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2006 in Mexico

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This is a list of events that happened in 2006 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

President

  • President
    • Vicente Fox PAN, until November 30
    • Felipe Calderón PAN, starting December 1

Cabinet

Main article: Cabinet of Mexico

  • Interior Secretary (SEGOB)
    • Santiago Creel, until November 30
    • Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña, starting December 1
  • Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE)
    • Luis Ernesto Derbez, until November 30
    • Patricia Espinosa, starting December 1
  • Communications Secretary (SCT)
    • Pedro Cerisola, until November 30
    • Luis Téllez, starting December 1
  • Education Secretary (SEP)
    • Reyes Tamez, until November 30
    • Josefina Vázquez Mota, starting December 1
  • Secretary of Defense (SEDENA)
    • Gerardo Clemente Vega, until November 30
    • Guillermo Galván Galván, starting December 1
  • Secretary of Navy (SEMAR)
    • Marco Antonio Peyrot González, until November 30
    • Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza, starting December 1
  • Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS)
    • Francisco Javier Salazar Sáenz, until November 30
    • Javier Lozano Alarcón, starting December 1
  • Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL)
    • Josefina Vázquez Mota, until November 30
    • Beatriz Zavala, starting December 1
  • Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres
  • Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT)
    • José Luis Luege Tamargo, until November 30
    • Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, starting December 1
  • Secretary of Health (SALUD)
    • Julio Frenk, until November 30
    • José Ángel Córdova, starting December 1
  • Secretary of Public Security (SSP)
    • Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, until November 30
    • Genaro García Luna, starting December 1
  • Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP)
    • Francisco Gil Díaz, until November 30
    • Agustín Carstens, starting December 1
  • Secretariat of Energy (Mexico) (SENER): Georgina Yamilet Kessel Martínez, starting December 1
  • Secretary of Agriculture (SAGARPA): Alberto Cárdenas, starting December 1
  • Secretary of Public Function (FUNCIÓN PÚBLICA): German Martínez Cázares, starting December 1
  • Secretary of Agrarian Reform (SRA): Germán Martínez, starting December 1
  • Attorney General of Mexico (PRG)
    • Daniel Cabeza de Vaca, until November 30
    • Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, starting December 1

Supreme Court

  • President of the Supreme Court: Mariano Azuela Güitrón

Governors

  • Aguascalientes: Luis Armando Reynoso PAN
  • Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther PAN
  • Baja California Sur: Narciso Agúndez Montaño PRD
  • Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez PAN
  • Chiapas
    • Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía PRD, until December 7
    • Juan Sabines Guerrero (Coalition for the Good of All), starting December 8
  • Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas PRI
  • Coahuila: Humberto Moreira PRI
  • Colima: Gustavo Vázquez Montes PRI
  • Durango: Ismael Hernández PRI
  • Guanajuato
    • Juan Carlos Romero Hicks PAN, until September 25
    • Juan Manuel Oliva PAN, starting September 26
  • Guerrero: Zeferino Torreblanca PRD
  • Hidalgo: Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong PRI
  • Jalisco
    • Alberto Cárdenas PAN, until November 20
    • Gerardo Solís Gómez PAN, substitute governor
  • State of Mexico: Enrique Peña Nieto PRI
  • Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel PRD
  • Morelos
    • Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez PAN, until October 1.
    • Marco Antonio Adame PAN, starting October 1.
  • Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez
  • Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond PAN
  • Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz PRI
  • Puebla: Mario Plutarco Marín Torres PRI
  • Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón PAN
  • Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto PRI
  • San Luis Potosí: Jesús Marcelo de los Santos PAN
  • Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán PRI, until December 31
  • Sonora: Eduardo Bours PRI
  • Tabasco: Manuel Andrade Díaz PAN, until December 31
  • Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores PRI
  • Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya PRD
  • Veracruz: Fidel Herrera Beltrán PRI
  • Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco PRI
  • Zacatecas: Amalia García PRD
  • Head of Government of the Federal District
    • Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez PRD, until December 4
    • Marcelo Ebrard PRD, starting December 5

Events

  • The Broad Progressive Front is founded
  • The Garros Galería is established.
  • The Televisa Law is approved.
  • The Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve is declared by the UNESCO in Morelos.
  • The Biosphere Reserve of Huatulco is declared by the UNESCO in Oaxaca.
  • January: The Other Campaign
  • January 25: Juana Barraza is apprehended.
  • February 4: Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel and Towers incident.
  • February 19: Pasta de Conchos mine disaster
  • March 2: Cumbres case
  • March: Santiago Mexquititlán raid
  • April 10: 2006 Mexico DC-9 drug bust
  • May: Jojutla crater discovered on Mars by astronomer Andres Eloy Martínez Rojas.
  • May 3: 2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco
  • May 27: Eutelsat 113 West A is launched.
  • June 17: Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca
  • June 27: Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport inaugurated.
  • June 28: Miss Latin America 2006 held in Riviera Maya.
  • September 2: Nuestra Belleza México 2006
  • September 16: the Faro del Comercio is re-inaugurated.
  • November 10: The government of Mexico City approves a law on civil unions, becoming the first local government to allow same sex unions in Mexico.
  • December 11: Beginning of the Mexican drug war
  • unknown date: Galia Moss, a Latin American sailor crosses the Atlantic Ocean alone.

Elections

Awards

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Mexico

  • Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor - Jesús Kumate Rodríguez
  • Order of the Aztec Eagle
  • National Prize for Arts and Sciences
  • National Public Administration Prize
  • Ohtli Award
    • Pete Gallego
    • Buddy Garcia
    • Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr.
    • Ed Pastor
    • Jared Polis
    • Santiago Wood

Notable deaths

References

References

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  4. (July 2012). "Sierra de Huautla". UNESCO Ecological Sciences for Sustainable Development.
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  6. Eichner, Itamar. (October 16, 2010). "Making aliyah on board a yacht". Ynet News.
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  8. García, Elsa. (16 July 2006). "Ejecutan a alcalde panista en Jalisco". [[Esmas.com]].
  9. (17 September 2006). "Pablo Santos, 19; Actor Had Role on WB’s ‘Greetings From Tucson’".
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