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| Head of Government of Mexico City | |
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| Jefe de Gobierno de la Ciudad de México | |
 Current seal of the Head of Government Office | |
 Flag of Mexico City | |
| Appointer | Popular vote |
| Term length | 6 years, not eligible for re-election |
| Inaugural holder | Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas |
| Formation | December 5, 1997 |
| Website | www.cdmx.gob.mx (in Spanish) |
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The Head of Government (Spanish: Jefe de Gobierno) wields the executive power in Mexico City. The Head of Government serves a six-year term, running concurrently with that of the President of the Republic. Mexico City, or CDMX, is the seat of national executive, legislative, and judicial power, and is largely contiguous with the core of the sprawling Mexico City conurbation.
Background[]
According to Article 122 of the Constitution, "the Head of Government of the Federal District shall be responsible for executive power and public administration in the district and shall be represented by a single individual, elected by universal, free, direct, and secret suffrage."
The title is commonly rendered in English as "Mayor of Mexico City" but in reality the position does not correspond exactly to the mayor of a municipality. Even though the position is called Head of Government, it has the rank of governor of a state and has a seat at the National Governors Conference.
For the greater part of the 20th century, the D.F. was administered directly by the President of the Republic, who delegated his authority to an appointed Head of the Federal District Department, known more commonly (and tersely) as the Regente ("Regent" in English). This non-democratic imposition was a source of constant and often bitter resentment among the inhabitants of Mexico City. Under the reforms of the state introduced by presidents Carlos Salinas and Ernesto Zedillo, the Regent was replaced by the first directly elected Head of Government in 1997.
On July 6, 1997, with a 47.7% share of the vote in an eight-horse race, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas won the first direct Head of Government election (this first term was to last only three years, to bring the office into line with the presidential succession). Cárdenas, a former presidential candidate who was, according to many, cheated out of victory in the closely fought 1988 presidential election, later resigned to compete in the 2000 presidential campaign and left in his place Rosario Robles, who served out the remainder of his term as the first person to govern Mexico City.
The Head of Government elected for the 2000–2006 term was Andrés Manuel López Obrador, elected with 39% of the popular vote in the same election that saw Vicente Fox of the PAN win the presidency. López Obrador was temporarily removed from office by the federal Congress on April 7, 2005 and was replaced, on an interim basis for a period of slightly over two weeks, by his secretary of government, Alejandro Encinas. See desafuero of AMLO.
All the Heads of the Federal District Department were members of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), and all the Heads of Government of the Federal District are from center-left parties or party coalitions.
List of governors of the Federal District's territory from 1824 to 1997[]
Governors of the Federal District (before the formal declaration)[]
- Melchor Múzquiz January 9, 1824
- Manuel Gómez Pedraza March 3, 1824
Governors of the Federal District[]
- Gen. November 25, 1825
- August 26, 1826
- : September 2, 1826
- : October 2, 1826 (2nd time)
- January 1, 1828
- José María Tornel February 23, 1828
- December 3, 1828 (2nd time)
- January 30, 1830
- Miguel Cervantes February 20, 1830
- February 18, 1831
- : October 14, 1832
- José Joaquín de Herrera January 9, 1833
- : October 14, 1832
- April 17, 1833 (3rd time)
- José María Tornel November 24, 1833 (2nd time)
- January 12, 1835
- : October 13, 1835
- : October 15, 1836
- : October 26, 1836
- : March 9, 1837
Governors Mexico Department (Centralist Era)[]
- December 30, 1837
- : September 20, 1838
- December 30, 1838
- January 8, 1839 (2nd Attempt)
- January 11, 1840
- April 30, 1840 (3rd Attempt)
- March 16, 1841
- July 31, 1841 (4th Occasion)
- : September 19, 1841
- : October 9, 1841 (5th Occasion)
- Valentín Canalizo March 10, 1843
- : October 3, 1843
- December 3, 1843
Governors of the Federal District (Reinstatement)[]
- December 7, 1846
- Vicente Romero (Mexico): January 4, 1847
- January 13, 1847
- February 17, 1847
City Council of Mexico (U.S. Invasion)[]
- : September 8, 1847
- January 18, 1847
- March 6, 1848
- : November 5, 1848 (2nd time)
Head of the Federal District (U.S. Occupation)[]
- Winfield Scott: September 14, 1847
- William O. Butler February 18, 1848
- Stephen W. Kearny March 16, 1848
Governors of the Federal District (Reinstatement)[]
- : May 14, 1849
- Pedro Maria Anaya July 10, 1849
- : January 2, 1850
- : October 21, 1854
- : January 5, 1856 (2nd time)
Governors of the Federal District (Constitution of 1857)[]
- : October 4, 1857 (2nd time)
Governors of the Department of Mexico (War of the Reform)[]
- Rómulo Díaz de la Vega December 20, 1859
- February 29, 1860
Governors of the Federal District (Constitution of 1857)[]
- January 6, 1861
- June 25, 1861 (2nd time)
- January 8, 1862
- April 27, 1862
- : May 24, 1862
- : September 20, 1862
- November 11, 1862
- Ponciano Arriaga January 23, 1863
- March 1, 1863 (2nd time)
- Gen. , , and , May 1863, City of Mexico City.
