President of Mexico

The president of Mexico (Spanish: presidente de México),^[b] officially the president of the United Mexican States (Spanish: presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos),^[b][2] is the head of state and head of government of Mexico. Under the Constitution of Mexico, the president heads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander in chief of the Mexican Armed Forces. The office is currently held by Claudia Sheinbaum, who was sworn in on October 1, 2024.^[3]

After the constitutional reform of 1926, the presidential term in Mexico was extended to six years starting in 1928; with a formal ban on reelection. After the federal election of 1934 all the presidents have completed their six-year terms.

Parties

  National Revolutionary Party→Party of the Mexican Revolution→Institutional Revolutionary Party
  National Action Party
  National Regeneration Movement

To be eligible to serve as president, Article 82 of the Constitution specifies that the following requirements must be met:

• Be a natural-born citizen of Mexico ("mexicano por nacimiento") able to exercise full citizenship rights, with at least one parent who is a natural-born citizen of Mexico.
• Be a resident of Mexico for at least twenty (20) years.
• Be thirty-five years of age or older at the time of the election.
• Be a resident of Mexico for the entire year prior to the election (although absences of 30 days or fewer are explicitly stated not to interrupt residency).
• Not be an official or minister of any church or religious denomination.
• Not be in active military service during the six months prior to the election.
• Not be a secretary of state or under-secretary of state, attorney general, governor of a State, or head of the government of Mexico City, unless "separated from the post" (resigned or been granted permanent leave of absence) at least six months prior to the election.
• Not have been president already, even in a provisional capacity (see Succession below).

The 1917 Constitution was influenced from the Constitution of the United States. It made it clear separation of powers while giving the president wider powers than his American counterpart. However, this has only recently become the case in practice.

The President's official residence and main workplace is Los Pinos, located inside the Bosque de Chapultepec (Chapultepec Park). The President has the right to use this residence for the six-year term of office.

There are six living former presidents. The most recent former president to die was Luis Echeverría (1970–1976), on 8 July 2022.

• Carlos Salinas de Gortari
  (1988–1994)
  (1948-04-03) April 3, 1948
• Ernesto Zedillo
  (1994–2000)
  (1951-12-27) December 27, 1951
• Vicente Fox
  (2000–2006)
  (1942-07-02) July 2, 1942
• Felipe Calderón
  (2006–2012)
  (1962-08-18) August 18, 1962
• Enrique Peña Nieto
  (2012–2018)
  (1966-07-20) July 20, 1966
• Andrés Manuel López Obrador
  (2018–2024)
  (1953-11-13) November 13, 1953

• President of México - Official government website Archived 2016-01-15 at the Wayback Machine

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