Governor of Quintana Roo explained

Post:	Governor
Body:	Quintana Roo
Insignia:	Coat of arms of Quintana Roo.svg
Insigniasize:	75px
Incumbent:	Mara Lezama Espinosa
Incumbentsince:	25 September 2022
Termlength:	Six years, non-renewable.
Formation:	5 April 1975
Inaugural:	Jesús Martínez Ross
Website:	Government of Quintana Roo

The governors of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, since statehood.

Governors of the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo since 1975

		width=70	Portrait	width=25%	Name	Term of office		width=25%	Political Party
	1^[1]		Jesús Martínez Ross	5 April 1975	4 April 1981
	2		Pedro Joaquín Coldwell	5 April 1981	4 April 1987
	3		Miguel Borge Martín	5 April 1987	4 April 1993
	4		Mario Villanueva Madrid	5 April 1993	4 April 1999
	5		Joaquín Hendricks Díaz	5 April 1999	4 April 2005
	6		Félix González Canto	5 April 2005	4 April 2011
	7		Roberto Borge Angulo	5 April 2011	25 September 2016
	8		Carlos Joaquín González^[2]	25 September 2016	25 September 2022
	9		Mara Lezama Espinosa	25 September 2022	Incumbent

• Note: In 2001 Mario E. Villanueva was sentenced to prison due to corruption involving Mexican drug war during his time as governor, the length of his sentence has been extended multiple times as more of his past crimes emerged after his capture.^{[3] [4] [5]}
• Note: On 5 June 2017; Roberto Borge was sentenced to prison due to corruption involving during his time as governor.^{[6] [7]} He was the third ex-governor from the PRI, to be sentenced in 2017 following the captures of Tomas Yarrington (Tamaulipas) and Javier Duarte (Veracruz).

Pre-statehood

Political Chiefs of the Federal Territory of Quintana Roo

• 1902  - 1903: José María de la Vega
• 1903  - 1911: Ignacio A. Bravo
• 1911  - 1912: Manuel Sánchez Rivera
• 1912: Rafael Egealiz
• 1912  - 1913: Alfredo Cámara Vales
• 1913: Isidro Escobar Garrido
• 1913: Alfonso Carrera Carbó
• 1913: Víctor M. Morón
• 1913: Arturo Garcilazo Juárez
• 1913  - 1915: Annexed to Yucatán
• 1915  - 1916: Carlos Plank
• 1916  - 1917: Carlos A. Vidal

Governors of the Federal Territory of Quintana Roo

• 1917  - 1918: Carlos A. Vidal
• 1918  - 1921: Octaviano Solís Aguirre
• 1921: Pascual Coral Heredia
• 1921  - 1923: Librado Abitia
• 1923: Camilo E. Félix
• 1923  - 1924: Anastasio Rojas
• 1924: Librado Abitia
• 1924  - 1925: Enrique Barocio Barrios
• 1925: Amado Aguirre Santiago
• 1925: Enrique Barocio Barrios
• 1925  - 1926: Candelario Garza
• 1926: Malrubio de la Chapa
• 1926  - 1927: Antonio Ancona Albertos
• 1927  - 1930: José Siurob
• 1930  - 1931: Arturo Campillo Seyde
• 1931: J. Félix Bañuelos
• 1931  - 1935: Annexed to Yucatán and Campeche
• 1935  - 1940: Rafael E. Melgar
• 1940  - 1944: Gabriel R. Guevara
• 1944  - 1959: Margarito Ramírez
• 1959  - 1964: Aarón Merino Fernández
• 1965  - 1967: Rufo Figueroa Figueroa
• 1967  - 1970: Javier Rojo Gómez
• 1971  - 1974: David Gustavo Gutiérrez

See also

• List of Mexican state governors
• Territory of Quintana Roo
• List of governors of dependent territories in the 20th century

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fallece esposa de Jesús Martínez Ross, primer gobernador de Quintana Roo – Pedro Canché Noticias . Pedro Canché Noticias . 5 September 2020 . es-MX . 12 June 2020.
2. Web site: Reina . Elena . Usón . Víctor . Resultados de las elecciones en México 2016 . El País. 3 June 2016 . 5 September 2020 . es.
3. Web site: Ex-Mexico Governor Re-Arrested for Drugs. washingtonpost.com. OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ. 2007-06-21.
4. Web site: Gobernadores que han pisado la cárcel. www.elnorte.com.
5. Web site: Sentencian a Mario Villanueva a 36 años de prisión. El Universal.
6. Web site: Mexico seeks extradition of yet another ex-governor facing criminal charges. 6 June 2017. Los Angeles Times.
7. Web site: Mexico fugitive ex-governor Roberto Borge arrested. 5 June 2017. www.bbc.com.