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{{Infobox Political post
|post            = Governor
|body            = Arizona
|insignia        = Arizona-StateSeal.svg
|insigniasize    = 110px
|insigniacaption = [[Seal of Arizona]]
|image           = File:Katie Hobbs by Gage Skidmore 5.jpg
|alt=            = Current Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs
|incumbent       = [[Katie Hobbs]]
|incumbentsince  = January 2, 2023
|style           = * [[Governor (United States)|Governor]] <br> (formal)
* [[The Honorable]] <br> (formal)
|termlength      = [[Term limits in the United States|Four years, renewable once]]
|inaugural       = [[George W. P. Hunt]]
|residence       = No official residence
|formation       = February 14, 1912
|salary          = $95,000 (2013)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://knowledgecenter.csg.org/kc/content/csg-releases-2013-governor-salaries | title=CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries | publisher=The Council of State Governments | date=June 25, 2013 | access-date=November 23, 2014 | archive-date=October 22, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022032437/http://knowledgecenter.csg.org/kc/content/csg-releases-2013-governor-salaries | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|website         = [http://www.azgovernor.gov www.azgovernor.gov]
|type=[[Head of state]] <br> [[Head of government]]|memberof=Arizona Executive Branch <br> Arizona Cabinet|seat=[[Phoenix, Arizona]]|appointer=Popular election|constituting_instrument=Constitution of Arizona}}

The '''governor of Arizona''' is the [[head of state]] and [[Head of government|government]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Arizona]] and the [[Commander-in-Chief|commander-in-chief]] of the state's military forces. The governor is also the head of the [[Executive (government)|executive branch]] of the state government and is the chairwoman of the gubernatorial cabinet. 

[[Katie Hobbs]] is the 24th and current governor of Arizona, in office since January 2023.

== Powers and duties ==
The governor has the power to enforce state laws and the duty to either approve or [[veto]] bills passed by the [[Legislature|Arizona Legislature]] or the [[Arizona Senate]] to assemble the legislature and [[Pardon|grant pardons]], except in cases of [[impeachment]].

== Eligibility & requirements ==
Article V, Section 2 of the state's constitution states for a person to serve as governor must:

* be at least 25 years old
* be a qualified voter in Arizona
* have been a [[Citizenship|citizen]] of the United States for 10 years
* have been a resident of Arizona for at least five years.

== Election process and gubernatorial term limits ==
The governor is elected by the people through the popular election to a four-year term. The gubernatorial candidate or [[incumbent]] governor must have the majority of the popular vote in order to win the election.

The state's constitution forbids anyone from being elected governor more than twice.

