2003 in Mexico explained

Events in the year 2003 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Vicente Fox PAN

See also: Cabinet of Mexico.

Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Santiago Creel
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE)
- Jorge Castañeda Gutman, until January 10
- Luis Ernesto Derbez, starting January 15
Communications Secretary (SCT): Pedro Cerisola
Education Secretary (SEP): Reyes Tamez
Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Gerardo Clemente Vega
Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Marco Antonio Peyrot González
Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): José Carlos María Abascal Carranza
Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL): Josefina Vázquez Mota
Secretary of Tourism (SECTUR)
- Leticia Navarro, until July 29
- Rodolfo Elizondo Torres, starting July 29
Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT)
- Víctor Lichtinger, until June
- Alberto Cárdenas, starting June^[1]
Secretary of Health (SALUD): Julio Frenk
Attorney General of Mexico (PRG): Rafael Macedo de la Concha

Supreme Court

President of the Supreme Court: Mariano Azuela Güitrón

Governors

Campeche
- José Antonio González Curi, until September 15
- Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez PRI, starting September 16
Chiapas: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía PRI
Chihuahua: Patricio Martínez García PRI
Coahuila: Enrique Martínez y Martínez PRI
Colima
- Fernando Moreno Peña PRI, until October 31
- Carlos Flores Dueñas PRI, interim governor November 1-December 31
Durango: Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier PRI
Guanajuato: Juan Carlos Romero Hicks PAN
Guerrero: René Juárez Cisneros PRI
Hidalgo: Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto PRI
Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas PAN
State of Mexico: Arturo Montiel PRI
Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel PRD
Morelos: Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez PAN.^[2]
Nayarit: Antonio Echevarría Domínguez
Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond PAN
Oaxaca: José Murat Casab PRI
Puebla: Melquíades Morales PRI
Querétaro
- Ignacio Loyola Vera PAN, until September 30
- Francisco Garrido Patrón PAN, starting October 1
Quintana Roo: Joaquín Hendricks Díaz PRI
San Luis Potosí
- Fernando Silva Nieto, until September 25
- Jesús Marcelo de los Santos PAN, Starting September 26
Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán PRI
Sonora
- Armando López Nogales PRI, until September 13
- Eduardo Bours PRI, starting September 13
Tabasco: Manuel Andrade Díaz PAN, starting January 1
- Tamaulipas: Tomás Yarrington PRI Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya PRD
Veracruz: Miguel Alemán Velasco PRI
Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco PRI
Zacatecas: Ricardo Monreal PRD
Head of Government of the Federal District

Andrés Manuel López Obrador PRD

Events

Fahrenheit has its first issue published.
The Chiapas Bridge is finished with being constructed.
The México Posible party is founded and dissolved.
January 21: 2003 Colima earthquake.
February 18: The State of Mexico votes in a referendum on the death penalty. 82% of the 806,416 people who voted, voted Yes for the death penalty on crimes of murder, kidnapping, child theft and violent assaults.^[3] ^[4] ^[5]
March 13: Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas is created.
June 2: The Escuela Preparatoria Tlalpan II "Otilio Montaño" is inaugurated.
July 5: The National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples goes into effect.
- July 6: 2003 Mexican legislative election September: World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2003 in Cancun.
September 5: Nuestra Belleza México 2003.
September 28: Optibús starts operations.
November 15: Miss Latin America 2004 held in Cancun.
November 27: the Monterrey Arena is opened.
December 9 – 11: The United Nations Convention against Corruption is opened for signing in Mérida, Yucatán.
December 22: Counter-terrorism base Ixtoc-Alfa is founded by the Mexican Navy.

Hurricanes

- - - - June 26 – 27: Tropical Storm Carlos (2003) June 29 – July 2: Tropical Storm Bill (2003) July 8 – 17: Hurricane Claudette (2003) August 14 – 17: Hurricane Erika (2003) August 22 – 27: Hurricane Ignacio (2003) September 8 – 24: Hurricane Marty (2003) October 1 – 6: Tropical Storm Larry (2003)

Awards

Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor - Luis González y González^[6]

Sport

Primera División de México Clausura 2003
- Primera División de México Apertura 2003 Mexico win the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
  - - - 2003 Centrobasket held in Culiacán 2003 Centrobasket Women 2003 Mexican Figure Skating Championships 2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante 2003 MasterCard Truck Series season 2003 Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III co-hosted with Bosnia 2003 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship Culiacan, Sinaloa 2003 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup Saltillo, Coahuila 2003 Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships Mexico at the 2003 Pan American Games 2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup from San Diego, California, United States to Tijuana, Baja California.
C.F. Mérida founded.
Tijuana Dragons founded.
Monterrey Fury founded.

Film

List of Mexican films of 2003

Births

January 16 – Adriana Hernández, rhythmic gymnast^[7]
May 8 – Joaquín Bondoni, singer, songwriter and actor
September 18 – Ana Galindo, rhythmic gymnast^[8]

Deaths

February 11: Socorro Avelar, actress (b. 1925)
June 10: Alfredo Guati Rojo watercolor artist (b. December 1, 1918)^[9]
November 1: Humberto Briseño Sierra, Mexican lawyer (b. 1914)
November 6: Eduardo Palomo, actor (Corazón salvaje (1993 TV series)) (b. 1962)

Notes and References

Web site: El Universal - - Perfil: Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez . archivo.eluniversal.com.mx . September 2, 2020 . es . 24 Nov 2006.
Web site: Cinta . Guillermo . LA HISTORIA DEL NARCO EN MORELOS . La Crónica de Morelos Noticias Guillermo Cinta . August 28, 2020 . es . Nov 19, 2018.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-feb-19-fg-mexico19-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-feb-18-fg-briefs18.4-story.html
https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2003/02/16/mexico-state-to-hold-poll-on-death-penalty/30508450007/
Web site: DICTAMEN POR EL QUE SE POSTULA AL C. MAESTRO LUIS GONZÁLEZ Y GONZÁLEZ COMO CANDIDATO A RECIBIR LA MEDALLA DE HONOR BELISARIO DOMÍNGUEZ DEL SENADO DE LA REPUBLICA, CORRESPONDIENTE AL AÑO 2003 . Senado de la Republica . August 28, 2020 . es . 2 Sep 2003.
Web site: Rhythmic Gymnastics Athlete Profile: HERNANDEZ Adriana - Pan American Games Lima 2019 . wrsd.lima2019.pe . 2 June 2020.
Web site: Rhythmic Gymnastics Athlete Profile: GALINDO Ana - Pan American Games Lima 2019 . wrsd.lima2019.pe . 2 June 2020.
Web site: Alfredo Guati Rojo. Museo Nacional de la Aquarela. June 1, 2019. es.