The president of the Senate (Spanish: Presidente de la Cámara de Senadores) is the presiding officer of the Mexican Senate. The incumbent president is Senator Higinio Martínez Miranda.
The Senate of Mexico, at the beginning of each annual legislative session, elects an executive board (Mesa Directiva) from among its 128 members. The executive board comprises a president, three vice-presidents, and four secretaries, elected by an absolute majority of the senators. The president, and other members of the executive board may be re-elected for the following year without restriction. The president of the executive board also serves as the President of the Senate.
Although the President of the Senate is the presiding officer of the upper house of the Mexican Congress, the President of the Chamber of Deputies is the President of Congress as a whole.
Presidents of the Senate 1824-1857 Name State/Entity Term NotesValentín Gómez FaríasJalisco1 January 1825 – 31 January 1825Simón de la Garza Nuevo León1 February 1825 – 28 February 1825Florentino Martínez Chihuahua1 March 1825 – 5 April 1825Juan de Dios CañedoJalisco5 April 1825 – 30 April 1825José Manuel CoutoVeracruz1 May 1825 – 21 May 1825
Presidents of the Senate 1874-2000
Name State/Entity Term NotesJosé Castillo Torre1926Higinio Alvarez1928Agustín Casas, D. N. Santos1931Fernando Amilpa y Rivera1948Carlos I. Serrano1951Silvano Barba González1953Salvador Urbina1954Antonio Rocha Cordero1955Miguel Osorio Ramirez1956Teófilo Borunda1957Vicente Dávila Aguirre1958Rodolfo Brena Torres1959Hílario Medína1960Carlos Román Celis1961Rafael Moreno Valle1962Ramón Ruiz Vasconcelos1963Manuel Tello Baurraud1964María Lavalle Urbina1965José Ricardi Tirado1966Florencio Barrero Fuentes1967Fernando Ordorica Inclán1967Baltazar R. Leyva Mancilla1968Alfredo Ruiseco Avellaneda1968Mario C. Olivera1969Alfredo Toxqui Fernández de Lara1970Carlos Pérez Cámara1971Florencio Salazar Martínez1972Enrique González Pedrero1973Francisco Luna Kan, Guadalupe López Bretón1974Enrique Olivares Santana1975Emilio M. González Parra1975Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe1976Federico Amaya Rodríguez1976Juan José Gastélum Salcido, José Guadalupe Cervantes1977Antonio Ocampo Ramírez, Javier Rondero Zubieta1978Silverio Ricardo Alvarado, Rafael Minor Franco1979Nicolás Reynés Berezaluce1980Martha Chávez Padrón1980Blas Chumacero1981Miguel González Avelar, Américo Villareal Guerra, Mariano Piña Olaya, Antonio Riva Palacio1982Antonio Riva Palacio, Norberto Mora Plancarte, Raúl Salinas Lozano, Miguel González Avelar, Gilberto Muñoz Mosqueda1983José Ramírez Gamero, Celso Humberto Delgado Ramírez1984Miguel González Avelar, Salvador Neme Castillo, Antonio Riva Palacio, Ernesto Millán Escalante1985Javier Ahumada Padilla, Rigoberto Ochoa Zaragoza, Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer, Agustín Téllez Cruces, Alfonso Zegbe Sanen, Gonzalo Martínez Corbalá1986Antonio Riva Palacio, Juan Sigrido Millán Lizárraga, Mario Hernández Posadas, Patrocinio González Garrido1987Jesús Rodríguez y Rodríguez, Héctor Hugo Olivares Ventura1988Emilio M. González, Nicolás Reynés Berezaluce, Alfonso Martínez Domínguez1989Teófilo Torres Corzo, Emilio M. González, Maximiliano Silerio Esparza, Enrique Burgos García1990Fernando Silva Nieto, Emilio M. González, Alonso Aguirre Ramos, Artemio Iglesias Miramontes1991Salvador Neme Castillo, Emilio M. González, Gustavo Guerrero Ramos, Manuel Aguilera Gómez1992Emilio M. González, Salvador Sánchez Vázquez, Mauricio Valdés Rodríguez, Humberto Lugo Gil, Eduardo Robledo Rincón1993Fernando Ortiz Arana, Ricardo Monreal Avila, Raúl Enrique Carrillo Silva, Oscar Ramírez Mijares1994Ernesto Navarro González, Guadalupe López Bretón, Gustavo Carvajal Moreno, Humberto Lugo Gil1995Raúl Durán Reveles, Genovevo Figueroa Zamudio, Fernando Ortiz Arana, Germán Sierra Sánchez, Ernesto Navarro González, Miguel Alemán Velasco, Carlos Humberto Aceves del Olmo1996Heladio Ramírez López, Laura Pavón Jaramillo, Alvaro Vallarta Ceceña, Manuel Medellín Milán, Genovevo Figueroa Zamudio, Dionisio Eduardo Pérez Jácome1997Heladio Ramírez López, Juan Ramiro Robledo Ruiz, Ignacio Vázquez Torres, Fernando Palomino Topete, Dionisio Eduardo Pérez Jácome1998Héctor Ximénez González, Cristóbal Arias Solís, Juan Antonio García Villa, Sami David David1999María de los Ángeles Moreno Mexico City? – March 2000 – 1 September 2000
