Governor of Colima

Governor of Colima
Governor of Colima
	Incumbent; José Ignacio Peralta; since February 11, 2016
Term length	Six years, non-renewable.
Inaugural holder
Formation	1857
Website	Government of Colima

According to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Colima, the exercise of the Executive Power of this Mexican entity is placed in a single individual, called the Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Colima who is chosen for a period of 6 years and is not eligible for reelection. The term of governor begins November 1 of the year of the election and finishes October 31 after six years have elapsed.

The state of Colima was created in the year 1853, before during diverse periods of its history was a federal territory or department, by which the denomination of the holder of the Executive Power of the entity suffered various changes.

Governors of Colima from 1857[]

The individuals that have occupied the Governorship of the State of Colima, have been the following:

(1857):
(1857):
(1857–1858):
(1858):
(1858–1859):
(1859):

(1859):
(1859–1860):
(1860–1862):
(1862):
(1862):
(1862):
(1862):
(1862): Julio García
(1862–1864):
(1864): Julio García
(1864–1867): (Imperial prefect)
(1867–1869):
(1869–1871):
(1871–1873):
(1873–1877):
(1877–1879):
(1879): Pedro A. Galván
(1880–1883):
(1883): Miguel de la Madrid
(1883–1886): Esteban García
(1887–1893):
(1893–1902):
(1900–1901): (Interim)
(1901–1902):
(1902–1911):
(1908–1910): Interino
(1911–1912):
(1912–1913):
(1913):
(1913): Interino
(1913):
(1913):
(1913–1914):
(1914):
(1914): (one day only) (Interim)
(1914–1917): (Interim)
(1917–1919): (Interim)
(1917–1919): (Interim)
(1917–1919): (Interim)
(1917–1919): (Interim)
(1917–1919): (Interim)
(1917–1919): (Interim)
(1917–1919): (Interim)
(1917–1919): (Interim)
(1917–1919): (Interim)
(1917–1919):
(1917–1919): (Interim)
(1919–1923): (Interim)
(1923–1927): (Interim)
(1925): (Interim)
(1925): (Interim)
(1931): (Interim)
(1917–1931):
(1931–1935):
(1935):
(1935–1939):
(1939–1943):
(1943–1949):
(1949–1955):
(1955–1961):
(1961–1967): Francisco Velasco Curiel
(1967–1973):

Antonio Barbosa Heldt was elected for the 1973–1979 term but died before taking office.

(1973–1974):
(1974–1979):
(1979–1985): Griselda Álvarez
(1985–1991):
(1991–1997): Carlos de la Madrid Virgen
(1997–2003):
(2003–2004): Carlos Flores Dueñas
(2004–2005): Gustavo Vázquez Montes
(2005): Arnoldo Ochoa González
(2005–2009): Silverio Cavazos
(2009–31 October 2015): Mario Anguiano Moreno
(31 October 2015–10 February 2016):
(11 February 2016– 31 October 2021): José Ignacio Peralta
(01 November 2021–Present): Indira Vizcaíno Silva

Governor of Colima

Incumbent José Ignacio Peralta since February 11, 2016
Term length	Six years, non-renewable.
Inaugural holder
Formation	1857
Website	Government of Colima