Manzanillo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Colima, being the largest, most populous, and westernmost municipality in Colima. The municipal seat lies at Manzanillo. The municipality covers an area of , which also includes the remote Revillagigedo Islands.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 161,420.
Government Municipal presidents Before Manzanillo was declared a municipality, there were governments headed by prefects and political directorsTerm Municipal president Political partyNote1854-1867Brust Victorino, Carlos Elio, Manzanillo: su historia, toponimia, política, sociedad y cultura, Gobierno del Estado de Colima, 1993. Ramón Esparza Sole mayor1867-1868 Ponciano Ruiz 1868-1871 Casimiro Arzac Arana Political director1871 Celedonio R. Cárdenas Political prefect1871-1872 José Ramírez Political prefect1872-1873 Celedonio R. Cárdenas Political prefectOne-year term governments, 1873-1946 There were no presidents of the City Council until June 20, 1873, when by instructions of the governor of Colima Francisco Santa Cruz, through decree 147 published in the Official State Gazette, the municipality of Manzanillo was erected. Eight days after the statute was announced, elections were called to elect the first representative of the municipal administration, resulting in the election of businessman Ponciano Ruiz, taking office in August of the same year. From then until 1946, the terms of government of the municipal presidents were one year and with the possibility of being reelected1873 Ponciano Ruiz 1873-1874 Plácido Gómez Palencia 1874-1876 Celedonio R. Cárdenas 1876-1877 J. Jesús Alcaraz 1877-1878 Pánfilo Dueñas 1878-1879 José Castillo 1879 Carlos M. Arana 1879-1880 Carlos Acevedo 1880-1881 Francisco Palencia 1881 Candelario de la Torre 1881-1882 Remigio Parra 1882 Candelario de la Torre 1882-1883 Ponciano Ruiz 1883 Francisco Palencia 1883-1884 Carlos Barreto 1884-1886 José María Bazán 1886-1887 Fernando Solórzano 1887-1888 José María Bazán 1888-1889 Remigio Parra 1889-1890 Basilio Castell Figueroa 1890-1892 Remigio Parra 1892-1893 Aniceto Virgen 1893 Pedro Ramírez 1893 José Refugio Sánchez 1893-1894 Teodoro Padilla 1894-1895 Juan Torres 1895-1896 Teodoro Padilla 1896-1897 Francisco R. Ramírez 1897 Teodoro Padilla 1897-1898 Francisco R. Ramírez 1898 Blas Ruiz 1898-1899 Donaciano Corona 1899-1901 Basilio Castell Figueroa 1901-1903 Teodoro Padilla 1903-1905 Juan Bejarano 1905-1909 Emiliano García 1909-1911 Manuel Negrete 1911 José María Bueno 1911-1912 Leoncio Figueroa 1912 Félix J. Piz 1912-1913 Teodoro Padilla 1913-1914 José María Sánchez Díaz 1914 Luis G. Sánchez 1914-1915 Salvador F. Reséndiz 1915-1916 Luis G. Sánchez 1916-1917 Luis Mancilla 1917-1918 José H.Moreno 1918 A. A. Higinio Pérez Ochoa 1918-1919 Arturo Vargas 1919-1920 A. A. Higinio Pérez Ochoa 1920-1921 Isaac R. Chávez 1921-1922 Eusebio Zaragoza 1922-1923 Isaac R. Chávez 1923 Víctor Sevilla Ramírez 1923-1924 Ricardo Ruelas 1924 José Casillas 1924-1925 Marcelino Gallardo 1925-1926 Herminio Barreda Mora 1926 José María Salazar Ureña 1926-1928 Benjamín Rodríguez Lozano 1928 Felipe Rocha 1928-1929 Enrique Silva 1929-1930 Benjamín Rodríguez Solórzano PNR 1930-1931 Ricardo Véjar PNR 1931 Evaristo