José Emilio Rabasa Estebanell was a Mexican prominent writer, diplomat, and politician. He wrote extensively on constitutional law, served as Governor of Chiapas, as state congressman, chaired several Mexican Academies and co-founded El Universal; an influential newspaper in Mexico City.

The governor of Chiapas is the chief executive of the Mexican state of Chiapas. The state constitution stipulates a term of 6 years, to which governors can only be elected once. It also specifies the qualifications for becoming governor: a Mexican citizen by birth, aged at least 30 years old, and having not less than 5 years residency in Chiapas. The current governor is Rutilio Escandón from the MRN, who assumed the position in 2018.1825–1826: Manuel José de Rojas 1826–1830: José Diego Lara 1829: Emeterio Pineda 1830–1834: Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez 1830: Emeterio Pineda 1830: José Rafael Coello 1830–1832: José Ignacio Gutiérrez 1832: Manuel Escandón 1832: Mariano José Correa 1832: Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez 1832: Emeterio Pineda 1832–1833: Quirino Domínguez 1833: Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez 1833: Emeterio Pineda 1833–1834: Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez 1834–1835: Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez 1835: José Mariano Coello 1835: Ignacio Tovilla 1835–1836: Mariano Montes de Oca 1836–1837: Clemente Aceituno 1836: Salvador Piñeiro 1836: Onofre Reyes 1837–1840: José María Sandoval 1840–1841: José Diego Lara 1841–1842: Salvador Ayanegui 1842–1845: Ignacio Barberena 1845–1848: Jerónimo Cardona 1846–1847: Nicolás Ruiz 1847–1848: Jerónimo Cardona 1848: Manuel María Parada 1848: Jerónimo Cardona 1848: Ponciano Solórzano del Barco 1848–1849: Fernando Nicolás Maldonado 1849–1850: Ramón Larraínzar 1850–1855: Fernando Nicolás Maldonado 1851: José Farrera 1851–1853: Fernando Nicolás Maldonado 1853: Domingo Ruiz Molina 1853–1855: Fernando Nicolás Maldonado 1855–1856: Ángel Albino Corzo 1856: Domingo Ruiz Molina 1856–1861: Ángel Albino Corzo 1857: Francisco Robles 1858: Ángel Albino Corzo 1858–1859: Matías Castellanos 1859–1861: Ángel Albino Corzo 1861: Juan Clímaco Corzo 1861: Ángel Albino Corzo 1861–1863: Juan Clímaco Corzo 1863–1864: José Gabriel Esquinca 1864–1865: José Pantaleón Domínguez 1866: José Mariano García 1866–1875: Without information. 1875–1876: Moisés Rojas 1876: Carlos Borda 1876: Eleuterio Villasana 1876: Manuel Cerón 1877: Diego Betanzos 1877: Sebastián Escobar 1877: Nicolás Ruiz 1877–1878: Sebastián Escobar 1878–1879: Juan José Ramírez 1879: Mariano Aguilar 1879–1883: Miguel Utrilla 1883–1886: José María Ramírez 1886: Adrián Culebro 1886–1887: José María Ramírez 1887: Manuel Carrascosa 1888: Miguel Utrilla 1888–1891: Manuel Carrascosa 1891–1893: Emilio Rabasa 1893: Raúl del Pino 1893–1894: Emilio Rabasa 1894–1895: Fausto Moguel 1895: Francisco León 1896: José María González 1896–1899: Francisco León 1899: Luis Farrera 1899: Francisco León 1899: Rafael Pimentel 1900: Abraham A. López 1901–1902: Rafael