The governor, according to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave in Mexico, the Executive Power is invested in one individual, called "Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave".

The current governor is Rocío Nahle García, who assumed the position on December 1, 2024.

She is a member of the National Regeneration Movement and the first woman to hold the office.

Governors are elected to serve for 6 years and they can not hold the title under any circumstance ever again.

From 1834 to 1857 there are no popular-elected governors due to Santa Anna's centralist Seven Laws.