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Head of Government of Mexico City
Head of Government of Mexico City
Jefatura de Gobierno de la Ciudad de México
	Current seal of the Head of Government Office
	Coat of Arms of Mexico City
	Incumbent; Clara Brugada; since October 5, 2024
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	6 years, non-renewable
Inaugural holder	Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
Formation	December 5, 1997
Website	www.cdmx.gob.mx (in Spanish)

The Head of Government (Spanish: Jefe/Jefa de Gobierno) wields the executive power in Mexico City. The Head of Government serves a six-year term, running concurrently with that of the President of the Republic. Mexico City, or CDMX, is the seat of national government, and is largely contiguous with the core of the sprawling Mexico City conurbation.

Background

According to Article 122 of the Constitution, "the Head of Government of the Federal District shall be responsible for executive power and public administration in the district and shall be represented by a single individual, elected by universal, free, direct, and secret suffrage."

The title is commonly rendered in English as "Mayor of Mexico City" but in reality the position does not correspond exactly to the mayor of a municipality. Even though the position is called Head of Government, it has the rank of governor of a state and has a seat at the National Governors Conference.

For the greater part of the 20th century, the D.F. was administered directly by the President of the Republic, who delegated his authority to an appointed Head of the Federal District Department, known more commonly (and tersely) as the Regente ("Regent" in English). This non-democratic imposition was a source of constant and often bitter resentment among the inhabitants of Mexico City. Under the reforms of the state introduced by presidents Carlos Salinas and Ernesto Zedillo, the Regent was replaced by the first directly elected Head of Government in 1997.

On July 6, 1997, with a 47.7% share of the vote in an eight-candidate race, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas won the first direct Head of Government election (this first term was to last only three years, to bring the office into line with the presidential succession). Cárdenas later resigned to compete in the 2000 presidential campaign and left in his place Rosario Robles, who served out the remainder of his term as the first person to govern Mexico City.

The Head of Government elected for the 2000–2006 term was Andrés Manuel López Obrador, elected with 39% of the popular vote in the same election that saw Vicente Fox of the PAN win the presidency. López Obrador was temporarily removed from office by the federal Congress on April 7, 2005 and was replaced, on an interim basis for a period of slightly over two weeks, by his secretary of government, Alejandro Encinas. See desafuero of AMLO.

All the Heads of the Federal District Department were members of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), and all the Heads of Government of the Federal District are from center-left parties or party coalitions.

List of governors of the Federal District's territory from 1824 to 1997

Governors of the Federal District (before the formal declaration)

Melchor Múzquiz January 9, 1824
Manuel Gómez Pedraza March 3, 1824

Governors of the Federal District

Gen. Jose Maria Mendivil November 25, 1825
Juan Manuel de Elizalde August 26, 1826
Francisco Molinos del Campo: September 2, 1826
Juan Manuel de Elizalde: October 2, 1826 (2nd time)
José Ignacio Esteva January 1, 1828
José María Tornel February 23, 1828
José Ignacio Esteva December 3, 1828 (2nd time)
Augustine of F. Lebrija January 30, 1830
Miguel Cervantes February 20, 1830
Francisco Fagoaga February 18, 1831
Ignacio Martinez (Mexico): October 14, 1832
José Joaquín de Herrera January 9, 1833
Ignacio Martinez: October 14, 1832
José Ignacio Esteva April 17, 1833 (3rd time)
José María Tornel November 24, 1833 (2nd time)
Ramon Rayon January 12, 1835
José Gómez de la Cortina: October 13, 1835
Manuel Fernández Madrid: October 15, 1836
Francisco García Conde: October 26, 1836
Luis G. Vieyra: March 9, 1837

Governors Mexico Department (Centralist Era)

