List of Governors of the Mexican state of Sonora since 1911:
2015–present Claudia Pavlovich Arellano2009–2015 Guillermo Padrés ElíasNote: Since October 2016, Guillermo Padrés has officially been declared a criminal by the Mexican government and is currently on jail. The PAN apologized for supporting him and expelled him for their political party.2003–2009 Eduardo Bours Castelo1997–2003 Armando López Nogales1991–1997 Manlio Fabio Beltrones Rivera1991–1991 Mario Morúa Johnson1985–1991 Rodolfo Félix Valdés1979–1985 Samuel Ocaña García1975–1979 Alejandro Carrillo Marcor1973–1975 Carlos Armando Biebrich Torres1967–1973 Faustino Félix Serna1961–1967 Luis Encinas Jonson1955–1961 Álvaro Obregón Tapia1949–1955 Ignacio Soto1948–1949 Horacio Sobarzo1943–1948 Abelardo L. Rodríguez1939–1943 Anselmo Macías Valenzuela1937–1939 Román Yocupicio1935–1937 Ramón Ramos1931–1935 Rodolfo Elías Calles1929–1931 Francisco S. Elías1927–1929 Fausto Topete1923–1927 Alejo Bay1919–1923 Adolfo de la Huerta1915–1919 Plutarco Elías Calles1911–1915 José María Maytorena