2006 in Mexico

This is a list of events that happened in 2006 in Mexico.

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

Incumbents

Federal government

President

• President
  • Vicente Fox PAN, until November 30
  • Felipe Calderón PAN, starting December 1

Cabinet

Main article: Cabinet of Mexico

• Interior Secretary (SEGOB)
  • Santiago Creel, until November 30
  • Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña, starting December 1^[1]
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE)
  • Luis Ernesto Derbez, until November 30
  • Patricia Espinosa, starting December 1^[1]
• Communications Secretary (SCT)
  • Pedro Cerisola, until November 30
  • Luis Téllez, starting December 1^[1]
• Education Secretary (SEP)
  • Reyes Tamez, until November 30
  • Josefina Vázquez Mota, starting December 1^[1]
• Secretary of Defense (SEDENA)
  • Gerardo Clemente Vega, until November 30
  • Guillermo Galván Galván, starting December 1^[1]
• Secretary of Navy (SEMAR)
  • Marco Antonio Peyrot González, until November 30
  • Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza, starting December 1^[1]
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS)
  • Francisco Javier Salazar Sáenz, until November 30
  • Javier Lozano Alarcón, starting December 1^[1]
• Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL)
  • Josefina Vázquez Mota, until November 30
  • Beatriz Zavala, starting December 1^[1]
• Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres^[1]
• Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT)
  • José Luis Luege Tamargo, until November 30
  • Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, starting December 1^[1]
• Secretary of Health (SALUD)
  • Julio Frenk, until November 30
  • José Ángel Córdova, starting December 1^[1]
• Secretary of Public Security (SSP)
  • Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, until November 30
  • Genaro García Luna, starting December 1^[1]
• Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP)
  • Francisco Gil Díaz, until November 30
  • Agustín Carstens, starting December 1^[1]
• Secretariat of Energy (Mexico) (SENER): Georgina Yamilet Kessel Martínez, starting December 1^[1]
• Secretary of Agriculture (SAGARPA): Alberto Cárdenas, starting December 1^[1]
• Secretary of Public Function (FUNCIÓN PÚBLICA): German Martínez Cázares, starting December 1^[1]
• Secretary of Agrarian Reform (SRA): Germán Martínez, starting December 1^[1]
• Attorney General of Mexico (PRG)
  • Daniel Cabeza de Vaca, until November 30
  • Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, starting December 1^[1]

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: Narciso Agúndez Montaño PRD
• Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez PAN
• Chiapas
  • Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía PRD, until December 7
  • Juan Sabines Guerrero (Coalition for the Good of All), starting December 8
• Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas PRI
• Coahuila: Humberto Moreira PRI
• Colima: Gustavo Vázquez Montes PRI
• Durango: Ismael Hernández PRI
• Guanajuato
  • Juan Carlos Romero Hicks PAN, until September 25
  • Juan Manuel Oliva PAN, starting September 26
• Guerrero: Zeferino Torreblanca PRD
• Hidalgo: Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong PRI
• Jalisco
  • Alberto Cárdenas PAN, until November 20
  • Gerardo Solís Gómez PAN, substitute governor
• State of Mexico: Enrique Peña Nieto PRI
• Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel PRD
• Morelos
  • Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez PAN, until October 1.^[2]
  • Marco Antonio Adame PAN, starting October 1.^[3]
• Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez
• Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond PAN
• Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz PRI
• Puebla: Mario Plutarco Marín Torres PRI
• Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón PAN
• Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto PRI
• 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, until December 31
• Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores PRI
• 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, until December 4
  • Marcelo Ebrard PRD, starting December 5

