Governor of Sinaloa

Governor of Sinaloa
Gobernador(a) de Sinaloa
Incumbent
Graciela Domínguez Nava
since 25 August 2026
Term lengthSix years, non-renewable.
Inaugural holderAgustín Martínez de Castro
Formation1831

List of governors of the Mexican state of Sinaloa:

List of governors

Governor Term in office Election Party
  Alfredo Delgado Ibarra
(1890–1948)
1 January 1937
–
31 December 1940
1936 National Revolutionary Party
  Rodolfo T. Loaiza
(1893–1944)
1 January 1941
–
21 February 1944
(assassinated)
1940 Independent
  Teodoro Cruz R.
Substitute
22 February 1944
–
31 December 1944
— Party of the Mexican Revolution
  Pablo Macías Valenzuela
(1891–1975)
1 January 1945
–
31 December 1950
1944 Party of the Mexican Revolution
  Enrique Pérez Arce
(1889–1963)
1 January 1951
–
31 December 1952
1950 Institutional Revolutionary Party
  Rigoberto Aguilar Pico
(1905–1974)
1 January 1953[1]
–
31 December 1956
— Institutional Revolutionary Party
  Gabriel Leyva Velázquez
(1896–1985)
1 January 1957[2]
–
31 December 1962
1956 Institutional Revolutionary Party
  Leopoldo Sánchez Celis
(1916–1989)
1 January 1963
–
31 December 1968
1962 Institutional Revolutionary Party
  Alfredo Valdés Montoya
(1920–2014)
1 January 1969
–
31 December 1974
1968 Institutional Revolutionary Party
  Alfonso G. Calderón
(1913–1990)
1 January 1975
–
31 December 1980
1974 Institutional Revolutionary Party
  Antonio Toledo Corro
(1919–2018)
1 January 1981[3]
–
31 December 1986
1980 Institutional Revolutionary Party
  Francisco Labastida
(b. 1942)
1 January 1987
–
31 December 1992
1986 Institutional Revolutionary Party
  Renato Vega Alvarado
(1937–2009)
1 January 1993
–
31 December 1998
1992 Institutional Revolutionary Party
  Juan Sigfrido Millán Lizárraga
(b. 1942)
1 January 1999
–
31 December 2004
1998 Institutional Revolutionary Party
  Jesús Aguilar Padilla
(1952–2023)
1 January 2005[4]
–
31 December 2010
2004 Institutional Revolutionary Party
  Mario López Valdez
(b. 1957)
1 January 2011[5]
–
31 December 2016
2010 National Action Party
  Quirino Ordaz Coppel
(b. 1962)
1 January 2017[6]
–
31 October 2021
2016 Institutional Revolutionary Party
  Rubén Rocha Moya
(b. 1949)
1 November 2021
–
2 May 2026
2021 National Regeneration Movement
  Yeraldine Bonilla Valverde
(b. 1992)
Interim
2 May 2026
–
21 August 2026
Designated by the Congress of Sinaloa National Regeneration Movement
  Rubén Rocha Moya
(b. 1949)
21 August 2026
–

23 August 2026

Rocha returns to his post,

but leaves after backlash from his party from previous indictments from the US Government.[7]

National Regeneration Movement
  Graciela Domínguez Nava
(b. 1976)
25 August 2026
–

present

Designated by the Congress of Sinaloa National Regeneration Movement

Timeline

Rubén Rocha MoyaYeraldine Bonilla ValverdeQuirino Ordaz CoppelMario López ValdezJesús Aguilar PadillaRenato Vega AlvaradoFrancisco LabastidaAntonio Toledo CorroAlfonso G. CalderónAlfredo Valdés MontoyaLeopoldo Sánchez CelisGabriel Leyva VelázquezRigoberto Aguilar PicoEnrique Pérez ArcePablo Macías ValenzuelaRodolfo T. Loaiza

References

  1. ↑ Camp; p. 13
  2. ↑ Camp; p. 532
  3. ↑ Velazquez, Carlos (6 July 2018). "Fallece Antonio Toledo Corro, exgobernador de Sinaloa". El Financiero (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  4. ↑ Camp, Roderic Ai (2011). Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-2009: Fourth Edition. University of Texas Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-292-72634-5.
  5. ↑ Díaz, Cristian (12 July 2017). "Más denuncias por el saqueo a Sinaloa en el gobierno anterior". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "De gobernador de Sinaloa a embajador en España ¿Quién es Quirino Ordaz?". Milenio (in Spanish). 28 January 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "Congreso de Sinaloa Aprueba Por Segunda Ocasión a Rocha Moya Licencia para Separarse del Cargo". N+ (in Mexican Spanish). 2026-08-23. Retrieved 2026-08-23.