President of the Council of Ministers of the Mexican Empire,^[1] First Minister,^[2] or Chancellor^[3] was an institutional figure that existed in two moments of the national history of Mexico during the First Mexican Empire since 1822 to 1823 by Agustín de Iturbide and the Second Mexican Empire since 1864 to 1867 by Maximilian of Habsburg.

First Minister of the Mexican Empire
Status	Head of Government
Residence	Mexico City, Mexican Empire
Seat	Chapultepec Castle
Appointer	Emperor of Mexico (1822–1823, 1864–1867)
Term length	No term length
Formation	May 19, 1822 June 13, 1864
First holder	José Manuel de Herrera
Final holder	Santiago Vidaurri
Abolished	March 19, 1823 June 19, 1867

Appointment

The president of the Council of Ministers was appointed by the emperor and had to be ratified by Congress in the case of the First Mexican Empire.^[4] The president of the Council holds the presidency of the Council although he may also be the holder of a Ministry of State, mainly the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The other ministers were appointed by the emperor directly. For the validity of the norms and decrees issued by the emperor, the signatures of the prime minister and of the ministers of the portfolios related to the matter of such are necessary; Government acts that lack ministerial endorsement in a constitutional system are null.

Former holders of the title

Parties^[5]

First Empire

#	Name	Portrait	Monarch	Took office	Left office	Party
1	José Manuel de Herrera		Agustin I	May 19, 1822	March 19, 1823	Liberal Party

Second Empire

#	Name	Portrait	Monarch	Took office	Left office	Party
2	José María Lacunza		Maximilian I	June 13, 1864	October 6, 1866	Liberal Party
3	Teodosio Lares		Maximilian I	October 7, 1866	March 18, 1867	Conservative Party
4	Santiago Vidaurri			March 19, 1867	June 19, 1867	Conservative Party