==List of governors of Arizona==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!#<ref group="lower-alpha">Repeat governors are officially numbered only once; subsequent terms are marked with their original number italicized.</ref>
! class="unsortable" |&nbsp;
! class="unsortable" |Governor
! class="unsortable" |Term start
! class="unsortable" |Term end
! class="unsortable" |Party
! class="unsortable" |Terms<ref group="lower-alpha">The fractional terms of some governors are not to be understood absolutely literally; rather, they are meant to show single terms during which multiple governors served, due to resignations, deaths and the like.</ref>
|-
|1
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|{{Sortname|George W. P.|Hunt}}
|{{dts|link=off|1912|2|14}}
|{{dts|link=off|1917|1|1}}
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|2
|-
|2
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Thomas Edward|Campbell}}
|{{dts|link=off|1917|1|1}}
|{{dts|link=off|1917|12|25}}
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{frac|1|2}}{{#tag:ref|Thomas Edward Campbell's narrow election win was overturned by the [[Arizona Supreme Court]] on December 22, 1917, which, following a recount, awarded the office to George W.P. Hunt. Campbell vacated the office three days later.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=9369224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD | title=Arizona Governor Thomas Edward Campbell | publisher=National Governors Association | access-date=October 13, 2008 | archive-date=February 10, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210020249/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=9369224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD | url-status=dead }}</ref>|group="lower-alpha"|name="campbell"}}
|-
|''1''
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|George W. P.|Hunt}}
|{{dts|link=off|1917|12|25}}
|{{dts|link=off|1919|1|6}}
|Democratic
|{{frac|1|2}}<ref group="lower-alpha" name="campbell" />
|-
|''2''
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Thomas Edward|Campbell}}
|{{dts|link=off|1919|1|6}}
|{{dts|link=off|1923|1|1}}
|Republican
|2
|-
|''1''
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|George W. P.|Hunt}}
|{{dts|link=off|1923|1|1}}
|{{dts|link=off|1929|1|7}}
|Democratic
|3
|-
|3
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|John Calhoun|Phillips}}
|{{dts|link=off|1929|1|7}}
|{{dts|link=off|1931|1|5}}
|Republican
|1
|-
|''1''
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|George W. P.|Hunt}}
|{{dts|link=off|1931|1|5}}
|{{dts|link=off|1933|1|2}}
|Democratic
|1
|-
|4
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Benjamin Baker|Moeur}}
|{{dts|link=off|1933|1|2}}
|{{dts|link=off|1937|1|4}}
|Democratic
|2
|-
|5
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Rawghlie Clement|Stanford}}
|{{dts|link=off|1937|1|4}}
|{{dts|link=off|1939|1|2}}
|Democratic
|1
|-
|6
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Robert Taylor|Jones}}
|{{dts|link=off|1939|1|2}}
|{{dts|link=off|1941|1|6}}
|Democratic
|1
|-
|7
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Sidney Preston|Osborn}}
|{{dts|link=off|1941|1|6}}
|{{dts|link=off|1948|5|25}}
|Democratic
|{{frac|3|1|2}}<ref group="lower-alpha" name="died">Died in office.</ref>
|-
|8
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Dan Edward|Garvey}}
|{{dts|link=off|1948|5|25}}
|{{dts|link=off|1951|1|1}}
|Democratic
|{{frac|1|1|2}}<ref group="lower-alpha" name="sselected">As secretary of state, filled unexpired term, and was subsequently elected in their own right.</ref>
|-
|9
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|John Howard|Pyle}}
|{{dts|link=off|1951|1|1}}
|{{dts|link=off|1955|1|3}}
|Republican
|2
|-
|10
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Ernest|McFarland}}
|{{dts|link=off|1955|1|3}}
|{{dts|link=off|1959|1|5}}
|Democratic
|2
|-
|11
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Paul|Fannin}}
|{{dts|link=off|1959|1|5}}
|{{dts|link=off|1965|1|4}}
|Republican
|3
|-
|12
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Samuel Pearson|Goddard, Jr.}}
|{{dts|link=off|1965|1|4}}
|{{dts|link=off|1967|1|2}}
|Democratic
|1
|-
|13
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Jack Richard|Williams}}
|{{dts|link=off|1967|1|2}}
|{{dts|link=off|1975|1|6}}
|Republican
|3<ref group="lower-alpha">The Constitution was amended in 1968 to increase gubernatorial terms from two to four years; Williams' first two terms were for two years, his third was for four years.</ref>
|-
|14
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Raúl Héctor|Castro}}
|{{dts|link=off|1975|1|6}}
|{{dts|link=off|1977|10|20}}
|Democratic
|{{frac|1|3}}<ref group="lower-alpha">Resigned to take post as [[United States Ambassador to Argentina|U.S. Ambassador to Argentina]].</ref>
|-
|15
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Wesley|Bolin}}
|{{dts|link=off|1977|10|20}}
|{{dts|link=off|1978|3|4}}
|Democratic
