The Governor of Chiapas is the chief executive of the

Mexican state A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...

Chiapas Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises Municipalities of Chiapas, 124 municipalities and its capital and large ...

. 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

Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar Óscar Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar (born 13 October 1973) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA). Born in Comitán, Chiapas, he is a law graduate. He is the current governor of Chiapas after winning th ...

from the MRN, who assumed the position in 2024. * 1825–1826: Manuel José de Rojas * 1826–1830: José Diego Lara * 1829: Emeterio Pineda * 1830–1834:

Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim. Given name * Joaquín (footballer, born 1956) (Joaquín Alonso González), Spanish football midfielder * Joaquín (footballer, born 1981) (Joaquín Sánchez Rodríguez), ...

* 1830: Emeterio Pineda * 1830: José Rafael Coello * 1830–1832:

José Ignacio Gutiérrez José Ignacio Gutiérrez Cataluña (born 1 December 1977) is a Spanish former cyclist. Major results ;2004 :1st Stage 2b Vuelta a Extremadura :1st Stage 4 Circuito Montañés Circuito Montañés is a road cycling stage race held annually in ...

* 1832:

Manuel Escandón José Manuel Escandón y Barrón ''iure uxoris'' Marquess of Villavieja (13 August 1857 in Mexico City – 13 December 1940 in Mexico City) was a Mexican polo player in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He married into the Spanish nobility and became ...

* 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 Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music **Salvador (Salvad ...

* 1842–1845: Ignacio Barberena * 1845–1848:

Jerónimo Cardona Jerónimo (European Portuguese and Spanish) or Jerônimo (Brazilian Portuguese) may refer to: * Jerónimo (name), a given or surname, Jerome in English ** Jeronimo (singer) (born 1990), Dutch pop singer and actor ** Jerônimo, a Brazilian indigen ...

* 1846–1847: Nicolás Ruiz * 1847–1848: Jerónimo Cardona * 1848:

Manuel María Parada Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name), a given name and surname * Manuel (''Fawlty Towers''), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel I of Portugal, king of Po ...

* 1848: Jerónimo Cardona * 1848:

Ponciano Solórzano del Barco Ponciano may refer to: *Girau do Ponciano, a municipality in the western of the Brazilian state of Alagoas *Ponciano Arriaga International Airport, an international airport at San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico * San Ponciano church, a chap ...

* 1848–1849:

Fernando Nicolás Maldonado Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, and former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa and Asia (like the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka). It is e ...

* 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 Ángel Albino Corzo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 1748.81 km2. Its municipal seat is the town of Jaltenango de la Paz. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 26 ...

* 1856: Domingo Ruiz Molina * 1856–1861: Ángel Albino Corzo * 1857:

Francisco Robles Francisco Robles García (5 May 1811 – 7 March 1893) was President of Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and ...

* 1858: Ángel Albino Corzo * 1858–1859:

Matías Castellanos Matías is the Spanish version of Matthias. In Scandinavian languages (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish) and in Portuguese it is unaccented as Matias. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Matías Alemanno, Argentine rugby pla ...

* 1859–1861: Ángel Albino Corzo * 1861:

Juan Clímaco Corzo ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippi ...

* 1861: Ángel Albino Corzo * 1861–1863: Juan Clímaco Corzo * 1863–1864: José Gabriel Esquinca * 1864–1865:

José Pantaleón Domínguez José Pantaleón Domínguez Román (27 July 1821, in Comitán Comitán (; formally: Comitán de Domínguez, for Belisario Domínguez

* 1866: José Mariano García * 1866–1875: Without information. * 1875–1876: Moisés Rojas * 1876:

Carlos Borda Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere ...

* 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 José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

* 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 José María Angél González was the governor of the independent Junta Popular during New Mexico’s Río Arriba Rebellion in 1837. González, sometimes spelled Gonzáles, was a Taos Pueblo Indian who led the Junta Popular or Cantón, which was ...

* 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 José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

* 1909: Abraham A. López * 1909–1910: Ramón Rabasa * 1910: José Inés Cano * 1910–1911: Ramón Rabasa * 1911: José Inés Cano * 1911:

Manuel Trejo Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name), a given name and surname * Manuel (''Fawlty Towers''), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel I of Portugal, king of Po ...

* 1911: Ramón Rabasa * 1911: Manuel Trejo * 1911:

Reynaldo Gordillo León Reynaldo is a Spanish given name from the German name Reinhold. Notable people with the name include: * Reynaldo Aguado Montealegre (born 1960), Nicaraguan activist * Reynaldo Aimonetti (born 1943), Argentine footballer * Reynaldo Anderson (born ...

* 1911: Policarpio Rueda Fernández * 1911:

Manuel Rovelo Argüello Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name), a given name and surname * Manuel (''Fawlty Towers''), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel I of Portugal, king of Po ...

* 1911:

Marco Aurelio Solís Marco may refer to: People Given name * Marco (actor) (born 1977), South Korean model and actor Surname * Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin * Jindřich Marco (1921–2000), Czechoslovak photographer and numismat ...

* 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 José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

* 1916: Blas Corral * 1916–1917: Pablo Villanueva * 1917–1918:

Manuel Fuentes A. Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name), a given name and surname * Manuel (''Fawlty Towers''), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel I of Portugal, king of Po ...

* 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 Tiburcio, the Spanish form of Tiburtius, may refer to: * Tiburcio Carías Andino (1876–1969), Honduran military strongman * Tiburcio de León, Filipino general (the Philippine Revolution and Philippine-American War) * José Tiburcio Serrizuela ( ...

