Governor of Colima
According to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Colima, the exercise of the Executive Power of this Mexican entity is placed in a single individual, called the Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Colima who is chosen for a period of 6 years and is not eligible for reelection. The term of governor begins November 1 of the year of the election and finishes October 31 after six years have elapsed. The state of Colima was created in the year 1853, before during diverse periods of its history was a federal territory or department, by which the denomination of the holder of the Executive Power of the entity suffered various changes. Governors of Colima from 1857 The individuals that have occupied the Governorship of the State of Colima, have been the following: (1857): Manuel Álvarez (1857): José Washington (1857–1858): José Silverio Núñez (1858): Ricardo Palacio (1858–1859): Miguel Contreras Medellín (1859): José Maria Mendoza (1859): Manuel Salazar (1859–1860): Jerónimo Calatayud (1860–1862): Urbano Gómez (1862): Salvador Brihuega (1862): Manuel F. Toro (1862): Florencio Villareal (1862): Manuel F. Toro (1862): Julio García (1862–1864): Ramón R. De la Vega (1864): Julio García (1864–1867): José Maria Mendoza (Imperial