President of Mexico
| President of the United Mexican States Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos | |
|---|---|
 Logo of the President's Office | |
 Presidential Standard | |
| Executive branch of the Mexican Government | |
| Style | Señora Presidenta (Madam President) La Honorable (The Honorable) Su Excelencia (Her Excellency) |
| Type | Head of state Head of government Commander in chief |
| Residence | National Palace |
| Seat | Mexico City |
| Appointer | Popular vote |
| Term length | Six years non renewable |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Mexico (1917) |
| Precursor | Emperor of Mexico |
| Formation | 10 October 1824 |
| First holder | Guadalupe Victoria |
| Succession | Line of succession |
| Deputy | Secretary of Interior[a] |
| Salary | MX$208,570.92[1] (monthly) |
| Website | gob.mx/presidencia |
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The president of Mexico (Spanish: presidente de México),[b] officially the president of the United Mexican States (Spanish: presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos),[b][2] 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.[3]
List of presidents
[change | change source]Modern Mexico (1934–present)
[change | change source]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
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Tenure | |||||
| 51 |  |
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (1895–1970) |
1934 | 1 December 1934 | 30 November 1940 | 6 years | National Revolutionary Party |
| 52 | (b).png?lang=simple) |
Manuel Ávila Camacho (1897–1955) |
1940 | 1 December 1940 | 30 November 1946 | 6 years | Party of the Mexican Revolution |
| 53 |  |
Miguel Alemán Valdés (1900–1983) |
1946 | 1 December 1946 | 30 November 1952 | 6 years | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| 54 |  |
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (1889–1973) |
1952 | 1 December 1952 | 30 November 1958 | 6 years | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| 55 |  |
Adolfo López Mateos (1909–1969) |
1958 | 1 December 1958 | 30 November 1964 | 6 years | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| 56 |  |
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1911–1979) |
1964 | 1 December 1964 | 30 November 1970 | 6 years | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| 57 |  |
Luis Echeverría Álvarez (1922–2022) |
1970 | 1 December 1970 | 30 November 1976 | 6 years | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
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José López Portillo (1920–2004) |
1976 | 1 December 1976 | 30 November 1982 | 6 years | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| 59 | .jpg?lang=simple) |
Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado (1934–2012) |
1982 | 1 December 1982 | 30 November 1988 | 6 years | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| 60 |  |
Carlos Salinas de Gortari (born 1948) |
1988 | 1 December 1988 | 30 November 1994 | 6 years | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| 61 |  |
Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (born 1951) |
1994 | 1 December 1994 | 30 November 2000 | 6 years | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| 62 | _(b).jpg?lang=simple) |
Vicente Fox Quesada (born 1942) |
2000 | 1 December 2000 | 30 November 2006 | 6 years | National Action Party |
| 63 | _(b).jpg?lang=simple) |
Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (born 1962) |
2006 | 1 December 2006 | 30 November 2012 | 6 years | National Action Party |
| 64 |  |
Enrique Peña Nieto (born 1966) |
2012 | 1 December 2012 | 30 November 2018 | 6 years | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| 65 | _(cropped).jpg?lang=simple){kind=spacer} |
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (born 1953) |
2018 | 1 December 2018 | 30 September 2024 | 5 years, 304 days[4] | National Regeneration Movement |
| 66 | Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (born 1962) |
2024 | 1 October 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 105 days | National Regeneration Movement | |
Requirements
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]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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Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ On a temporary basis for 60 days, after which the Congress names a presidential substitute. The Vice President position was abolished in 1917.
- 1 2 Presidenta is recommended if the holder of the office is a female, however, the name of the charge is officially presidente as per the Mexican Constitution, and presidente can be used for both men and women.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ At an exchange rate of 20.94 pesos to one dollar, approximately $9,960.40 per month; the salary after taxes is listed as MXN$142,256.56 (US$6,793.53)."Portal de Obligaciones de Transparencia". 17 August 2017. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ↑ Article 80, Constitution of Mexico. "Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Cámara de Diputados. p. 55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ↑ "Por qué junio y octubre son las nuevas fechas clave para las elecciones 2024 de México" [Why June and October are the new key dates for Mexico's 2024 elections]. CNN en Español (in Spanish). 2024-01-20. Archived from the original on 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
- ↑ "El sexenio de AMLO acaba en tres años exactos… ¿por qué durará menos?" [AMLO's six-year term ends in exactly three years... Why will it last less time?] (in Spanish). El Financiero. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
Other websites
[change | change source]- President of México - Official government website Archived 2016-01-15 at the Wayback Machine