2014 Total State Budget: 83,836,493,000 pesos[2] 2015 Total State Budget: 87,694,651,930 pesos[3] 2016 Total State Budget: 90,466,084,138 pesos[4] 2017 Total State Budget: 100,923,903,000 pesos[5] Aristóteles Sandoval assumed office as Governor of the State of Jalisco on 1 March 2013, and his term ended on 5 December 2018.

The governor has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet of the State of Jalisco, as per the Ley Orgánica del Poder Ejecutivo del Estado de Jalisco, Article 4, Section V.[7]