Governor of Veracruz

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Governor of Veracruz
Gobernador de Veracruz
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Incumbent
Cuitláhuac García Jiménez

since December 1, 2018
Member of CONAGO
Residence State Government Palace
Seat Xalapa-Enríquez
AppointerPopular vote
Term length Six years, non-renewable.
Constituting instrumentState Constitution
Inaugural holder Miguel Barragán
Formation20 May 1825
Salary MXN$58,801.96 [1]
Website veracruz.gob.mx/gobiernover/gobernador/

The governor, according to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave in Mexico, the Executive Power is invested in one individual, called "Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave". The current governor is Cuitláhuac García Jiménez, who assumed the position on December 1, 2018. He is a member of the National Regeneration Movement.

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Term

Governors are elected to serve for 6 years and they can not hold the title under any circumstance ever again. The governor takes office on the first day of December of the same electoral year and ends on November 30 six years after.

The State of Veracruz was created on 1824, being one of the original States of the Federation, it has experienced all the political systems implemented in Mexico, federalism and centralism, thus it has changed its name from "State of" to "Department of" to "State of" again.

List of governors

The list with all the governors of the State since 1825 follows.

Nineteenth century

Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz

Department of Veracruz

From 1834 to 1857 there are no popular-elected governors due to Santa Anna's centralist Seven Laws .

Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz

Veracruz in the Second Empire

From 1864 to 1867.

Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz-Llave

Twentieth century

Twenty-first century

Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave

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References

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