Xicoténcatl Leyva Mortera (April 4, 1940 – September 30, 2021[1]) was a Mexican politician, member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, who was the Governor of Baja California from 1983 to 1989.

Xicoténcatl Leyva was related to Miguel Alemán Valdés who was the President of Mexico from 1946 to 1952.

He held the positions of Assistant Secretary of Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit under Antonio Ortiz Mena, then Administrative Assistant Director of the National Institute of Youth from 1971.

His government was controversial because he was accused of promoting accelerated growth without order, that made areas that were border towns into big cities without planning.

In the 1988 election he was unable to avoid having to recognize the landslide victory of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano in the state as a candidate for the presidency against Carlos Salinas de Gortari, the PRI candidate.