The president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), formally referred to as the President of the National Executive Committee of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, holds the highest leadership position within the party. The current president is Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas, who assumed office on 11 August 2024, having previously served as president from 2019 until July 2024.
The PRI was founded in 1929 by former President Plutarco Elías Calles under the name National Revolutionary Party (PNR). It was later renamed the Party of the Mexican Revolution (PRM) in 1938 before adopting its current name in 1946. Throughout its history, the PRI has had 57 presidents.
Presidents of the Institutional Revolutionary Party A list of presidents (including interim leaders) since the party's founding as the National Revolutionary Party in 1929.
National Revolutionary Party (1929–1938) +PresidentGeneral SecretaryTerm of officeTook officeLeft officeTime in office1Manuel Pérez Treviño4 March 1929 11 February 19302Basilio Badillo11 February 193022 April 19303Emilio Portes GilGenaro V. Vásquez22 April 193015 October 19304Lázaro CárdenasSilvestre Guerrero15 October 193025 August 19315Manuel Pérez TreviñoPascual Ortiz Rubio28 August 193112 May 19336Melchor OrtegaFernando Moctezuma12 May 19339 June 19337Carlos Riva PalacioFederico Medrano V.25 August 193314 December 19348Matías Ramos Santos14 December 193415 June 1935José María Dávila9Emilio Portes GilGenaro V. Vásquez15 June 193526 August 193610Esteban García de Alba26 August 19362 April 1938
Party of the Mexican Revolution (1938–1946) PresidentGeneral SecretaryTerm of officeTook officeLeft officeTime in office11Esteban García de Alba2 April 1938 19 June 193912Heriberto Jara CoronaGustavo Cárdenas Huerta19 June 19392 December 194013Florencio Padilla2 December 194019 January 1946Gustavo Cárdenas Huerta
Institutional Revolutionary Party (1946–present)
20th century PresidentGeneral SecretaryTerm of officeTook officeLeft officeTime in office14Ernesto P. Uruchurtu19 January 1946 5 December 194615Rodolfo Sánchez TaboadaTeófilo Borunda4 December 19464 December 19526 yearsJosé López BermúdezAdolfo López Mateos16Gabriel Leyva VelázquezJosé Gómez Esparza4 December 195226 April 195617Rafael Corrales Ayala26 April 19563 December 195818Alfonso Corona del RosalJuan Fernández Albarrán4 December 19581 December 196419Carlos A. MadrazoLauro Ortega Martínez6 December 196422 November 196520Lauro Ortega MartínezFernando Díaz Durán22 November 196527 February 196821Alfonso Martínez DomínguezEnrique Olivares Santana27 February 19687 December 1970227 December 197021 February 197223Jesús Reyes HerolesEnrique González Pedrero21 February 197225 September 197524Porfirio Muñoz LedoAugusto Gómez Villanueva25 September 19754 December 197625Carlos Sansores PérezJuan Sabines Gutiérrez4 December 19768 February 197926Gustavo Carvajal MorenoJosé de las Fuentes Rodríguez8 February 197919 March 198127Javier García PaniaguaGuillermo Cosío Vidaurri19 March 198114 October 198128Manuel Bartlett14 October 19812 December 198229Adolfo Lugo VerduzcoMario Vargas Saldaña2 December 19828 October 1986Francisco Luna KanIrma Cué Sarquis30Irma Cué Sarquis8 October 19863 December 1988Humberto Lugo GilManuel Camacho Solís31Luis Donaldo ColosioRafael Rodríguez Barrera3 December 198813 April 199232Rafael Rodríguez BarreraBeatriz Paredes Rangel13 April 199214 May 199233Genaro Borrego EstradaBeatriz Paredes Rangel14 May 199230 March 1993José Luis Lamadrid Sauza34Fernando Ortiz AranaJosé Luis Lamadrid Sauza30 March 199313 May 199435Ignacio Pichardo PagazaJosé Francisco Ruiz Massieu13 May 19943 December 1994María de los Ángeles Moreno36María de los Ángeles MorenoEsteban Moctezuma3 December 199419 August 1995Pedro Joaquín Coldwell37Santiago Oñate LabordeJuan Sigfrido Millán Lizárraga19 August 199513 December 199638Humberto Roque VillanuevaJuan Sigfrido Millán Lizárraga15 December 199611 September 199739Mariano Palacios AlcocerCarlos Rojas Gutiérrez11 September 199731 March 1999Rosario Green40Dulce María Sauri Riancho1 April 199930 November 1999
21st century PresidentGeneral SecretaryTerm of officeTook officeLeft officeTime in office41Dulce María Sauri RianchoEsteban Moctezuma1 December 1999 4 March 2002Rodolfo Echeverría RuizJesús Murillo KaramSergio García Ramírez42Roberto MadrazoElba Esther Gordillo4 March 200231 August 200543Mariano Palacios AlcocerCésar Augusto Santiago31 August 20053 March 2007Rosario Green44Beatriz Paredes RangelJesús Murillo Karam4 March 20074 March 20114 years45Humberto MoreiraCristina Díaz4 March 20112 December 201146Cristina DíazHerself2 December 20118 December 201147Pedro Joaquín ColdwellCristina Díaz8 December 201130 November 201248Cristina DíazHerself30 November 201211 December 201249César Camacho QuirozIvonne Ortega Pacheco11 December 201220 August 201550Manlio Fabio BeltronesCarolina Monroy del Mazo20 August 201520 June 201651Carolina Monroy del MazoWilliams Ochoa21 June 201612 July 201652Enrique Ochoa RezaCarolina Monroy del Mazo13 July 20162 May 2018Claudia Ruiz Massieu53René Juárez CisnerosClaudia Ruiz Massieu2 May 201816 July 201854Claudia Ruiz MassieuRubén Moreira Valdez16 July 201818 August 2019Arturo Zamora Jiménez55Alejandro Moreno CárdenasCarolina Viggiano18 August 201919 July 202456Graciela Ortiz GonzálezMiguel Alonso Reyes19 July 202411 August 202457Alejandro Moreno CárdenasCarolina Viggiano11 August 2024Incumbent
References
External links Official site of the Institutional Revolutionary Party Dirigencias nacionales PRI