1997 in Mexico

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Events in the year 1997 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Ernesto Zedillo
• Interior Secretary (SEGOB):
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE):
• Communications Secretary (SCT):
• Education Secretary (SEP):
• Secretary of Defense (SEDENA):
• Secretary of Navy:
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare:
• Secretary of Welfare:
• Secretary of Public Education:
• Tourism Secretary (SECTUR):
• Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT):
• Secretary of Health (SALUD):

Supreme Court

• President of the Supreme Court:

Governors

• Aguascalientes: Otto Granados Roldán, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI)
• Baja California: Héctor Terán Terán, (National Action Party (PAN).[1]
• Baja California Sur:
• Campeche:
• Chiapas:
• Chihuahua:
• Coahuila:
• Colima:
• Durango:
• Guanajuato:
• Guerrero:
• Hidalgo:
• Jalisco:
• State of Mexico:
• Michoacán:
• Morelos: Jorge Carrillo Olea (PRI).[2]
• Nayarit:
• Nuevo León:
• Oaxaca:
• Puebla:
• Querétaro:
• Quintana Roo:
• San Luis Potosí:
• Sinaloa:
• Sonora:
• Tabasco:
• Tamaulipas:
• Tlaxcala:
• Veracruz:
• Yucatán:
• Zacatecas:
• Head of Government of the Federal District
  • Oscar Espinosa Villarreal (until December 4)[3]
  • Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (starting December 5) First elected leader of Mexico City.[4]

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.

References

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

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