|{{frac|1|3}}<ref group="lower-alpha" name="died" /><ref group="lower-alpha" name="ssfilled">As secretary of state, filled unexpired term.</ref>
|-
|16
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Bruce|Babbitt}}
|{{dts|link=off|1978|3|4}}
|{{dts|link=off|1987|1|5}}
|Democratic
|{{frac|2|1|3}}{{#tag:ref|As state attorney general, filled unexpired term, and was subsequently elected in his own right; the secretary of state at the time had been appointed,<ref name="mofford">{{cite web |url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_arizona/col2-content/main-content-list/title_mofford_rose.html | title=Arizona Governor Rose Mofford| publisher=National Governors Association |access-date=September 3, 2015}}</ref> not elected, and therefore not in the line of succession according to the Arizona constitution.<ref name="const-art5sec6">AZ Const. art 5, § 6</ref>|group="lower-alpha"}}
|-
|17
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Evan|Mecham}}
|{{dts|link=off|1987|1|5}}
|{{dts|link=off|1988|4|4}}
|Republican
|{{frac|1|2}}{{#tag:ref|Impeached and removed from office on charges of obstruction of justice and misuse of government funds.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=cf3f97fa7b49b010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD |title=Arizona Governor Evan Mecham |publisher=National Governors Association |access-date=October 13, 2008 |archive-date=February 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210020254/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=cf3f97fa7b49b010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD |url-status=dead }}</ref>|group="lower-alpha"}}
|-
|18
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Rose|Mofford}}
|{{dts|link=off|1988|4|4}}
|{{dts|link=off|1991|3|6}}
|Democratic
|{{frac|1|2}}<ref group="lower-alpha" name="ssfilled" />
|-
|19
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Fife|Symington}}
|{{dts|link=off|1991|3|6}}
|{{dts|link=off|1997|9|5}}
|Republican
|{{frac|1|1|2}}{{#tag:ref|Arizona adopted runoff voting after Evan Mecham won with only 43% of the vote. The 1990 election was very close, and a runoff was held on February 26, 1991, which Symington won, and he was inaugurated on March 6, 1991.<ref>{{cite book |title=Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1988&ndash;1994 |last=Mullaney |first=Marie Marmo |year=1994 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=0-313-28312-5 |pages=29&ndash;30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gN_LGy81_iIC |access-date=October 11, 2008}}</ref>|group="lower-alpha"}}{{#tag:ref|Resigned after being convicted of bank fraud, since state law does not allow felons to hold office; the conviction was later overturned and he was pardoned by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=48e6ae3effb81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD | title=Arizona Governor J. Fife Symington III | publisher=National Governors Association | access-date=October 13, 2008 | archive-date=February 9, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209004532/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=48e6ae3effb81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD | url-status=dead }}</ref>|group="lower-alpha"}}{{#tag:ref|Fife Symington resigned on September 5, 1997; Jane Dee Hull did not take the oath of office until September 8, but she was governor for those three days regardless of the delay.<ref>{{cite news |first=Purdum |last=Todd S. |title=Arizona Governor Convicted Of Fraud and Will Step Down |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CE0D81530F937A3575AC0A961958260 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1997-09-04 |access-date=October 11, 2008}}</ref>|group="lower-alpha"|name="hull"}}
|-
|20
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Jane Dee|Hull}}
|{{dts|link=off|1997|9|5}}
|{{dts|link=off|2003|1|6}}
|Republican
|{{frac|1|1|2}}<ref group="lower-alpha" name="sselected" /><ref group="lower-alpha" name="hull" />
|-
|21
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Janet|Napolitano}}
|{{dts|link=off|2003|1|6}}
|{{dts|link=off|2009|1|21}}
|Democratic
|{{frac|1|1|2}}<ref group="lower-alpha">Resigned to become [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security]].</ref>
|-
|22
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Jan|Brewer}}
|{{dts|link=off|2009|1|21}}
|{{dts|link=off|2015|1|5}}
|Republican
|{{frac|1|1|2}}<ref group="lower-alpha" name="sselected" />
|-
|23
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Doug|Ducey}}
|{{dts|link=off|2015|1|5}}
|{{dts|link=off|2023|1|2}}
|Republican
|2
|-
|24
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|{{Sortname|Katie|Hobbs}}
|{{dts|link=off|2023|1|2}}
|Incumbent
|Democratic
|1<ref group="lower-alpha">Governor Ducey's term expires on January 5, 2027.</ref>
|}

==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}

==References==
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[[Category:Governors of Arizona|*]]