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President of Mexico

head of state of the country of Mexico

48 dated entries naming President of Mexico, drawn from 43 separate years between 1780 CE and 2000 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1780July 27 – Anastasio Bustamante, 4th President of Mexico (d. 1853)source
  • 1786September 29 – Guadalupe Victoria, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843)source
  • 1790January 5 – Melchor Múzquiz, 5th President of Mexico (d. 1844)source

19th century

  • 1802July 26 – Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (d. 1855)source
  • 1824July 19 – Don Agustín de Iturbide, who had formerly been President of Mexico and then proclaimed himself Emperor Agustin the First, until being overthrown on March 19, 1823, is executed by a firing squad in the city of Padilla, five days after returning from exile in England.source
  • 1831February 14 – Vicente Guerrero, 2nd President of Mexico, Independence War hero (b. 1782)source
  • 1833April 1 – General Antonio López de Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico by the legislatures of 16 of the 18 Mexican states. During his frequent absences from office to fight on the battlefield, Santa Anna turns the duties of government over to his vice president, Valentín Gómez Farías.source
  • 1835May 23 – The Mexican State of Aguascalientes is formed, by decree of President Antonio López de Santa Anna.source
  • 1843March 21 – Guadalupe Victoria, 1st President of Mexico (b. 1786)source
  • 1844December 14 – Melchor Múzquiz, 5th President of Mexico (b. 1790)source
  • 1851May 14 – Manuel Gómez Pedraza, 6th President of Mexico, 1832-1833 (b. 1789)source
  • 1853February 6 – Anastasio Bustamante, 4th President of Mexico (b. 1780)source
  • 1854April 22 – Nicolás Bravo, 3-time President of Mexico (b. 1786)source
  • 1855December 11 – Ignacio Comonfort (1812–1863) becomes President of Mexico.source
  • 1857November 30 – President of Mexico Ignacio Comonfort is succeeded by Félix María Zuloaga.source
  • 1858Benito Juárez becomes the Liberal President of Mexico and its first indigenous president. At the same time, the conservatives installed Félix María Zuloaga as a rival president.source
  • 1859February 2 – Miguel Miramón (1832–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico.source
  • 1859January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico.source
  • 1860August 13 – José Ignacio Pavón (1791-1866) becomes unconstitutional interim President of Mexico, replacing Miguel Miramón. Two days later Miramón becomes president again.source
  • 1872December 1 – Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada becomes constitutional President of Mexico.source
  • 1872July 18 – Mexican President Benito Juarez dies of a heart attack, and Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada becomes interim president.source
  • 1876October 26 – José María Iglesias begins his disputed presidency of Mexico.source
  • 1877March 10 – Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Mexican politician, substitute President of Mexico, 1930–1932 (d. 1963)source
  • 1877September 25 – Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and President of Mexico, 1924–1928; known as Jefe Maximo ("Maximum Boss") from 1928 to 1934 (d. 1945)source
  • 1880December 1 – Manuel González Flores becomes the 31st President of Mexico.source
  • 1884December 1 – Porfirio Díaz returns as President of Mexico, an office he will hold until 1911.source
  • 1889April 21 – Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican jurist, 27th President of Mexico (b. 1823)source
  • 1889May 12 – Abelardo L. Rodríguez, Mexican professional baseball player, general and substitute President of Mexico, 1932–1934 (d. 1967)source
  • 1895May 21 – Lázaro Cárdenas, 44th President of Mexico, 1934–1940 (d. 1970)source
  • 1897April 24 – Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican general, politician, and 45th President of Mexico, 1940-1946 (d. 1955)source
  • 1900September 29 – Miguel Alemán Valdés, 46th President of Mexico, 1946–1952 (d. 1983)source

20th century

  • 1940December 1 – Manuel Ávila Camacho takes office as President of Mexico.source
  • 1945October 19 – Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general, politician and 40th President of Mexico (b. 1877)source
  • 1946December 1 – Miguel Alemán Valdés takes office as President of Mexico.source
  • 1948April 3 – Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Mexican economist, politician and 53rd President of Mexico (1988–1994)source
  • 1952December 1 – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines takes office as President of Mexico.source
  • 1952July 21 – Pedro Lascuráin, Mexican diplomat, 34th President of Mexico (b. 1856)source
  • 1953November 13 – Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of Mexico (2018–2024)source
  • 1958December 1 – Adolfo López Mateos takes office as President of Mexico.source
  • 1962August 18 – Felipe Calderón, Mexican politician, 50th President of Mexicosource
  • 1964December 1 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz takes office as President of Mexico.source
  • 1966July 20 – Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico (2012–2018), Governor of the State of Mexico (2005–2011)source
  • 1970October 19 – Lázaro Cárdenas, 44th President of Mexico (b. 1895)source
  • 1973December 3 – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, 47th President of Mexico (b. 1889)source
  • 1982December 1 – Miguel de la Madrid takes office as President of Mexico.source
  • 1988December 1 – Carlos Salinas de Gortari takes office as President of Mexico.source
  • 1994December 1 – Ernesto Zedillo takes office as President of Mexico.source
  • 2000July 2 – Vicente Fox of the National Action Party (PAN) is elected President of Mexico, becoming the first president not from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1929.source