Pimentel 1902–1903: Onofre Ramos 1903–1904: Rafael Pimentel 1904: Onofre Ramos 1905: Rafael Pimentel 1905: Onofre Ramos 1905: Rafael Pimentel 1905: Miguel Castillo 1905: Ramón Rabasa 1906: Abraham A. López 1906–1908: Ramón Rabasa 1908: Abraham A. López 1908–1909: Ramón Rabasa 1909: José Inés Cano 1909: Abraham A. López 1909–1910: Ramón Rabasa 1910: José Inés Cano 1910–1911: Ramón Rabasa 1911: José Inés Cano 1911: Manuel Trejo 1911: Ramón Rabasa 1911: Manuel Trejo 1911: Reynaldo Gordillo León 1911: Policarpio Rueda Fernández 1911: Manuel Rovelo Argüello 1911: Marco Aurelio Solís 1911–1912: Reynaldo Gordillo León 1912–1913: Flavio Guillén 1913: Marco Aurelio Solís 1913: Reynaldo Gordillo León 1913–1914: Bernardo Palafox 1913–1914: Bernardo Palafox 1914: José Inés Cano 1914: José María Marín 1914: Jesús Agustín Castro 1914: Blas Corral 1914–1915: Jesús Agustín Castro 1915: Blas Corral 1915: Jesús Agustín Castro 1916: Blas Corral 1916: José Ascención González 1916: Blas Corral 1916–1917: Pablo Villanueva 1917–1918: Manuel Fuentes A. 1918–1919: Pablo Villanueva 1919: Manuel Fuentes A. 1919: Pablo Villanueva 1919–1920: Pascual Morales Molina 1920: Alejo González 1920: Francisco G. Ruíz 1920: Juan Zertuche 1920: Fausto Ruíz 1920: Francisco G. Ruíz 1920: Amadeo Ruíz 1920–1924: Tiburcio Fernández Ruíz 1921: Benigno Cal y Mayor 1922: Tiburcio Fernández Ruíz 1922: Amadeo Ruíz 1922–1923: Tiburcio Fernández Ruíz 1923: Manuel Encarnación Cruz 1923–1924: Tiburcio Fernández Ruíz 1924: Rogelio García Castro 1924: Tiburcio Fernández Ruíz 1924: Luis García 1924: Martín Paredes 1924: Tiburcio Fernández Ruíz 1924: Raúl de León 1924: Luis Ramírez Corzo 1925: César Córdova 1925: Carlos A. Vidal 1925: José Castañón 1925–1926: Carlos A. Vidal 1926: J. Amilcar Vidal 1927: Luis P. Vidal 1927: Manuel Alvarez 1927–1928: Federico Martínez Rojas 1928: Amador Coutiño 1928: Rosendo Delabre Santeliz 1928–1929: Raymundo E. Enríquez 1929: Ernesto Constantino Herrera 1929: Alvaro Cancino 1930: Martín G. Cruz 1930: Alvaro Cancino 1930: Moisés E. Villers 1930: Alberto Domínguez R. 1931: José María Brindís 1931: Raúl León 1932: Mariano G. A. Enríquez 1932: Rodolfo Ruíz G. 1932: Moisés Enríquez 1932: Raymundo Enríquez 1932–1936: Victórico R. Grajales 1936–1940: Efraín A. Gutiérrez 1940–1944: Rafael Pascacio Gamboa 1944–1947: Juan M. Esponda 1947–1948: César A. Lara 1948–1952: Francisco J. Grajales 1952–1958: Efraín Aranda Osorio 1958–1964: Samuel León Brindis 1964–1970: José Castillo Tielemans 1970–1976: Manuel Velasco Suárez 1976–1977: Jorge de la Vega Domínguez 1977–1979: Salomón González Blanco 1979–1982: Juan Sabines Gutiérrez 1982: Gustavo Armendáriz 1982–1988: Absalón Castellanos Domínguez 1988–1993: Patrocinio González Garrido 1993–1994: Elmar Setzer Marseille 1994: Javier López Moreno 1994–1995: Eduardo Robledo Rincón 1995–1998: Julio César Ruíz Ferro 1998–2000: Roberto Albores Guillén 2000–2006: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía 2006–2012: Juan José Sabines Guerrero 2012–2018: Manuel Velasco Coello 2018–present: Rutilio Escandón