List of heads of state of Mexico

The **Head of State in Mexico** is the person who controls the executive power in the country. Under the current constitution, this responsibility lies with the President of the United Mexican States, who is head of the supreme executive power of the Mexican Union. 

## First Mexican Empire (1821–1823) 
### First Regency 
After the end of the Mexican War of Independence, a Provisional Board of Governing consisting of thirty-four persons was set up. The Board decreed and signed the Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire and appointed a regency composed of six people.

### Second Regency 
### Agustín I 
## Provisional Government (1823–1824) 
The Provisional Government of 1823–24 was an organization that served as the Executive in the government of Mexico after the end of the Mexican Empire of Agustín I, in 1823. The organization was responsible for convening the body that created the Federal Republic and existed from April 1, 1823 to October 10, 1824.

## First Federal Republic (1824–1835) 
## Centralist Republic (1835–1846) 
## Second Federal Republic (1846–1863) 
### Presidents recognized by the Conservatives during the Reform War 
## Second Mexican Empire (1863–1867) 
### Regency 
On June 22, 1863, a "Superior Governing Board" was established. On July 11, the Board became the Regency of the Empire.

### Maximilian I  
## Restored Republic (1867–1876) 
## Porfiriato (1876–1911) 
## Revolution (1911–1928) 
; Parties

### Presidents recognized by the Convention of Aguascalientes 
### Restoration of democracy 
; Parties

## Maximato (1928–1934) 
; Party

## 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.

; Parties

## Living former Presidents
As of , there are six living former Presidents of Mexico. The most recent death of a former President was that of Luis Echeverría (1970–1976), on July 8, 2022.

File:Carlos Salinas.jpg|**Carlos Salinas de Gortari**(1988–1994)
File:Ernesto_Zedillo_Ponce_de_Leon_World_Economic_Forum_2013_crop.jpg|**Ernesto Zedillo**(1994–2000)
File:Vicente Fox by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|**Vicente Fox**(2000–2006)
File:Felipe Calderon 20090130.jpg|**Felipe Calderón**(2006–2012)
File:Enrique Peña Nieto 2017 (cropped).jpg|**Enrique Peña Nieto**(2012–2018)
File:Andrés Manuel López Obrador junio 2024.jpg|**Andrés Manuel López Obrador**(2018–2024)

## Presidents who died in office 
## Timeline 

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## References
## Other websites
* *Lista de gobernantes de México* Official List