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No. The Mexican president is both head of state and head of government.
During the Mexican-American War, the Mexican leader, Santa Anna led the Mexican nation and acted as its military leader as well. For the US, the top military chief was General Winfield Scott. The US President was President Polk.
If the Mexican president is unable to perform his/her duties, the Secretary of the Interior would act as interim president until new elections are held.
Stephen F. Austen
Santa Anna is the Mexican military leader who was unable to stop the invasion from the United States. He served as the 8th President of Mexico.
The Mexican president, who is both head of government and head of state.
A military government was usually established early in any occupied area until civil government could be restored.
Zachary Taylor.
The Mexican president forms part of a federal presidential representative republic, which has three powers: the executive, the legislative and the judiciary.The executive is basically the President of the United Mexican States, who is head of state, head of government and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
Nowadays (Mar 2013), he is an ex-president.
The President of the United Mexican States. The President is the head of state, head of government, and supreme commander of the Mexican armed forces. Mexican Presidents are limited to one six-year term. They can't be re-elected.
Taylor spent most of his life in a military uniform and commanded the army that won the Mexican War , made his a national hero and led to his being nominated and elected to be President.