Agustín Vicente Eguia December 30, 1837
José María Icaza: September 20, 1838
José Fernando de Peredo December 30, 1838
Luis G. Vieyra January 8, 1839 (2nd Attempt)
Miguel González Calderón January 11, 1840
Luis G. Vieyra April 30, 1840 (3rd Attempt)
José María Barrera March 16, 1841
Luis G. Vieyra July 31, 1841 (4th Occasion)
Francis O. Zarate: September 19, 1841
Luis G. Vieyra: October 9, 1841 (5th Occasion)
Valentín Canalizo March 10, 1843
Manuel Rincon: October 3, 1843
Ignacio Inclan December 3, 1843

Governors of the Federal District (Reinstatement)

Jose Guadalupe Covarrubias December 7, 1846
Vicente Romero: January 4, 1847
Juan José Baz January 13, 1847
Jose Ramon Malo February 17, 1847

City Council of Mexico (U.S. Invasion)

Manuel Reyes Veramendi: September 8, 1847
Francisco Juarez Iriarte January 18, 1847
John M. Flores y Teran March 6, 1848
Jose Ramon Malo: November 5, 1848 (2nd time)

Head of the Federal District (U.S. Occupation)

Winfield Scott: September 14, 1847
William O. Butler February 18, 1848
Stephen W. Kearny March 16, 1848

Governors of the Federal District (Reinstatement)

Pedro Torrin: May 14, 1849
Pedro María de Anaya July 10, 1849
Miguel Azcarate: January 2, 1850
Antonio Diaz Bonilla: October 21, 1854
Juan José Baz: January 5, 1856 (2nd time)

Governors of the Federal District (Constitution of 1857)

Augustine Alcerreca: October 4, 1857 (2nd time)

Governors of the Department of Mexico (War of the Reform)

Conservatives

Rómulo Díaz de la Vega December 20, 1859
Francis G. Casanova February 29, 1860

Governors of the Federal District (Constitution of 1857)

Justin Fernandez January 6, 1861
Juan José Baz June 25, 1861 (2nd time)
Anastasio Parrodi January 8, 1862
Ángel Frías April 27, 1862
José María González de Mendoza: May 24, 1862
José Silvestre Aramberri: September 20, 1862
Manuel Terreros November 11, 1862
Ponciano Arriaga January 23, 1863
José María González de Mendoza March 1, 1863 (2nd time)
Gen. John J. of the heron, John H. Mateos, Joaquin Mayor and Manuel Ramos, May 1863, City of Mexico City.
Miguel Maria Azcarate June 12, 1863
Manuel Garcia Aguirre: June 30, 1863

Governors of the Department of Mexico (2nd Empire)

José del Villar Bocanegra: November 4, 1863
Manuel Campero: April 9, 1866
Mariano Icaza: September 20, 1866
Tomás O'Horán: September 30, 1867

Governors of the Federal District (Constitution of 1857, Restored Republic)

Porfirio Díaz June 15, 1867 (Military Governor)
Juan José Baz August 14, 1867 (2nd time)
Francis H. Velez: September 7, 1869
Francisco Paz January 27, 1871
Gabino Bustamante March 17, 1871
Alfredo Chavero June 15, 1871
José María Castro: September 19, 1871
Tiburcio Montiel: October 21, 1871
Joaquin A. Pérez: September 29, 1873
Protasio G. Tagle November 22, 1876
Agustin del Rio: November 30, 1876
Juan Crisostomo Bonilla: February 7, 1877
Gen. Luis C. Curiel February 16, 1877
Carlos Pacheco Villalobos December 2, 1880
Ramon Fernandez: June 25, 1881
Carlos Rivas: May 5, 1884
General Jose Ceballos: December 3, 1884
Manuel Dominguez: April 19, 1893
Manuel Terreros
Pedro Rincón Gallardo July 17, 1893
Nicolas Island and Bustamante: August 3, 1896
Rafael Rebollar: August 8, 1896
Guillermo de Landa y Escandon: October 8, 1900
Ramón Corral: December 8, 1900
Guillermo de Landa y Escandon: January 3, 1903 (2nd time)
Gen. Samuel Garcia Cuellar: May 3, 1911

Governors of the Federal District (Constitution of 1857, Madero Revolution)

