1996 in Mexico

1996 in Mexico
Events in the year 1996 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Ernesto Zedillo
Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Emilio Chuayffet.
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): José Ángel Gurría
Communications Secretary (SCT): Carlos Ruiz Sacristán
Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Enrique Cervantes Aguirre
Secretary of Navy: José Ramón Lorenzo Franco
Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): José Antonio González Fernández
Secretary of Welfare: Carlos Rojas Gutiérrez
Secretary of Public Education: Miguel Limón Rojas
Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Óscar Espinosa Villarreal
Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Julia Carabias Lillo
Secretary of Health (SALUD): Juan Ramón de la Fuente
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: José Vicente Aguinaco Alemán
Governors
Aguascalientes: Otto Granados Roldán, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI)
Baja California: Héctor Terán Terán, (National Action Party PAN).
Baja California Sur: Guillermo Mercado Romero
Campeche: Jorge Salomón Azar García
Chiapas: Julio César Ruíz Ferro
Chihuahua: Francisco Barrio
Coahuila: Rogelio Montemayor Seguy
Colima: Carlos de la Madrid Virgen
Durango: Maximiliano Silerio Esparza
Guanajuato: Vicente Fox Quesada
Guerrero: Rubén Figueroa Alcocer/Ángel Aguirre Rivero
Hidalgo: Jesús Murillo Karam
Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez
State of Mexico: César Camacho Quiroz
Michoacán: Víctor Manuel Tinoco/Ausencio Chávez Hernández
Morelos: Jorge Carrillo Olea (PRI).
Nayarit: Rigoberto Ochoa Zaragoza
Nuevo León: Benjamín Clariond
Oaxaca: Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano
Puebla: Manuel Bartlett Díaz
Querétaro: Enrique Burgos García
Quintana Roo: Mario Villanueva Madrid
San Luis Potosí: Horacio Sánchez Unzueta
Sinaloa: Renato Vega Alvarado
Sonora: Manlio Fabio Beltrones Rivera
Tabasco: Roberto Madrazo Pintado
Tamaulipas: Manuel Cavazos Lerma
Tlaxcala: José Antonio Álvarez Lima
Veracruz: Patricio Chirinos Calero
Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco
Zacatecas: Arturo Romo Gutiérrez
Regent of Mexico City: Oscar Espinosa Villarreal
Events
Universidad Metropolitana de Monterrey established.
Alternative rock group Plastilina Mosh is founded.
February 16: the San Andres Accords were signed.
June: The Guadalajara Gay Pride is founded.
June 28: The Popular Revolutionary Army announces its existence.
September 22: Nuestra Belleza México 1996 held in Cancun.
October 23: The Law of Protection of Commerce and Investments from Foreign Policies that Contravene International Law is published.
Awards
Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor
Griselda Álvarez
Alí Chumacero
Ohtli Award
Gonzalo Barrientos
Hector P. Garcia
Carlos Truan
Edward R. Roybal
Births
January 30 : Dafne Navarro, trampoline gymnast
March 29 : Juanpa Zurita, Internet personality
August 12 : Julio Urías, baseball player
Deaths
May 24 – Octavio Sentíes Gómez, 81, politician (PRI), Governor of Veracruz, Secretary of the Interior, Regent of DF (b. February 9, 1915)
Hurricanes
July 24 – August 6: Hurricane Cesar–Douglas
August 19 – 26: Hurricane Dolly (1996)
September 30 – October 4: Hurricane Hernan
Sports
1995–96 Mexican Primera División season
1995–96 Copa Mexico
Mexico wins the 1996 U.S. Cup
Mexico loses in the final of the Pan American Games football tournament
Mexico at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Mexico at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Atlético Hidalgo, C.F. Cuautitlán and Real Sociedad de Zacatecas are founded.
References
External links
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