2005 in Mexico

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Events in the year 2005 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 (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   PAN
• Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther   PAN
• Baja California Sur
  • Leonel Cota Montaño PRD, until April 5.
  • Narciso Agúndez Montaño PRD, starting April 5.
• Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez   PRI
• Chiapas: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía PRD
• Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas   PRI
• Coahuila
  • Enrique Martínez y Martínez   PRI, until February 15
  • Humberto Moreira   PRI, starting February 17
• Colima: Gustavo Vázquez Montes   PRI
• Durango: Ismael Hernández   PRI
• Guanajuato: Juan Carlos Romero Hicks   PAN
• Guerrero
  • René Juárez Cisneros   PRI, date not available
  • Zeferino Torreblanca PRD, date not available
• Hidalgo
  • Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto   PRI, until March 31
  • Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong   PRI, starting April 1
• Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas   PAN
• State of Mexico
  • Arturo Montiel   PRI, until September 16
  • Enrique Peña Nieto   PRI, starting September 16
• Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel PRD
• Morelos: Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez   PAN ^[2]
• Nayarit
  • Antonio Echevarría Domínguez, until September
  • Ney González Sánchez, starting September
• Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond   PAN
• Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz   PRI
• Puebla
  • Melquíades Morales   PRI, until January 31
  • Mario Plutarco Marín Torres   PRI, starting February 1
• Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón   PAN
• Quintana Roo
  • Joaquín Hendricks Díaz   PRI, until April 4
  • Félix González Canto   PRI, starting April 5
• 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, starting January 1
• Tamaulipas
  • Tomás Yarrington   PRI, until February 1
  • Eugenio Hernández Flores   PRI, starting February 5
• 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

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 3 km (1.9 mi) into the atmosphere and expulsion of lava.

Elections

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

Awards

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Mexico

• 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

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

Adolfo Aguilar Zínser

Marga López

• 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   PRI, 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

References

1. "Perfil: Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez" (in Spanish). El Universal. 24 Nov 2006. Retrieved September 2, 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. "Para Borja Navarrete, la medalla Belisario". El Universal (in Spanish). 7 Oct 2005. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
4. Sánchez, Martín (18 January 2005). "Encuentran muertos a ex edil de Soto la Marina y dos de sus hijos". La Jornada (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 July 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
5. "Ejecutan a ex alcalde en Tamaulipas". Esmas.com (in Spanish). 18 January 2005. Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2012.