List of presidents of Mexico by longevity
| President | Date of birth | Presidency | Post Presidency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vicente Fox | July 2, 1942 | 2000–2006 | 2006–present |
| Carlos Salinas | April 3, 1948 | 1988–1994 | 1994–present |
| Ernesto Zedillo | December 27, 1951 | 1994–2000 | 2000–present |
| Andrés Manuel López Obrador | November 13, 1953 | 2018–present | |
| Felipe Calderón | August 18, 1962 | 2006–2012 | 2012–present |
| Enrique Peña Nieto | July 20, 1966 | 2012–2018 | 2018–present |
This is a list of presidents of Mexico, in order of longevity. There are currently 58 presidents on the list and seven living presidents since Andrés Manuel López Obrador was inaugurated as the 58th president of Mexico on December 1, 2018. The list is in descending order and is correct as of November 18, 2024. If a president served more than one non-consecutive term, the dates given are for the beginning of their first term, and the end of their last term.
Overview[edit]
The median age of a president first assuming office is roughly 48 years and 179 days. This falls between Mariano Arista and Martín Carrera. The youngest president was Francisco I. Madero, who took office at the age of 38 years and 10 days, beating by 1 day the first president of Mexico, Guadalupe Victoria. The oldest president to assume office was Juan Álvarez, who took office at the age of 65 years and 250 days.
The oldest living former president is Vicente Fox, born July 2, 1942 (aged 82 years, 139 days). The longest-lived president is Luis Echeverría who lived to the age of 100 years and 172 days. Pedro Lascuráin was the second longest-lived president living to the age of 96 years, 74 days. Echeverría surpassed Lascuráin's lifespan on April 1, 2018. The oldest living president Vicente Fox will tie Lascuráin's lifespan if he's still alive on September 14, 2038, and tie Echeverría on December 21, 2042. Additionally, Echeverría has the longest post-presidency in Mexican History, dying 45 years and 200 days after leaving office on November 30, 1976.
The shortest-lived president was Francisco I. Madero who died at the age of 39 years and 115 days. The presidents with the shortest post-presidency are Miguel Barragán and Francisco I. Madero who died on March 1, 1836 and February 22, 1913 respectively, 3 days after leaving office on February 27, 1836 and February 19, 1913 respectively.
List of presidents[edit]
| # |
President |
Date of birth |
Start date of first term | Age at start date |
End date of final term | Age at end date |
Length of retirement |
Date of death |
Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guadalupe Victoria | September 29, 1786 | October 10, 1824 | 38 years, 11 days | March 31, 1829 | 42 years, 183 days | 13 years, 355 days | March 21, 1843 | 56 years, 173 days |
| 2 | Vicente Guerrero | August 10, 1782 | April 1, 1829 | 46 years, 234 days | December 17, 1829 | 47 years, 129 days | 1 year, 59 days | February 14, 1831 | 48 years, 188 days |
| 3 | José María Bocanegra | May 25, 1787 | December 18, 1829 | 42 years, 207 days | December 23, 1829 | 42 years, 212 days | 32 years, 212 days | July 23, 1862 | 75 years, 59 days |
| 4 | Anastasio Bustamante | July 27, 1780 | January 1, 1830 | 49 years, 158 days | September 22, 1841 | 61 years, 57 days | 11 years, 137 days | February 6, 1853 | 72 years, 194 days |
| 5 | Melchor Múzquiz | January 5, 1790 | August 14, 1832 | 42 years, 222 days | December 24, 1832 | 42 years, 354 days | 11 years, 356 days | December 14, 1844 | 54 years, 344 days |
