2005 in Mexico explained

Events in the year 2005 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

See also: Cabinet of Mexico.

• Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Santiago Creel
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Luis Ernesto Derbez
• 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 (date of resignation not available)
  • Francisco Javier Salazar Sáenz (date of appointment not available)
• Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL): Josefina Vázquez Mota
• Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres
• Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT)
  • Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez, until June 23^[1]
  • José Luis Luege Tamargo, starting June 23
• Secretary of Health (SALUD): Julio Frenk
• Attorney General of Mexico (PRG)
  • Rafael Macedo de la Concha, until April 27
  • Daniel Cabeza de Vaca, starting April 28

Supreme Court

See also: National Supreme Court of Justice.

• President of the Supreme Court: Mariano Azuela Güitrón

Governors

• • • Aguascalientes: Luis Armando Reynoso Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther Baja California Sur
  • Leonel Cota Montaño, until April 5.
  • Narciso Agúndez Montaño, starting April 5.
    • • Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez Chiapas: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas Coahuila
  • Enrique Martínez y Martínez, until February 15
  • Humberto Moreira, starting February 17
    • • Colima: Gustavo Vázquez Montes Durango: Ismael Hernández Guanajuato: Juan Carlos Romero Hicks Guerrero
  • René Juárez Cisneros, date not available
  • Zeferino Torreblanca, date not available
• Hidalgo
  • Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto, until March 31
  • Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, starting April 1
  • Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas State of Mexico
  • Arturo Montiel, until September 16
  • Enrique Peña Nieto, starting September 16
  • Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel Morelos: Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez ^[2]
• Nayarit
  • Antonio Echevarría Domínguez, until September
  • Ney González Sánchez, starting September
    • Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz Puebla
  • Melquíades Morales, until January 31
  • Mario Plutarco Marín Torres, starting February 1
  • Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón Quintana Roo
  • Joaquín Hendricks Díaz, until April 4
  • Félix González Canto, starting April 5
  • San Luis Potosí: Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán, until December 31
  • Sonora: Eduardo Bours Tabasco: Manuel Andrade Díaz, starting January 1
• Tamaulipas
  • Tomás Yarrington, until February 1
  • Eugenio Hernández Flores, starting February 5
    • • • Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya Veracruz: Fidel Herrera Beltrán Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco Zacatecas: Amalia García Head of Government of the Federal District

Events

• CUMEX is formed.
• The Socialist Alliance (Mexico) is formed.
• The Centro de Investigaciones Cientifícas de las Huastecas 'Aguazarca' is founded.
• January 30 – New Alliance Party founded.
• March 23 – The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America is signed by the leaders of Canada, Mexico and the United States in Waco, Texas.
  • March 29 – Ariel Award in 2005 April 7 – The Chamber of Deputies votes to lift Andrés Manuel López Obrador's constitutional immunity against prosecution (desafuero).
    • April 16–17 – National Assembly of the Socialist Left May 8 – 2005 Denver police officer shooting June 8: Alejandro Domínguez Coello is murdered.
• July 18 – Hurricane Emily (category 4) hits the Yucatán Peninsula.
  • September 2 – Nuestra Belleza México 2005 September 8 – The Mexican Army is received with honors at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas in response to Hurricane Katrina.
• October 4 – Hurricane Stan (category 1) hits the state of Veracruz.
• October 21 – Hurricane Wilma (category 4) hits the Yucatán Peninsula.
• November 4 – Start of the Mar del Plata Summit of the Americas.
• November 7 – radio program El Weso starts airing.
• November 10 – Beginning of the 2005 Mexico and Venezuela diplomatic crisis.
• December 9 – the Mesoamerican Energy Integration Program was signed between by Mexico, Colombia, Dominican Republic and Central America.
• December 25 — The Popocateptl volcano's crater produced an explosion which ejected a large column of smoke and ash about 3km (02miles) into the atmosphere and expulsion of lava.

Elections

• 2005 Coahuila state election
• 2005 Colima gubernatorial election
• 2005 State of Mexico election

Awards

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor - Gilberto Borja Navarrete^[3]
  • • • Order of the Aztec Eagle National Prize for Arts and Sciences National Public Administration Prize Ohtli Award
  • Marylou Olivarez Mason
    • • Miguel D. Wise Blanca Alvarado
  • Ruben Barrales

Popular culture

Sports

• • • • • • • • • • • Primera División de México Clausura 2005 Primera División de México Apertura 2005 2005 InterLiga Fútbol Americano 2005 Mexican Figure Skating Championships 2005 Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate 2005 Desafío Corona season 2005 Rally México 2005 Caribbean Series in Mazatlán Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2005) 2005 IIHF World Championship Division III won by Mexico in Mexico.

Film

See main article: Mexican films of 2005.

• March 29  - The XLVII edition of the Ariel Award by the Mexican Academy of Film takes place at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City
• November 4  - La mujer de mi hermano

TV

Telenovelas

• July 18  - Amor en custodia on TV Azteca
• July 18  - La esposa virgen on Televisa
• September 26  - El Amor No Tiene Precio on Televisa
• October 3  - Machos on TV Azteca

Notable deaths

• January 5  - Eduardo Hay (89), International Olympic Committee
• January 14  - Ofelia Guilmain (83), Spanish -born film and stage actress
• January 18  - Teodoro Herrera Sosa, politician, former municipal president, Soto la Marina, Tamaulipas;murdered along with wife and two children.^{[4] [5]}
• January 22  - Consuelo Velázquez (88), songwriter and lyricist, and author of the enduring song Bésame Mucho
• February 24  - Gustavo Vázquez Montes (42), incumbent governor of Colima
• March 27  - Rigo Tovar (58), popular singer and composer
• April 10  - Raúl Gibb Guerrero (53), newspaper editor
• April 16  - Dolores Guadalupe García Escamilla (39), journalist
• April 16  - Jaime Fernández (67), actor
• April 29  - Mariana Levy (39), actress
• May 5  - Édgar Ponce (30), actor
• June 5  - Oscar Morelli (59), actor
• June 5  - Adolfo Aguilar Zínser (55), scholar, diplomat and politician
• June 8  - Alejandro Domínguez (52), chief of police of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
• July 2  - Martin Sanchez (26), boxer
• July 6  - Marga López (81), Argentine -born screen and television actress
• August 6  - Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine (86), trade union leader
• September 21  - Ramón Martín Huerta (48), minister of public security of the federal government
• November 6  - Ignacio Burgoa Orihuela (87), lawyer and professor

Notes and References

1. Web site: El Universal. Perfil: Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez. 24 Nov 2006. September 2, 2020. es.
2. Web site: Cinta . Guillermo . LA HISTORIA DEL NARCO EN MORELOS . La Crónica de Morelos Noticias Guillermo Cinta . August 28, 2020 . es . Nov 19, 2018.
3. Web site: Para Borja Navarrete, la medalla Belisario . El Universal . August 28, 2020 . es. 7 Oct 2005.
4. News: Sánchez. Martín. Encuentran muertos a ex edil de Soto la Marina y dos de sus hijos . 18 June 2012. La Jornada. 18 January 2005. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20090717145533/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2005/01/18/008n1pol.php. 17 July 2009. live.
5. News: Ejecutan a ex alcalde en Tamaulipas. 18 June 2012. Esmas.com. 18 January 2005. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20091021090146/http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/419074.html. 21 October 2009. live.