Mexican Governor of New Mexico | |
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Residence | Santa Fe |
Appointer | Emperor of Mexico (1822–1823) President of Mexico (1823–1846) |
Precursor | Spanish Governors of New Mexico |
Formation | January 1822 |
First holder | Facundo Melgares |
Final holder | Juan Bautista Vigil y Alarid |
Abolished | September 1846 |
Succession | Military Governors of New Mexico (U.S.) |
Mexican governors of New Mexico were the political chief executives of the province and later territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México (New Mexico) between 1822, when Mexico gained independence from Spain, and 1846, when the United States occupied the territory following the Mexican–American War. It was succeeded as a territory of the United States, and as the U.S. state of New Mexico.