page_title: List of people from Morelos, Mexico
section_title: Political figures
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Morelos, Mexico / Political figures
caption_attribution_description: Aztec emperor Moctezuma I
context_page_description: List of people from Morelos, Mexico
  The following are people who were born, raised, or who gained significant prominence for living in the Mexican state of Morelos:
  This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
context_section_description: Juan Pablo Adame Alemán (born in Cuernavaca, 1985) was a federal deputy (PAN, 2012–2015). He is the son of Governor Marco Adame.
  Marco Antonio Adame Castillo (born in Cuernavaca, 1960) is a doctor and politician who was Governor of Morelos (PAN, 2006–2012).
  Juan N. Álvarez (1790–1867) supported the Plan of Ayutla and was President of Mexico for two months while Cuernavaca was the capital (1855).
  Sergio Álvarez Mata (born in Cuernavaca, 1962) was a federal senator (PAN, 2006–2012).
  Cuauhtemoc Blanco (born 1973) is a former professional soccer player turned politician. He was the Presidente Municipal (mayor) of Cuernavaca from January 2016 to April 2018, and he became Governor of Morelos (PES) on October 1, 2018.
  Lázaro Cárdenas (1895–1970) was a Mexican president (1934–1980) who owned a home in Palmira, Cuernavaca. He donated land to construct a boarding school, Internado de Palmira for young women.
  Jorge Carrillo Olea (born 1937) is a general, politician, and journalist from Jojutla. He was governor from 1994 to 1998 (PRI).
  Francisco de Contreras (¿?-1610), governor of Xochimilco de Cuauhnáhuac
  Cuauhtototzin, tlatoani of Cuauhnahuac in 1400, father of Chichimecacihuatzin I
  Fidel Demédicis Hidalgo (born 1956) is a politician from Temixco. He was a federal senator from 2012 to 2018.
  Domingo Diez (b. in Cuernavaca December 3, 1881 d. April 16, 1934) was a politician during and after the Mexican Revolution. There is a street in Cuernavaca named after him.
  Luis Echeverría (born 1922), former President of Mexico (1970–1976) lives in Cuernavaca. As Secretario de Gobernacion (Secretary of the Interior) under President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Echeverria is considered responsible for the October 2, 1968 Tlatelolco massacre.
  Sergio Estrada Cajigal (born 1961 in Cuernavaca) is a politician and former Governor of Morelos (PAN, 2000–2006). His grandfather, Vicente Estada Cajigal, was governor from 1930 to 1934.
  Jorge Arturo García Rubí, (b. Cuernavaca, November 21, 1952) is a lawyer and politician, member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party who was Governor of Morelos from May 18 to September 30, 2000.
  Ángel García Yáñez (born 1967) is a Mexican politician affiliated to the New Alliance Party (Nueva Alianza). He serves as a senator in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress (2018–2021) from the state of Morelos. From 2015 to 2018, he represented the Fifth Federal Electoral District of Morelos, centered on Yautepec.
  Huitzilihuitl (?-1425), tlatoani (ruler) of Cuauhnáhuac (1403-1425)
  Itzcoatzin de Cuauhnáhuac, Tlahuica tlatoani of Cuauhnahuac in 1519.
  Armando León Bejarano (1916–2016) was born in Cuautla and served as Governor of Morelos (PRI, 1976–1982).
  Maximilian I of Mexico (1832–1867) was the Second Emperor of Mexico (1866–1867). He had two homes in Cuernavaca, the Borda Garden and El Olvido in Acapantzingo.
  Lucía Meza Guzmán (born in Cuautla, 1975) is a politician and senator to the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress from the state of Morelos. Meza Guzmán is affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
  Gisela Mota Ocampo (1982 – 2016 in Mexico) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the PRD. As of 2013, she served as a plurinominal deputy in the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress, representing Morelos. After winning the elections in June 2015, Mota Ocampo became mayor of Temixco on January 1, 2016, serving until her assassination the following day, on January 2, 2016.
  Claudia Ochoa Carrillo from Xochitepec was the first female municipal president in Morelos (1967–1969).
  Lauro Ortega Martínez (1910–1999) was a veterinarian and a politician who served as Governor of Morelos (1982–1988) who lived in Xochitepec.
  Epigmenio de la Piedra (1792-1873), Deputy from Cuernavaca who signed the 1824 Constitution of Mexico
  Graco Ramirez (born June 26, 1949) is a politician who was Governor of Morelos (PRD, 2012–2018).
  Antonio Riva Palacio (1926–2014) was a politician and Governor of Morelos (PRI, 1988–1994). He was Ambassador to Ecuador (1994–1998).
  Tehuehuetzin (¿?-1504), lord, king of Cuauhnáhuac in 1491.
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caption: Tezcacohuatzin's grandson Moctezuma I
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