* 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 Rogelio () is a masculine Spanish given name and a variant of the first name Roger. Notable people with the name include: *Rogelio Antonio, Jr. (born 1962), Filipino chess player *Rogelio Armenteros (born 1994), Cuban pitcher in Major League Base ...

* 1924: Tiburcio Fernández Ruíz * 1924: Luis García * 1924: Martín Paredes * 1924: Tiburcio Fernández Ruíz * 1924: Raúl de León * 1924:

Luis Ramírez Corzo Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

* 1925:

César Córdova Cesar or César may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''César'' (film), a 1936 French romantic drama * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt Places * Cesar, Portugal * Cesar Department, Colombia * Cesar River, in Colombia * Cesar R ...

* 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 Efraín is a masculine Spanish given name, a cognate of Ephraim. Notable people with the name include: * Efrain Chacurian (1924–2019), Argentine-born naturalised American soccer player * Efraín Cortés (born 1984), Colombian football defender * ...

* 1940–1944:

Rafael Pascacio Gamboa Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California Fiction * ''Rafael'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela * ''Rafaël'' (film), a 2018 Dutch film People * Rafael (footballer, born 1978) ( ...

* 1944–1947: Juan M. Esponda * 1947–1948:

César A. Lara Cesar or César may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''César'' (film), a 1936 French romantic drama * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt Places * Cesar, Portugal * Cesar Department, Colombia * Cesar River, in Colombia * Cesar R ...

* 1948–1952: Francisco J. Grajales * 1952–1958:

Efraín Aranda Osorio Efraín is a masculine Spanish given name, a cognate of Ephraim. Notable people with the name include: * Efrain Chacurian (1924–2019), Argentine-born naturalised American soccer player * Efraín Cortés (born 1984), Colombian football defender * ...

* 1958–1964:

Samuel León Brindis Samuel is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition ...

* 1964–1970:

José Castillo Tielemans José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

* 1970–1976:

Manuel Velasco Suárez Manuel Velasco Suárez (28 December 1914 – 2 December 2001) was a Mexican neurologist, neurosurgeon, scientist and humanist. He became governor of the state of Chiapas. Career Velasco was born in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, in ...

* 1976–1977:

Jorge de la Vega Domínguez Jorge is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name George. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese . It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'' ...

* 1977–1979:

Salomón González Blanco Salomón González Blanco (22 April 1900 – 17 March 1992) was a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served 12 years as Secretary of Labour and Social Welfare, in addition to terms in th ...

* 1979–1982:

Juan Sabines Gutiérrez Juan Sabines Gutiérrez (27 June 1920 – 2 March 1987) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served in both chambers of Congress and was governor of Chiapas from 1979 to 1982. Careeer Juan Sabin ...

* 1982:

Gustavo Armendáriz Gustavo is the Latinate form of a Germanic male given name with respective prevalence in Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. It is derived from Gustav /ˈɡʊstɑːv/, also spelled Gustaf, a Swedish name, likely from Slavic Gostislav. People with ...

* 1982–1988:

Absalón Castellanos Domínguez Absalón Castellanos Domínguez (2 October 1923 – 10 March 2017) was a Mexican politician. He was Commandant of the Heroic Military Academy (Mexico), Heroic Military Academy from 1976 to 1980 and served as Governor of Chiapas from 1982 to 1988 ...

* 1988–1993:

Patrocinio González Garrido José Patrocinio González Blanco Garrido (18 May 1934 – 30 November 2021) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served in both houses of Congress, as governor of Chiapas and as secretary of t ...

* 1993–1994: Elmar Setzer Marseille * 1994:

Javier López Moreno Javier may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Javier, in video game '' Advance Wars: Dual Strike'' * Javier Rios, a character in the Monsters, Inc. franchise. * ''Javier'' (album), a 2003 album by the American singer Javier Colon, known a ...

* 1994–1995:

Eduardo Robledo Rincón Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Dudu (footballer, born 1992) (Eduardo Pereira Rodrigues), Brazilian footballer * Eduardo (footballer, born 1 ...

* 1995–1998: Julio César Ruíz Ferro * 1998–2000: Roberto Albores Guillén * 2000–2006: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía * 2006–2012:

Juan José Sabines Guerrero Juan José Sabines Guerrero (born August 20, 1968) is a Mexican politician, son of the former Governor of Chiapas, Juan Sabines Gutiérrez and nephew of the writer Jaime Sabines. Until, 2006 he was member of the Institutional Revolutionary Par ...

* 2012–2018:

Manuel Velasco Coello Manuel Velasco Coello (born 7 April 1980) is a Mexican lawyer and politician and a member of PVEM. He served as the Governor of Chiapas from 2012 to 2018. He was the first PVEM politician to become a governor. Prior to his governorship, he ser ...

* 2018–2024:

Rutilio Escandón Rutilio Cruz Escandón Cadenas (born 3 May 1958) is a Mexican lawyer and politician from Chiapas. He is affiliated with MORENA and was the Governor of Chiapas from 2018 to 2024. Before becoming governor, he represented Chiapas as a senator of ...

* 2024-present:

References

External links

* Cal y Mayor Redondo, Alberto. Notario Público. 2002. "Los gobernadores de Chiapas”. Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México. In Spanish.
List of governors of Chiapas
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1825 establishments in Mexico