2006 in Mexico

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This is a list of events that happened in 2006 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

President

• President
  • Vicente Fox PAN, until November 30
  • Felipe Calderón PAN, starting December 1

Cabinet

Main article: Cabinet of Mexico

• Interior Secretary (SEGOB)
  • Santiago Creel, until November 30
  • Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña, starting December 1 ^[1]
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE)
  • Luis Ernesto Derbez, until November 30
  • Patricia Espinosa, starting December 1 ^[1]
• Communications Secretary (SCT)
  • Pedro Cerisola, until November 30
  • Luis Téllez, starting December 1 ^[1]
• Education Secretary (SEP)
  • Reyes Tamez, until November 30
  • Josefina Vázquez Mota, starting December 1 ^[1]
• Secretary of Defense (SEDENA)
  • Gerardo Clemente Vega, until November 30
  • Guillermo Galván Galván, starting December 1 ^[1]
• Secretary of Navy (SEMAR)
  • Marco Antonio Peyrot González, until November 30
  • Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza, starting December 1 ^[1]
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS)
  • Francisco Javier Salazar Sáenz, until November 30
  • Javier Lozano Alarcón, starting December 1 ^[1]
• Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL)
  • Josefina Vázquez Mota, until November 30
  • Beatriz Zavala, starting December 1 ^[1]
• Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres ^[1]
• Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT)
  • José Luis Luege Tamargo, until November 30
  • Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, starting December 1 ^[1]
• Secretary of Health (SALUD)
  • Julio Frenk, until November 30
  • José Ángel Córdova, starting December 1 ^[1]
• Secretary of Public Security (SSP)
  • Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, until November 30
  • Genaro García Luna, starting December 1 ^[1]
• Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP)
  • Francisco Gil Díaz, until November 30
  • Agustín Carstens, starting December 1 ^[1]
• Secretariat of Energy (Mexico) (SENER): Georgina Yamilet Kessel Martínez, starting December 1 ^[1]
• Secretary of Agriculture (SAGARPA): Alberto Cárdenas, starting December 1 ^[1]
• Secretary of Public Function (FUNCIÓN PÚBLICA): German Martínez Cázares, starting December 1 ^[1]
• Secretary of Agrarian Reform (SRA): Germán Martínez, starting December 1 ^[1]
• Attorney General of Mexico (PRG)
  • Daniel Cabeza de Vaca, until November 30
  • Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, starting December 1 ^[1]

Supreme Court

See also: National Supreme Court of Justice

• President of the Supreme Court: Mariano Azuela Güitrón

Governors

• Aguascalientes: Luis Armando Reynoso PAN
• Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther PAN
• Baja California Sur: Narciso Agúndez Montaño PRD
• Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez PAN
• Chiapas
  • Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía PRD, until December 7
  • Juan Sabines Guerrero (Coalition for the Good of All), starting December 8
• Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas PRI
• Coahuila: Humberto Moreira PRI
• Colima: Gustavo Vázquez Montes PRI
• Durango: Ismael Hernández PRI
• Guanajuato
  • Juan Carlos Romero Hicks PAN, until September 25
  • Juan Manuel Oliva PAN, starting September 26
• Guerrero: Zeferino Torreblanca PRD
• Hidalgo: Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong PRI
• Jalisco
  • Alberto Cárdenas PAN, until November 20
  • Gerardo Solís Gómez PAN, substitute governor
• State of Mexico: Enrique Peña Nieto PRI
• Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel PRD
• Morelos
  • Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez PAN, until October 1. ^[2]
  • Marco Antonio Adame PAN, starting October 1. ^[3]
• Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez
• Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond PAN
• Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz PRI
• Puebla: Mario Plutarco Marín Torres PRI
• Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón PAN
• Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto PRI
• San Luis Potosí: Jesús Marcelo de los Santos PAN
• Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán PRI, until December 31
• Sonora: Eduardo Bours PRI
• Tabasco: Manuel Andrade Díaz PAN, until December 31
• Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores PRI
• Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya PRD
• Veracruz: Fidel Herrera Beltrán PRI
• Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco PRI
• Zacatecas: Amalia García PRD
• Head of Government of the Federal District
  • Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez PRD, until December 4
  • Marcelo Ebrard PRD, starting December 5

