governor of Campeche

{{Infobox Political post

|post = Governor

|body = Campeche

|native_name = {{lang|es|Gobernador de Campeche}}

|insignia = Coat of arms of Campeche.svg

|insigniasize = 75px

|insigniacaption =

|member_of = CONAGO

|image = Layda Sansores 1 (cropped).jpg

|incumbent = Layda Sansores

|residence =

|incumbentsince = September 15, 2021

|preceded by = Carlos Miguel Aysa González

|termlength = 6 years, non-renewable

|formation =

|inaugural = Pablo García Montilla

|website =

}}

The governor of Campeche, officially Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche ({{langx|es|Gobernador Constitucional del Estado de Campeche}}), is in charge the Executive branch of the State Government.

Term

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 15th day of September of the same electoral year and ends on September 14 six years after.

List of governors

According to the historical records of the State,{{cite web |url=http://www.campeche.gob.mx/nuestroestado/Cultura/gobernadores.htm |title=Gobierno del Estado de Campeche - Nuestro Estado - Cultura - Gobernadores de Campeche |language=es |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040206014814/http://www.campeche.gob.mx/nuestroestado/Cultura/gobernadores.htm |archive-date=2004-02-06 |access-date=2018-10-01 }} the following is the list of individuals who have held the office of governor since statehood:

Nineteenth century

align="center" \|Took office ! Left office ! Time in office
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" \|+ ! scope="col" rowspan="2" \| {{Abbr\|No.\|Number}} ! scope="col" rowspan="2" \| Portrait ! scope="col" rowspan="2" \| Name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" \| Governorship ! scope="col" colspan="3" align="center"\| Term of office ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em" \| Political party ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em" \| Notes
rowspan=2 \| 1 \| rowspan=2 \| 75px \| rowspan=2 \| Pablo García Montilla	Constitutional	26 March 1862	21 January 1864	{{ayd\|1862\|03\|26\|1864\|01\|21}} \| rowspan=2 \| \| rowspan=2 \|
Constitutional	15 December 1867	1 June 1870	{{ayd\|1867\|12\|15\|1870\|06\|02}}
2	75px	Tomás Anzar Barbachano	Provisional	2 June 1870	19 July 1870	{{ayd\|1870\|06\|02\|1870\|07\|19}}
3	75px	Salvador Dondé	Interim	19 Julio 1870	5 January 1871	{{ayd\|1870\|07\|19\|1871\|01\|06}}
rowspan=3 \| 4 \| rowspan=3 \| 75px \| rowspan=3 \| Joaquín Baranda Quijano	Constitutional (Extraordinary election)	6 January 1871	15 September 1871	{{ayd\|1871\|01\|06\|1871\|09\|16}} \| rowspan=3 \| \| rowspan=3 \|
rowspan=2\| Constitutional	16 September 1871	15 September 1875	{{ayd\|1871\|09\|16\|1875\|09\|16}}
16 September 1875	4 January 1877	{{ayd\|1875\|09\|16\|1877\|01\|05}}
colspan=9 style=background-color:#CEF\| Elected under the Porfiriato
5	75px	Juan B. Zamudio	Interim	5 January 1877	28 April 1877	{{ayd\|1877\|01\|05\|1877\|04\|29}}
rowspan=2 \| 6 \| rowspan=2 \| 75px \| rowspan=2 \| Marcelino Castilla	Constitutional (Extraordinary election)	29 April 1877	15 September 1879	{{ayd\|1877\|04\|29\|1879\|09\|16}} \| rowspan=2 \| \| rowspan=2 \|
Constitutional	16 September 1879	18 October 1880	{{ayd\|1879\|09\|16\|1880\|10\|18}}
-	75px	Prudencio Pérez Rosado	Interim	18 October 1880	30 November 1880	{{ayd\|1880\|10\|18\|1880\|12\|01}}	President of the State Superior Court of Justice
7	75px	Arturo Shiels	Constitutional (Extraordinary election)	1 December 1880	15 September 1883	{{ayd\|1880\|09\|01\|1883\|09\|16}}
-	75px	Joaquín Baranda Quijano	Constitutional	16 September 1883	15 November 1883	{{ayd\|1883\|09\|16\|1883\|11\|16}}
8	75px	Juan Montalvo Baranda	Constitutional (Extraordinary election)	16 November 1883	15 September 1887	{{ayd\|1883\|11\|16\|1887\|09\|16}}
9	75px	Juan Trinidad Ferrer	Constitutional	16 September 1887	24 April 1888	{{ayd\|1887\|09\|16\|1888\|04\|25}}
10	75px	Onecíforo Durán	Interim	25 April 1888	15 September 1888	{{ayd\|1888\|04\|25\|1888\|09\|16}}
11	75px	Joaquín Z. Kerlegand Flores	Constitutional (Extraordinary election)	16 September 1888	15 September 1891	{{ayd\|1888\|09\|16\|1891\|09\|16}}
12	75px	Leocadio Preve	Constitutional	16 September 1891	15 September 1895	{{ayd\|1891\|09\|16\|1895\|09\|16}}
-	75px	Juan Montalvo Baranda	Constitutional	16 September 1895	19 November 1898	{{ayd\|1895\|09\|16\|1898\|11\|19}}	Died in office{{Cite web \|date=2022-01-02 \|title=Algo de la política citadina campechana (1871-1911) \|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/instituto-mora/algo-de-la-politica-citadina-campechana-1871-1911 \|access-date=2022-08-08 \|website=El Universal \|language=es\|author=Instituto Mora}}
rowspan=2 \| 13 \| rowspan=2 \| 75px \| rowspan=2 \| Carlos Gutiérrez Mac-Gregor	Interim	19 November 1898	15 September de 1899	{{ayd\|1898\|11\|19\|1899\|09\|15}} \| rowspan=2 \| \| rowspan=2 \|
Constitutional	16 September 1899	2 de April 1902	{{ayd\|1899\|09\|16\|1902\|04\|02}}