| 6 | Manuel Gómez Pedraza | April 22, 1789 | December 24, 1832 | 43 years, 246 days | March 31, 1833 | 43 years, 343 days | 18 years, 44 days | May 14, 1851 | 62 years, 22 days |
| 7 | Valentín Gómez Farías | February 14, 1781 | April 1, 1833 | 52 years, 46 days | March 21, 1847 | 66 years, 35 days | 11 years, 106 days | July 5, 1858 | 77 years, 141 days |
| 8 | Antonio López de Santa Anna | February 21, 1794 | May 16, 1833 | 39 years, 84 days | August 9, 1855 | 61 years, 169 days | 20 years, 317 days | June 21, 1876 | 82 years, 121 days |
| 9 | Miguel Barragán | March 8, 1789 | January 28, 1835 | 45 years, 326 days | February 27, 1836 | 46 years, 356 days | 3 days | March 1, 1836 | 46 years, 359 days |
| 10 | José Justo Corro | July 19, 1794 | February 28, 1836 | 41 years, 224 days | April 19, 1837 | 42 years, 274 days | 27 years, 243 days | December 18, 1864 | 70 years, 152 days |
| 11 | Nicolás Bravo | September 10, 1786 | July 10, 1839 | 52 years, 303 days | August 4, 1846 | 59 years, 328 days | 7 years, 261 days | April 22, 1854 | 67 years, 224 days |
| 12 | Francisco Javier Echeverría | July 2, 1797 | September 22, 1841 | 44 years, 82 days | October 10, 1841 | 44 years, 100 days | 10 years, 343 days | September 17, 1852 | 55 years, 77 days |
| 13 | Valentín Canalizo | January 14, 1794 | October 4, 1843 | 49 years, 263 days | June 4, 1844 | 50 years, 327 days | 5 years, 76 days | February 20, 1850 | 56 years, 37 days |
| 14 | José Joaquín de Herrera | February 23, 1792 | September 12, 1844 | 52 years, 202 days | January 15, 1851 | 58 years, 326 days | 3 years, 26 days | February 10, 1854 | 61 years, 352 days |
| 15 | Mariano Paredes | January 7, 1797 | December 31, 1845 | 48 years, 358 days | July 28, 1846 | 49 years, 202 days | 3 years, 41 days | September 7, 1849 | 52 years, 243 days |
| 16 | José Mariano Salas | May 11, 1797 | August 5, 1846 | 49 years, 86 days | December 23, 1846 | 49 years, 226 days | 21 years, 1 day | December 24, 1867 | 70 years, 227 days |
| 17 | Pedro María de Anaya | May 20, 1795 | April 2, 1847 | 51 years, 317 days | January 8, 1848 | 52 years, 233 days | 6 years, 72 days | March 21, 1854 | 58 years, 305 days |
| 18 | Manuel de la Peña y Peña | March 10, 1789 | September 16, 1847 | 58 years, 190 days | June 3, 1848 | 59 years, 85 days | 1 year, 213 days | January 2, 1850 | 60 years, 298 days |
| 19 | Mariano Arista | July 26, 1802 | January 15, 1851 | 48 years, 173 days | January 6, 1853 | 50 years, 164 days | 2 years, 213 days | August 7, 1855 | 53 years, 12 days |
| 20 | Juan Bautista Ceballos | May 13, 1811 | January 6, 1853 | 41 years, 238 days | February 8, 1853 | 41 years, 271 days | 6 years, 193 days | August 20, 1859 | 48 years, 99 days |
| 21 | Manuel María Lombardini | July 23, 1802 | February 8, 1853 | 50 years, 200 days | April 20, 1853 | 50 years, 271 days | 246 days | December 22, 1853 | 51 years, 152 days |
| 22 | Martín Carrera | December 20, 1806 | August 5, 1855 | 48 years, 228 days | September 12, 1855 | 48 years, 266 days | 15 years, 222 days | April 22, 1871 | 64 years, 123 days |
| 23 | Rómulo Díaz de la Vega | May 23, 1800 | September 12, 1855 | 55 years, 112 days | October 3, 1855 | 55 years, 133 days | 22 years, 0 days | October 3, 1877 | 77 years, 133 days |
| 24 | Juan Álvarez | January 27, 1790 | October 4, 1855 | 65 years, 250 days | December 11, 1855 | 65 years, 318 days | 11 years, 253 days | August 21, 1867 | 77 years, 206 days |
