The governor, according to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave in Mexico, the Executive Power is invested in one individual, called "Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave". The current governor is Cuitláhuac García Jiménez, who assumed the position on December 1, 2018. He is a member of the National Regeneration Movement.

Governor of Veracruz
Gobernador de Veracruz
Incumbent
Cuitláhuac García Jiménez
since December 1, 2018
Member ofCONAGO
ResidenceState Government Palace
SeatXalapa-Enríquez
AppointerPopular vote
Term lengthSix years, non-renewable.
Constituting instrumentState Constitution
Inaugural holderMiguel Barragán
Formation20 May 1825
SalaryMXN$58,801.96[1]
Websiteveracruz.gob.mx/gobiernover/gobernador/

Term edit

Governors are elected to serve for 6 years and they can not hold the title under any circumstance ever again. The governor takes office on the first day of December of the same electoral year and ends on November 30 six years after.

The State of Veracruz was created on 1824, being one of the original States of the Federation, it has experienced all the political systems implemented in Mexico, federalism and centralism, thus it has changed its name from "State of" to "Department of" to "State of" again.

List of governors edit

The list with all the governors of the State since 1825 follows.

Nineteenth century edit

Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz edit

Department of Veracruz edit

From 1834 to 1857 there are no popular-elected governors due to Santa Anna's centralist Seven Laws.

Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz edit

Veracruz in the Second Empire edit

From 1864 to 1867.

Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz-Llave edit

Twentieth century edit

Twenty-first century edit

Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Decreto de Presupuesto de Egresos para el Ejercicio Fiscal 2022" [Expenditure Budget Decree for Fiscal Year 2022] (PDF). Congreso del Estado de Veracruz. 2021-12-30. p. 26. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  2. ^ Perez, Sonia; Orsi, Peter (16 April 2017). "Fugitive Mexican ex-Gov. Javier Duarte detained in Guatemala". Associated Press. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  3. ^ PGR México [@PGR_mx] (January 7, 2017). "#Recompensa ¿Tienes información que ayude a la localización y aprehensión de #JavierDuarte?" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2022-08-07. Retrieved 2022-08-07 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Staff Forbes (2016-10-26). "PRI expulsa a Javier Duarte" [PRI expels Javier Duarte]. Forbes México (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-08.