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{{Short description|Chief executive of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox Political post
|post            = Governor 
|body            = Quintana Roo
|insignia        = Coat of arms of Quintana Roo.svg
|insigniasize    = 75px
|insigniacaption = 
|image           = Mara Lezama Gobernadora de Quintana Roo.jpg
|incumbent       = [[Mara Lezama Espinosa]]
|residence       = 
|incumbentsince  = 25 September 2022
|preceded by     = 
|termlength      = Six years, non-renewable.
|formation       = 5 April 1975
|inaugural       = [[Jesús Martínez Ross]]
|website         = [https://qroo.gob.mx/portal/ Government of Quintana Roo {{in lang|es}}]
}}

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

==Governors of the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo since 1975==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible sticky-header-multi" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Governors of Quintana Roo
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!scope="colgroup" colspan="3"|Governor
!scope="col"|Term in office
!scope="col"|Party
!scope="col"|Election
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|1
|data-sort-value="Martínez Ross, Jesús"|[[File:Jesús Martínez Ross.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Institutional Revolutionary Party}};"|&nbsp;
|'''[[Jesús Martínez Ross]]'''<br>{{Small|(1934–2025)}}<br><ref>{{cite web |title=Fallece esposa de Jesús Martínez Ross, primer gobernador de Quintana Roo – Pedro Canché Noticias |url=https://noticiaspedrocanche.com/2020/06/12/fallece-esposa-de-jesus-martinez-ross-primer-gobernador-de-quintana-roo/ |publisher=Pedro Canché Noticias |access-date=5 September 2020 |language=es-MX |date=12 June 2020}}</ref>
|{{dts|5 April 1975}}<br/>&ndash;<br/>4 April 1981
|[[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]]
|1975
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|2
|data-sort-value="Joaquín Coldwell, Pedro"|[[File:Pedro-Joaquin.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Institutional Revolutionary Party}};"|&nbsp;
|'''[[Pedro Joaquín Coldwell]]'''<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1950)}}<br>
|{{dts|5 April 1981}}<br/>&ndash;<br/>4 April 1987
|[[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]]
|1981
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|3
|data-sort-value="Borge Martín, Miguel"|[[File:Miguel Borge Martin.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Institutional Revolutionary Party}};"|&nbsp;
|'''[[Miguel Borge Martín]]'''<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1943)}}<br>
|{{dts|5 April 1987}}<br/>&ndash;<br/>4 April 1993
|[[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]]
|1987
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|4
|data-sort-value="Villanueva Madrid, Mario"|[[File:Mario Ernesto Villanueva Madrid.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Institutional Revolutionary Party}};"|&nbsp;
|'''[[Mario Villanueva Madrid]]'''<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1948)}}<br>
|{{dts|5 April 1993}}<br/>&ndash;<br/>4 April 1999
|[[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]]
|1993
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|5
|data-sort-value="Hendricks Díaz, Joaquín"|[[File:Joaquin Hendricks.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Institutional Revolutionary Party}};"|&nbsp;
|'''[[Joaquín Hendricks Díaz]]'''<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1951)}}<br>
|{{dts|5 April 1999}}<br/>&ndash;<br/>4 April 2005
|[[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]]
|1999
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|6
|data-sort-value="González Canto, Félix"|[[File:GonzalezCanto.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Institutional Revolutionary Party}};"|&nbsp;
|'''[[Félix González Canto]]'''<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1968)}}<br>
|{{dts|5 April 2005}}<br/>&ndash;<br/>4 April 2011
|[[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]]
|2005
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|7
|data-sort-value="Borge Angulo, Roberto"|[[File:Gobernador Roberto Borge Angulo.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Institutional Revolutionary Party}};"|&nbsp;
|'''[[Roberto Borge Angulo]]'''<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1979)}}<br>
|{{dts|5 April 2011}}<br/>&ndash;<br/>25 September 2016
|[[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]]
|[[2010 Quintana Roo gubernatorial election|2010]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|8
|data-sort-value="Joaquín González, Carlos"|[[File:Gobernador Carlos Joaquin.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Party of the Democratic Revolution}};"|&nbsp;
|'''[[Carlos Joaquín González]]'''<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1965)}}<br><ref>{{cite web |last1=Reina |first1=Elena |last2=Usón |first2=Víctor |title=Resultados de las elecciones en México 2016 |url=https://elpais.com/especiales/2016/elecciones-mexico/resultados/?rel=mas |website=El País|date=3 June 2016 |access-date=5 September 2020 |language=es}}</ref><br>
|{{dts|25 September 2016}}<br/>&ndash;<br/>25 September 2022
|[[Party of the Democratic Revolution|PRD]]
|[[2016 Quintana Roo gubernatorial election|2016]]
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|9
|data-sort-value="Lezama Espinosa, Mara"|[[File:DSF1114-Final.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Morena (political party)}};"|&nbsp;
|'''[[Mara Lezama Espinosa]]'''<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1968)}}<br>
|{{dts|25 September 2022}}<br/>&ndash;<br/>Incumbent
|[[Morena (political party)|Morena]]
|[[2022 Quintana Roo gubernatorial election|2022]]
|}
*Note: In 2001 Mario E. Villanueva was sentenced to prison due to corruption involving [[drugs|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/21/AR2007062101889.html|website=washingtonpost.com|title=Ex-Mexico Governor Re-Arrested for Drugs|author=OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ|date=2007-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elnorte.com/libre/players/mmplayer.aspx?idm=67105&i&mw=640&mh=360&iw=620&ih=390&te=100|title=Gobernadores que han pisado la cárcel|website=www.elnorte.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/512316.html|title=Sentencian a Mario Villanueva a 36 años de prisión|website=El Universal}}</ref>
*Note: On 5 June 2017; Roberto Borge was sentenced to prison due to corruption involving during his time as governor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-governor-20170605-story.html|title=Mexico seeks extradition of yet another ex-governor facing criminal charges|date=6 June 2017|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40157738|title=Mexico fugitive ex-governor Roberto Borge arrested|date=5 June 2017|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref> 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===
{{div col}}
* 1902 &ndash; 1903: [[José María de la Vega]]
* 1903 &ndash; 1911: [[Ignacio A. Bravo]]
* 1911 &ndash; 1912: [[Manuel Sánchez Rivera]]
* 1912: [[Rafael Egealiz]]
* 1912 &ndash; 1913: [[Alfredo Cámara Vales]]
* 1913: [[Isidro Escobar Garrido]]
* 1913: [[Alfonso Carrera Carbó]]
* 1913: [[Víctor M. Morón]]
* 1913: [[Arturo Garcilazo Juárez]]
* 1913 &ndash; 1915: ''Annexed to [[Yucatán (state)|Yucatán]]''
* 1915 &ndash; 1916: [[Carlos Plank]]
* 1916 &ndash; 1917: [[Carlos A. Vidal]]
{{end div col}}

