Mexico’s constitution of 1917 established economic and political principles for the country, including the role of its president. Mexico’s president today is popularly elected to a single six-year term and has the power to select a cabinet, the attorney general, diplomats, high-ranking military officers, and Supreme Court justices (who serve life terms). The president also has the right to issue reglamentos (executive decrees) that have the effect of law. This is a chronologically ordered list of the presidents, from the earliest to the most recent.

• Venustiano Carranza (1917–20; previously served as provisional president)
• Adolfo de la Huerta (1920)
• Álvaro Obregón (1920–24)
• Plutarco Elías Calles (1924–28)
• Emilio Portes Gil (1928–30)
• Pascual Ortiz Rubio (1930–32)
• Abelardo L. Rodríguez (1932–34)
• Lázaro Cárdenas (1934–40)
• Manuel Ávila Camacho (1940–46)
• Miguel Alemán (1946–52)
• Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (1952–58)
• Adolfo López Mateos (1958–64)
• Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1964–70)
• Luis Echeverría Álvarez (1970–76)
• José López Portillo (1976–82)
• Miguel de la Madrid (1982–88)
• Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1988–94)
• Ernesto Zedillo (1994–2000)
• Vicente Fox (2000–06)
• Felipe Calderón (2006–12)
• Enrique Peña Nieto (2012–18)
• Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018–24)
• Claudia Sheinbaum (2024– )