2004 in Mexico

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

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See also:	History of Mexico List of years in Mexico Timeline of Mexican history

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)