President of Mexico

The president of Mexico (), officially the president of the United Mexican States (),Article 80, Constitution of Mexico.  is the head of state and head of government of Mexico. Under the Constitution of Mexico, the president heads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander in chief of the Mexican Armed Forces. The office is currently held by Claudia Sheinbaum, who was sworn in on October 1, 2024.

List of presidents
 Modern Mexico (1934–present) 

After the constitutional reform of 1926, the presidential term in Mexico was extended to six years starting in 1928; with a formal ban on reelection. After the federal election of 1934 all the presidents have completed their six-year terms.

Political parties

PortraitNameElectedTerm of officePolitical party Took office Left office Tenure  100px Lázaro Cárdenas del Río 1934 1 December 1934  30 November 1940 6 years National Revolutionary Party  100px Manuel Ávila Camacho 1940 1 December 1940  30 November 1946 6 years Party of the Mexican Revolution  100px Miguel Alemán Valdés 1946 1 December 1946  30 November 1952 6 years Institutional Revolutionary Party  100px Adolfo Ruiz Cortines 1952 1 December 1952  30 November 1958 6 years Institutional Revolutionary Party  100px Adolfo López Mateos 1958 1 December 1958  30 November 1964 6 years Institutional Revolutionary Party  100px Gustavo Díaz Ordaz 1964 1 December 1964  30 November 1970 6 years Institutional Revolutionary Party  100px Luis Echeverría Álvarez 1970 1 December 1970  30 November 1976 6 years Institutional Revolutionary Party   José López Portillo 1976 1 December 1976  30 November 1982 6 years Institutional Revolutionary Party  100px Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado 1982 1 December 1982  30 November 1988 6 years Institutional Revolutionary Party  100px Carlos Salinas de Gortari 1988 1 December 1988  30 November 1994 6 years Institutional Revolutionary Party  100px Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León 1994 1 December 1994  30 November 2000 6 years Institutional Revolutionary Party  100px Vicente Fox Quesada 2000 1 December 2000  30 November 2006 6 years National Action Party  100px Felipe Calderón Hinojosa 2006 1 December 2006  30 November 2012 6 years  National Action Party  100px Enrique Peña Nieto 2012 1 December 2012  30 November 2018 6 years Institutional Revolutionary Party  100px Andrés Manuel López Obrador 2018 1 December 2018 30 September 2024  National Regeneration Movement  100px Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo 2024 1 October 2024 Incumbent  National Regeneration Movement

Requirements
To be eligible to serve as president, Article 82 of the Constitution specifies that the following requirements must be met:
 Be a natural-born citizen of Mexico ("mexicano por nacimiento") able to exercise full citizenship rights, with at least one parent who is a natural-born citizen of Mexico.
 Be a resident of Mexico for at least twenty (20) years.
 Be thirty-five years of age or older at the time of the election.
 Be a resident of Mexico for the entire year prior to the election (although absences of 30 days or fewer are explicitly stated not to interrupt residency).
 Not be an official or minister of any church or religious denomination.
 Not be in active military service during the six months prior to the election.
 Not be a secretary of state or under-secretary of state, attorney general, governor of a State, or head of the government of Mexico City, unless "separated from the post" (resigned or been granted permanent leave of absence) at least six months prior to the election.
 Not have been president already, even in a provisional capacity (see Succession below).

Powers
The 1917 Constitution was influenced from the Constitution of the United States. It made it clear separation of powers while giving the president wider powers than his American counterpart.  However, this has only recently become the case in practice.

Residence
The President's official residence and main workplace is Los Pinos, located inside the Bosque de Chapultepec (Chapultepec Park). The President has the right to use this residence for the six-year term of office.

Living former Presidents
There are six living former presidents. The most recent former president to die was Luis Echeverría (1970–1976), on 8 July 2022.

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References

Other websites
President of México - Official government website 

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