Governor of Mendoza Province

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Governor of Mendoza Province

Provincial coat of Arms

Style| Governor
Status|

* Head of the local government

Appointer| Direct popular vote
Inaugural holder| José Moldes
Formation| 1810

The Constitution (1916) of Mendoza Province, Argentina, states that the executive power of the province will be led by a citizen chosen as a governor by the people for a four-year term, and not allowed to be re-elected for the immediately following term.

Before it was constituted as a province in 1920, Mendoza Province was known as the Province of Cuyo. Before 1813, it was part of Córdoba Province. The office of governor came into existence when the independent province was created.

Since that time Mendoza Province has had almost a hundred governors, as well as other types of officials in charge of the executive power.

The office of the Governor of Mendoza is on the 4th floor of the Government House building, inside the Civic Center of the City of Mendoza. The Civic Center is a park with administrative buildings of the executive and judicial powers and the Mendoza Province Federal Court.

The office of the governor is commonly known as The Seat of San Martín, since José de San Martín was one of the first governors of the province. This was the only executive office that San Martín ever held in the history of Argentina.

## List of governors

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### Before the Sáenz Peña Law (1820–1914)

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Portrait  | Governor  | Term  | Political Party  | Notes

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| José Clemente Benegas | 17 January – February 1820  |  |
| Pedro José Campos | February – March 1820  |  |
| José Clemente Benegas | March – 29 July 1820  |  |
| Tomás Godoy Cruz | 29 July 1820 – 7 May 1822  |  |
| Pedro Molina | 7 May 1822 – 29 April 1824  |  |
| Juan Agustín Maza | 29 – 30 April 1824  |  |
| Triumvirate of the Province of Mendoza [es] | 30 April – 7 May 1824  |  |
| Pedro Molina | 7 May – 4 June 1824  |  |
| José Albino Gutiérrez | 4 – 8 June 1824  |  |
| Juan Lavalle | 8 June – 4 July 1824  |  |
| Juan de Dios Correas | 4 July 1824 – 8 November 1826  |  |
| Juan Rege Corvalán | 8 November 1826 – 10 August 1829  |  |
| Rudecindo Alvarado | 10 August – 18 August 1829  |
| José Vicente Gil de Acosta Moyano y Silva | 18 August – 23 Setiembre 1829  |  | Provincial, National Deputy and Minister of Government
| Juan Rege Corvalán | 23 September 1829 – 8 April 1830  |  |
| Tomás Godoy Cruz | 8 – 30 April 1830  |  |
| José Videla Castillo | 30 April 1830 – 5 April 1831  |  |
| Manuel Lemos | 5 April – 25 December 1831  |  |
| Pedro Nolasco Ortiz | 25 December 1831 – 4 August 1832  |  |
| Pedro Molina | 4 August 1832 – 20 March 1838  |  |
| Justo Correas | 20 March 1838 – 4 November 1840  |  |
| Pedro Molina | 4 November – 15 November 1840  |  |
| Justo Correas | 15 November 1840 – 16 May 1841  |  |
| Juan Isidro Maza | 16 May – 2 September 1841  |  |
| José María Reina | 2 – 5 September 1841  |  |
| Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid | 5 September – 24 November 1841  |  |
| José Félix Aldao | 24 November 1841 – 19 January 1845  |  |
| Celedonio de la Cuesta | 19 January – 10 February 1845  |  |
| Pedro Pascual Segura | 10 February 1845 – 4 April 1847  |  |
| Alejo Mallea | 4 April 1847 – 3 March 1852  |  |
| Pedro Pascual Segura | 3 March 1852 – 22 February 1856  |  |
