2001 in Mexico

2001 in Mexico
Events in the year 2001 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Vicente Fox
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
Baja California
Alejandro González Alcocer , until October 31.
Eugenio Elorduy Walther , starting November 1.
Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota Montaño
Campeche: José Antonio González Curi
Chiapas: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía
Chihuahua: Patricio Martínez García
Coahuila: Enrique Martínez y Martínez
Colima: Fernando Moreno Peña
Durango: Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier
Guanajuato: Juan Carlos Romero Hicks
Guerrero: René Juárez Cisneros
Hidalgo: Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto
Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas
State of Mexico: Arturo Montiel
Michoacán: Víctor Manuel Tinoco Rubí
Morelos: Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez .
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: Enrique Priego Oropeza , acting governor January 1-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: Andrés Manuel López Obrador
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.
References
Years of the 21st century in Mexico
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2000s in Mexico
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