2007 in Mexico explained

This is a list of events that happened in 2007 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

See main article: Cabinet of Mexico.

• Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña^[1]
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Patricia Espinosa
• Communications Secretary (SCT): Luis Téllez
• Education Secretary (SEP): Josefina Vázquez Mota
• Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Guillermo Galván Galván
• Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): Javier Lozano Alarcón
• Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL): Beatriz Zavala
• Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres
• Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada
• Secretary of Health (SALUD): José Ángel Córdova
• Secretary of Public Security (SSP): Genaro García Luna
• Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP): Agustín Carstens
• Secretariat of Energy (Mexico) (SENER): Georgina Yamilet Kessel Martínez, starting December 1
• Secretary of Agriculture (SAGARPA): Alberto Cárdenas
• Secretary of Public Function (FUNCIÓN PÚBLICA)
  • German Martínez Cázares, until November 8
  • Salvador Vega Casillas, starting November 8
• Secretary of Agrarian Reform (SRA): Germán Martínez
• Secretary of Economy (SE): Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape
• Attorney General of Mexico (PRG): Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza

Supreme Court

See also: National Supreme Court of Justice.

• President of the Supreme Court: Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia

Governors

• • • • • Aguascalientes: Luis Armando Reynoso Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther Baja California Sur: Narciso Agúndez Montaño Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez Chiapas: Juan Sabines Guerrero, Coalition for the Good of All
          • • • Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas Coahuila: Humberto Moreira Colima: Gustavo Vázquez Montes Durango: Ismael Hernández Guanajuato: Juan Manuel Oliva Guerrero: Zeferino Torreblanca Hidalgo: Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong Jalisco: Gerardo Solís Gómez, substitute governor
    • State of Mexico: Enrique Peña Nieto Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel Morelos: Marco Antonio Adame ^[2]
• Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez
  • • • • • • • • Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz Puebla: Mario Plutarco Marín Torres Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto San Luis Potosí: Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Sinaloa: Jesús Aguilar Padilla Sonora: Eduardo Bours Tabasco: Andrés Granier Melo, starting January 1
          • Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya Veracruz: Fidel Herrera Beltrán Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco Zacatecas: Amalia García Head of Government of the Federal District

Events

• The Tortilla Price Stabilization Pact is agreed on.
  • January 2: Operation Baja California January 11: The government of the state of Coahuila approves a Civil Solidarity Pact ("Pacto Civil de Solidaridad") that permits same sex civil unions statewide. Becoming the second local government to permit same-sex civil unions in Mexico.
• April 20–26: 2007 tornado outbreak sequence
  • May 28: Miss Universe 2007 June 15: Miss Latin America 2007
    • • September 20: 2007 Universal Forum of Cultures October: 2007 Tabasco flood October 6: Nuestra Belleza México 2007 October 21: Kab 101

Hurricanes

• • • • • May 29 – June 2: Tropical Storm Barbara (2007) August 13–27: Hurricane Dean Effects of Hurricane Dean in Mexico August 30 – September 6: Hurricane Henriette (2007) September 25–27: Hurricane Lorenzo (2007) October 15–23: Tropical Storm Kiko (2007)

Elections

• 2007 Mexican elections

Awards

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor - Carlos Castillo Peraza (post mortem)
  • • • Order of the Aztec Eagle National Prize for Arts and Sciences National Public Administration Prize Ohtli Award
  • José Cisneros
  • Gerald Richard Barnes

Popular culture

Sports

• Primera División de México Clausura 2007
  • • • • • Primera División de México Apertura 2007 2007 North American SuperLiga 2007 InterLiga 2007 Recopa Sudamericana 2007 Copa Sudamericana Copa Pachuca 2006
            • 2007 Rally México 2007 NASCAR Corona Series season 2007 Gran Premio Tecate Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2007) 2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship 2007 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship 2007 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
    • World Chess Championship 2007 Mexico at the 2007 Pan American Games Mexican football transfers 2006–07

Film

See main article: Mexican films of 2007.

• • List of 2007 box office number-one films in Mexico January 12 – Fuera del cielo
• February 16 – Morirse en domingo
• March 2 – J-ok'el
• March 9 – Niñas mal
• March 13 – La última mirada
• March 30 – Cuando las cosas suceden
• May 18 – J.C. Chávez

TV

Notable deaths

• January 2 – Sergio Jiménez, actor
• January 17 – Juan Reynoso Portillo
• January 20 – Alfredo Ripstein
• February 7 – Antonio Enríquez Savignac
• March 8 – Black Shadow
• March 12 – Antonio Ortiz Mena, economist and politician, former president of the Inter-American Development Bank
• March 16 – Pablo Emilio Madero
• March 20 – Albert Baez
• May 4 – José Antonio Roca
• June 19 – Antonio Aguilar
• June 19 – Enrique Canales
• July 4 – José Roberto Espinosa
• August 7 – Ernesto Alonso, actor, director, cinematographer, producer, pneumonia.
• October 2 – José Antonio Ríos Granados
• November 29 – Juan Antonio Guajardo Anzaldúa, politician, former municipal president, Senator, and Deputy, Río Bravo, Tamaulipas; murdered.^{[3] [4]}
• December 3 – Sergio Gómez, lead vocalist for K-Paz de la Sierra, murdered.

See also

• 2007 Tabasco flood

Notes and References

1. Web site: Este fue el gabinete de Felipe Calderón . www.capitalmexico.com.mx . Capital México . September 17, 2020 . es . Feb 6, 2018.
2. Web site: Marco Antonio Adame Castillo . Líderes Mexicanos . August 28, 2020 . es . September 3, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200903193915/https://lideresmexicanos.com/300/marco-antonio-adame-castillo/ . dead .
3. News: Gunmen kill former Rio Bravo mayor and 5 others. 17 June 2012. The Monitor (Texas). 29 November 2007.
4. News: Atrae PGR muerte de ex diputado en Tamaulipas. 17 June 2012. Esmas.com. 30 November 2007. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20080924175553/http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/682729.html. 24 September 2008. live.