Twentieth century

Took office ! Left office ! Time in office
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" \|+ ! scope="col" rowspan="2" \| {{Abbr\|No.\|Number}} ! scope="col" rowspan="2" \| Portrait ! scope="col" rowspan="2" \| Name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" \| Governorship ! scope="col" colspan="3" \| Term of office ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em" \| Political party ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em" \| Notes
rowspan=2 \| 14 \| rowspan=2 \| 75px \| rowspan=2 \| José Castellot	Interim	2 April 1902	24 May 1902	{{ayd\|1902\|04\|02\|1902\|05\|25}} \| rowspan=2 \| \| rowspan=2 \|
Constitutional	25 May 1902	9 August 1902	{{ayd\|1902\|05\|25\|1902\|08\|09}}
rowspan=2 \| 15 \| rowspan=2 \| 75px \| rowspan=2 \| Luis García Mézquita	Interim	9 August 1902	15 September 1903	{{ayd\|1902\|08\|09\|1903\|09\|16}} \| rowspan=2 \| \| rowspan=2 \| Died in office{{Cite web \|date=2015 \|author=COESPO\|title=Biografías de los Gobernadores del Estado de Campeche 1857-2015 \|trans-title=Biographies of the Governors of the State of Campeche 1857-2015 \|url=http://coespo.campeche.gob.mx/phocadownload/BIOGRAF%C3%8DAS%20DE%20LOS%20GOBERNADORES%20DEL%20ESTADO%20DE%20CAMPECHE.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625213314/http://coespo.campeche.gob.mx/phocadownload/BIOGRAF%C3%8DAS%20DE%20LOS%20GOBERNADORES%20DEL%20ESTADO%20DE%20CAMPECHE.pdf \|archive-date=2022-06-25 \|access-date=2022-08-08 \|website=Gobierno de Campeche \|language=es }}
Constitutional	16 September 1903	15 June 1905	{{ayd\|1903\|09\|16\|1905\|06\|15}}
-	75px	José A. Ruz	Acting Governor	15 June 1905	21 June 1905	{{ayd\|1905\|06\|15\|1905\|06\|21}}
rowspan=3 \| 16 \| rowspan=3 \| 75px \| rowspan=3 \| Tomás Aznar y Cano	Interim	21 June 1905	2 September 1905	{{ayd\|1905\|06\|21\|1905\|09\|03}} \| rowspan=3 \| \| rowspan=3 \|
Constitutional (Extraordinary election)	3 September 1905	15 September 1907	{{ayd\|1905\|09\|03\|1907\|09\|16}}
Constitutional	16 September 1907	9 August 1910	{{ayd\|1907\|09\|16\|1910\|08\|09}}
17	75px	José García Gual	Interim	9 August 1910	25 May 1911	{{ayd\|1910\|08\|09\|1911\|05\|25}}
colspan=9 style=background-color:#CEF\| Elected during the Mexican Revolution
18	75px	Gustavo Suzarte Campos	Interim	25 May 1911	15 June 1911	{{ayd\|1911\|05\|25\|1911\|06\|15}}
19	75px	Román Sabas Flores	Interim	16 June 1911	27 June 1911	{{ayd\|1911\|06\|16\|1911\|06\|21}}
20	75px	Urbano Espinoza	Interim	27 June 1911	15 September 1911	{{ayd\|1911\|06\|27\|1911\|09\|16}}
21	75px	Manuel Castilla Brito	Constitutional	16 September 1911	11 June 1913	{{ayd\|1911\|06\|16\|1913\|06\|12}}
-	75px	Felipe Bueno Castilla	Provisional	12 June 1913	30 June 1913	{{ayd\|1913\|06\|12\|1913\|07\|01}}		President of the State Superior Court of Justice
22	75px	Manuel Rojas Moreno	Interim	1 July 1913	3 July 1913	{{ayd\|1913\|07\|01\|1913\|07\|04}}
rowspan=2 \| 23 \| rowspan=2 \| 75px \| rowspan=2 \| Manuel Rivera	Interim	4 July 1913	14 February 1914	{{ayd\|1913\|07\|04\|1914\|02\|15}} \| rowspan=2 \| \| rowspan=2 \|
Constitutional (Extraordinary election)	15 February 1914	4 September 1914	{{ayd\|1914\|02\|15\|1914\|09\|05}}
24	75px	Eduardo Hurtado Aubry	Interim	5 September 1914	9 September 1914	{{ayd\|1914\|09\|05\|1914\|09\|10}}
rowspan=2 \| 25 \| rowspan=2 \| 75px \| rowspan=2 \| Joaquín Mucel Acereto	Provisional	10 September 1914	23 June 1917	{{ayd\|1914\|09\|10\|1917\|06\|24}} \| rowspan=2 \| \| rowspan=2 \|
Constitutional (Extraordinary election)	24 June 1917	15 September 1919	{{ayd\|1917\|06\|24\|1919\|09\|16}}
26	75px	Enrique Arias Solís	Constitutional	16 September 1919	15 May 1920	{{ayd\|1919\|09\|16\|1920\|05\|16}}
-	75px	Eduardo Arceo Zumárraga	Provisional	16 May 1920	25 July 1920	{{ayd\|1920\|05\|16\|1920\|07\|26}}
