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Governor of Oaxaca
Coat of arms of Oaxaca.svg
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Incumbent
Salomón Jara Cruz

since 1 December 2022
Term length Six years, non-renewable.

The governor of Oaxaca (officially in Spanish Gobernador Constitucional del Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca, in English Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca), who as of 2020 is Alejandro Murat Hinojosa, heads the executive branch of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The office is created by the state constitution, which specifies a term of 6 years and prohibits reelection. The governor takes office on December 1, and the term ends on November 30 six years later.

Gabino Cué Monteagudo was the first non-Institutional Revolutionary Party governor elected since 1929.

Governors of the state of Oaxaca

  • (1917–1919): Juan Jiménez Méndez
  • (1920–1924): Manuel García Vigil
  • (1923): Flavio Pérez Gasga
  • (1924–1925): Onofre Jiménez
  • (1925–1927): Genaro V. Vázquez
  • (1927-1928): Jacinto Orduña
  • (1928–1932): Francisco López Cortés
  • (1932–1936): Anastasio García Toledo, National Revolutionary Party, PNR
  • (1936–1940): Constantino Chapital, PNR
  • (1940–1944): Vicente González Fernández, Party of the Mexican Revolution, PRM
  • (1944–1947): Edmundo M. Sánchez Cano, PRM
  • (1947–1950): Eduardo Vasconcelos PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • (1950–1952): Manuel Mayoral Heredia PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • (1952–1955): Manuel Cabrera Carrasqueado PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • (1955): Manuel I. Manjardín (Interim) PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • (1955–1956): José Pacheco Iturribarría (Interim) PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • (1956–1962): Alfonso Pérez Gasca PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • (1962–1968): Rodolfo Brena Torres PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • (1968–1970): Víctor Bravo Ahuja PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • (1970–1974): Fernando Gómez Sandoval PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • (1974–1977): Miguel Zárate Aquino PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • (1977–1980): Eliseo Jiménez Ruiz PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • (1980–1985): Pedro Vázquez Colmenares PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • (1985–1986): Jesús Martínez Álvarez PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • (1986–1992): Heladio Ramírez López PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • (1992–1998): Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • (1998–2004): José Murat Casab PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • (2004–2010): Ulises Ruiz Ortiz PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • (2010–2016): Gabino Cué Monteagudo, Citizens' Movement
  • (2016–2022): Alejandro Murat Hinojosa PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
  • (2022-Present): Salomón Jara Cruz Morena

See also

  • List of Mexican state governors
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