2004 in Mexico

2004
in
Mexico

  • 2005
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  • 2007
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This is a list of events that happened in 2004 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

  • President: Vicente Fox PAN
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.