President of Mexico

President of the United Mexican States Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Logo of the President's Office
Presidential Standard
Incumbent Claudia Sheinbaum since 1 October 2024
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; 202 years ago (1824-10-10)
First holder	Guadalupe Victoria
Succession	Line of succession
Deputy	Secretary of Interior
Salary	MX$208,570.92 (monthly)
Website	gob.mx/presidencia

The president of Mexico (Spanish: presidente de México), officially the president of the United Mexican States (Spanish: presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), 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.

List of presidents

Modern Mexico (1934–present)

Main article: Sexenio (Mexico)

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

  Institutional Revolutionary Party

  National Action Party

  National Regeneration Movement

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		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
58		José López Portillo (1920–2004)	1976	1 December 1976	30 November 1982	6 years	Institutional Revolutionary Party
59		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		Vicente Fox Quesada (born 1942)	2000	1 December 2000	30 November 2006	6 years	National Action Party
63		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		Andrés Manuel López Obrador (born 1953)	2018	1 December 2018	30 September 2024	5 years, 304 days	National Regeneration Movement
66		Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (born 1962)	2024	1 October 2024	Incumbent	2 years, 37 days	National Regeneration Movement

Requirements

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

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

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

There are six living former presidents. The most recent former president to die was Luis Echeverría (1970–1976), on 8 July 2022.

• 
  Carlos Salinas de Gortari
  (1988–1994)
  (1948-04-03) April 3, 1948 (age 78)
• 
  Ernesto Zedillo
  (1994–2000)
  (1951-12-27) December 27, 1951 (age 74)
• 
  Vicente Fox
  (2000–2006)
  (1942-07-02) July 2, 1942 (age 84)
• 
  Felipe Calderón
  (2006–2012)
  (1962-08-18) August 18, 1962 (age 64)
• 
  Enrique Peña Nieto
  (2012–2018)
  (1966-07-20) July 20, 1966 (age 60)
• 
  Andrés Manuel López Obrador
  (2018–2024)
  (1953-11-13) November 13, 1953 (age 72)

Notes

References

Other websites

• President of México - Official government website Archived 2016-01-15 at the Wayback Machine