# 2006 in Mexico

This is a list of events that happened in 2006 in Mexico.

## Incumbents
### Federal government
#### President

* President
** Vicente Fox PAN, until November 30
** Felipe Calderón PAN, starting December 1

#### Cabinet

* Interior Secretary (SEGOB)
** Santiago Creel, until November 30
** Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña, starting December 1
* Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE)
** Luis Ernesto Derbez, until November 30
** Patricia Espinosa, starting December 1
* Communications Secretary (SCT)
** Pedro Cerisola, until November 30
** Luis Téllez, starting December 1
* Education Secretary (SEP)
** Reyes Tamez, until November 30
** Josefina Vázquez Mota, starting December 1
* Secretary of Defense (SEDENA)
** Gerardo Clemente Vega, until November 30
** Guillermo Galván Galván, starting December 1
* Secretary of Navy (SEMAR)
** Marco Antonio Peyrot González, until November 30
** Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza, starting December 1
* Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS)
** Francisco Javier Salazar Sáenz, until November 30
** Javier Lozano Alarcón, starting December 1
* Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL)
** Josefina Vázquez Mota, until November 30
** Beatriz Zavala, starting December 1
* Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres
* Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT)
** José Luis Luege Tamargo, until November 30
** Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, starting December 1
* Secretary of Health (SALUD)
** Julio Frenk, until November 30
** José Ángel Córdova, starting December 1
* Secretary of Public Security (SSP)
** Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, until November 30
** Genaro García Luna, starting December 1
* Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP)
** Francisco Gil Díaz, until November 30
** Agustín Carstens, starting December 1
* Secretariat of Energy (Mexico) (SENER): Georgina Yamilet Kessel Martínez, starting December 1
* Secretary of Agriculture (SAGARPA): Alberto Cárdenas, starting December 1
* Secretary of Public Function (FUNCIÓN PÚBLICA): German Martínez Cázares, starting December 1
* Secretary of Agrarian Reform (SRA): Germán Martínez, starting December 1
* Attorney General of Mexico (PRG)
** Daniel Cabeza de Vaca, until November 30
** Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, starting December 1

### Supreme Court

* President of the Supreme Court: Mariano Azuela Güitrón

### Governors

* Aguascalientes: Luis Armando Reynoso PAN
* Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther PAN
* Baja California Sur: Narciso Agúndez Montaño PRD
* Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez PAN
* Chiapas
** Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía PRD, until December 7
** Juan Sabines Guerrero, (Coalition for the Good of All), starting December 8
* Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas PRI
* Coahuila: Humberto Moreira PRI
* Colima: Gustavo Vázquez Montes PRI
* Durango: Ismael Hernández PRI
* Guanajuato
** Juan Carlos Romero Hicks PAN, until September 25
** Juan Manuel Oliva PAN, starting September 26
* Guerrero: Zeferino Torreblanca PRD
* Hidalgo: Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong PRI
* Jalisco
** Alberto Cárdenas PAN, until November 20
** Gerardo Solís Gómez PAN, substitute governor
* State of Mexico: Enrique Peña Nieto PRI
* Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel PRD
* Morelos
** Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez PAN, until October 1.
** Marco Antonio Adame PAN, starting October 1.
* Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez
* Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond PAN
* Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz PRI
* Puebla: Mario Plutarco Marín Torres PRI
* Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón PAN
* Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto PRI
* San Luis Potosí: Jesús Marcelo de los Santos PAN
* Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán PRI, until December 31
* Sonora: Eduardo Bours PRI
* Tabasco: Manuel Andrade Díaz PAN, until December 31
* Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores PRI
* Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya PRD
* Veracruz: Fidel Herrera Beltrán PRI
* Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco PRI
* Zacatecas: Amalia García PRD
* Head of Government of the Federal District
** Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez PRD, until December 4
** Marcelo Ebrard PRD, starting December 5

