Governor of Durango
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Under the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Durango
, the exercise of the Executive authority of this Mexican government unit is reserved for an individual known as the Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Durango. This post is held for a period of 6 years, and no re-election is permitted. The governor's term begins on September 15 of the year of the election and finishes on September 14 after having passed six years. The post is open to all citizens meeting the following criteria: a natural born citizen of Mexico, at least 30 years of age, and a resident of Durango for an unbroken period of 5 years prior to election.
Durango
Durango officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is located in Northwest Mexico. With a population of 1,632,934, it has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after Baja...
, the exercise of the Executive authority of this Mexican government unit is reserved for an individual known as the Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Durango. This post is held for a period of 6 years, and no re-election is permitted. The governor's term begins on September 15 of the year of the election and finishes on September 14 after having passed six years. The post is open to all citizens meeting the following criteria: a natural born citizen of Mexico, at least 30 years of age, and a resident of Durango for an unbroken period of 5 years prior to election.
Governors of the Free and Sovereign State of Durango
- (1936–1940): Enrique R. Calderón
- (1940–1944): Elpidio G. Velázquez
- (1944–1947): Blas Corral Martínez
- (1947): Francisco Celis
- (1947–1950): José Ramón Valdés
- (1950–1956): Enrique Torres Sánchez
- (1956–1962): Francisco González de la VegaFrancisco González de la VegaFrancisco González de la Vega e Iriarte , Mexican jurist, he was Attorney General of the Republic , Governor of Durango by Institutional Revolutionary Party...
- (1962): Rafael Hernández Piedras
- (1962–1966): Enrique Dupré Ceniceros
- (1966–1968): Ángel Rodríguez Solórzano
- (1968–1974): Alejandro Páez Urquidi
- (1974–1979): Héctor Mayagoitia DomínguezHéctor Mayagoitia DomínguezHéctor Mayagoitia Domínguez is a chemical bacteriologist and Mexican politician, member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, Governor of Durango between 1974 and 1979, and Director of the National Polytechnic Institute.In 1974, he was nominated by PRI as a candidate for Governor of Durango...
- (1979–1980): Salvador Gámiz Fernández
- (1980–1986): Armando del Castillo Franco
- (1986–1992): José Ramírez GameroJosé Ramírez GameroJosé Ramírez Gamero is a Mexican politician, member of Institutional Revolutionary Party, who was Governor of Durango from 1986 to 1992. Jose Ramirez Gamero is son of Antonio Ramirez, leader of the Workers Federation of the State of Durango until his death, like his father, Ramirez Gamero has made...
- (1992–1998): Maximiliano Silerio EsparzaMaximiliano Silerio EsparzaMaximiliano Silerio Esparza is a Mexican politician, member of Institutional Revolutionary Party and a former Governor of Durango .- Biography :...
- (1998–2004): Ángel Sergio Guerrero MierÁngel Sergio Guerrero MierÁngel Sergio Guerrero Mier . He is a lawyer and Mexican politician, member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and was Governor of Durango between 1998 and 2004....
- (2004–2010): Ismael HernándezIsmael HernándezIsmael Alfredo Hernández Deras is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served as Governor of the State of Durango from September 15, 2004 to September 14, 2010....
- (2010-present): Jorge Herrera Caldera