1996 in Mexico explained

Events in the year 1996 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

See also: National Supreme Court of Justice.

• President of the Supreme Court: José Vicente Aguinaco Alemán

Governors

• Aguascalientes: Otto Granados Roldán, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI)
• Baja California: Héctor Terán Terán, (National Action Party PAN).^[1]
• Baja California Sur: Guillermo Mercado Romero
• Campeche: Jorge Salomón Azar García
• Chiapas: Julio César Ruíz Ferro
• Chihuahua: Francisco Barrio
• Coahuila: Rogelio Montemayor Seguy
• Colima: Carlos de la Madrid Virgen
  • Durango: Maximiliano Silerio Esparza Guanajuato: Vicente Fox Quesada
• Guerrero: Rubén Figueroa Alcocer/Ángel Aguirre Rivero
• Hidalgo: Jesús Murillo Karam
• Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez
• State of Mexico: César Camacho Quiroz
• Michoacán: Víctor Manuel Tinoco/Ausencio Chávez Hernández
• Morelos: Jorge Carrillo Olea (PRI).^[2]
• Nayarit: Rigoberto Ochoa Zaragoza
• Nuevo León: Benjamín Clariond
• Oaxaca: Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano
• Puebla: Manuel Bartlett Díaz
• Querétaro: Enrique Burgos García
• Quintana Roo: Mario Villanueva Madrid
• San Luis Potosí: Horacio Sánchez Unzueta
• Sinaloa: Renato Vega Alvarado
• Sonora: Manlio Fabio Beltrones Rivera
• 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
• Regent of Mexico City

Oscar Espinosa Villarreal^[3]

Events

• Universidad Metropolitana de Monterrey established.
• Alternative rock group Plastilina Mosh is founded.
• February 16: the San Andres Accords were signed.
• June: The Guadalajara Gay Pride is founded.
• June 28: The Popular Revolutionary Army announces its existence.
• September 22: Nuestra Belleza México 1996 held in Cancun.
• October 23: The Law of Protection of Commerce and Investments from Foreign Policies that Contravene International Law is published.

Awards

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor
  • Griselda Álvarez
  • Alí Chumacero^[4]
• Ohtli Award
  • Gonzalo Barrientos
  • Hector P. Garcia
    • • Carlos Truan Edward R. Roybal

Births

• January 30 : Dafne Navarro, trampoline gymnast^[5]
• March 29 : Juanpa Zurita, Internet personality
• August 12 : Julio Urías, baseball player

Deaths

• May 24 – Octavio Sentíes Gómez, 81, politician (PRI), Governor of Veracruz, Secretary of the Interior, Regent of DF (b. February 9, 1915)^[6]

Hurricanes

• July 24 – August 6: Hurricane Cesar–Douglas
  • August 19 – 26: Hurricane Dolly (1996) September 30 – October 4: Hurricane Hernan

Sports

• • • • • • • 1995–96 Mexican Primera División season 1995–96 Copa Mexico Mexico wins the 1996 U.S. Cup Mexico loses in the final of the Pan American Games football tournament Mexico at the 1996 Summer Olympics Mexico at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Atlético Hidalgo, C.F. Cuautitlán and Real Sociedad de Zacatecas are founded.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baja California: La sucesión anticipada . www.nexos.com.mx . August 31, 2020 . es . 1 Nov 2020.
2. Web site: Jorge Carrillo Olea ahorra tiene Graco Rámirez Garrido en sus manos . Zona Centro Noticias . August 28, 2020 . es . Aug 1, 2018.
3. Web site: ¿Los conociste?, ¿los recuerdas? Ellos fueron los regentes y jefes de Gobierno CDMX . Sopitas.com . August 28, 2020 . es . 5 December 2018.
4. Web site: Alí Chumacero, poesía multipremiada . Vanguardia . August 27, 2020 . es . October 23, 2010.
5. Web site: Trampoline Gymnastics Athlete Profile: NAVARRO LOZA Dafne - Pan American Games Lima 2019 . wrsd.lima2019.pe . 26 October 2020.
6. Web site: Octavio Sentíes Gómez 1915-1996, veracruzano distinguido Versiones . https://web.archive.org/web/20200831173108/https://www.versiones.com.mx/octavio-senties-gomez-1915-1996-veracruzano-distinguido/ . dead . August 31, 2020 . Versiones . August 28, 2020 . es . Sep 30, 2016 .