1855–1859
* José Silvestre Aramberri, 1859
* Santiago Vidaurri, 1860–1864

## French intervention

* Jesús María Benítez y Pinillos, 1864
* Mariano Escobedo, 1865
* Simón de la Garza Melo, 1865
* Mariano Escobedo, 1866
* Manuel Z. Gómez, 1866–1867

## Restored Republic

* 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

## Porfiriato

* 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

* Leobardo Chapa, 1910–1911
* Viviano L. Villarreal, 1911–1913
* Salomé Botello, 1913–1914
* Antonio de la Paz Guerra, 1914
* Antonio L. Villarreal, 1914–1915
* Rafael Cepeda de la Fuente, 1915
* Felipe Ángeles, 1915
* Raúl Madero, 1915
* Ildefonso V. Vázquez, 1915
* Pablo A. de la Garza, 1915 and 1916
* Diódoro de la Garza, 1916
* Alfredo Recaut, 1917

## Constitution of 1917

* Nicéforo Zambrano, 1917–1919
* José E. Santos, 1919–1920
* Humberto Barros, 1920
* Felix G. Lozano, 1920
* Porfirio G. González, 1920 and 1923–1925
* Juan M. García, 1921
* Leocadio M. González, 1922
* Ramiro Támez, 1922 and 1923
* Pedro Guajardo, 1923
* Alfredo Pérez, 1923
* Anastacio Treviño Martínez, 1923
* José Juan Vallejo, 1923
* Jerónimo Siller, 1925–1927
* José Benítez, 1928
* Plutarco Elías Calles (son), National Revolutionary Party, PNR, 1929
* Generoso Chapa Garza, PNR, 1929
* Aarón Sáenz, PNR, 1927 and 1929–1931
* Francisco A. Cárdenas, PNR, 1931–1933
* Pablo Quiroga, PNR, 1933–1935
* Ángel Santos Cervantes, PNR, 1935
* Gregorio Morales Sánchez, PNR, 1935–1936
* Anacleto Guerrero Guajardo, PNR, 1936–1939
* Bonifacio Salinas Leal, Party of the Mexican Revolution, PRM, 1939–1943
* Arturo B. de la Garza, PRM, 1943–1949
* Ignacio Morones Prieto PRI 1949–1952
* José S. Vivanco PRI 1952–1955
* Raúl Rangel Frías PRI 1955–1961
* Eduardo Livas Villarreal PRI 1961–1967
* Eduardo Elizondo PRI 1967–1971
* Luis M. Farías PRI 1971–1973
* Pedro Zorrilla Martínez PRI 1973–1979
* Alfonso Martínez Domínguez PRI 1979–1985
* Jorge Treviño PRI 1985–1991
* Sócrates Rizzo PRI 1991–1995
* Benjamín Clariond PRI 1995–1997
* Fernando Canales PAN 1997–2003
* Fernando Elizondo PAN 2003 (interim)
* José Natividad González Parás PRI 2003–2009
* Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz PRI 2009–2015
* Jaime "El Bronco" Rodríguez Calderón, Independent (2015–2017)
* Manuel Florentino González Flores, Independent, interim governor (2018)
* Jaime "El Bronco" Rodríguez Calderón, Independent (2018–2021)
* Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda MC (2021–present).