| Juan Cornelio Moyano | 22 February 1856 – 25 March 1859  |  | He was the first to hold the position according to the Provincial Constitution.
| Federico Maza | 25 March – 16 April 1859  |  |
| Pascual Echagüe | 16 April – 23 August 1859  |  |
| Laureano Nazar | 23 August 1859 – 16 December 1861  |  | Resigned.
| Juan de Dios Videla | 16 December 1861 – 2 January 1862  |  | Deposed by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and fled to Chile.
| Hilario Correas | 2 January 1862  |  |
| Lino Almandoz | March – 29 July 1820  |  |
| Luis Molina | 2 January 1862 – 25 September 1863  |  | Died in office.
| Domingo Bombal | 25 September – 7 November 1863  |  |
| Carlos González | 7 November 1863 – 1 November 1866  |  |
| Melitón Arroyo | 1 – 11 November 1866  |  |
| Carlos Juan Rodríguez | 11 November 1866 – 11 April 1867  |  |
| Melitón Arroyo | 11 April – 11 July 1867  |  |
| Ezequiel García | 11 July – 16 October 1867  |  |
| Nicolás Villanueva | 16 October 1867 – 16 October 1870  |  |
| Arístides Villanueva | 16 October 1870 – 16 October 1873  |  |
| Francisco Civit | 16 October 1873 – 29 October 1874  |  |
| Eliseo Marenco | 29 October – 8 November 1874  |  |
| Francisco Civit | 8 November 1874 – 16 October 1876  |  |
| Joaquín Villanueva | 16 October 1876 – 24 December 1877  |  |
| Julio Gutiérrez | 24 December 1877 – 15 February 1878  |  |
| Elías Villanueva | 15 February 1878 – 15 February 1881  |  |
| José Miguel Segura | 15 February 1881 – 15 February 1884  |  |
| Rufino Ortega | 15 February 1884 – 15 February 1887  | National Autonomist Party |
| Tiburcio Benegas | 15 February 1887 – 6 January 1889  | National Autonomist Party |
| Manuel J. Bermejo | 6 January – early 1889  | National Autonomist Party |
| Manuel Derqui | early 1889 – mid-1889  | National Autonomist Party |
| Tiburcio Benegas | mid-1889 – 9 June 1889  | National Autonomist Party |
| Jacinto Álvarez | 9 June 1889 – mid-1889  | National Autonomist Party |
| Deoclecio García | mid-1889 – end of 1889  | National Autonomist Party |
| Domingo Bombal | end of 1889 – 10 June 1890  | National Autonomist Party |
| Oseas Guiñazú | 10 June 1890 – 15 October 1891  | National Autonomist Party | Resigned.
| Pedro N. Ortiz | 15 October 1891 – 25 January 1892  | National Autonomist Party |
| Francisco Uriburu | 25 January – 21 February 1892  | National Autonomist Party |
| Deoclecio García | 21 February – 6 August 1892  | National Autonomist Party | Died in office.
| Pedro Anzorena | 6 August 1892 – 31 December 1894  | National Autonomist Party | Resigned.
| Jacinto Álvarez | 31 December 1894 – mid-1895  | National Autonomist Party |
| Tiburcio Benegas | mid – end of 1895  | National Autonomist Party |
| Francisco Moyano | end of 1895 – 1898  | National Autonomist Party |
| Emilio Civit | 1898  | National Autonomist Party | Resigned.
| Jacinto Álvarez | 1898 – 1901  | National Autonomist Party |
| Elías Villanueva | 1901 – 1904  | National Autonomist Party |
| Carlos Galigniana Segura | 1904 – 1905  | National Autonomist Party | Deposed after the Argentine Revolution of 1905.
| José Néstor Lencinas | 1905  | UCR Lencinista [es] | De Facto Revolutionary Intervention
| Carlos Galigniana Segura | 1905 – 1907  | National Autonomist Party | Resumed his term.
| Emilio Civit | 1907 – 6 March 1910  | National Autonomist Party |
| Rufino Ortega Ozamis | 6 March 1910 – 6 March 1914  | National Autonomist Party |

### After the Sáenz Peña Law (1914–Present)

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Federal controller appointed by a democratic government.

Federal controller appointed by a de facto government .

