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| Governor of Nayarit | |
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 Miguel Ángel Navarro Quintero since September 19, 2021 | |
| Term length | Six years, non-renewable. |
| Inaugural holder | José María Ferreira |
| Formation | April 24, 1917 |
The governor of Nayarit is the chief executive of Nayarit.
List of governors of Nayarit since the state's creation in 1917:
| Name | Title | Term |
|---|---|---|
| José María Ferreira | Jefe Político | 1917 |
| José Santos Godínez | Gobernador Constitucional | 1918–1919 |
| Francisco D. Santiago | Jefe Político | 1919–1920 |
| Fernando S. Ibarra | Gobernador Interino | 1920 |
| Salvador Arriola Valdés | Gobernador Interino | 1920 |
| José Santos Godínez | Gobernador Constitucional | 1920–1921 |
| Federico R. Corona | Gobernador Interino | 1921 |
| Pascual Villanueva Paredes | Gobernador Constitucional | 1921–1925 |
| Julián Chávez | Gobernador Interino | 1923 |
| Rodolfo Moroña | Gobernador Interino | 1924 |
| Pablo Retes Zepeda | Gobernador Interino | 1924 |
| Everardo Peña Navarro | Gobernador Interino | 1924 |
| Miguel Díaz González | Gobernador Interino | 1925 |
| Ismael Romero Gallardo | Gobernador Interino | 1925 |
| Felipe C. Ríos | Gobernador Interino | 1925 |
| Ricardo Velarde Osuna | Gobernador Interino | 1925 |
| Francisco Jaime Hernández | Jefe Político | 1925 |
| José de la Peña Ledón | Gobernador Constitucional | 1926–1929 |
| Francisco Ramírez Romero | Jefe Político | 1927–1928 |
| Esteban Baca Calderón | Jefe Político | 1928–1929 |
| Francisco Anguiano Ortiz | Gobernador Interino | 1929 |
| Gustavo R. Cristo | Gobernador Interino | 1929 |
| J. Jesús Valdés Sánchez | Gobernador Interino | 1929 |
| Salvador Trejo | Gobernador Interino | 1929 |
| Luis Castillo Ledón | Gobernador Constitucional | 1930–1933 |
| Rafael Ibarra Trujillo | Gobernador Interino | 1931 |
| Juventino Espinoza Sánchez | Gobernador Interino | 1931–1933 |
| Ramón Narváez | Gobernador Interino | 1933 |
| Gustavo B. Azcárraga | Gobernador Interino | 1933 |
| Agustín Godínez Lomelí | Gobernador Interino | 1934 |
| José Ibarra Valdés | Gobernador Interino | 1934 |
| Lamberto Luna Plata | Gobernador Interino | 1934 |
| Francisco Parra Ortiz | Gobernador Constitucional | 1934–1938 |
| Tomás López Partida | Gobernador Interino | 1935 |
| Joaquín Cardoso | Gobernador Interino | 1935–1937 |
| Eduardo López Vidrio | Gobernador Interino | 1937 |
| Juventino Espinoza Sánchez | Gobernador Constitucional | 1938–1941 |
| Cuauhtémoc Ríos Martínez | Gobernador Interino | 1938 |
| José Luis Herrera López | Gobernador Interino | 1938 |
| Antíoco Rodríguez | Gobernador Interino | 1939 |
| Heriberto Parra | Gobernador Interino | 1940 |
| Candelario Miramontes Briseño | Gobernador Constitucional | 1942–1945 |
| Rodolfo Enríquez Hernández | Gobernador Interino | 1945 |
| Gilberto Flores Muñoz | Gobernador Constitucional | 1946–1951 |
| José Limón Guzmán | Gobernador Constitucional | 1952–1957 |
| Francisco García Montero | Gobernador Constitucional | 1958–1963 [1] |
| Julián Gazcón Mercado | Gobernador Constitucional | 1964–1969 |
| Roberto Gómez Reyes | Gobernador Constitucional | 1970–1975 |
| Rogelio Flores Curiel | Gobernador Constitucional | 1976–1981 [2] |
| Emilio Manuel González Parra | Gobernador Constitucional | 1982–1987 |
| Celso Humberto Delgado Ramírez | Gobernador Constitucional | 1988–1993 |
| Rigoberto Ochoa Zaragoza | Gobernador Constitucional | 1994–1999 |
| Antonio Echevarría Domínguez | Gobernador Constitucional | 1999–2005 [3] |
| Ney González Sánchez | Gobernador Constitucional | 2005–2011 [4] |
| Roberto Sandoval Castañeda | Gobernador Constitucional | 2011–2017 [5] |
| Antonio Echevarría García | Gobernador Constitucional | 2017–2021 [6] |
| Miguel Ángel Navarro Quintero | Gobernador Constitucional | 2021–2027 |
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