This is a list of the governors of the Mexican state of Guanajuato since 1917.
| Name | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| Fernando Dávila (interim) | December 18, 1916 | June 14, 1917 |
| Agustín Alcocer | June 15, 1917 | September 18, 1919 |
| Fernando Alcocer (interim) | September 19, 1919 | September 24, 1919 |
| Federico Montes | September 25, 1919 | February 26, 1920 |
| Toribio Villaseñor (interim) | February 27, 1920 | May 4, 1920 |
| Agustín de Ezcurdia (interim) | May 5, 1920 | May 10, 1920 |
| Antonio Madrazo | May 11, 1920 | May 11, 1920 |
| Enrique Colunga (provisional) | May 12, 1920 | September 15, 1920 |
| Antonio Madrazo | September 16, 1920 | September 25, 1923 |
| Enrique Colunga | September 26, 1923 | October 3, 1923 |
| Ignacio García Téllez (interim) | October 4, 1923 | November 2, 1923 |
| Jesús S. Soto (interim) | November 3, 1923 | April 21, 1924 |
| Arturo Sierra (interim) | April 22, 1924 | November 27, 1924 |
| Enrique Colunga | November 28, 1924 | May 5, 1927 |
| Octaviano Mendoza González (interim) | May 6, 1927 | September 25, 1927 |
| Agustín Arroyo | September 26, 1927 | September 25, 1931 |
| Enrique Hernández Álvarez | September 26, 1931 | June 3, 1932 |
| José Reynoso (provisional) | June 4, 1932 | September 25, 1932 |
| Melchor Ortega | September 26, 1932 | September 25, 1935 |
| Jesús Yáñez Maya | September 26, 1935 | December 16, 1935 |
| Enrique Fernández Martínez (provisional) | December 17, 1935 | April 22, 1937 |
| Luis I. Rodríguez | April 23, 1937 | January 20, 1938 |
| Enrique Romero (interim) | January 21, 1938 | April 24, 1938 |
| Rafael Rangel (interim) | April 25, 1938 | November 13, 1938 |
| Ernesto Arnoux S. (interim) | November 14, 1938 | December 2, 1938 |
| Rafael Rangel (interim) | December 3, 1938 | January 1, 1939 |
| Mauro Visoso (interim) | January 2, 1939 | January 3, 1939 |
| Ernesto Arnoux S. (interim) | January 4, 1939 | January 22, 1939 |
| Rafael Rangel (interim) | January 23, 1939 | May 31, 1939 |
| Ernesto Arnoux S. (interim) | June 1, 1939 | June 5, 1939 |
| Rafael Rangel (interim) | June 6, 1939 | September 25, 1939 |
| Ernesto Hidalgo | September 26, 1943 | January 8, 1946 |
| Nicéforo Guerrero (provisional) | January 9, 1946 | September 21, 1947 |
| J. Jesús Castorena (substitute) | September 22, 1947 | October 28, 1948 |
| Antonio Torres Gómez (interim) | October 29, 1948 | October 29, 1948 |
| Luis Díaz Infante (substitute) | October 30, 1948 | September 25, 1949 |
| José Aguilar y Maya | September 26, 1949 | September 25, 1955 |
| J. Jesús Rodríguez Gaona | September 26, 1955 | September 25, 1961 |
| Juan José Torres Landa | September 26, 1961 | September 25, 1967 |
| Manuel M. Moreno | September 26, 1967 | September 25, 1973 |
| Luis H. Ducoing Gamba | September 26, 1973 | September 25, 1979 |
| Enrique Velasco Ibarra | September 26, 1979 | June 25, 1984 |
| Agustin Téllez Cruces (interim) | June 26, 1984 | September 25, 1985 |
| Rafael Corrales Ayala | September 26, 1985 | September 25, 1991 |
| Carlos Medina Plascencia (interim) | 1991 | 1995 |
| Vicente Fox Quesada | 1995 | 1999 |
| Ramón Martín Huerta (substitute) | 1999 | 2000 |
| Juan Carlos Romero Hicks | September 26, 2000 | September 25, 2006 |
| Juan Manuel Oliva Ramírez | September 26, 2006 | current incumbent |
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