Portrait  | Governor  | Term start  | Term end  | Party  | Election  | Notes

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| Francisco S. Álvarez | 6 March 1914  | 6 March 1918  |  | La Liga Cívica  | 1913 [es] |
| José Néstor Lencinas | 6 March 1918  | 17 February 1919  |  | UCR Lencinista [es] | 1918 [es] |
| Tomás de Veyga | 17 February 1919  | 12 April 1919  |  | UCR | —  | Federal controller

(Hipólito Yrigoyen)

| Perfecto Araya | 12 April 1919  | 25 July 1919  |  | UCR | —  | Federal controller

(Hipólito Yrigoyen)

| José Néstor Lencinas | 25 July 1919  | 20 January 1920  |  | UCR Lencinista [es] | 1918 [es] | Retook office after federal intervention. Died in office.
| Ricardo Báez | 20 January 1920  | 3 September 1920  |  | UCR Lencinista [es] | —  | Provisional President of the Senate of Mendoza [es]; took office after the death of José Néstor Lencinas.
| Eudoro Vargas Gómez | 3 September 1920  | 4 February 1922  |  | UCR | —  | Federal controller

(Hipólito Yrigoyen)

| Carlos Washington Lencinas | 4 February 1922  | 9 October 1924  |  | UCR Lencinista [es] | 1922 [es] |
| Enrique Mosca | 9 October 1924  | 6 February 1926  |  | UCRA [es] | —  | Federal controller

(Marcelo T. de Alvear)

| Alejandro Orfila | 6 February 1926  | 4 December 1928  |  | UCR Lencinista [es] | 1926 [es] |
| Carlos A. Borzani | 4 December 1928  | 7 September 1930  |  | UCR | —  | Federal controller

(Hipólito Yrigoyen)

| Ergasto Saforcada | 7 September 1930  | 25 September 1930  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(1930 Argentine coup d'état)

| José María Rosa | 25 September 1930  | 18 February 1932  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(1930 Argentine coup d'état)

| Ricardo Videla | 18 February 1932  | 18 February 1935  |  | PD | 1931 [es] |
| Guillermo G. Cano | 18 February 1935  | 18 February 1938  |  | PD | 1935 [es] |
| Rodolfo Corominas Segura | 18 February 1938  | 18 February 1941  |  | PD | 1938 [es] |
| Adolfo Vicchi | 18 February 1941  | 4 June 1943  |  | PD | 1941 [es] |
| Humberto Sosa Molina | 4 June 1943  | 11 June 1943  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(1943 Argentine coup d'état)

| Luis Elías Villanueva | 11 June 1943  | 21 December 1943  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(1943 Argentine coup d'état)

| Aristóbulo Vargas Belmonte | 21 December 1943  | 4 June 1946  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(1943 Argentine coup d'état)

| Faustino Picallo | 4 June 1946  | 12 March 1949  |  | UCR-JR [es] | 1946 [es] |
| Blas Brisoli | 12 March 1949  | 4 June 1952  |  | PP | 1948 [es] |
| Carlos Horacio Evans | 4 June 1952  | 18 September 1955  |  | PP | 1951 [es] |
| Roberto Nazar | 18 September 1955  | 13 December 1955  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(Revolución Libertadora)

| Héctor Ladvocat | 13 December 1955  | 7 May 1956  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(Revolución Libertadora)

| Isidoro Busquets | 9 May 1956  | 1 May 1958  |  | UCR | —  | De facto federal controller

(Revolución Libertadora)

| Ernesto Ueltschi | 1 May 1958  | 1 May 1961  |  | UCRI | 1958 [es] |
| Francisco Gabrielli | 1 May 1961  | 23 April 1962  |  | PD | 1961 [es] |
| Carlos Armanini | 23 April 1962[1] | 5 June 1962  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(1962 Argentine coup d'état)

| Joaquín S. Guevara Civit | 5 June 1962[2] | 6 February 1963  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(1962 Argentine coup d'état)

| Ricardo Alberto Parola | 6 February 1963  | 9 February 1963  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(1962 Argentine coup d'état)

| Augusto Lavalle Cobo | 9 February 1963  | 9 April 1963  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(1962 Argentine coup d'état)

| Horacio Pietrapera | 9 April 1963  | 27 April 1963  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(1962 Argentine coup d'état)

| Sergio Moretti | 27 April 1963  | 12 October 1963  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(1962 Argentine coup d'état)

| Francisco Gabrielli | 12 October 1963  | 28 June 1966  |  | PD | 1963 [es] |
| Emilio Jofré | Elected but did not assume power  |  | PD | 1966 [es] |
| Tomás José Caballero | 28 June 1966[3] | 22 July 1966  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(Argentine Revolution)

| José Eugenio Blanco | 22 July 1966[4] | 8 June 1970  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(Argentine Revolution)

| Francisco Gabrielli | 8 June 1970  | 4 April 1972  |  | PD | —  | De facto federal controller