| 25 | Ignacio Comonfort | March 12, 1812 | December 11, 1855 | 43 years, 274 days | January 15, 1858 | 45 years, 309 days | 5 years, 302 days | November 13, 1863 | 51 years, 246 days |
| 26 | Benito Juárez | March 21, 1806 | January 15, 1858 | 51 years, 300 days | July 18, 1872[1] | 66 years, 119 days | N/A | July 18, 1872 | 66 years, 119 days |
| 27 | Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada | April 24, 1823 | July 19, 1872 | 49 years, 86 days | October 31, 1876 | 53 years, 190 days | 12 years, 172 days | April 21, 1889 | 65 years, 362 days |
| 28 | José María Iglesias | January 5, 1823 | October 26, 1876 | 53 years, 295 days | November 28, 1876 | 53 years, 328 days | 15 years, 19 days | December 17, 1891 | 68 years, 346 days |
| 29 | Porfirio Díaz | September 15, 1830 | November 28, 1876 | 46 years, 74 days | May 25, 1911 | 80 years, 252 days | 4 years, 38 days | July 2, 1915 | 84 years, 290 days |
| 30 | Juan N. Méndez | July 2, 1820 | December 6, 1876 | 56 years, 157 days | February 17, 1877 | 56 years, 230 days | 17 years, 285 days | November 29, 1894 | 74 years, 150 days |
| 31 | Manuel González Flores | June 13, 1833 | December 1, 1880 | 47 years, 171 days | November 30, 1884 | 51 years, 170 days | 8 years, 159 days | May 8, 1893 | 59 years, 329 days |
| 32 | Francisco León de la Barra | June 16, 1863 | May 25, 1911 | 47 years, 343 days | November 5, 1911 | 48 years, 142 days | 27 years, 322 days | September 23, 1939 | 76 years, 99 days |
| 33 | Francisco I. Madero | October 30, 1873 | November 9, 1911 | 38 years, 10 days | February 19, 1913 | 39 years, 112 days | 3 days | February 22, 1913 | 39 years, 115 days |
| 34 | Pedro Lascuráin | May 8, 1856 | February 19, 1913 | 56 years, 287 days | February 19, 1913 | 56 years, 287 days | 39 years, 153 days | July 21, 1952 | 96 years, 74 days |
| 35 | Victoriano Huerta | December 22, 1850 | February 19, 1913 | 62 years, 59 days | July 15, 1914 | 63 years, 205 days | 1 year, 182 days | January 13, 1916 | 65 years, 22 days |
| 36 | Francisco S. Carvajal | December 9, 1870 | July 15, 1914 | 43 years, 218 days | August 13, 1914 | 43 years, 247 days | 18 years, 48 days | September 30, 1932 | 61 years, 296 days |
| 37 | Venustiano Carranza | December 29, 1859 | May 1, 1917 | 57 years, 123 days | May 21, 1920[1] | 60 years, 144 days | N/A | May 21, 1920 | 60 years, 144 days |
| 38 | Adolfo de la Huerta | May 26, 1881 | June 1, 1920 | 39 years, 6 days | November 30, 1920 | 39 years, 188 days | 34 years, 221 days | July 9, 1955 | 74 years, 44 days |
| 39 | Álvaro Obregón | February 19, 1880 | December 1, 1920 | 40 years, 286 days | November 30, 1924 | 44 years, 285 days | 3 years, 230 days | July 17, 1928 | 48 years, 149 days |
| 40 | Plutarco Elías Calles | September 25, 1877 | December 1, 1924 | 47 years, 67 days | November 30, 1928 | 51 years, 66 days | 16 years, 323 days | October 19, 1945 | 68 years, 24 days |
| 41 | Emilio Portes Gil | October 3, 1890 | December 1, 1928 | 38 years, 59 days | February 4, 1930 | 39 years, 124 days | 48 years, 309 days | December 10, 1978 | 88 years, 68 days |
| 42 | Pascual Ortiz Rubio | March 10, 1877 | February 5, 1930 | 52 years, 332 days | September 4, 1932 | 55 years, 178 days | 31 years, 61 days | November 4, 1963 | 86 years, 239 days |
| 43 | Abelardo L. Rodríguez | May 12, 1889 | September 4, 1932 | 43 years, 115 days | November 30, 1934 | 45 years, 202 days | 32 years, 75 days | February 13, 1967 | 77 years, 277 days |
