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Governor of Chiapas
Incumbent Rutilio Escandón since December 8, 2018
Term length
Six years, non-renewable.
Inaugural holder
Manuel José de Rojas
Formation
September 14, 1825
The governor of Chiapas is the chief executive of the Mexican state of Chiapas. The state constitution stipulates a term of 6 years, to which governors can only be elected once. It also specifies the qualifications for becoming governor: a Mexican citizen by birth, aged at least 30 years old, and having not less than 5 years residency in Chiapas. The current governor is Rutilio Escandón from the MRN, who assumed the position in 2018.
1825–1826: Manuel José de Rojas
1826–1830: José Diego Lara
1829: Emeterio Pineda
1830–1834: Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez
1830: Emeterio Pineda
1830: José Rafael Coello
1830–1832: José Ignacio Gutiérrez
1832: Manuel Escandón
1832: Mariano José Correa
1832: Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez
1832: Emeterio Pineda
1832–1833: Quirino Domínguez
1833: Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez
1833: Emeterio Pineda
1833–1834: Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez
1834–1835: Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez
1835: José Mariano Coello
1835: Ignacio Tovilla
1835–1836: Mariano Montes de Oca
1836–1837: Clemente Aceituno
1836: Salvador Piñeiro
1836: Onofre Reyes
1837–1840: José María Sandoval
1840–1841: José Diego Lara
1841–1842: Salvador Ayanegui
1842–1845: Ignacio Barberena
1845–1848: Jerónimo Cardona
1846–1847: Nicolás Ruiz
1847–1848: Jerónimo Cardona
1848: Manuel María Parada
1848: Jerónimo Cardona
1848: Ponciano Solórzano del Barco
1848–1849: Fernando Nicolás Maldonado
1849–1850: Ramón Larraínzar
1850–1855: Fernando Nicolás Maldonado
1851: José Farrera
1851–1853: Fernando Nicolás Maldonado
1853: Domingo Ruiz Molina
1853–1855: Fernando Nicolás Maldonado
1855–1856: Ángel Albino Corzo
1856: Domingo Ruiz Molina
1856–1861: Ángel Albino Corzo
1857: Francisco Robles
1858: Ángel Albino Corzo
1858–1859: Matías Castellanos
1859–1861: Ángel Albino Corzo
1861: Juan Clímaco Corzo
1861: Ángel Albino Corzo
1861–1863: Juan Clímaco Corzo
1863–1864: José Gabriel Esquinca
1864–1865: José Pantaleón Domínguez
1866: José Mariano García
1866–1875: Without information.
1875–1876: Moisés Rojas
1876: Carlos Borda
1876: Eleuterio Villasana
1876: Manuel Cerón
1877: Diego Betanzos
1877: Sebastián Escobar
1877: Nicolás Ruiz
1877–1878: Sebastián Escobar
1878–1879: Juan José Ramírez
1879: Mariano Aguilar
1879–1883: Miguel Utrilla
1883–1886: José María Ramírez
1886: Adrián Culebro
1886–1887: José María Ramírez
1887: Manuel Carrascosa
1888: Miguel Utrilla
1888–1891: Manuel Carrascosa
1891–1893: Emilio Rabasa
1893: Raúl del Pino
1893–1894: Emilio Rabasa
1894–1895: Fausto Moguel
1895: Francisco León
1896: José María González
1896–1899: Francisco León
1899: Luis Farrera
1899: Francisco León
1899: Rafael Pimentel
1900: Abraham A. López
1901–1902: Rafael Pimentel
1902–1903: Onofre Ramos
1903–1904: Rafael Pimentel
1904: Onofre Ramos
1905: Rafael Pimentel
1905: Onofre Ramos
1905: Rafael Pimentel
1905: Miguel Castillo
1905: Ramón Rabasa
1906: Abraham A. López
1906–1908: Ramón Rabasa
1908: Abraham A. López
1908–1909: Ramón Rabasa
1909: José Inés Cano
1909: Abraham A. López
1909–1910: Ramón Rabasa
1910: José Inés Cano
1910–1911: Ramón Rabasa
1911: José Inés Cano
1911: Manuel Trejo
1911: Ramón Rabasa
1911: Manuel Trejo
1911: Reynaldo Gordillo León
1911: Policarpio Rueda Fernández
1911: Manuel Rovelo Argüello
1911: Marco Aurelio Solís
1911–1912: Reynaldo Gordillo León
1912–1913: Flavio Guillén
1913: Marco Aurelio Solís
1913: Reynaldo Gordillo León
1913–1914: Bernardo Palafox
1913–1914: Bernardo Palafox
1914: José Inés Cano
1914: José María Marín
1914: Jesús Agustín Castro
1914: Blas Corral
1914–1915: Jesús Agustín Castro
1915: Blas Corral
1915: Jesús Agustín Castro
1916: Blas Corral
1916: José Ascención González
1916: Blas Corral
1916–1917: Pablo Villanueva
1917–1918: Manuel Fuentes A.
