2004 in Mexico

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This is a list of events that happened in 2004 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Vicente Fox   PAN

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
• Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL): Josefina Vázquez Mota
• Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres
• Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Alberto Cárdenas
• Secretary of Health (SALUD): Julio Frenk
• Attorney General of Mexico (PRG): Rafael Macedo de la Concha

Supreme Court

See also: National Supreme Court of Justice

• President of the Supreme Court: Mariano Azuela Güitrón

Governors

• Aguascalientes
  • Felipe González González   PAN, until August 25
  • Juan José León Rubio, Interim governor, August 25–November 30 ^[1]
  • Luis Armando Reynoso   PAN, starting December 1
• Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther   PAN
• Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota Montaño PRD
• Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez   PRI
• Chiapas: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía PRD
• Chihuahua
  • Patricio Martínez García   PRI, until October 3
  • José Reyes Baeza Terrazas   PRI, starting October 4
• Coahuila: Enrique Martínez y Martínez   PRI
• Colima: Gustavo Vázquez Montes   PRI, starting January 1
• Durango
  • Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier   PRI, until September 14
  • Ismael Hernández   PRI, starting September 15
• 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, until November 30
  • Ulises Ruiz Ortiz   PRI, starting December 1
• 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, until December 31
• Sonora: Eduardo Bours   PRI
• Tabasco: Manuel Andrade Díaz   PAN, starting January 1
• Tamaulipas: Tomás Yarrington   PRI
• Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya PRD
• Veracruz
  • Miguel Alemán Velasco   PRI, until November 30
  • Fidel Herrera Beltrán   PRI, starting December 1
• Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco   PRI
• Zacatecas
  • Ricardo Monreal PRD, until September 11
  • Amalia García PRD, starting September 12
• Head of Government of the Federal District: Andrés Manuel López Obrador PRD

Events

• Videoscandals
• The Desafuero of Manuel López Obrador
• The Vallarta Botanical Gardens are founded.
• The new Museo Estatal de Arte Popular de Oaxaca gets inaugurated.
• The National Institute of Genomic Medicine INMEGEN is founded.
• January 12–13: Monterrey Special Summit of the Americas
• March 30: Ariel Award ceremony at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
• April 30: the Avena case is decided.
• May 13: 2004 Mexican UFO incident
• May 23: The Comando Jaramillista Morelense 23 de Mayo bomb 3 banks in Cuernavaca, Morelos,
• September 10–20: Hurricane Javier (2004)
• September 11: Nuestra Belleza México 2004
• December 26: 3 Mexicans are among the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Elections

• 2004 Chihuahua state election
• 2004 Durango state election
• 2004 Oaxaca state election
• 2004 Zacatecas state election

Awards

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Mexico

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor - Carlos Canseco González ^[3]
• Order of the Aztec Eagle
• National Prize for Arts and Sciences
• National Public Administration Prize
• Ohtli Award
  • Nancy "Rusty" Barceló
  • Bob Menedez

Sport

• Primera División de México Clausura 2004
• Primera División de México Apertura 2004
• 2004 InterLiga
• 2004 Desafío Corona season
• 2004 Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate
• Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (2004)
• Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Mexico at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
• 2004 World Karate Championships in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
• 2004 Mexican Figure Skating Championships
• 2004 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Mexicali and Tijuana, Baja California.
• 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tijuana.
• 2004 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics in Coatzacoalcos
• The Bravos de Nuevo Laredo, Búhos de Hermosillo, Vaqueros de Ixtlan CF and the Azucareros de Tezonapa are founded.

Deaths

• February 17 – José López Portillo, 51st President of Mexico 1976-1982 (b. 1920) ^[4]
• August 18 — Víctor Cervera Pacheco, politician (PRI); Governor of Yucatán 1984–1988 and 1995–2001 (b. 1936)

References

1. "'Eligen' a gobernador para Aguascalientes". El Siglo (in European Spanish). 25 Aug 2004. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
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. "Galardona Fox a Carlos Canseco". El Siglo de Torreón (in European Spanish). 8 Oct 2004. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
4. "José López Portillo" (in Spanish). Busca Biografias. Retrieved May 30, 2019.