See also List of Aztec rulers and List of Viceroys of New Spain. The first leader of independent Mexico was Agustín de Iturbide, he was emperor, ruling from 1821-1823.

Presidents from the declaration of the Republic of Mexico to the 1917 Constitution:

• 1823-1824: Pedro Celestino Negrete
• 1824-1829: Guadalupe Victoria
• 1829-1829: Vicente Guerrero
• 1829-1829: José María Bocanegra
• 1829-1829: Pedro Vélez
• 1830-1832: Anastasio Bustamante
• 1832-1832: Melchor Múzquiz
• 1832-1833: Manuel Gómez Pedraza
• 1833-1833: Valentín Gómez Farías
• 1833-1835: Antonio López de Santa Anna
• 1835-1836: Miguel Barragán
• 1836-1837: José Justo Corro
• 1837-1839: Anastasio Bustamante
• 1839-1839: Antonio López de Santa Anna
• 1839-1839: Nicolás Bravo
• 1839-1841: Anastasio Bustamante
• 1841-1841: Francisco Javier Echeverría
• 1841-1842: Antonio López de Santa Anna
• 1842-1843: Nicolás Bravo
• 1843-1843: Antonio López de Santa Anna
• 1843-1844: Valentín Canalizo
• 1844-1844: Antonio López de Santa Anna
• 1844-1844: Valentín Canalizo
• 1844-1844: José Joaquín de Herrera
• 1846-1846: Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga
• 1846-1846: Nicolás Bravo
• 1846-1846: Mariano Salas
• 1846-1847: Valentín Gómez Farías
• 1847-1847: Antonio López de Santa Anna
• 1847-1847: Pedro María Anaya
• 1847-1848: Manuel de la Peña y Peña
• 1848-1851: José Joaquín de Herrera
• 1851-1853: Mariano Arista
• 1853-1853: Juan Bautista Ceballos
• 1853-1853: Manuel María Lombardini
• 1853-1855: Antonio López de Santa Anna
• 1855-1855: Martín Carrera
• 1855-1855: Rómulo Díaz de la Vega
• 1855-1855: Juan Álvarez Benítez
• 1855-1857: Ignacio Comonfort
• 1858-1858: Félix María Zuloaga
• 1858-1859: Manuel Robles Pezuela
• 1859-1860: Miguel Miramón
• 1861-1863: Benito Juárez
• 1863-1864: Juan Nepomuceno Almonte

• From 1864 to 1867 most of Mexico was ruled by Maximilian of Habsburg, emperor imposed by Napoleon III of France. During this time Benito Juárez continued a government in the north of the country, which some nations recognized as the legitimate government of Mexico.

• 1867 - 1872: Benito Juárez
• 1872 - 1876: Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
• 1876 - 1880: Porfirio Díaz
• 1880 - 1884: Manuel González
• 1884 - 1911: Porfirio Díaz
• 1911 - 1911: Francisco León de la Barra
• 1911 - 1913: Francisco Madero
• February 18, 1913 - February 18, 1913: Pedro Lascuráin Paredes (president for less than one hour)
• 1913 - July 14, 1914 : Victoriano Huerta
• July 15, 1914 - August 1914: Francisco S. Carvajal
• 1914 - 1920: Venustiano Carranza

President	From	To
Venustiano Carranza	1917	1920
Adolfo de la Huerta	1920	1920
Álvaro Obregón	1920	1924
Plutarco Elías Calles	1924	1928
Emilio Portes Gil	1928	1930
Pascual Ortiz Rubio	1930	1932
Abelardo L. Rodríguez	1932	1934
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río	1934	1940
Manuel Ávila Camacho	1940	1946
Miguel Alemán	1946	1952
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines	1952	1958
Adolfo López Mateos	1958	1964
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz	1964	1970
Luis Echeverría Álvarez	1970	1976
José López Portillo	1976	1982
Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado	1982	1988
Carlos Salinas de Gortari	1988	1994
Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León	1994	2000
Vicente Fox Quesada	2000	N/A

See also

• History of Mexico

• Politics of Mexico
• List of Mexicans