President of Mexico

The President of Mexico (Spanish: Presidente/Presidenta de México), officially known as the President of the United Mexican States (Spanish: Presidente/Presidenta de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the head of state and government of Mexico.

President of the United Mexican States Presidenta de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Seal of the Federal Government of Mexico
Mexican Presidential Standard
Incumbent Claudia Sheinbaum since October 1, 2024 (2024-10-01)
Executive branch of the Mexican Government Office of the President of Mexico
Style	Madam President (title) (informal) The Honorable (formal) Her Excellency (diplomatic)
Residence	National Palace of Mexico
Seat	Mexico City, Mexico.
Appointer	Federal Electoral Tribunal
Term length	Six years (sexenio) Single term
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Mexico
Inaugural holder	Guadalupe Victoria
Formation	October 10, 1824
Salary	MXN$111, 990 Mexican peso per month, before taxes.
Website	Government of Mexico Youtube Channel

Under the Constitution, the president is also the Supreme Commander of the Mexican armed forces. The current President is Claudia Sheinbaum, who took office on October 1, 2024.

List of presidents

See the main article: List of heads of state of Mexico

Modern Mexico (1934–present)

See the main article: Sexenio (Mexico)

After the constitutional reform of 1926, the presidential term in Mexico was extended to six years starting in 1928; with a formal ban on reelection. After the federal election of 1934 all the presidents have completed their six-year terms.

Parties

  National Revolutionary Party→Party of the Mexican Revolution→Institutional Revolutionary Party
  National Action Party
  National Regeneration Movement

No.	President		Took office	Left office	Elections
51		Lázaro Cárdenas (1895–1970)	December 1, 1934	November 30, 1940	1934
52		Manuel Ávila Camacho (1896–1955)	December 1, 1940	November 30, 1946	1940
53		Miguel Alemán Valdés (1900–1983)	December 1, 1946	November 30, 1952	1946
54		Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (1889–1973)	December 1, 1952	November 30, 1958	1952
55		Adolfo López Mateos (1910–1969)	December 1, 1958	November 30, 1964	1958
56		Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1911–1979)	December 1, 1964	November 30, 1970	1964
57		Luis Echeverría (1922–2022)	December 1, 1970	November 30, 1976	1970
58		José López Portillo y Pacheco (1920–2004)	December 1, 1976	November 30, 1982	1976 (uncontested)
59		Miguel de la Madrid (1934–2012)	December 1, 1982	November 30, 1988	1982
60		Carlos Salinas de Gortari (born 1948)	December 1, 1988	November 30, 1994	1988
61		Ernesto Zedillo (born 1951)	December 1, 1994	November 30, 2000	1994
62		Vicente Fox (born 1942)	December 1, 2000	November 30, 2006	2000
63		Felipe Calderón (born 1962)	December 1, 2006	November 30, 2012	2006
64		Enrique Peña Nieto (born 1966)	December 1, 2012	November 30, 2018	2012
65		Andrés Manuel López Obrador (born 1953)	December 1, 2018	September 30, 2024	2018
66		Claudia Sheinbaum (born 1962)	October 1, 2024	Incumbent	2024

Requirements

To be eligible to serve as president, Article 82 of the Constitution specifies that the following requirements must be met:

• Be a natural-born citizen of Mexico ("mexicano por nacimiento") able to exercise full citizenship rights, with at least one parent who is a natural-born citizen of Mexico.
• Be a resident of Mexico for at least twenty (20) years.
• Be thirty-five years of age or older at the time of the election.
• Be a resident of Mexico for the entire year prior to the election (although absences of 30 days or fewer are explicitly stated not to interrupt residency).
• Not be an official or minister of any church or religious denomination.
• Not be in active military service during the six months prior to the election.
• Not be a secretary of state or under-secretary of state, attorney general, governor of a State, or head of the government of Mexico City, unless "separated from the post" (resigned or been granted permanent leave of absence) at least six months prior to the election.
• Not have been president already, even in a provisional capacity (see Succession below).

Powers

The 1917 Constitution was influenced from the Constitution of the United States. It made it clear separation of powers while giving the president wider powers than his American counterpart. However, this has only recently become the case in practice.

Residence

The President's official residence and main workplace is Los Pinos, located inside the Bosque de Chapultepec (Chapultepec Park). The President has the right to use this residence for the six-year term of office.

Living former Presidents

There are six living former presidents. The most recent former president to die was Luis Echeverría (1970–1976), on 8 July 2022.

• 
  Carlos Salinas de Gortari
  (1988–1994)
  (1948-04-03) April 3, 1948
• 
  Ernesto Zedillo
  (1994–2000)
  (1951-12-27) December 27, 1951
• 
  Vicente Fox
  (2000–2006)
  (1942-07-02) July 2, 1942
• 
  Felipe Calderón
  (2006–2012)
  (1962-08-18) August 18, 1962
• 
  Enrique Peña Nieto
  (2012–2018)
  (1966-07-20) July 20, 1966
• 
  Andrés Manuel López Obrador
  (2018–2024)
  (1953-11-13) November 13, 1953

Other websites

• President of México - Official government website Archived 2016-01-15 at the Wayback Machine