colspan=9 style=background-color:#CEF\| Elected under the post-revolutionary period
-	75px	Gonzalo Sales Guerrero	Substitute	26 July 1920	3 January 1921	{{ayd\|1920\|07\|26\|1921\|01\|03}}
-	75px	Eduardo Arceo Zumárraga	Provisional	4 January 1921	16 February 1921	{{ayd\|1921\|01\|04\|1921\|02\|17}}
27	75px	Enrique Gómez Briceño	Constitutional (Extraordinary election)	17 February 1921	11 August 1921	{{ayd\|1921\|02\|17\|1921\|08\|11}}
-	75px	Guillermo Ferrer Vega	Provisional	11 August 1921	24 November 1921	{{ayd\|1921\|08\|11\|1921\|11\|25}}
28	75px	Ramón Félix Flores	Constitutional (Extraordinary election)	25 November 1921	15 September 1923	{{ayd\|1921\|11\|25\|1923\|09\|16}}	Partido Socialista Agrario de Campeche (PSAC)
29	75px	Ángel Castillo Lanz	Constitutional	16 September 1923	15 September 1927	{{ayd\|1923\|09\|16\|1927\|09\|16}}	PSAC
30	75px	Silvestre Pavón Silva	Constitutional	16 September 1927	19 November 1928	{{ayd\|1927\|09\|16\|1928\|11\|20}}
31	75px	Pedro Tello Andureza	Interim	20 November 1928	28 November 1928	{{ayd\|1928\|11\|20\|1928\|11\|28}}
rowspan=2 \| 32 \| rowspan=2 \| 75px \| rowspan=2 \| Ramiro Bojórquez Castillo	Interim	28 November 1928	28 December 1928	{{ayd\|1928\|11\|28\|1928\|12\|28}} \| rowspan=2 \| National Revolutionary Party (PNR) \| rowspan=2 \|
Substitute	28 December 1928	31 May 1931	{{ayd\|1928\|12\|28\|1931\|05\|31}}
33	75px	Fausto Bojórquez Castillo	Substitute Interim	12 June 1931	15 September 1931	{{ayd\|1931\|06\|12\|1931\|09\|16}}	PNR
34	75px	Benjamín Romero Esquivel	Constitutional	16 September 1931	15 September 1935	{{ayd\|1931\|09\|16\|1935\|09\|16}}	PNR
35	75px	Eduardo R. Mena Córdova	Constitutional	16 September 1935	15 September 1939	{{ayd\|1935\|09\|16\|1939\|09\|16}}	Mexican Revolution Party (PRM)
36	75px	Héctor Pérez Martínez	Constitutional	16 September 1939	15 September 1943	{{ayd\|1939\|09\|16\|1943\|09\|16}}	PRM
colspan=9 style=background-color:#CEF\| Six-year terms
37	75px	Eduardo J. Lavalle Urbina	Constitutional	16 September 1943	15 September 1949	{{ayd\|1943\|09\|16\|1949\|09\|16}}	PRM
38	75px	Manuel Jesús López Hernández	Constitutional	16 September 1949	15 September 1955	{{ayd\|1949\|09\|16\|1955\|09\|16}}	Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
39	75px	Alberto Trueba Urbina	Constitutional	16 September 1955	15 September 1961	{{ayd\|1955\|09\|16\|1961\|09\|16}}	PRI
40	75px	José Ortiz Ávila	Constitutional	16 September 1961	15 September 1967	{{ayd\|1961\|09\|16\|1967\|09\|16}}	PRI
41	75px	Carlos Sansores Pérez	Constitutional	16 September 1967	2 March 1973	{{ayd\|1967\|09\|16\|1973\|03\|03}}	PRI	Left governorship to become a federal deputy{{Cite web \|last=Francisco\|first=Ynurreta \|title=Murió Carlos Sansores, ex gobernador de Campeche \|url=https://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/133581.html \|date=22 December 2005\|access-date=2022-08-07 \|website=El Universal \|trans-title=Carlos Sansores, ex-governor of Campeche, died \|language=es}}
rowspan=2 \| 42 \| rowspan=2 \| 75px \| rowspan=2 \| Carlos Pérez Cámara	Interim	3 March 1973	13 August 1973	{{ayd\|1973\|03\|03\|1973\|08\|14}} \| rowspan=2 \| PRI \| rowspan=2 \|
Substitute	14 August 1973	15 September 1973	{{ayd\|1973\|08\|14\|1973\|09\|16}}
43	75px	Rafael Rodríguez Barrera	Constitutional	16 September 1973	15 September 1979	{{ayd\|1973\|09\|16\|1979\|09\|16}}	PRI
44	75px	Eugenio Echeverría Castellot	Constitutional	16 September 1979	15 September 1985	{{ayd\|1979\|09\|16\|1985\|09\|16}}	PRI
45	75px	Abelardo Carrillo Zavala	Constitutional	16 September 1985	15 September 1991	{{ayd\|1985\|09\|16\|1991\|09\|16}}	PRI
46	75px	Jorge Salomón Azar García	Constitutional	16 September 1991	15 September 1997	{{ayd\|1991\|09\|16\|1997\|09\|16}}	PRI
47	75px	José Antonio González Curi	Constitutional	16 September 1997	15 September 2003	{{ayd\|1991\|09\|16\|1997\|09\|16}}	PRI

