Governor of Querétaro


The governor of Querétaro is the chief executive of the Mexican state of Querétaro. According to the Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Queretaro, the exercise of executive power of the Mexican state, is deposited in one individual, it called the Constitutional Governor is elected for a period of six years no re-eligible for any reason. The governmental period begins on October 1 of the year of the election and ends on September 30 after six years have elapsed. Queretaro state was created in 1824, one of the original states of the federation, thus throughout its historical life has passed by all systems of governance found in Mexico, both federal system as the central system, so the name of the organization has varied between been and department; changing along with it, the name of the head of the Executive branch of government.
Individuals who have held the governorship of the state of Queretaro, in its various denominations, were as follows:

Governors of the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro

La Primera República (1823)

El Triunvirato (1825-1829)

The Santanismo (1833-1857)

  • : Lino Ramírez
  • : José Rafael Canalizo
  • : Ramón Covarrubias
  • : Sabás Antonio Domínguez
  • : José Francisco Figueroa (governor)
  • : Sabás Antonio Domínguez
  • : José Francisco Figueroa (governor)
  • : Julián Juvera
  • : Sabás Antonio Domínguez
  • : Julián Juvera
  • : Héctor Flores (governor)
  • : Sabás Antonio Domínguez
  • : Manuel María Lombardini
  • : José Antonio del Razo
  • : Francisco Berdusco
  • : Francisco de Paula Mesa
  • : Juan Manuel Fernández de Jaúregui
  • : José Antonio Urrutia
  • : Ramón María Loreto Canal de Samaniego
  • : José Guerra González
  • : José María Herrera y Lozada
  • : Pánfilo Barasorda
  • : Ángel Cabrera Merino
  • : Francisco Díez Marina

Reform War and the Second Empire to the French Intervention (1857-1867)

Restored Republic (1867-1876)

  • : Julio M. Cervantes
  • : Miguel Eguiluz
  • : Margarito Mena
  • : Julio M. Cervantes
  • : Leandro Múzquiz
  • : Juan N. Rubio
  • : Julio M. Cervantes
  • : José Francisco Bustamante
  • : Julio M. Cervantes
  • : José Francisco Bustamante
  • : Ignacio Castro
  • : Benito Santos Zenea
  • : Francisco Villaseñor
  • : Francisco Villaseñor
  • : Luis G. Lanchazo
  • : Francisco Villaseñor
  • : León Covarrubias Acevedo
  • : Carlos M. Rubio
  • : Francisco A. Vélez
  • : Carlos Castilla
  • : Francisco Villaseñor

The Porfiriato (1876-1911)

  • : Francisco A. Vélez
  • : Antonio Ruiz (governor)
  • : Antonio Gayón
  • : Luis Castañeda (governor)
  • José María Rivera Olvera
  • : José María Esquivel
  • : Francisco González de Cosío
  • : Rafael Olvera Ledesma
  • : Timoteo Fernández de Jáuregui
  • : Alfonso M. Veraza
  • : Timoteo Fernández de Jáuregui
  • : Alfonso M. Veraza
  • : Alfonso M. Veraza
  • : José Vázquez Marroquín
  • : José Vázquez Marroquín
  • : Francisco González de Cosío
  • : José Vázquez Marroquín
  • : José Vázquez Marroquín
  • : José María Esquivel
  • : José Vázquez Marroquín

The Revolución (1911-1917)

Modern Mexican State (1917-1997)

Contemporary Mexican State (1997-present)