Governor of Mendoza Province

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Governor of Mendoza Province
Provincial coat of Arms
Style	Governor
Status	Head of the local government
Appointer	Direct popular vote
Inaugural holder	José Moldes
Formation	1810

The Constitution (1916) of Mendoza Province, Argentina, states that the executive power of the province will be led by a citizen chosen as a governor by the people for a four-year term, and not allowed to be re-elected for the immediately following term.

Before it was constituted as a province in 1920, Mendoza Province was known as the Province of Cuyo. Before 1813, it was part of Córdoba Province. The office of governor came into existence when the independent province was created.

Since that time Mendoza Province has had almost a hundred governors, as well as other types of officials in charge of the executive power.

The office of the Governor of Mendoza is on the 4th floor of the Government House building, inside the Civic Center of the City of Mendoza. The Civic Center is a park with administrative buildings of the executive and judicial powers and the Mendoza Province Federal Court.

The office of the governor is commonly known as The Seat of San Martín, since José de San Martín was one of the first governors of the province. This was the only executive office that San Martín ever held in the history of Argentina.

List of governors[]

Before the Sáenz Peña Law (1820-1914)[]

Portrait	Governor	Term	Political Party	Notes
		17 January – February 1820
		February – March 1820
		March – 29 July 1820
	Tomás Godoy Cruz	29 July 1820 – 7 May 1822
		7 May 1822 – 29 April 1824
	Juan Agustín Maza	29 – 30 April 1824
	[es]	30 April – 7 May 1824
		7 May – 4 June 1824
		4 - 8 June 1824
	Juan Lavalle	8 June – 4 July 1824
		4 July 1824 – 8 November 1826
	Juan Rege Corvalán	8 November 1826 – 10 August 1829
	Rudecindo Alvarado	10 August – 18 August 1829
		18 August - 23 Setiembre 1829		Provincial, National Deputy and Minister of Government
	Juan Rege Corvalán	23 September 1829 – 8 April 1830
	Tomás Godoy Cruz	8 – 30 April 1830
	José Videla Castillo	30 April 1830 – 5 April 1831
		5 April – 25 December 1831
		25 December 1831 – 4 August 1832
		4 August 1832 – 20 March 1838
		20 March 1838 – 4 November 1840
		4 November – 15 November 1840
		15 November 1840 – 16 May 1841
		16 May – 2 September 1841
		2 – 5 September 1841
	Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid	5 September – 24 November 1841
	José Félix Aldao	24 November 1841 – 19 January 1845
		19 January – 10 February 1845
	Pedro Pascual Segura	10 February 1845 – 4 April 1847
		4 April 1847 – 3 March 1852
	Pedro Pascual Segura	3 March 1852 – 22 February 1856
		22 February 1856 – 25 March 1859		He was the first to hold the position according to the Provincial Constitution.
		25 March – 16 April 1859
	Pascual Echagüe	16 April – 23 August 1859
		23 August 1859 – 16 December 1861		Resigned.
	Juan de Dios Videla	16 December 1861 – 2 January 1862		Deposed by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and fled to Chile.
		2 January 1862
		March – 29 July 1820
		2 January 1862 – 25 September 1863		Died in office.
		25 September – 7 November 1863
		7 November 1863 – 1 November 1866
		1 – 11 November 1866
		11 November 1866 – 11 April 1867
		11 April – 11 July 1867
		11 July – 16 October 1867
		16 October 1867 – 16 October 1870
	Arístides Villanueva	16 October 1870 – 16 October 1873
		16 October 1873 – 29 October 1874
		29 October – 8 November 1874
		8 November 1874 – 16 October 1876
		16 October 1876 – 24 December 1877
		24 December 1877 – 15 February 1878
	Elías Villanueva	15 February 1878 – 15 February 1881
		15 February 1881 – 15 February 1884
	Rufino Ortega	15 February 1884 – 15 February 1887	National Autonomist Party
		15 February 1887 – 6 January 1889	National Autonomist Party
		6 January – early 1889	National Autonomist Party
		early 1889 – mid-1889	National Autonomist Party
		mid-1889 – 9 June 1889	National Autonomist Party
		9 June 1889 – mid-1889	National Autonomist Party
		mid-1889 – end of 1889	National Autonomist Party
		end of 1889 - 10 June 1890	National Autonomist Party
	Oseas Guiñazú	10 June 1890 - 15 October 1891	National Autonomist Party	Resigned.
		15 October 1891 - 25 January 1892	National Autonomist Party
	Francisco Uriburu	25 January – 21 February 1892	National Autonomist Party
		21 February – 6 August 1892	National Autonomist Party	Died in office.
		6 August 1892 – 31 December 1894	National Autonomist Party	Resigned.
		31 December 1894 - mid-1895	National Autonomist Party
		mid-- end of 1895	National Autonomist Party
		end of 1895 - 1898	National Autonomist Party
	Emilio Civit	1898	National Autonomist Party	Resigned.
		1898 - 1901	National Autonomist Party
	Elías Villanueva	1901 - 1904	National Autonomist Party
		1904 - 1905	National Autonomist Party	Deposed after the Argentine Revolution of 1905.
	José Néstor Lencinas	1905	[es]	De Facto Revolutionary Intervention
		1905 - 1907	National Autonomist Party	Resumed his term.
		1907 - 6 March 1910	National Autonomist Party
		6 March 1910 - 6 March 1914	National Autonomist Party

After the Sáenz Peña Law (1914-Present)[]

