2004 in Mexico

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This is a list of events that happened in 2004 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Vicente Fox PAN

Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Santiago Creel
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Luis Ernesto Derbez
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): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres
Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Alberto Cárdenas
Secretary of Health (SALUD): Julio Frenk
Attorney General of Mexico (PRG): Rafael Macedo de la Concha

Supreme Court

President of the Supreme Court: Mariano Azuela Güitrón

Governors

Aguascalientes
- Felipe González González PAN, until August 25
- Juan José León Rubio, Interim governor, August 25–November 30^[1]
- Luis Armando Reynoso PAN, starting December 1
Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther PAN
Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota Montaño PRD
Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez PRI
Chiapas: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía PRD
Chihuahua
- Patricio Martínez García PRI, until October 3
- José Reyes Baeza Terrazas PRI, starting October 4
Coahuila: Enrique Martínez y Martínez PRI
Colima: Gustavo Vázquez Montes PRI, starting January 1
Durango
- Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier PRI, until September 14
- Ismael Hernández PRI, starting September 15
Guanajuato: Juan Carlos Romero Hicks PAN
Guerrero: René Juárez Cisneros PRI
Hidalgo: Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto PRI
Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas PAN
State of Mexico: Arturo Montiel PRI
Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel PRD
Morelos: Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez PAN^[2]
Nayarit: Antonio Echevarría Domínguez
Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond PAN
Oaxaca
- José Murat Casab PRI, until November 30
- Ulises Ruiz Ortiz PRI, starting December 1
Puebla: Melquíades Morales PRI
Querétaro
- Ignacio Loyola Vera PAN, until September 30
- Francisco Garrido Patrón PAN, starting October 1
Quintana Roo: Joaquín Hendricks Díaz PRI
San Luis Potosí
- Fernando Silva Nieto, until September 25
- Jesús Marcelo de los Santos PAN, starting September 26
Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán PRI, until December 31
Sonora: Eduardo Bours PRI
Tabasco: Manuel Andrade Díaz PAN, starting January 1
Tamaulipas: Tomás Yarrington PRI
Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya PRD
Veracruz
- Miguel Alemán Velasco PRI, until November 30
- Fidel Herrera Beltrán PRI, starting December 1
Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco PRI
Zacatecas
- Ricardo Monreal PRD, until September 11
- Amalia García PRD, starting September 12
Head of Government of the Federal District: Andrés Manuel López Obrador PRD

Events

Videoscandals
The Desafuero of Manuel López Obrador
The Vallarta Botanical Gardens are founded.
The new Museo Estatal de Arte Popular de Oaxaca gets inaugurated.
The National Institute of Genomic Medicine INMEGEN is founded.
January 12–13: Monterrey Special Summit of the Americas
March 30: Ariel Award ceremony at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
April 30: the Avena case is decided.
May 13: 2004 Mexican UFO incident
May 23: The Comando Jaramillista Morelense 23 de Mayo bomb 3 banks in Cuernavaca, Morelos,
September 10–20: Hurricane Javier (2004)
September 11: Nuestra Belleza México 2004
December 26: 3 Mexicans are among the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Elections

Awards

Sport

Deaths

February 17 – José López Portillo, 51st President of Mexico 1976-1982 (b. 1920)^[4]
August 18 — Víctor Cervera Pacheco, politician (PRI); Governor of Yucatán 1984–1988 and 1995–2001 (b. 1936)

References

^ "'Eligen' a gobernador para Aguascalientes". El Siglo (in European Spanish). 25 Aug 2004. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
^ Cinta, Guillermo (Nov 19, 2018). "LA HISTORIA DEL NARCO EN MORELOS". La Crónica de Morelos | Noticias | Guillermo Cinta (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
^ "Galardona Fox a Carlos Canseco". El Siglo de Torreón (in European Spanish). 8 Oct 2004. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
^ "José López Portillo" (in Spanish). Busca Biografias. Retrieved May 30, 2019.

[1] "'Eligen' a gobernador para Aguascalientes". El Siglo (in European Spanish). 25 Aug 2004. Retrieved August 31, 2020.

[2] Cinta, Guillermo (Nov 19, 2018). "LA HISTORIA DEL NARCO EN MORELOS". La Crónica de Morelos | Noticias | Guillermo Cinta (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.

[3] "Galardona Fox a Carlos Canseco". El Siglo de Torreón (in European Spanish). 8 Oct 2004. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

[4] "José López Portillo" (in Spanish). Busca Biografias. Retrieved May 30, 2019.

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