Events

• The Broad Progressive Front is founded
• The Garros Galería is established.
• The Televisa Law is approved.
• The Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve is declared by the UNESCO in Morelos.^[4]
• The Biosphere Reserve of Huatulco is declared by the UNESCO in Oaxaca.
• January: The Other Campaign
• January 25: Juana Barraza is apprehended.
• February 4: Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel and Towers incident.
• February 19: Pasta de Conchos mine disaster
• March 2: Cumbres case
• March: Santiago Mexquititlán raid
• April 10: 2006 Mexico DC-9 drug bust
• May: Jojutla crater discovered on Mars by astronomer Andres Eloy Martínez Rojas.^[5]
• May 3: 2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco
• May 27: Eutelsat 113 West A is launched.
• June 17: Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca
• June 27: Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport inaugurated.
• June 28: Miss Latin America 2006 held in Riviera Maya.
• September 2: Nuestra Belleza México 2006
• September 16: the Faro del Comercio is re-inaugurated.
• November 10: The government of Mexico City approves a law on civil unions, becoming the first local government to allow same sex unions in Mexico.
• December 11: Beginning of the Mexican Drug War
• unknown date: Galia Moss, a Latin American sailor crosses the Atlantic Ocean alone.^[6]

Elections

• 2006 Mexican general election
• 2006 Chiapas state election
• 2006 Colima state election
• 2006 Mexican Federal District election
• 2006 Guanajuato state election
• 2006 Jalisco state election
• 2006 Nuevo León state election
• 2006 Sonora state election
• 2006 State of Mexico election
• 2006 Tabasco state election

Awards

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Mexico

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor - Jesús Kumate Rodríguez
• Order of the Aztec Eagle
• National Prize for Arts and Sciences
• National Public Administration Prize
• Ohtli Award
  • Pete Gallego
  • Buddy Garcia
  • Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr.
  • Ed Pastor
  • Jared Polis
  • Santiago Wood

Popular culture

Sports

• Primera División de México Clausura 2006
• Primera División de México Apertura 2006
• 2006 InterLiga
• 2005 Copa Sudamericana Finals
• Mexico compete at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
• Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional
• 2006 Desafío Corona season
• 2006 Gran Premio Telmex
• 2006 Rally México
• 2006 Mexican Figure Skating Championships
• Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2006)
• 2006 Centrobasket Women in Mexico City.
• 2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Baja California.
• Mexico at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

Music

Film

Main article: Mexican films of 2006

• Una película de huevos
• Efectos secundarios – September 1
• Pretendiendo
• Pan's Labyrinth – October 2
• Así del precipicio
• Cansada de besar sapos – December

Literature

TV

Telenovelas

• Heridas de amor
• La fea más bella
• Código postal – May 22

Notable deaths

• January 1 – Mapita Cortés, 75, Puerto Rican -born actress of the cinema of Mexico
• January 13 – Raúl Anguiano, 90, painter and muralist, heart failure.
• February 10 – Juan Soriano, 85, painter and sculptor.
• February 12 – Juan Sánchez-Navarro y Peón, 92, entrepreneur and co-founder of the PAN.
• March 7 – Ludwik Margules, 72, theatre director, cancer.
• March 29 – Salvador Elizondo, 73, writer.
• April 5 – Armando Labra, 62, economist.
• April 20 – Miguel Zacarías Nogaim, 101, film director.
• April 30 – Beatriz Sheridan, 71, actress and director, heart attack.
• May 4 – Valentin Trujillo, 55, actor, heart attack.
• May 22 – Lilia Prado, 78, actress, multiple organ failure.
• May 23 – Ángel Fernández, 80, sports broadcaster, renal failure.
• July 15 – Raúl Delgado Benavides, politician, Municipal president (Cuautitlán, Jalisco); murdered^[7][8]
• August 4 – Julio Galán, 47, painter
• September 15 – Pablo Santos, 19, actor^[9]
• October 9 – Mario Moya Palencia, 73, politician, heart attack.
• October 24 – Rafael Ramírez Heredia, 67, writer, lung cancer.
• November 1 – Daniel García "Huracán Ramírez", 80, wrestler, heart attack.
• November 6 – Miguel Aceves Mejía, 90, singer, bronchitis.
• November 19 – Francisco Quirós Hermosillo, General. Cancer.
• November 23 – Jesús Blancornelas, 70, journalist, cancer.

See also

• 2006 Oaxaca protests