1997 in Mexico

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Events in the year 1997 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Ernesto Zedillo
Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Emilio Chuayffet.
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): José Ángel Gurría
Communications Secretary (SCT): Carlos Ruiz Sacristán
Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Enrique Cervantes Aguirre
Secretary of Navy: José Ramón Lorenzo Franco
Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): José Antonio González Fernández
Secretary of Welfare: Carlos Rojas Gutiérrez
Secretary of Public Education: Miguel Limón Rojas
Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Óscar Espinosa Villarreal
Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Julia Carabias Lillo
Secretary of Health (SALUD): Juan Ramón de la Fuente

Supreme Court

President of the Supreme Court: José Vicente Aguinaco Alemán

Governors

Head of Government of the Federal District
- Oscar Espinosa Villarreal (PRI) (until December 4)^[1]
- Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (PRD) (starting December 5) First elected leader of Mexico City.^[2]
Aguascalientes: Otto Granados Roldán, (PRI)
Baja California: Héctor Terán Terán, (PAN).^[3]
Baja California Sur: Guillermo Mercado Romero/Leonel Cota Montaño
Campeche: Jorge Salomón Azar García/José Antonio González Curi
Chiapas: Julio César Ruíz Ferro/Roberto Albores Guillén
Chihuahua: Francisco Barrio (PAN)
Coahuila: Rogelio Montemayor Seguy (PAN)
Colima: Carlos de la Madrid Virgen/Fernando Moreno Peña (PAN)
Durango: Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier (PAN)
Guanajuato: Vicente Fox Quesada (PAN),
Guerrero: Ángel Aguirre Rivero
Hidalgo: Jesús Murillo Karam
Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez
State of Mexico: César Camacho Quiroz
Michoacán: Víctor Manuel Tinoco
Morelos: Jorge Carrillo Olea (PRI).^[4]
Nayarit: Rigoberto Ochoa Zaragoza
Nuevo León: Benjamín Clariond/Fernando Canales
Oaxaca: Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano
Puebla: Manuel Bartlett Díaz
Querétaro: Enrique Burgos García/Ignacio Loyola Vera
Quintana Roo: Mario Villanueva Madrid
San Luis Potosí: Horacio Sánchez Unzueta/Fernando Silva Nieto
Sinaloa: Renato Vega Alvarado
Sonora: Manlio Fabio Beltrones Rivera/Armando López Nogales
Tabasco: Roberto Madrazo Pintado
Tamaulipas: Manuel Cavazos Lerma
Tlaxcala: José Antonio Álvarez Lima
Veracruz: Patricio Chirinos Calero
Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco
Zacatecas: Arturo Romo Gutiérrez

Events

Convergence was founded as a "national political grouping".
March 13: Phoenix Lights in Sonora.
June 6: 1997 Mexican legislative election
September: Nuestra Belleza México 1997
December 22: Acteal Massacre

Awards

Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Heberto Castillo

Hurricanes

June 1–7: Tropical Storm Andres (1997)
September 16–26: Hurricane Nora (1997)
September 26 – October 12: Tropical Storm Olaf (1997)
October 5–10: Hurricane Pauline

Sport

1996–97 Mexican Primera División season
1996–97 Copa Mexico
Petroleros de Poza Rica win the Mexican League.
Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1997)
Atlético Mexiquense and Chivas Tijuana are founded.
The Chupacabras race is held for the first time.

Births

October 29 – Ale Müller, actress and singer

Deaths

Luis Aguilar

October 24 – Luis Aguilar, actor and singer (b. 1918)

References

^ "¿Los conociste?, ¿los recuerdas? Ellos fueron los regentes y jefes de Gobierno CDMX". Sopitas.com (in Spanish). 5 December 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
^ "Biografia de Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas". www.biografiasyvidas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
^ "Baja California: La sucesión anticipada". www.nexos.com.mx (in Spanish). 1 Nov 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
^ "Jorge Carrillo Olea ahorra tiene Graco Rámirez Garrido en sus manos" (in Spanish). Zona Centro Noticias. Aug 1, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

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