2000 in Mexico

2000 in Mexico
The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Federal government
President
President
Ernesto Zedillo , until November 30
Vicente Fox starting December 1 Fox was the first president not affiliated with PRI since 1929.
Cabinet
Interior Secretary (SEGOB)
Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano, until November 30
Santiago Creel, starting December 1
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE)
Rosario Green, until November 30
Jorge Castañeda Gutman, starting December 1
Communications Secretary (SCT)
Carlos Ruiz Sacristán, until November 30
Pedro Cerisola, starting December 1
Education Secretary (SEP)
Miguel Limón Rojas, until November 30
Reyes Tamez, starting December 1
Secretary of Defense (SEDENA)
Enrique Cervantes Aguirre, until November 30
Gerardo Clemente Vega, starting December 1
Secretary of Navy (SEMAR)
José Ramón Lorenzo Franco, until November 30
Marco Antonio Peyrot González, starting December 1
Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS)
Mariano Palacios Alcocer, until November 30
José Carlos María Abascal Carranza, starting December 1
Secretary of Social Development (SEDESOL)
Carlos Jarque, until November 30
Josefina Vázquez Mota, starting December 1
Tourism Secretary (SECTUR)
Óscar Espinosa Villarreal, until November 30
Leticia Navarro, starting December 1
Secretary of the Environment
(SEMARNAP): Julia Carabias Lillo (until November 30)
(SEMARNAT): Víctor Lichtinger (starting December 1)
Secretary of Health (SALUD)
José Antonio González Fernández, until November 30
Julio Frenk, starting December 1
Attorney General of Mexico (PRG)
Jorge Madrazo Cuéllar, until November 30
Rafael Macedo de la Concha, starting December 1
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: Genaro David Góngora Pimentel
Governors
Aguascalientes: Felipe González González
Baja California: Alejandro González Alcocer
Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota Montaño
Campeche: José Antonio González Curi
Chiapas
Roberto Albores Guillén
Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía , starting December 8
Chihuahua: Patricio Martínez García
Coahuila: Enrique Martínez y Martínez
Colima: Fernando Moreno Peña
Durango: Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier
Guanajuato
Ramón Martín Huerta (substitute) , until September 25
Juan Carlos Romero Hicks , starting September 25
Guerrero: René Juárez Cisneros
Hidalgo: Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto
Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas
State of Mexico: Arturo Montiel
Michoacán: Víctor Manuel Tinoco Rubí
Morelos
Jorge Morales Barud (Substitute) , until May 18.
Jorge Arturo García Rubí (Interim) , May 18 to September 30.
Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez , starting October 1.
Nayarit: Antonio Echevarría Domínguez
Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond
Oaxaca: José Murat Casab
Puebla: Melquíades Morales
Querétaro: Ignacio Loyola Vera
Quintana Roo: Joaquín Hendricks Díaz
San Luis Potosí: Fernando Silva Nieto
Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán
Sonora: Armando López Nogales
Tabasco: Roberto Madrazo , until December 31
Tamaulipas: Tomás Yarrington
Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya
Veracruz: Miguel Alemán Velasco
Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco
Zacatecas: Ricardo Monreal
Head of Government of the Federal District
Rosario Robles , until December 4
Andrés Manuel López Obrador , starting December 5
Events
The National Autonomous University of Mexico, which is closed since April 1999, becomes the scene of a mass rally to protest against rising tuition fees and to require student participation in the restructuring of Latin America's main university.
February 23: Musician Carlos Santana receives 8 Grammy Awards, achieving the same record that Michael Jackson, established in 1983.
April 15: Pope John Paul II names Eduardo Patino and Hipolito Reyes Larios as bishops of the newly created dioceses of Córdoba and Orizaba in the state of Veracruz.
July 2: 2000 Mexican general election.
December: Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from the area near Popocateptl by the government, based on the warnings of scientists. The volcano then made its largest display in 1,200 years.
Awards
Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Leopoldo Zea Aguilar
Order of the Aztec Eagle
National Prize for Arts and Sciences
National Public Administration Prize
Ohtli Award
Amanda Aguirre
Columba Bush
Kika de la Garza
Juliet V. Garcia
Filemon Vela Sr.
Popular culture
Notable births
Notable deaths
May 9 — Carmen Romano de Lopez, First Lady of Mexico (1976-1982) (b. 1926)
September 9 – Carlos Castillo Peraza. Politician and journalist.
September 17 – Alejandro Cervantes Delgado, politician and economist, governor of Guerrero 1981-1987; heart attack (b. 1926)
December 31 – Alfonso Corona del Rosal, politician (PRI), Regent of the Federal District; bronchitis and pneumonia
References
Bibliography
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