1976 in Mexico

1976 in Mexico
Events in the year 1976 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Luis Echeverría (until 30 November), José López Portillo (starting 1 December)
Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Mario Moya Palencia/Jesús Reyes Heroles
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Alfonso García Robles/Santiago Roel García
Communications Secretary (SCT): Emilio Mújica Montoya
Education Secretary (SEP): Víctor Bravo Ahuja/Porfirio Muñoz Ledo
Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Hermenegildo Cuenca Díaz/Félix Galván López
Secretary of Navy: Ricardo Cházaro Lara
Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Pedro Ojeda Paullada
Secretary of Welfare: Luis Enrique Bracamontes/Pedro Ramírez Vázquez
Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Julio Hirschfeld Almada/Guillermo Rossell de la Lama
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: Mario G. Rebolledo Fernández
Governors
Aguascalientes: José Refugio Esparza Reyes
Baja California: Milton Castellanos Everardo
Baja California Sur: Ángel César Mendoza Arámburo
Campeche: Rafael Rodríguez Barrera
Chiapas
Manuel Velasco Suárez (until November 30)
Jorge de la Vega Domínguez (starting December 1)
Chihuahua: Manuel Bernardo Aguirre
Coahuila: Oscar Flores Tapia
Colima: Arturo Noriega Pizano
Durango: Héctor Mayagoitia Domínguez
Guanajuato: Luis H. Ducoing Gamba
Guerrero: Rubén Figueroa Figueroa
Hidalgo:
Jalisco: Alberto Orozco Romero
State of Mexico: Jorge Jiménez Cantú
Michoacán: Carlos Torres Manzo
Morelos
Felipe Rivera Crespo (PRI), until May 18
Armando León Bejarano (PRI), starting May 18
Nayarit:
Nuevo León: Pedro Zorrilla Martínez
Oaxaca: Miguel Zárate Aquino
Puebla: Toxqui Fernández de Lara
Querétaro: Antonio Calzada Urquiza
Quintana Roo: Jesús Martínez Ross
San Luis Potosí: Guillermo Fonseca Álvarez
Sinaloa: Alfonso G. Calderón
Sonora: Alejandro Carrillo Marcor
Tabasco: Mario Trujillo García
Tamaulipas: Enrique Cárdenas González
Tlaxcala: Emilio Sánchez Piedras
Veracruz: Rafael Hernández Ochoa
Yucatán
Carlos Loret de Mola Mediz (until January 31)
Francisco Luna Kan (starting February 1)
Zacatecas: Fernando Pámanes Escobedo
Regent of Mexico City
Octavio Senties Gomez
Carlos Hank González
Events
Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Campus Estado de México) founded.
Organizacion Editorial Mexicana founded.
Universidad Intercontinental established.
March 15: Autonomous University of Baja California Sur established.
July 4: 1976 Mexican general election
September 7 – 11: Hurricane Kathleen
September 29 – October 8: Hurricane Madeline
October 1: Instituto Tecnológico de Nuevo León established.
November 6: first issue of Proceso (magazine) published.
December 15: The Trolleybuses in Guadalajara start operating.
Awards
Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Jesús Romero Flores
Births
June 7: Nora Salinas, actress
June 10: Mariana Seoane, model, singer, and actress
July 8: Grettell Valdez, television and film actress and former fashion model
December 3: Arleth Terán, soap opera actress
Film
List of Mexican films of 1976
Sport
1975–76 Mexican Primera División season
Diablos Rojos del México win the Mexican League
Mexico at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Mexico at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
1976 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics in Xalapa.
References
External links
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