← 1971 1970 1969 1972 in Mexico → 1973 1974 1975
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1972 List of years in Mexico

Events in the year 1972 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Luis Echeverría
• Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Mario Moya Palencia
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Emilio Óscar Rabasa
• Communications Secretary (SCT): Eugenio Méndez Docurro
• Education Secretary (SEP): Víctor Bravo Ahuja
• Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Matías Ramos
• Secretary of Navy: Luis M. Bravo Carrera
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Rafael Hernández Ochoa/Porfirio Muñoz Ledo
• Secretary of Welfare: Luis Enrique Bracamontes

Supreme Court

• President of the Supreme Court: Alfonso Guzmán Neyra

Governors

Events

• José Guadalupe Posada Museum opens.
• The Palace of Iturbide becomes the home of the Banamex Cultural Foundation (Fomento Cultural Banamex).
• The Festival Internacional Cervantino is founded in Guanajuato.
• June 14–23: Hurricane Agnes.
• September: Fred Gómez Carrasco is arrested in Guadalajara.
• September 30-October 7: Hurricane Joanne

Awards

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Ignacio Ramos Praslow

Births

• January 25 – Chantal Andere, actress^[2]
• January 27 – Bibi Gaytán, Mexican singer and actress^[3]
• April 23 – Patricia Manterola, actress, fashion designer, singer, and model
• May 10 – Víctor Noriega, actor, singer, and model
• June 22 – Miguel del Toro, baseball player
• August 30 – José Ramón Amieva, acting Mayor of Mexico City 2018^[4]
• October 23 – Kate del Castillo, television actress (La Reina del Sur)^[5]
• October 23 – Dominika Paleta, Polish-Mexican actress
• November 27 – Ivonne Ortega Pacheco, politician (PRI); first elected female Governor of Yucatán 2007–2012
• December 25 – Ricardo Tejedo, actor, voice actor, ADR director, script writer and translator
• December 26 – Ricardo Tejedo, actor, voice actor, ADR director, script writer and translator
• Date unknown – Marbella Ibarra, soccer coach and promoter of women's soccer (d. October 12, 2018).

Deaths

• December 7 – Humberto Mariles, equestrian Olympic gold medalist

Film

• List of Mexican films of 1972.

Sport

• 1971–72 Mexican Primera División season.
• Cafeteros de Córdoba win the Mexican League.
• Mexico at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
• Mexico at the 1972 Summer Paralympics.
• The Adecmac soccer league is founded.