1998 in Mexico

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Events in the year 1998 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Ernesto Zedillo
• Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Emilio Chuayffet (until 3 January); Francisco Labastida (from 21 May)
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): María del Rosario Green Macías
• 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/Esteban Moctezuma
• 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), until November 30
  • Felipe González González, PAN, starting December 1
• Baja California:
  • Héctor Terán Terán, (National Action Party (PAN)), died in office, October 4. ^[1]
  • Alejandro González Alcocer, Substitute, PAN
• Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota Montaño (PRD)/Guillermo Mercado Romero (PRI)
• Campeche: José Antonio González Curi
• Chiapas: Julio Cesar Ruiz Ferro/Roberto Albores Guillén (PRI)
• Chihuahua: Francisco Barrio/Patricio Martínez García (PRI)
• Coahuila: Rogelio Montemayor Seguy (PRI)
• Colima: Fernando Moreno Peña (PRI)
• Durango: Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier (PRI)
• Guanajuato: Vicente Fox (PAN)
• Guerrero: Angel Aguirre Rivero (PAN)
• Hidalgo: Jesús Murillo Karam/Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez (PAN)
• Jalisco: Humberto Lugo Gil/Manuel Angel Nunez Soto (PAN)
• State of Mexico: César Camacho Quiroz/Arturo Montiel Rojas (PRI)
• Michoacán: Víctor Manuel Tinoco
• Morelos: Antonio Riva Palacio López/Jorge Morales Barud (Substitute—PRI). ^[2]
• Nayarit: Rigoberto Ochoa Zaragoza
• Nuevo León: Fernando Canales (PRI)
• Oaxaca: Heladio Ramírez López (PRI)
• Puebla: Melquiades Morales Flores/Manuel Bartlett Díaz (PRI)
• Querétaro: Ignacio Loyola Vera (PRI)
• Quintana Roo: Mario Villanueva Madrid/Joaquín Hendricks Díaz (PRI)
• San Luis Potosí: Manuel Bartlett Díaz/Fernando Silva Nieto (PRI)
• Sinaloa: Renato Vega Alvarado/Juan S. Millán (PRI)
• Sonora: Armando López Nogales (PRI)
• Tabasco: Roberto Madrazo Pintado (PRI)
• Tamaulipas: Manuel Cavazos Lerma
• Tlaxcala: José Antonio Álvarez Lima (PRI)
• Veracruz: Patricio Chirinos Calero/Miguel Alemán Velasco (PRI)
• Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco (PRI)
• Zacatecas: Ricardo Monreal Ávila (PRI)
• Head of Government of the Federal District
  • Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), (until September 29) ^[3]
  • Rosario Robles (PRD) (starting September 29)

Events

• El diario de Daniela begins airing on television.
• March 18: The TV channel Canal del Congreso is launched.
• April 21: the Pinacoteca Diego Rivera is inaugurated.
• August 30: 1998 Mexican Fobaproa funds referendum
• September 14: Camila (telenovela) begins.
• September 19: Nuestra Belleza México 1998

Awards

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – José Angel Conchello Dávila (post mortem) ^[4]
• Ohtli Award
  • Burton E. Grossman
  • Dolores Huerta
  • Pete Rodriguez
  • Guadalupe Reyes

Hurricanes

• August 21–24: Tropical Storm Charley (1998)
• September 1–3: Hurricane Isis (1998)
• October 15–26: Hurricane Lester (1998)
• October 16–20: Hurricane Madeline (1998)
• October 22 – November 9: Hurricane Mitch

Sport

• 1997–98 Mexican Primera División season.
• Guerreros de Oaxaca win the Mexican League.
• March 20: Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1998)
• July 18: Ruleta de la Muerte (1998)
• December 13: Guerra de Titanes (1998)

Births

• April 3 - Humberto Castellanos, baseball player
• November 10 – Karen Villanueva, rhythmic gymnast ^[5]

Deaths

• September 5 – Fernando Balzaretti, actor (b. 1946)
• December 13 – Ariadna Welter, actress (b. 1930)

References

1. "Baja California: La sucesión anticipada". www.nexos.com.mx (in Spanish). 1 Nov 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
2. Frikas, Javier Jaramillo (Nov 12, 2012). "El doctor Morales Barud". La Unión (in European Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
3. "Biografia de Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas". www.biografiasyvidas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
4. "DIARIO DE LOS DEBATES" (PDF) (in Spanish). Senado de la Republica. 8 Oct 1998. p. 5. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
5. "Rhythmic Gymnastics | Athlete Profile: VILLANUEVA Karen - Pan American Games Lima 2019". wrsd.lima2019.pe. Retrieved 28 June 2020.