2006 in Mexico

2006 in Mexico
This is a list of events that happened in 2006 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Federal government
President
President
Vicente Fox , until November 30
Felipe Calderón , 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
Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther
Baja California Sur: Narciso Agúndez Montaño
Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez
Chiapas
Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía , until December 7
Juan Sabines Guerrero, (Coalition for the Good of All), starting December 8
Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas
Coahuila: Humberto Moreira
Colima: Gustavo Vázquez Montes
Durango: Ismael Hernández
Guanajuato
Juan Carlos Romero Hicks , until September 25
Juan Manuel Oliva , starting September 26
Guerrero: Zeferino Torreblanca
Hidalgo: Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong
Jalisco
Alberto Cárdenas , until November 20
Gerardo Solís Gómez , substitute governor
State of Mexico: Enrique Peña Nieto
Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel
Morelos
Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez , until October 1.
Marco Antonio Adame , starting October 1.
Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez
Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond
Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz
Puebla: Mario Plutarco Marín Torres
Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón
Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto
San Luis Potosí: Jesús Marcelo de los Santos
Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán , until December 31
Sonora: Eduardo Bours
Tabasco: Manuel Andrade Díaz , until December 31
Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores
Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya
Veracruz: Fidel Herrera Beltrán
Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco
Zacatecas: Amalia García
Head of Government of the Federal District
Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez , until December 4
Marcelo Ebrard , 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: Santiago Mexquititlán raid
April 10: 2006 Mexico DC-9 drug bust
April 17: Maltrata bus crash
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
Music
Film
Una película de huevos
Efectos secundarios – September 1
Pretendiendo
Pan's Labyrinth – October 2
Así del precipicio
Cansada de besar sapos – December
Literature
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 .
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.
See also
2006 Oaxaca protests
References
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