Presidents of the Senate since 2000 LegislatureSessionTermPortraitNameParty58th1September 1, 2000–August 31, 2001Enrique JacksonInstitutional Revolutionary Party2September 1, 2001–August 31, 2002Diego Fernández de CevallosNational Action Party3September 1, 2002–August 31, 2003Enrique JacksonInstitutional Revolutionary Party59th1September 1, 2003–August 31, 20042September 1, 2004–August 31, 2005Diego Fernández de CevallosNational Action Party3September 1, 2005–August 31, 2006Enrique JacksonInstitutional Revolutionary Party60th1September 1, 2006–August 31, 2007Manlio Fabio Beltrones2September 1, 2007–August 31, 2008Santiago CreelNational Action Party3September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009Gustavo Madero Muñoz61st1September 1, 2009–August 31, 2010Carlos Navarrete RuizParty of the Democratic Revolution2September 1, 2010–August 31, 2011Manlio Fabio BeltronesInstitutional Revolutionary Party3September 1, 2011–August 31, 2012José González MorfinNational Action Party62nd1September 1, 2012–August 31, 2013Ernesto Cordero Arroyo2September 1, 2013–August 31, 2014Raúl Cervantes AndradeInstitutional Revolutionary Party3September 1, 2014–August 31, 2015Miguel Barbosa HuertaParty of the Democratic Revolution63rd1September 1, 2015–August 31, 2016Roberto Gil ZuarthNational Action Party2September 1, 2016–August 31, 2017Pablo Escudero MoralesEcologist Green Party of Mexico3September 1, 2017–August 31, 2018Ernesto Cordero ArroyoNational Action Party64th1September 1, 2018–August 31, 2019Martí BatresNational Regeneration Movement2September 1, 2019–August 31, 2020Mónica Fernández Balboa3September 1, 2020–August 31, 2021Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar65th1September 1, 2021–August 31, 2022Olga Sánchez Cordero2September 1, 2022–August 31, 2023Alejandro Armenta3September 1, 2023–August 31, 2024Ana Lilia Rivera66th1September 1, 2024–August 31, 2025Gerardo Fernández Noroña2September 1, 2025–August 31, 2026Laura Itzel Castillo3September 1, 2026–IncumbentHiginio Martínez
List of presidents of the Gran Comisión 1877-2000 Name Term NotesJuan N. Méndez20 September 1877 – 31 August 1880Benigno Arriaga18 September 1880 – 31 August 1882Felipe Arellano25 September 1882 – 31 August 1884Cástulo Zenteno17 September 1884 – 31 August 1886Pedro Diez Gutiérrez17 September 1886 – 31 August 1888Fernando Mendizábal17 September 1888 – 31 August 1890José Montesinos17 September 1890 – 31 August 1892Juan Bustamante17 September 1892 – 31 August 1894Apolinar Castillo17 September 1894 – 31 August 1896José A. Puebla18 September 1896 – 31 August 1898Antonio Falcón17 September 1898 – 31 August 1900Emilio Rabasa17 September 1900 – 31 August 1904Rafael Dondé17 September 1904 – 31 August 1906Manuel A. Mercado17 September 1906 – 31 August 1908Sebastián Camacho17 September 1908 – 31 August 1910Nicolás López Garrido17 September 1910 – 31 August 1912Luis del Carmen Curiel17 September 1912 – 31 August 1917José J. Reynoso11 October 1917 – 31 August 1918Ildefonso V. Vázquez13 September 1918 – 31 August 1920Jonas García6 September 1920 – 31 August 1922Rafael Subarán Capmany2 September 1922 – 31 August 1924Abel Rodríguez2 September 1924 – 31 August 1926José J. Reynoso11 October 1926 – 31 August 1928Pedro Belauzarán2 September 1928 – 31 August 1930Jerónimo Siller2 September 1930 – 31 August 1932César Alayola Barrera2 September 1932 – 31 August 1934Dámaso Cárdenas del Río2 September 1934 – 31 August 1937José González Gallo2 September 1937 – 31 August 1940Alfredo Zárate Albarrán2 September 1940 – 31 August 1943Rafael Rangel2 September 1943 – 31 August 1946Carlos I. Serrano2 September 1946 – 31 August 1952Pedro de Alba2 September 1952 – 31 August 1955José Rodríguez Clavería2 September 1955 – 31 August 1958Rodolfo Brena Torres3 September 1958 – 31 August 1961Manuel Moreno Sánchez4 September 1961 – 31 August 1964Manuel Moreno Moreno4 September 1964 – 31 August 1967Manuel Bernardo Aguirre4 September 1967 – 31 August 1970Enrique Olivares Santana2 September 1970 – 31 August 1973Carlos Sansores Pérez3 September 1976 – 7 December 1976Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe7 December 1976 – 31 August 1982Miguel González Avelar2 September 1982 – 31 August 1985Antonio Riva Palacio26 March 1985 – 18 December 1987Salvador Neme Castillo19 December 1987 – 31 August 1988Emilio M. González5 September 1988 – 1994 Humberto Lugo Gil1994Fernando Ortiz Arana15 October 1994 – 5 March 1997Genovevo Figueroa Zamudio6 March 1997 – 27 October 1998María de los Ángeles Moreno29 October 1998 – 31 August 2000
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