Twenty-first century

align="center" \|Took office ! Left office ! Time in office
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" \|+ ! rowspan="2" \| {{Abbr\|No.\|Number}} ! rowspan="2" \| Portrait ! rowspan="2" \| Name ! rowspan="2" \| Governorship ! colspan="3" align="center"\| Term of office ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em" \| Political party ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em" \| Notes
48	75px	Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez	Constitutional	16 September 2003	15 September 2009	{{ayd\|2003\|09\|16\|2009\|09\|16}}	PRI
49	75px	Fernando Ortega Bernés	Constitutional	16 September 2009	15 September 2015	{{ayd\|2009\|09\|16\|2015\|09\|16}}	PRI
50	75px	Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas	Constitutional	16 September 2015	13 July 2019	{{ayd\|2015\|09\|16\|2019\|07\|13}}	PRI	Left governorship to become national president of the PRI{{cite web\|publisher=Proceso\|first=Rosa\|last=Santana\|date=13 June 2019\|access-date=8 August 2022\|title=Carlos Miguel Aysa González releva a "Alito" como gobernador de Campeche\|url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/estados/2019/6/13/carlos-miguel-aysa-gonzalez-releva-alito-como-gobernador-de-campeche-226400.html\|language=es\|trans-title=Carlos Miguel Aysa González substitutes “Alito” as governor of Campeche}}
51	75px	Carlos Miguel Aysa González	Interim	13 July 2019	14 September 2021	{{ayd\|2019\|07\|13\|2021\|09\|15}}	PRI
52	75px	Layda Sansores	Constitutional	15 September 2021	Incumbent	{{ayd\|2021\|09\|15}}	Morena

References

Campeche