Portrait	Governor	Term start	Term end	Party		Election	Notes
		6 March 1914	6 March 1918		La Liga Cívica	[es]
	José Néstor Lencinas	6 March 1918	17 February 1919		[es]	[es]
		17 February 1919	12 April 1919		UCR	—	Federal controller (Hipólito Yrigoyen)
		12 April 1919	25 July 1919		UCR	—	Federal controller (Hipólito Yrigoyen)
	José Néstor Lencinas	25 July 1919	20 January 1920		[es]	[es]	Retook office after federal intervention. Died in office.
		20 January 1920	3 September 1920		[es]	—	Provisional President of the  [es]; took office after the death of José Néstor Lencinas.
		3 September 1920	4 February 1922		UCR	—	Federal controller (Hipólito Yrigoyen)
	Carlos Washington Lencinas	4 February 1922	9 October 1924		[es]	[es]
	Enrique Mosca	9 October 1924	6 February 1926		[es]	—	Federal controller (Marcelo T. de Alvear)
		6 February 1926	4 December 1928		[es]	[es]
		4 December 1928	7 September 1930		UCR	—	Federal controller (Hipólito Yrigoyen)
		7 September 1930	25 September 1930		—	—	De facto federal controller (1930 Argentine coup d'état)
		25 September 1930	18 February 1932		—	—	De facto federal controller (1930 Argentine coup d'état)
		18 February 1932	18 February 1935		PD	[es]
		18 February 1935	18 February 1938		PD	[es]
		18 February 1938	18 February 1941		PD	[es]
		18 February 1941	4 June 1943		PD	[es]
		4 June 1943	11 June 1943		—	—	De facto federal controller (1943 Argentine coup d'état)
		11 June 1943	21 December 1943		—	—	De facto federal controller (1943 Argentine coup d'état)
		21 December 1943	4 June 1946		—	—	De facto federal controller (1943 Argentine coup d'état)
		4 June 1946	12 March 1949		[es]	[es]
		12 March 1949	4 June 1952		PP	[es]
		4 June 1952	18 September 1955		PP	[es]
		18 September 1955	13 December 1955		—	—	De facto federal controller (Revolución Libertadora)
		13 December 1955	7 May 1956		—	—	De facto federal controller (Revolución Libertadora)
		9 May 1956	1 May 1958		UCR	—	De facto federal controller (Revolución Libertadora)
	Ernesto Ueltschi	1 May 1958	1 May 1961		UCRI	[es]
		1 May 1961	23 April 1962		PD	[es]
		23 April 1962[1]	5 June 1962		—	—	De facto federal controller (1962 Argentine coup d'état)
		5 June 1962[2]	6 February 1963		—	—	De facto federal controller (1962 Argentine coup d'état)
		6 February 1963	9 February 1963		—	—	De facto federal controller (1962 Argentine coup d'état)
		9 February 1963	9 April 1963		—	—	De facto federal controller (1962 Argentine coup d'état)
		9 April 1963	27 April 1963		—	—	De facto federal controller (1962 Argentine coup d'état)
		27 April 1963	12 October 1963		—	—	De facto federal controller (1962 Argentine coup d'état)
		12 October 1963	28 June 1966		PD	[es]
		Elected but did not assume power			PD	[es]
		28 June 1966[3]	22 July 1966		—	—	De facto federal controller (Argentine Revolution)
		22 July 1966[4]	8 June 1970		—	—	De facto federal controller (Argentine Revolution)
		8 June 1970	4 April 1972		PD	—	De facto federal controller (Argentine Revolution)
	Luis Carlos Gómez Centurión	4 April 1972	14 April 1972		—	—	De facto federal controller (Argentine Revolution)
		14 April 1972	22 March 1973		PD	—	De facto federal controller (Argentine Revolution)
		22 March 1973	25 May 1973		—	—	De facto federal controller (Argentine Revolution)
		25 May 1973	6 June 1974		PJ	[es]	Dismissed from office due to impeachment.
		6 June 1974	13 August 1974		PJ		Lieutenant Governor, assumed office after the removal of Alberto Martínez Baca.
	Antonio Cafiero	13 August 1974	7 May 1975[5]		PJ	—	Federal controller (Isabel Perón)
		7 May 1975[6]	3November1975[7]		PJ	—	Federal controller (Isabel Perón)
		3November1975	24 March 1976		PJ	—	Federal controller (Isabel Perón)
		24 March 1976[8]	7 April 1976		—	—	De facto federal controller (National Reorganization Process)
		7 April 1976[9]	15 February 1980		—	—	De facto federal controller (National Reorganization Process)
		15 February 1980	20 January 1982		—	—	De facto federal controller (National Reorganization Process)
		20 January 1982	25 February 1983		PD	—	De facto federal controller (National Reorganization Process)
		25 February 1983	10 December 1983		PD	—	De facto federal controller (National Reorganization Process)
	Santiago Llaver	10 December 1983	10 December 1987		UCR	[es]
	José Octavio Bordón	10 December 1987	10 December 1991		PJ	[es]
	Rodolfo Gabrielli	10 December 1991	10 December 1995		PJ	[es]
	Arturo Lafalla	10 December 1995	10 December 1999		PJ	[es]
	Roberto Iglesias	10 December 1999	10 December 2003		UCR	[es]
	Julio Cobos	10 December 2003	10 December 2007		UCR	[es]
	Celso Jaque	10 December 2007	10 December 2011		PJ	[es]
	Francisco Pérez	10 December 2011	10 December 2015		PJ	[es]
	Alfredo Cornejo	10 December 2015	10 December 2019		UCR	[es]
	Rodolfo Suárez	10 December 2019	Incumbent		UCR	[es]

See also[]

• Legislature of Mendoza

References[]

External links[]

• Government of Mendoza (in Spanish)