1997 in Mexico explained

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

See also: National Supreme Court of Justice.

• 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

• Chiapas

• 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

• 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

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

Notes and References

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