===Governors of the Federal Territory of Quintana Roo===
{{div col}}
* 1917 &ndash; 1918: [[Carlos A. Vidal]]
* 1918 &ndash; 1921: [[Octaviano Solís Aguirre]]
* 1921: [[Pascual Coral Heredia]]
* 1921 &ndash; 1923: [[Librado Abitia]]
* 1923: [[Camilo E. Félix]]
* 1923 &ndash; 1924: [[Anastasio Rojas]]
* 1924: [[Librado Abitia]]
* 1924 &ndash; 1925: [[Enrique Barocio Barrios]]
* 1925: [[Amado Aguirre Santiago]]
* 1925: [[Enrique Barocio Barrios]]
* 1925 &ndash; 1926: [[Candelario Garza]]
* 1926: [[Malrubio de la Chapa]]
* 1926 &ndash; 1927: [[Antonio Ancona Albertos]]
* 1927 &ndash; 1930: [[José Siurob]]
* 1930 &ndash; 1931: [[Arturo Campillo Seyde]]
* 1931: [[J. Félix Bañuelos]]
* 1931 &ndash; 1935: ''Annexed to [[Yucatán (state)|Yucatán]] and [[Campeche]]''
* 1935 &ndash; 1940: [[Rafael E. Melgar]]
* 1940 &ndash; 1944: [[Gabriel R. Guevara]]
* 1944 &ndash; 1959: [[Margarito Ramírez]]
* 1959 &ndash; 1964: [[Aarón Merino Fernández]]
* 1965 &ndash; 1967: [[Rufo Figueroa Figueroa]]
* 1967 &ndash; 1970: [[Javier Rojo Gómez]]
* 1971 &ndash; 1974: [[David Gustavo Gutiérrez]]
{{end div col}}

==See also==
{{div col}}
* [[List of Mexican state governors]]
* [[Territory of Quintana Roo]]
* [[List of governors of dependent territories in the 20th century]]
{{end div col}}

==References==
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