1999 in Mexico

← 1998 1997 1996 1999 in Mexico → 2000 2001 2002
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See also:	Other events of 1999 List of years in Mexico

Events in the year 1999 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: Felipe González González, (National Action Party, PAN)
• Baja California: Alejandro González Alcocer, Substitute, (PAN)
• Baja California Sur:
• Campeche:
• Chiapas:
• Chihuahua:
• Coahuila:
• Colima:
• Durango:
• Guanajuato:
• Guerrero:
• Hidalgo:
• Jalisco:
• State of Mexico:
• Michoacán:
• Morelos: Jorge Morales Barud (Substitute—PRI).[1]
• 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
  • Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), (until September 29)[2]
  • Rosario Robles (PRD) (starting September 29)

Events

• The banderas monumentales program is initiated.
• January: 1999 UNAM strike
• March 21: 1999 Mexican referendums
• June 15: 1999 Tehuacán earthquake
• August 18–25: Hurricane Bret
• September 5–9: Hurricane Greg
• September 12: Nuestra Belleza México 1999
• September 30: 1999 Oaxaca earthquake
• September – October: 1999 Mexico floods
• November: Mexico hosts the first Parapan American Games[3]

Awards

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Carlos Fuentes[4]
• Order of the Aztec Eagle
• National Prize for Arts and Sciences
• National Public Administration Prize
• Ohtli Award
  • Deborah V. Ortiz
  • David R. Maciel

Sport

• Primera División de México Verano 1999.
• Primera División de México Invierno 1999.
• 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Final.
• Mexico participate in the 1999 Copa América and become 3rd.
• Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (1999).
• Ruleta de la Muerte (1999).
• 1999 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship in Monterrey.

Television

Debuted

• Alma Rebelde
• Catalina y Sebastián
• Háblame de amor
• Laberintos de pasión
• Mujeres engañadas
• Nunca Te Olvidaré
• Por tu amor
• Rosalinda
• Tres mujeres
• Yacaranday

Ended

• Alma Rebelde
• Camila
• Catalina y Sebastián
• El diario de Daniela
• Nunca Te Olvidaré
• Por tu amor
• El Privilegio de Amar
• Rosalinda
• Yacaranday

Deaths

• March 19: Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (Horal, 1950) and Tarumba in Mexico City (b. 1926).[5]
• May 15: Gutierre Tibón, Italian-Mexican writer (b. 1905)
• July 22: Lauro Ortega Martínez, 89, governor of Morelos 1982-1988 (b. 1910)[6]

See also

• List of Mexican films of 1999

References

1. Frikas, Javier Jaramillo (Nov 12, 2012). "El doctor Morales Barud". La Unión (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
2. "Biografia de Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas". www.biografiasyvidas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
3. "Mexico 1999 Parapan American Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
4. "Medalla Belisario Domínguez" (in Spanish). Senado de la Republica. 7 Oct 1999. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
5. "Jaime Sabines, el poeta de todos nosotros" [Jaime Sabines, the poet of all of us], El Pais (in Spanish), Madrid, March 19, 2019, retrieved May 2, 2019
6. Cinta, Guillermo (July 24, 2010), "Aniversario luctuoso de don Lauro" [Anniversary of the death of Don Lauro], La Union de Morelos (in Spanish), Cuernavaca, retrieved June 1, 2019

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