| 44 | Lázaro Cárdenas | May 21, 1895 | December 1, 1934 | 39 years, 194 days | November 30, 1940 | 45 years, 193 days | 29 years, 323 days | October 19, 1970 | 75 years, 151 days |
| 45 | Manuel Ávila Camacho | April 24, 1897 | December 1, 1940 | 43 years, 221 days | November 30, 1946 | 49 years, 220 days | 8 years, 317 days | October 13, 1955 | 58 years, 172 days |
| 46 | Miguel Alemán Valdés | September 29, 1900 | December 1, 1946 | 46 years, 63 days | November 30, 1952 | 52 years, 62 days | 30 years, 165 days | May 14, 1983 | 82 years, 227 days |
| 47 | Adolfo Ruiz Cortines | December 30, 1889 | December 1, 1952 | 62 years, 337 days | November 30, 1958 | 68 years, 335 days | 15 years, 3 days | December 3, 1973 | 83 years, 338 days |
| 48 | Adolfo López Mateos | May 26, 1909 | December 1, 1958 | 49 years, 189 days | November 30, 1964 | 55 years, 188 days | 4 years, 296 days | September 22, 1969 | 60 years, 119 days |
| 49 | Gustavo Díaz Ordaz | March 12, 1911 | December 1, 1964 | 53 years, 264 days | November 30, 1970 | 68 years, 125 days | 8 years, 227 days | July 15, 1979 | 68 years, 125 days |
| 50 | Luis Echeverría | January 17, 1922 | December 1, 1970 | 48 years, 318 days | November 30, 1976 | 54 years, 318 days | 45 years, 220 days | July 8, 2022 | 100 years, 172 days |
| 51 | José López Portillo | June 16, 1920 | December 1, 1976 | 56 years, 168 days | November 30, 1982 | 62 years, 167 days | 21 years, 76 days | February 14, 2004 | 83 years, 243 days |
| 52 | Miguel de la Madrid | December 12, 1934 | December 1, 1982 | 47 years, 354 days | November 30, 1988 | 53 years, 354 days | 23 years, 123 days | April 1, 2012 | 77 years, 111 days |
| 53 | Carlos Salinas de Gortari | April 3, 1948 | December 1, 1988 | 40 years, 242 days | November 30, 1994 | 46 years, 241 days | 29 years, 354 days | 76 years, 229 days | |
| 54 | Ernesto Zedillo | December 27, 1951 | December 1, 1994 | 42 years, 339 days | November 30, 2000 | 48 years, 339 days | 23 years, 354 days | 72 years, 327 days | |
| 55 | Vicente Fox | July 2, 1942 | December 1, 2000 | 58 years, 152 days | November 30, 2006 | 64 years, 151 days | 17 years, 354 days | 82 years, 139 days | |
| 56 | Felipe Calderón | August 19, 1962 | December 1, 2006 | 44 years, 104 days | November 30, 2012 | 50 years, 103 days | 11 years, 354 days | 62 years, 91 days | |
| 57 | Enrique Peña Nieto | July 20, 1966 | December 1, 2012 | 46 years, 134 days | November 30, 2018 | 52 years, 133 days | 5 years, 354 days | 58 years, 121 days | |
| 58 | Andrés Manuel López Obrador | November 13, 1953 | December 1, 2018 | 65 years, 18 days | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | 71 years, 5 days | |
| # |
President |
Date of birth |
Start date of first term | Age at start date |
End date of final term | Age at end date |
Length of retirement |
Date of death |
Lifespan |
Oldest living presidents of Mexico[edit]
Not all presidents live to become the oldest of their time. Of the 52 deceased presidents, 19 eventually became the oldest of their time, while 33 did not (including both presidents who died in office and 31 others). Pedro Lascuráin became the oldest living president when Victoriano Huerta died in 1916 and remained so until his death in 1924, for a record 36 years and 190 days. Victoriano Huerta became the oldest living president after the death of Porfirio Díaz, but he survived Diaz by only 195 days.
