This list contains the distinctions of the various heads of state of Mexico.

Agustín I (1822–1823)

• First head of state of Mexico.
• First Mexican head of state to be overthrown.^[1]
• First Mexican head of state to be born in the 18th century.

Guadalupe Victoria (1824–1829)

• First president of Mexico.^[2]
• First president born in Durango.
• First president to finish his presidential term.

Vicente Guerrero (1829)

• First president with significant African ancestry.^[3]

Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga (1845-1846)

• First president born in Mexico City^[4]
• First president to be the grandfather of another president^[5]

Benito Juárez (1858-1872)

• First indigenous (Zapotec) president of Mexico and first post-colonial indigenous head of state in the Americas^[6]
• First president to die in office and first to die in office of natural causes (a heart attack)

Pedro Lascuráin (1913)

• First president to be the grandson of another president^[5]
• First to serve as president for less than an hour and less than a full day^{[7][lower-alpha 1]}

Venustiano Carranza (1917-1920)

• First president to die in office via assassination^[8] (or possibly suicide^[9])^{[lower-alpha 2]}
• First president to serve under the Constitution of 1917^{[lower-alpha 3]}

Lázaro Cárdenas (1934-1940)

• First president to serve a full six-year term^[10]

Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1964-1970)

• First president to ride Line 1 of the Mexico City Metro (and first passenger on that line overall)^[11]

Luis Echeverria Álvarez (1970-1976)

• First president to be a centenarian^[12]

Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018–)

• First president born in Tabasco.^[13]
• First president belonging to MORENA.

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