Governor of Yucatán
| Governor of Yucatán | |
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Seal of the State of Yucatán
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| Term length | Six years, non-renewable. |
| Formation | 1546 |
| First holder | Francisco de Montejo |
| Deputy | Roberto Rodríguez Asaf - General Secretary of Government. |
| Salary | $141,152 mexican pesos (2013) |
| Website | yucatan.gob.mx |
According to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán, the exercise of the Executive Power of this Mexican state is placed in a single individual, that Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán who is chosen for a period of 6 years and is not eligible for reelection. The term of governor begins October 1 of the year of the election and finishes September 30 six years later.
The same constitution empowers those individuals to be elected Governor who have held the title of executive power but in a different way to the popular election, namely the interim, or temporary replacements. The latter has caused controversies and political conflicts, because in the view of several instances is in conflict with a precept of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States that stipulates that no state governor may hold power for more than six years.
The Yucátan state was created on January 31, 1824, being one of the original states of the federation, which along their history has passed through all the systems of government in place in Mexico, the federal system as the central system, so that the name of the entity has varied between state and department; varying with it, the name of the holder of the executive branch of the State.
Individuals who have occupied the governorship in the state of Yucatán, in its various denominations, have been:
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