List of female state governors in Mexico
As of 2023, 14 of the 32 Mexican federal entities (31 states and the capital, Mexico City) have had a female state governor. Mexico's first female state governor was Griselda Álvarez Ponce de León,[1] who was elected chief executive of the state of Colima for the 1979–85 period. Others have followed since:
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- Aguascalientes: Governor of Aguascalientes
- María Teresa Jiménez Esquivel, PAN, 1 October 2022 – present
- Baja California: Governor of Baja California
- Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda, MORENA, 1 November 2021 – present
- Campeche: Governor of Campeche
- Layda Sansores, MORENA, 15 September 2021 – present
- Chihuahua: Governor of Chihuahua
- María Eugenia Campos Galván, PAN, 8 September 2021 – present
- Colima: Governor of Colima
- Griselda Álvarez, PRI, 1 November 1979 – 31 October 1985
- Indira Vizcaíno Silva, MORENA, 1 November 2021 – present
- Guerrero: Governor of Guerrero
- Evelyn Salgado Pineda, MORENA, 15 October 2021 – present
- Mexico, State of: Governor of the State of Mexico
- Delfina Gómez Álvarez, MORENA, 16 September 2023 – present
- Mexico City: Head of Government of Mexico City
- Rosario Robles Berlanga, PRD, 30 September 1999 – 4 December 2000 (interim/unelected)
- Claudia Sheinbaum, MORENA, 5 December 2018 – 16 June 2023
- Puebla: Governor of Puebla
- Martha Erika Alonso Hidalgo, PAN, 14 December 2018 – 24 December 2018 (died in office)
- Sonora: Governor of Sonora
- Claudia Pavlovich, PRI, 13 September 2015 – 12 September 2021
- Tlaxcala: Governor of Tlaxcala
- Beatriz Paredes Rangel, PRI, 15 January 1987 – 11 April 1992
- Lorena Cuéllar Cisneros, MORENA, 31 August 2021 – present
- Quintana Roo: Governor of Quintana Roo
- Mara Lezama Espinosa, MORENA, 25 September 2022 – present
- Yucatán: Governor of Yucatán
- Dulce María Sauri Riancho, PRI, 14 February 1991 – 1 December 1994 (interim/unelected)
- Ivonne Ortega Pacheco, PRI, 1 August 2007 – 30 September 2012
- Zacatecas: Governor of Zacatecas
- Amalia García Medina, PRD, 12 September 2004–11 September 2010
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References[edit]
- ^ "Aniversario luctuoso de Griselda Álvarez, primera gobernadora en México". gob.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2024.