BrizuelaPNR 1931-1932 José J. Parra PNR 1932-1933 Crescenciano Gallardo PNR 1933-1934 Miguel Saucedo PNR 1934-1935 Domingo Ramírez Chávez PNR 1935-1936 Pantaleón Hernández PNR 1936-1937 José Casillas Ugarte PNR 1937-1938 Carlos Magallón PNR 1938-1939 Librado R. García PNR PRM 1939-1940 Saturnino Rodríguez Ortiz PRM 1940 Leonardo Jaramillo PRM 1941 Juan Pérez Arce PRM 1942 Homobono Llamas García PRM 1943-1945 Francisco Pizano Hernández PRM 1945 Herminio Barreda Mora PRM Triennial governments (1946-present) Starting in 1946, the period of government of the municipal presidents was raised to three years. However, for 1955 adjustments were made so that the terms of the municipal administrations were concurrent with those of the state governor. At this stage, several elected presidents requested a license to compete for other positions of popular election, for which they had to be replaced in their position, except for Professor Alberto Larios Gaytán, who died in office1946-1948 Fernando Solórzano Alatorre PRI 1949-1951 Herminio Barreda Mora PRI 1952-1954 Alfredo Woodward Téllez PRI 1954 Daniel Sánchez Velasco PRI Acting municipal president1955 Felipe Guzmán Mesina PRI 1956-1958 Javier Mata Vargas PRI 1959-1960 Miguel Sandoval Sevilla PRI 1961 Manuel Bonilla Valle PRI 1962-1964 Benito Rincón López PRI 1965-1967 Luis García Castillo PRI 1968-1970 Arturo Castro Guízar PRI 1971-1973 Ramón Navarro Hernández PRI 1974-1976 Aquileo Díaz Virgen PRI 1977-1979 Jorge Armando Gaytán Gudiño PRI 1980-1982 Alberto Larios Gaytán PRI Died in office1982 Humberto Ramírez Palacios PRI Acting municipal president1983-1986 Elías Zamora Verduzco PRI 1986 Ramón Chulines Maldonado PRI 1986-1988 Cecilio Lepe Bautista PRI 1989-1991 Alejandro Meillón Sánchez PRI 1992-1994 Porfirio Gaytán Gudiño PRI 1995-1997 José Luis Navarrete Caudillo PRI 1998-2000 Martha Leticia Sosa Govea PAN 2001-2003 Rogelio Humberto Rueda Sánchez PRI ??/04/2003-14/10/2003 Sara Patricia Garibay Velasco PRI Acting municipal president15/10/2003-18/05/2006 Nabor Ochoa López PAN 19/05/2006-14/10/2006 Alicia Mandujano Contreras PAN Acting municipal president2006-2009 Virgilio Mendoza Amezcua PAN 25/05/2009-14/10/2009 María Isabel Rivera Solórzano PAN Acting municipal president2009-2012Politician Nabor Ochoa ran for the municipal presidency for the second time, being affiliated to another party, and once again won. Nabor Ochoa López PRI 21/01/2012-14/10/2012 Rosario Yeme López PRI Acting municipal president15/10/2012-08/03/2015 Virgilio Mendoza Amezcua PAN He applied for a temporary leave08/03/2015-14/10/2015 J. Antonio Álvarez Macías PAN Acting municipal president15/10/2015-08/03/2018 Gabriela Benavides Cobos PAN She applied for a temporary leave to run for the Senate08/03/2018-14/10/2018 Enrique García PVEM Acting municipal president15/10/2018-31/03/2021 Griselda Martínez Martínez Morena She applied for a temporary leave, to run for reelection01/04/2021-2021 Rosacruz Rodríguez Pizano Morena Acting municipal president15/10/2021-14-10-2024 Griselda Martínez Martínez Morena She was reelected on 06/06/202115/10/2024- Morena PVEM PT Coalition "Sigamos Haciendo Historia en Colima" (Let's Keep Making History)
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