- June 12, 1863
- Manuel Garcia Aguirre: June 30, 1863
Governors of the Department of Mexico (2nd Empire)[]
- : November 4, 1863
- : April 9, 1866
- : September 20, 1866
- : September 30, 1867
Governors of the Federal District (Constitution of 1857, Restored Republic)[]
- Porfirio Díaz June 15, 1867 (Military Governor)
- August 14, 1867 (2nd time)
- : September 7, 1869
- January 27, 1871
- March 17, 1871
- Alfredo Chavero June 15, 1871
- José María Castro: September 19, 1871
- : October 21, 1871
- : September 29, 1873
- November 22, 1876
- : November 30, 1876
- : February 7, 1877
- Gen. February 16, 1877
- December 2, 1880
- Ramon Fernandez: June 25, 1881
- Carlos Rivas: May 5, 1884
- General Jose Ceballos: December 3, 1884
- Manuel Dominguez: April 19, 1893
- July 17, 1893
- : August 3, 1896
- : August 8, 1896
- : October 8, 1900
- Ramón Corral: December 8, 1900
- : January 3, 1903 (2nd time)
- Gen. : May 3, 1911
Governors of the Federal District (Constitution of 1857, Madero Revolution)[]
- : May 30, 1911
- : August 3, 1913
- August 21, 1912
Governors of the Federal District (Constitution of 1857, Government of Victoriano Huerta)[]
- Gen. Cepeda and Gen. : February 3, 1913 (Grales. responsible for the city after the Ten Tragic Days
- Gen. February 24, 1913 (2nd time)
- Ramón Corona February 28, 1914
- Mr. Gen. : March 28, 1914
Governors of the Federal District (Constitution of 1857 Constitutionalist Revolution)[]
- August 18, 1914
- Gen. Heriberto Jara: September 19, 1914
- November 22, 1914
Governors of the Federal District (Constitution of 1857, the Government Conventional)[]
- : November 26, 1914 (Zapatista)
- : December 4, 1914 (Zapatista)
- Vito Alessio Robles January 1, 1915
- Mayor of Mexico City: January 27, 1915, is responsible for the departure of the conventionalist, who retire to be near the city to the forces of Álvaro Obregón.
- March 15, 1915
Governor of Valle de Mexico (Const. 1857, Constitutional Government)[]
- Gen. : August 3, 1915 (By the decrees of 3/12/1914 based on the Plan of Guadalupe, federal capital city of Veracruz and January 5, 1917 decree establishing the capital in the city of Querétaro. The changes of residence were never ratified by Congress)
Governors of the Federal District (Constitution of 1917)[]
- Col. : April 3, 1917 (Interim)
- Gen. : June 3, 1917 (2nd time)
Governors of the Federal District (Carrancistas)[]
- January 22, 1918
- August 28, 1918
- January 21, 1919 (2nd time)
- February 26, 1919
- : May 31, 1919
- Mayor of Mexico City: May 7, 1920 (Move Carranza in Veracruz on the Federal Government, I fail to install)
Governors of the Federal District (Obregon)[]
- : May 8, 1920
- Gen. July 7, 1920
- Jorge Prieto Laurens: 1922
- Ramon Ross: October 25, 1923
- : December 15, 1923 (Interim)
- Ramon Ross: February 11, 1924 (2nd time)
- Gen. June 21, 1926
- June 1927 until December 31, 1928.
Heads of the Federal District Department (Regents 1929-1940)[]
- (1929–1930): José Manuel Puig Casauranc
- (1930):
- (1930–1931):
- (1931):
- (1931–1932):
- (1932): Vicente Estrada Cajigal
- (1932):
- (1932)
- (1932–1935): Aaron Saenz
- (1935–1938):
- (1938–1940): José Siurob Ramírez
Governor of Federal District (Regents)[]
- (1940–1946):
Heads of the Federal District Department (Regents)[]
Heads of government of the Federal District/Mexico City[]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political Party | ||
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| 1 | 
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Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (born 1934) |
5 December 1997 | 28 September 1999 | Party of the Democratic Revolution | |
| 2 | 
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Rosario Robles (born 1956) |
29 September 1999 | 4 December 2000 | Party of the Democratic Revolution | |
| 3 | 
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador (born 1953) |
5 December 2000 | 29 July 2005 | Party of the Democratic Revolution | |
| 4 | 
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Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez (born 1954) |
2 August 2005 | 4 December 2006 | Party of the Democratic Revolution | |
| 5 | 
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Marcelo Ebrard (born 1959) |
5 December 2006 | 4 December 2012 | Party of the Democratic Revolution | |
| 6 | 
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Miguel Ángel Mancera (born 1966) |
5 December 2012 | 29 March 2018 | Party of the Democratic Revolution | |
| 7 | 
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José Ramón Amieva (born 1972) |
29 March 2018 | 4 December 2018 | Party of the Democratic Revolution | |
| 8 | 
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Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (born 1962) |
5 December 2018 | 4 December 2024 (Incumbent) | National Regeneration Movement | |
See also[]
- List of Mexican state governors
- 2006 Mexican Federal District election
- 2012 Federal District of Mexico head of government election
- List of governors of dependent territories in the 20th century
References[]
- ^ Estrada, David. "URUCHURTU, EL REGENTE DE HIERRO". davidestrada.org (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "¿Los conociste?, ¿los recuerdas? Ellos fueron los regentes y jefes de Gobierno CDMX". Sopitas.com (in Spanish). 5 December 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ "Falleció Alfonso Corona del Rosal, ex líder del PRI". El Universal (in Spanish). 31 Dec 2000. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ "Octavio Sentíes Gómez 1915-1996, veracruzano distinguido | Versiones" (in Spanish). Versiones. 29 Sep 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
External links[]
- Official website of Mexican Federal District at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2002-08-08)
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