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list of presidents of Mexico
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– )