Events

• The Broad Progressive Front is founded
• The Garros Galería is established.
• The Televisa Law is approved.
• The Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve is declared by the UNESCO in Morelos. ^[4]
• The Biosphere Reserve of Huatulco is declared by the UNESCO in Oaxaca.
• January: The Other Campaign
• January 25: Juana Barraza is apprehended.
• February 4: Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel and Towers incident.
• February 19: Pasta de Conchos mine disaster
• March 2: Cumbres case
• March: Santiago Mexquititlán raid
• April 10: 2006 Mexico DC-9 drug bust
• May: Jojutla crater discovered on Mars by astronomer Andres Eloy Martínez Rojas. ^[5]
• May 3: 2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco
• May 27: Eutelsat 113 West A is launched.
• June 17: Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca
• June 27: Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport inaugurated.
• June 28: Miss Latin America 2006 held in Riviera Maya.
• September 2: Nuestra Belleza México 2006
• September 16: the Faro del Comercio is re-inaugurated.
• November 10: The government of Mexico City approves a law on civil unions, becoming the first local government to allow same sex unions in Mexico.
• December 11: Beginning of the Mexican Drug War
• unknown date: Galia Moss, a Latin American sailor crosses the Atlantic Ocean alone. ^[6]

Elections

• 2006 Mexican general election
• 2006 Chiapas state election
• 2006 Colima state election
• 2006 Mexican Federal District election
• 2006 Guanajuato state election
• 2006 Jalisco state election
• 2006 Nuevo León state election
• 2006 Sonora state election
• 2006 State of Mexico election
• 2006 Tabasco state election

Awards

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Mexico

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor - Jesús Kumate Rodríguez
• Order of the Aztec Eagle
• National Prize for Arts and Sciences
• National Public Administration Prize
• Ohtli Award
  • Pete Gallego
  • Buddy Garcia
  • Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr.
  • Ed Pastor
  • Jared Polis
  • Santiago Wood

Popular culture

Sports

• Primera División de México Clausura 2006
• Primera División de México Apertura 2006
• 2006 InterLiga
• 2005 Copa Sudamericana Finals
• Mexico compete at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
• Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional
• 2006 Desafío Corona season
• 2006 Gran Premio Telmex
• 2006 Rally México
• 2006 Mexican Figure Skating Championships
• Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2006)
• 2006 Centrobasket Women in Mexico City.
• 2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Baja California.
• Mexico at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

Film

Main article: Mexican films of 2006

• Una película de huevos
• Efectos secundarios – September 1
• Pretendiendo
• Pan's Labyrinth – October 2
• Así del precipicio
• Cansada de besar sapos – December

TV

Telenovelas

• Heridas de amor
• La fea más bella
• Código postal – May 22

Notable deaths

• January 1 – Mapita Cortés, 75, Puerto Rican -born actress of the cinema of Mexico
• January 13 – Raúl Anguiano, 90, painter and muralist, heart failure.
• February 10 – Juan Soriano, 85, painter and sculptor.
• February 12 – Juan Sánchez-Navarro y Peón, 92, entrepreneur and co-founder of the PAN.
• March 7 – Ludwik Margules, 72, theatre director, cancer.
• March 29 – Salvador Elizondo, 73, writer.
• April 5 – Armando Labra, 62, economist.
• April 20 – Miguel Zacarías Nogaim, 101, film director.
• April 30 – Beatriz Sheridan, 71, actress and director, heart attack.
• May 4 – Valentin Trujillo, 55, actor, heart attack.
• May 22 – Lilia Prado, 78, actress, multiple organ failure.
• May 23 – Ángel Fernández, 80, sports broadcaster, renal failure.
• July 15 – Raúl Delgado Benavides, politician, Municipal president (Cuautitlán, Jalisco); murdered ^{[7] [8]}
• August 4 – Julio Galán, 47, painter
• September 15 – Pablo Santos, 19, actor ^[9]
• October 9 – Mario Moya Palencia, 73, politician, heart attack.
• October 24 – Rafael Ramírez Heredia, 67, writer, lung cancer.
• November 1 – Daniel García "Huracán Ramírez", 80, wrestler, heart attack.
• November 6 – Miguel Aceves Mejía, 90, singer, bronchitis.
• November 19 – Francisco Quirós Hermosillo, General. Cancer.
• November 23 – Jesús Blancornelas, 70, journalist, cancer.

See also

• 2006 Oaxaca protests

References

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2. Cinta, Guillermo (Nov 19, 2018). "LA HISTORIA DEL NARCO EN MORELOS". La Crónica de Morelos | Noticias | Guillermo Cinta (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
3. "Marco Antonio Adame Castillo". Líderes Mexicanos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 3, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
4. "Sierra de Huautla". UNESCO Ecological Sciences for Sustainable Development. July 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
5. "¿Sabías qué...? - Tierra, Jojutla y Campo" [Did you know...? - Earth, Jojutla, and Fields] (in Spanish). Agencia Espacial Mexicana. October 18, 2017. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
6. Eichner, Itamar (October 16, 2010). "Making aliyah on board a yacht". Ynet News.
7. "Violencia sin freno". Proceso (in Spanish). 23 July 2006. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
8. García, Elsa (16 July 2006). "Ejecutan a alcalde panista en Jalisco". Esmas.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
9. "Pablo Santos, 19; Actor Had Role on WB's 'Greetings From Tucson'". LA Times (archive). 17 September 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2022.