No less than fifteen Presidents of Mexico have been Freemasons: Miguel Aleman, Nicholas Brave, Anastasio Bustamante, Plutarco E. Calles, Lazaro Cardenas, Ignacio Comonfort, Porfirio Diaz, Emilio Portes Gil, Manual Gonzalez, Vincinte Guerrero, Augustin de Iturbide, Benito Juarex, Francisco Madero, Archduek Maximilian and Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.Recent presidents of Mexico have not been Masons, but a number of the Grand Lodges and the Scottish Rite there are closely identified with the ruling party "Partido Revolucionario Institucional" (PRI). Humberto Moreira, the leader of that party, and former Governor of the State of Coahuila (2005-2011) is not only a Freemason, but is also the Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the Supreme Council for Mexico. Brother Moreira is considered a potential future president of Mexico. A grandson of Brother Rubén Moreira Cobo (a former SGIG of Mexico), he has worked diligently to unite competing Grand Lodges in his country. Most see his efforts as being successful. He says he sees the unification of the Mexican Lodges as being "important for achieving a platform of peace, unity and fraternal communication."