(Argentine Revolution)

| Luis Carlos Gómez Centurión | 4 April 1972  | 14 April 1972  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(Argentine Revolution)

| Félix Gibbs | 14 April 1972  | 22 March 1973  |  | PD | —  | De facto federal controller

(Argentine Revolution)

| Ramón Genaro Díaz Bessone | 22 March 1973  | 25 May 1973  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(Argentine Revolution)

| Alberto Martínez Baca | 25 May 1973  | 6 June 1974  |  | PJ | 1973 [es] | Dismissed from office due to impeachment.
| Carlos Mendoza | 6 June 1974  | 13 August 1974  |  | PJ | Lieutenant Governor, assumed office after the removal of Alberto Martínez Baca.
| Antonio Cafiero | 13 August 1974  | 7 May 1975[5] |  | PJ | —  | Federal controller

(Isabel Perón)

| Luis María Rodríguez | 7 May 1975[6] | 3 November 1975[7] |  | PJ | —  | Federal controller

(Isabel Perón)

| Pedro León Lucero | 3 November 1975  | 24 March 1976  |  | PJ | —  | Federal controller

(Isabel Perón)

| Tamer Yapur | 24 March 1976[8] | 7 April 1976  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(National Reorganization Process)

| Jorge Sixto Fernández | 7 April 1976[9] | 15 February 1980  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(National Reorganization Process)

| Rolando Ghisani | 15 February 1980  | 20 January 1982  |  | —  | —  | De facto federal controller

(National Reorganization Process)

| Bonifacio Cejuela | 20 January 1982  | 25 February 1983  |  | PD | —  | De facto federal controller

(National Reorganization Process)

| Eliseo Vidart Villanueva | 25 February 1983  | 10 December 1983  |  | PD | —  | De facto federal controller

(National Reorganization Process)

| Santiago Llaver | 10 December 1983  | 10 December 1987  |  | UCR | 1983 [es] |
| José Octavio Bordón | 10 December 1987  | 10 December 1991  |  | PJ | 1987 [es] |
| Rodolfo Gabrielli | 10 December 1991  | 10 December 1995  |  | PJ | 1991 [es] |
| Arturo Lafalla | 10 December 1995  | 10 December 1999  |  | PJ | 1995 [es] |
| Roberto Iglesias | 10 December 1999  | 10 December 2003  |  | UCR | 1999 [es] |
| Julio Cobos | 10 December 2003  | 10 December 2007  |  | UCR | 2003 [es] |
| Celso Jaque | 10 December 2007  | 10 December 2011  |  | PJ | 2007 [es] |
| Francisco Pérez | 10 December 2011  | 10 December 2015  |  | PJ | 2011 [es] |
| Alfredo Cornejo | 10 December 2015  | 10 December 2019  |  | UCR | 2015 [es] |
| Rodolfo Suárez | 10 December 2019  | 9 December 2023  |  | UCR | 2019 [es] |
| Alfredo Cornejo  | 9 December 2023  | Incumbent  |  | UCR | 2023 [es] | First person to be elected governor for a second term.[10]

## See also

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* Legislature of Mendoza
* Senate of Mendoza
* Chamber of Deputies of Mendoza

## References

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1. ^ Decreto 3.544/1962
2. ^ Decreto 5.076/1962
3. ^ Decreto 8/1966
4. ^ Decreto 299/1966
5. ^ Decreto 1.215/1975
6. ^ Decreto 1.216/1975
7. ^ Decreto 3.238/1975
8. ^ Decreto 4/1976
9. ^ Decreto 47/1976
10. ^ Flecha, Robertino Sánchez (25 September 2023). "Alfredo Cornejo, de un pueblo recóndito a la cima del poder: quién es el gobernador electo de Mendoza" [Alfredo Cornejo, from a remote town to the pinnacle of power: who is the governor-elect of Mendoza]. Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 April 2024.

## External links

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* Government of Mendoza (in Spanish)

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