Alberto Garcia Granados: May 30, 1911
Ignacio Rivero: August 3, 1913
Federico Gonzalez Garza August 21, 1912

Governors of the Federal District (Constitution of 1857, Government of Victoriano Huerta)

Gen. Cepeda and Gen. Alberto Yarza: February 3, 1913 (Grales. responsible for the city after the Ten Tragic Days
Gen. Samuel Garcia Cuellar February 24, 1913 (2nd time)
Ramón Corona February 28, 1914
Mr. Gen. Eduardo Iturbide: March 28, 1914

Governors of the Federal District (Constitution of 1857 Constitutionalist Revolution)

Alfredo Robles Dominguez August 18, 1914
Gen. Heriberto Jara: September 19, 1914
Juan Gutierrez R. November 22, 1914

Governors of the Federal District (Constitution of 1857, the Government Conventional)

Vicente Navarro: November 26, 1914 (Zapatista)
Manuel Chao: December 4, 1914 (Zapatista)
Vito Alessio Robles January 1, 1915
Mayor of Mexico City: January 27, 1915, is responsible for the departure of the conventionalist, who retire to be near the city to the forces of Álvaro Obregón.
Magana Cerda March 15, 1915

Governor of Valle de Mexico (Const. 1857, Constitutional Government)

Gen. Cesar Lopez de Lara: August 3, 1915 (By the decrees of 3/12/1914 based on the Plan of Guadalupe, federal capital city of Veracruz and January 5, 1917 decree establishing the capital in the city of Querétaro. The changes of residence were never ratified by Congress)

Governors of the Federal District (Constitution of 1917)

Col. Gonzalo G. de la Mata: April 3, 1917 (Interim)
Gen. Cesar Lopez de Lara: June 3, 1917 (2nd time)

Governors of the Federal District (Carrancistas)

Alfredo Breceda January 22, 1918
Arnulfo González August 28, 1918
Alfredo Breceda January 21, 1919 (2nd time)
Benito Flores February 26, 1919
Manuel Rueda Magro: May 31, 1919
Mayor of Mexico City: May 7, 1920 (Move Carranza in Veracruz on the Federal Government, I fail to install)

Governors of the Federal District (Obregon)

Manuel Gómez Noriega: May 8, 1920
Gen. Celestino Gasca July 7, 1920
Jorge Prieto Laurens: 1922
Ramon Ross: October 25, 1923
Abel S. Rodriguez: December 15, 1923 (Interim)
Ramon Ross: February 11, 1924 (2nd time)
Gen. Francisco R. Serrano June 21, 1926
Primo Villa Michel June 1927 until December 31, 1928.

Heads of government of the Federal District/Mexico City

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party
1		Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (born 1934)	5 December 1997	28 September 1999	1 year, 297 days	Party of the Democratic Revolution
2		Rosario Robles (born 1956)	29 September 1999	4 December 2000	1 year, 66 days	Party of the Democratic Revolution
3		Andrés Manuel López Obrador (born 1953)	5 December 2000	29 July 2005	4 years, 236 days	Party of the Democratic Revolution
4		Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez (born 1954)	2 August 2005	4 December 2006	1 year, 124 days	Party of the Democratic Revolution
5		Marcelo Ebrard (born 1959)	5 December 2006	4 December 2012	6 years	Party of the Democratic Revolution
6		Miguel Ángel Mancera (born 1966)	5 December 2012	29 March 2018	5 years, 114 days	Party of the Democratic Revolution
7		José Ramón Amieva (born 1972)	29 March 2018	4 December 2018	250 days	Party of the Democratic Revolution
8		Claudia Sheinbaum (born 1962)	5 December 2018	16 June 2023	4 years, 193 days	National Regeneration Movement
9		Martí Batres (born 1967)	16 June 2023	4 October 2024	1 year, 110 days	National Regeneration Movement
10		Clara Marina Brugada (born 1963)	5 October 2024	Incumbent	98 days	National Regeneration Movement