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Mexican Heads of State Since Independence


Emperor Agustín de Iturbide                   1822-23
The Republic
Guadalupe Victoria (Félix Fernández)          1824-29
Vicente Guerrero                              1829
José María Bocanegra (interim)                1829
Pedro Vélez, Luis Quintanar, and              1829
     Lucas Alamán, triumvirate
Anastasio Bustamante                          1830-32, 1837-39, and 1842
Melchor Muzquiz (interim)                     1832
Manuel Gómez Pedraza                          1833
Antonio López de Santa Anna                   variously from 1833 to 1855
Valentín Gómez Farías                         1833, 1834, and 1847
Miguel Barragán                               1835-36
José Justo Corro                              1836-37
Nicolas Bravo                                 variously from 1839 to 1846
Javier Echeverría                             1841
Valentín Canalizo                             1844
José Joaquín Herrera ( interim )              1844, 1845, and 1848-51
Maríano Paredes Arrillaga                     1846
Maríano Salas                                 1846
Pedro María Anaya                             1847 and 1848
Manuel de la Peña y Peña                     1847 and 1848

Maríano Arista                                1851-53
Juan Bautista Ceballos (interim)              1853
Manuel María Lombardini                       1853
Martín Carrera (interim)                      1855
Romulo Díaz de la Vega                        1855
THE REFORMA AND THE FRENCH INTERVENTION
Juan Alvarez                                  1855
Ignacio Comonfort                             1855-58
Liberal Government
Benito Juárez                                 1855-72
Conservative Government
Felix Zuloaga                                 1858 and 1859
Manuel  Robles Pezuela                        1858
Miguel Miramón                                1859-60
Ignacio Pavón                                 1860
Conservative Junta                            1860- 64
Emperor Maximilian von Hapsburg               1864-67
THE RESTORED REPUBLIC
Benito Juárez                                 1867-72   
Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada                     1872-76
THE PORFIRIATO
Juan N. Mendez                                1876    
Porfirio Díaz                                 1876-80;  1884-1911
Manuel González                               1880-84
THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION

Francisco León de la Barra (interim)          l913
Francisco I. Madero                           1911-1913
Pedro Lascuraín (interim)                     1913
Victoriano Huerta (interim)                   1913-14
Francisco S. Carbajal (interim)               1914
Venustiano Carranza                           1914;  1915-20
Eulalio Gutiérrez (interim, named by the      1914
 Convention of Aguascalientes)
Roque González Garza                          1914
Francisco Lagos Chazaro                       1915
THE SONORAN DYNASTY

Adolfo de la Huerta (interim )                1920
Alvaro Obregón                                1920-24
Plutarco Elías Calles                         1924-28
THE MAXIMATO

Emilio Portes Gil (interim)                   1928-30
Pascual Ortiz Rubio                           1930-32
Abelardo L. Rodríguez (interim)               1932-34
                                              
REVOLUTIONARY RENEWAL
Lázaro Cárdenas                               1934-40
THE INSTITUTIONALIZED REVOLUTION

Manuel Avila Camacho                          1940-46
Miguel Alemán Valdes                          1946-52
Adolfo Ruíz Cortines                          1952-58
Adolfo López Mateos                           1958-64
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz                            1964-70
Luis Echeverría Alvarez                       1970-76
José López Portillo                           1976-82
Miguel de la Madrid                           1982-88
Carlos Salinas de Gortari                     l988-94
Ernesto Zedillo                               1994-2000
 The Age of the Partido Acción Nacional

Vicente Fox Quesada  2000-2006
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa							2006-2012