1918–1919: Pablo Villanueva
1919: Manuel Fuentes A.
1919: Pablo Villanueva
1919–1920: Pascual Morales Molina
1920: Alejo González
1920: Francisco G. Ruíz
1920: Juan Zertuche
1920: Fausto Ruíz
1920: Francisco G. Ruíz
1920: Amadeo Ruíz
1920–1924: Tiburcio Fernández Ruíz
1921: Benigno Cal y Mayor
1922: Tiburcio Fernández Ruíz
1922: Amadeo Ruíz
1922–1923: Tiburcio Fernández Ruíz
1923: Manuel Encarnación Cruz
1923–1924: Tiburcio Fernández Ruíz
1924: Rogelio García Castro
1924: Tiburcio Fernández Ruíz
1924: Luis García
1924: Martín Paredes
1924: Tiburcio Fernández Ruíz
1924: Raúl de León
1924: Luis Ramírez Corzo
1925: César Córdova
1925: Carlos A. Vidal
1925: José Castañón
1925–1926: Carlos A. Vidal
1926: J. Amilcar Vidal
1927: Luis P. Vidal
1927: Manuel Alvarez
1927–1928: Federico Martínez Rojas
1928: Amador Coutiño
1928: Rosendo Delabre Santeliz
1928–1929: Raymundo E. Enríquez
1929: Ernesto Constantino Herrera
1929: Alvaro Cancino
1930: Martín G. Cruz
1930: Alvaro Cancino
1930: Moisés E. Villers
1930: Alberto Domínguez R.
1931: José María Brindís
1931: Raúl León
1932: Mariano G. A. Enríquez
1932: Rodolfo Ruíz G.
1932: Moisés Enríquez
1932: Raymundo Enríquez
1932–1936: Victórico R. Grajales
1936–1940: Efraín A. Gutiérrez
1940–1944: Rafael Pascacio Gamboa
1944–1947: Juan M. Esponda
1947–1948: César A. Lara
1948–1952: Francisco J. Grajales
1952–1958: Efraín Aranda Osorio
1958–1964: Samuel León Brindis
1964–1970: José Castillo Tielemans
1970–1976: Manuel Velasco Suárez
1976–1977: Jorge de la Vega Domínguez
1977–1979: Salomón González Blanco
1979–1982: Juan Sabines Gutiérrez
1982: Gustavo Armendáriz
1982–1988: Absalón Castellanos Domínguez
1988–1993: Patrocinio González Garrido
1993–1994: Elmar Setzer Marseille
1994: Javier López Moreno
1994–1995: Eduardo Robledo Rincón
1995–1998: Julio César Ruíz Ferro
1998–2000: Roberto Albores Guillén
2000–2006: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía
2006–2012: Juan José Sabines Guerrero[1]
2012–2018: Manuel Velasco Coello[2]
2018–present: Rutilio Escandón
^Camp, Roderic Ai (2011). Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-2009: Fourth Edition. University of Texas Press. p. 861. ISBN 978-0-292-72634-5.
^"PERFIL: ¿Quién es Manuel Velasco, la 'nueva corcholata' de Morena para la Presidencia?". El Financiero (in Spanish). 29 May 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
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