## Events

* The Broad Progressive Front is founded
* The Garros Galería is established.
* The Televisa Law is approved.
* The Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve is declared by the UNESCO in Morelos.
* The Biosphere Reserve of Huatulco is declared by the UNESCO in Oaxaca.
* January: The Other Campaign
* January 25: Juana Barraza is apprehended.
* February 4: Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel and Towers incident.
* February 19: Pasta de Conchos mine disaster
* March 2: Cumbres case
* March: Santiago Mexquititlán raid
* April 10: 2006 Mexico DC-9 drug bust
* May: Jojutla crater discovered on Mars by astronomer Andres Eloy Martínez Rojas.
* May 3: 2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco
* May 27: Eutelsat 113 West A is launched.
* June 17: Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca
* June 27: Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport inaugurated.
* June 28: Miss Latin America 2006 held in Riviera Maya.
* September 2: Nuestra Belleza México 2006
* September 16: the Faro del Comercio is re-inaugurated.
* November 10: The government of Mexico City approves a law on civil unions, becoming the first local government to allow same sex unions in Mexico.
* December 11: Beginning of the Mexican Drug War
* unknown date: Galia Moss, a Latin American sailor crosses the Atlantic Ocean alone.

## Elections

* 2006 Mexican general election
* 2006 Chiapas state election
* 2006 Colima state election
* 2006 Mexican Federal District election
* 2006 Guanajuato state election
* 2006 Jalisco state election
* 2006 Nuevo León state election
* 2006 Sonora state election
* 2006 State of Mexico election
* 2006 Tabasco state election

## Awards

* Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor - Jesús Kumate Rodríguez
* Order of the Aztec Eagle
* National Prize for Arts and Sciences
* National Public Administration Prize
* Ohtli Award
** Pete Gallego
** Buddy Garcia
** Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr.
** Ed Pastor
** Jared Polis
** Santiago Wood

## Popular culture
### Sports

* Primera División de México Clausura 2006
* Primera División de México Apertura 2006
* 2006 InterLiga
* 2005 Copa Sudamericana Finals
* Mexico compete at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
* Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional
* 2006 Desafío Corona season
* 2006 Gran Premio Telmex
* 2006 Rally México
* 2006 Mexican Figure Skating Championships
* Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2006)
* 2006 Centrobasket Women in Mexico City.
* 2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Baja California.
* Mexico at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

### Film

* Una película de huevos
* Efectos secundarios – September 1
* Pretendiendo
* Pan's Labyrinth – October 2
* Así del precipicio
* Cansada de besar sapos – December

### TV
#### Telenovelas

* Heridas de amor
* La fea más bella
* Código postal – May 22

## Notable deaths

* January 1 – Mapita Cortés, 75, Puerto Rican -born actress of the cinema of Mexico
* January 13 – Raúl Anguiano, 90, painter and muralist, heart failure.
* February 10 – Juan Soriano, 85, painter and sculptor.
* February 12 – Juan Sánchez-Navarro y Peón, 92, entrepreneur and co-founder of the PAN.
* March 7 – Ludwik Margules, 72, theatre director, cancer.
* March 29 – Salvador Elizondo, 73, writer.
* April 5 – Armando Labra, 62, economist.
* April 20 – Miguel Zacarías Nogaim, 101, film director.
* April 30 – Beatriz Sheridan, 71, actress and director, heart attack.
* May 4 – Valentin Trujillo, 55, actor, heart attack.
* May 22 – Lilia Prado, 78, actress, multiple organ failure.
* May 23 – Ángel Fernández, 80, sports broadcaster, renal failure.
* July 15 – Raúl Delgado Benavides, politician, Municipal president (Cuautitlán, Jalisco); murdered
* August 4 – Julio Galán, 47, painter
* September 15 – Pablo Santos, 19, actor
* October 9 – Mario Moya Palencia, 73, politician, heart attack.
* October 24 – Rafael Ramírez Heredia, 67, writer, lung cancer.
* November 1 – Daniel García "Huracán Ramírez", 80, wrestler, heart attack.
* November 6 – Miguel Aceves Mejía, 90, singer, bronchitis.
* November 19 – Francisco Quirós Hermosillo, General. Cancer.
* November 23 – Jesús Blancornelas, 70, journalist, cancer.