On two occasions the oldest living president lost this distinction not by his death, but due to the inauguration of a president who was older. Guadalupe Victoria lost this distinction when Vicente Guerrero was inaugurated. Vicente Guerrero lost this distinction when Anastasio Bustamante was inaugurated. Emilio Portes Gil was the oldest to acquire this distinction at the age of 83 years, and 61 days. Miguel de la Madrid, who was 77 years, and 111 days old when he died on April 1, 2012 is the oldest and most recent president to die without ever acquiring this distinction.
| President | Period when oldest living president | Age | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start date | End date | at start | at end | ||
| Guadalupe Victoria | October 10, 1824 | April 1, 1829 | 38 years, 11 days | 42 years, 184 days | 4 years, 173 days |
| Vicente Guerrero | April 1, 1829 | January 1, 1830 | 46 years, 234 days | 47 years, 144 days | 275 days |
| Anastasio Bustamante | January 1, 1830 | February 6, 1853 | 49 years, 158 days | 72 years, 194 days | 23 years, 36 days |
| Valentín Gómez Farías | February 6, 1853 | July 5, 1858 | 71 years, 358 days | 77 years, 141 days | 5 years, 149 days |
| José María Bocanegra | July 5, 1858 | July 23, 1862 | 71 years, 41 days | 75 years, 59 days | 4 years, 18 days |
| Juan Álvarez | July 23, 1862 | August 21, 1867 | 72 years, 177 days | 77 years, 206 days | 5 years, 29 days |
| Antonio López de Santa Anna | August 21, 1867 | June 21, 1876 | 73 years, 181 days | 82 years, 121 days | 8 years, 305 days |
| Rómulo Díaz de la Vega | June 21, 1876 | October 3, 1877 | 76 years, 29 days | 77 years, 133 days | 1 year, 104 days |
| Juan N. Méndez | October 3, 1877 | November 29, 1894 | 57 years, 93 days | 74 years, 150 days | 17 years, 57 days |
| Porfirio Díaz | November 29, 1894 | July 2, 1915 | 64 years, 75 days | 84 years, 290 days | 20 years, 215 days |
| Victoriano Huerta | July 2, 1915 | January 13, 1916 | 64 years, 192 days | 65 years, 22 days | 195 days |
| Pedro Lascuráin | January 13, 1916 | July 21, 1952 | 59 years, 250 days | 96 years, 74 days | 36 years, 190 days |
| Pascual Ortiz Rubio | July 21, 1952 | November 4, 1963 | 75 years, 133 days | 86 years, 239 days | 11 years, 106 days |
| Abelardo L. Rodríguez | November 4, 1963 | February 16, 1967 | 74 years, 176 days | 77 years, 280 days | 3 years, 104 days |
| Adolfo Ruiz Cortines | February 16, 1967 | December 3, 1973 | 79 years, 75 days | 86 years, 0 days | 6 years, 290 days |
| Emilio Portes Gil | December 3, 1973 | December 10, 1978 | 83 years, 61 days | 88 years, 68 days | 5 years, 7 days |
| Miguel Alemán Valdés | December 10, 1978 | May 14, 1983 | 78 years, 72 days | 82 years, 227 days | 4 years, 155 days |
| José López Portillo | May 14, 1983 | February 14, 2004 | 62 years, 332 days | 83 years, 243 days | 20 years, 276 days |
| Luis Echeverría | February 14, 2004 | July 8, 2022 | 82 years, 28 days | 100 years, 172 days | 18 years, 144 days |
| Vicente Fox | July 8, 2022 | – | 80 years, 6 days | – | 2 years, 133 days |
| President | Start date | End date | Age at start | Age at end | Duration |
| Presidents | 58 |
|---|---|
| Living | 6 |
| Deceased | 52 |
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