# 2001 in Mexico

Events in the year 2001 in Mexico.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

* President: Vicente Fox PAN
* Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Santiago Creel
* Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Jorge Castañeda Gutman
* Communications Secretary (SCT): Pedro Cerisola
* Education Secretary (SEP): Reyes Tamez
* Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Gerardo Clemente Vega
* Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Marco Antonio Peyrot González
* Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): José Carlos María Abascal Carranza
* Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL): Josefina Vázquez Mota
* Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Leticia Navarro
* Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Víctor Lichtinger
* Secretary of Health (SALUD): Julio Frenk
* Attorney General of Mexico (PRG): Rafael Macedo de la Concha

### Supreme Court

* President of the Supreme Court: Genaro David Góngora Pimentel

### Governors

* Aguascalientes: Felipe González González PAN
* Baja California
** Alejandro González Alcocer PAN, until October 31.
** Eugenio Elorduy Walther PAN, starting November 1.
* Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota Montaño PRD
* Campeche: José Antonio González Curi
* Chiapas: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía PRD
* Chihuahua: Patricio Martínez García PRI
* Coahuila: Enrique Martínez y Martínez PRI
* Colima: Fernando Moreno Peña PRI
* Durango: Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier PRI
* Guanajuato: Juan Carlos Romero Hicks PAN
* Guerrero: René Juárez Cisneros PRI
* Hidalgo: Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto PRI
* Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas PAN
* State of Mexico: Arturo Montiel PRI
* Michoacán: Víctor Manuel Tinoco Rubí PRI
* Morelos: Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez PAN.
* Nayarit: Antonio Echevarría Domínguez
* Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond PAN
* Oaxaca: José Murat Casab PRI
* Puebla: Melquíades Morales PRI
* Querétaro: Ignacio Loyola Vera PAN
* Quintana Roo: Joaquín Hendricks Díaz PRI
* San Luis Potosí: Fernando Silva Nieto
* Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán PRI
* Sonora: Armando López Nogales
* Tabasco: Enrique Priego Oropeza PRI, acting governor January 1-December 31
* Tamaulipas: Tomás Yarrington PRI
* Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya PRD
* Veracruz: Miguel Alemán Velasco PRI
* Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco PRI
* Zacatecas: Ricardo Monreal PRD
* Head of Government of the Federal District: Andrés Manuel López Obrador PRD

## Events

* Pemexgate is uncovered.
* April 29: The Guadalajara Mexico Temple is opened in Mexico City.
* September 28: Nuestra Belleza México 2001
* November 22: The Mexican Council on Foreign Relations is established

## Awards

* Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – José Ezequiel Iturriaga Sauco
* Order of the Aztec Eagle
* National Prize for Arts and Sciences
* National Public Administration Prize
* Ohtli Award
** Marco Antonio Firebaugh
** Raúl Héctor Castro
** Carlos Cortez
** Enrique Moreno
** Cecilia Muñoz

## Births

* January 17 - Angie Vazquez, Mexican singer, and banded from Vazquez Sounds.
* August 24 – Mildred Maldonado, rhythmic gymnast

## Deaths

* June 3 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor, painter, writer, and film director (b. 1915)

## Hurricanes

* August 14–22: Tropical Storm Chantal (2001)
* September 21 – October 3: Hurricane Juliette (2001)
* October 4–9: Hurricane Iris

## Film

* List of Mexican films of 2001

## Sport

* Primera División de México Verano 2001
* Primera División de México Invierno 2001
* Mexico loses 2001 Copa América final to Colombia
* Sin Piedad (2001)
* Juicio Final (2001)
* 2001 Centrobasket is held in Toluca,
* Estudiantes de Altamira and Estudiantes de Xalapa are founded.